For My CA Sibs.

Take a look brothers and sister, this is what happens in Iowa. Ughhhh!...

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Getting Pumped Up

Over this last month or two I've become rather close with my iPod. We have grown very close and I've come to rely on the tunes that he (the iPod) pumps through my head while I'm out poundin' the pavement. I thought that I should share what is on my running playlist. Before I do that however I must provide a disclaimer. Some of these songs include...

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Running

Yes, another post about running.I am learning a whole bunch of stuff. We have now wrapped up 8 weeks of training for this marathon thing. If you had asked me 3 months ago what I thought about running I would have told you that it wasn't for me and I don't enjoy it. Here is how far we've come, and though I know that I have a long ways yet to go,...

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Emily's Game

Thanks Emily, I've been wanting to do this all day. :) Pam went to bed, but I just had to get this done.My Chosen Band:Dave Matthews Band (of course)Are you male or female?What Would You SayDescribe Yourself.Proudest MonkeyHow Do You Feel?So Damn LuckyDescribe Where You Currently Live.Down By the RiverIf You Could Go Anywhere, Where Would You Go?Louisiana...

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A Bushy Christmas!

The following is how I personally think the Bush family's Christmas letter should read. (Sorry guys...sort of...)Dear family and friends. As many of you know Amber and I had a great year. We spent most of the year waiting...

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Twilight: Suddenly Great!

Watch this pleas...

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C'mon Man

Reward points for the person who can come up with the funniest excuse for this gu...

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Duh.

All I can say is...duh! :)Obama hasn't done anything in office in his first year except for send more troops to Afghanistan. That is just funny and ironic. I think most people would be humbled by this. I'm pretty sure that the U.S. could completely fall to 3rd world status in his term and he wouldn't be humbled. It is soooo completely sad that it...

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Running

Okay, so I wouldn't yet call myself a runner, however, I think that I am on my way to becoming one. Here are some weird things that are happening to me. First, I don't have anymore notches to tighten my belt on. I am going to use the ice pick from T-Sno to make my own. I really won't get too excited until I'm losing pants sizes, but it is interesting.Second,...

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Pics

For your viewing pleasure. (Note: Jake, my brother, who has learned photography and is really good at it, needs to get this camera. MY subject matter, however, is as beautiful as can be...

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A Happy Birthday

Today was a great day. I am tired though so this will be short.We ate at Texas Road House where I had to sit on a saddle while everyone laughed at me.Pam took me to see Andrew Landers in concert at the Redstone Room.John...

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Team Alice

Andof coursethisSeriously ladies. He's 17 years old. At the movie last night over 1/2 of the people there were at least 35 years old and female. Every time...and I mean EVERY time Taylor made an entrance the crowd went...

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John Smith

There is a show on public radio called "This American Life". It is aired here on Sunday afternoons around 3 or 4 I believe. What this show does is take stories that are "uniquely American" and tell them. Despite it's expected public radio liberal spin, it is an absolutely incredible show that I would suggest listening to.On Emily's last visit she...

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The Greatest Kids

Funny things that happened today.Gabriel spotted cartoon Adam and Eve in one of his Bible books and told me that he likes girls.Micah sneezed while eating supper tonight thus giving Pam a shower of soupy squash.Gabriel...

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Hmm

Hmm. I never wanted to buy a CosmoGirl magazine until...Nope...still don't want t...

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I Don't Like OCC

There. I said it. I don't like OCC. For those of you (probably all 2 of you that actually read this thing) who don't know, OCC stands for Operation Christmas Child. That is something you have likely heard of.This is how it works. Each year at this time people all over the country stand in front of their local church congregation and rally the troops...

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Nikon D5000

If you read my wife's blog, which I assume you probably do, you are likely a fan of the pictures that she posts of my totally awesome children doing totally awesome, or at least hilarious, things. Over the past month or...

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Edward as Linebacker

So I was thinking as I watched football tonight. Why wouldn't a vampire play football? They would be the most incredible football player ever and they'd never get hurt. It doesn't make sens...

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Andy Landers

A long time hero of mine was in the QC Times with an article on his new album. God is using this guy to single handedly make a huge impact in the area. Read THIS article. My favorite line, by the way, is this one."It makes me sad, but so much of Christian music is no deeper than top 40, 'Jesus is my boyfriend.' There are artists I love and respect,...

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Does He Even Go to Class?

So my brother Jase posted something about writing poems on his blog from his poetry class. I'm wondering if he goes to class because he's only posted one real poem and one "practice" poem. Either that or he is taking the easiest poetry class ever. Just wondering where the poetry is man. You should, in fact, title a poem "Where the Poetry Is" in fact,...

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The Necessity of Change

So it is time. It's been time for awhile. Last night was Gabriel's first full night in his big boy room with a big boy bed. The poor kid wanted desperately to sleep in his big boy bed, but he needs to re-learn how to fall asleep when he can just as easily get up and walk into the living room and eat ice-cream with mom and dad. There was the first...

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Twilight at the Rohde's

So this summer there was a whole ton of estrogen raging through my house devouring book after book of this annoying little series called "Twilight". It was worship at its finest as the characters took center stage in all...

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For Em

This is for my dear sister-in-law Emily. It made me think of her. The one I am referring to is called "Gnorks play square ball":)http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=06b32403-1560-11dd-a62f-919b983266...

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Football Season is Coming

My brother blogs a football blog. I'm a little bummed that there's been no updates for a looooooooonnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg time. Here is the deal, there has been a TON going on with the pre-season starting, last minutes signings (Favre wearing purple?) and anticipation for an awesome year. Brother where art thou? I want to hear your thoughts. If...

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Things I Love

A list of some of the things that I love.-Getting phone calls from Gabriel when Pam doesn't know he's calling. (seriously had a 15 minute chat about nothing the other day. He talked nearly the whole time. The only person in the world I don't mind chatting with even if we don't have anything to talk about.)-When Micah gets so excited he laughs. (Mind...

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Johnny and Chachi

So from time to time I peruse a couple of different websites looking for ideas for videos and media that we could insert into our worship service. I have to admit that probably about 80% of what I see is complete cheese. 10% is just not usable for some reason or another. Then there is that last 10% that is just what the doctor ordered. While the...

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I Hate Your Life

The following are lyrics of a song that I wrote. I think they speak for themselves. It was inspired by an incredible sermon I heard on the radio last night. Give me your thoughts. I am hoping to stir up controversy here. JK!You think you've got me in a cornerI am a Christian so I have to love youBut you live a life of sinYou think you have no freakin...

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Season Tickets

I got a phone call today from the Iowa State Football Coach. I'm not kidding. The coach honestly called me. It was the coolest thing I've ever experienced. Click on this link and have your phone ready.http://www.cyclone1nation.com/Football/Enjo...

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5 Minute Wake Up Call

Last night was youth group and we pulled an all-nighter. We have one student leaving for the Marine Corps in a week and so we had a going away party. Anyway, I was at the office all day yesterday and didn't get to see my family very much at all. This morning then, after 3 hours of sleep, I accompanied my wife and children to the i-Wireless Center...

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Glad They're on My Side

So there are honestly 8 Navy Seals in this picture. Can you find them. I have stared at this thing for a LONG time and haven't found one. It makes me glad they're on my side. If you want a bigger picture click HER...

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One real perk about living in Park View is that there is this coffee shop exactly 3 1/2 blocks from our house. It doesn't have it's own wireless internet, but I pick it up with a strong signal from somewhere close. Thus I am able to blog right now. I am also able to work here. It is wonderful. This afternoon before youth group Pam, Gabe, Micah,...

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Trying it Out

I'm giving twitter a shot. Start following me. It gets lonely on twitter if you're not being followed (creepy...

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HELP!

Anyone care to come to my house this week and help me build a floor? It's oak, it's pretty, it's a lot of work. I wonder if I can just will it done??...

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The other day we ate at Taco Bell. The people eating at the restaurant were Pam, Emily, Gabriel, Micah (he eats everywhere) and I, and two women in their late 20's early 30's ish with two young children. One of the two ladies was very obviously pregnant. Toward the end of our meal Gabriel had decided to run around T-Bell. Just then the two ladies...

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Everything I touch lately breaks. Every time I solve one problem 3 more pop up. It is never ending! I am up at 1am because my hard drive went out, it's Saturday, we have church in the morning, I was able to buy another hard drive but I've had to reinstall windows, microsoft office, media shout, download 3 different video files, 81 total updates, and...

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After

Many of you have seen the "before" pictures of our house because Pam posted them. HERE is a link that will take you to a blog that has some of these pictures. If you don't have a secret super cool person extra special VIP...

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Joan Rivers

I just have to say one thing. Joan Rivers is one of the most immature old ladies that I have ever witnessed. I can not comprehend Gabriel acting like her. Wonder what I'm talking about? Check out this weeks Celebrity Apprentice. You can watch it online at NBC.com if you want. You will be simply astounde...

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Day 6

I just finished my 6th run of the week. Something seemed rather poetic about today's run. I've been trying to run first thing every morning. It is nice because it sets the tone for the whole day, and I don't have to think about it and dread it all day long. I just get it done.Yesterday Pam and I put an offer on a house which was then counter-offered...

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Day 3 (Summer of Hell)

So I've declared this the "Summer of Hell". No it isn't summer, yet, but it will be. Here is an explanation. A couple weeks ago I received an invite via e-mail from a wonderful woman at church that wanted to announce a sort of justice project that would appeal to the North Scott crowd. I am often the guy people go through to find out if they can make...

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Our Prez

I just want to point out a funny thing about our prez. He stated again the other day that it is his goal to see the world free of nuclear weapons. Isn't that funny? I want to ride a unicorn and slide down a rainbow. I'm sorry, but after following the dealings with these mid-eastern nations I've noticed that they are like dealing with children. Not...

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Marriage

Last week Iowa made gay marriage legal. If you haven't yet heard about this, wake up. Before I get too far in this blog I want to say that I don't really care too much about the whole gay marriage thing. Christians everywhere argue that the Bible says no to being gay (and it does) and therefore the state shouldn't allow gay marriage. The other argument...

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Catching Up

I was calculating in my head how many hours I've been in the office or working since Tuesday morning vs. How many I've been home. I am doing this NOT because I am burned out or feel I've been working too much. I LOVE my job and would do it for nothing if I could still feed, clothe, and shelter, my family. I am doing this because I sincerely miss my...

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Toothpaste

This is a blog that is long overdue. Three weeks ago Pam and I purchased a brand new, fat bottle of toothpaste. We use the tubes that you squeeze and roll up because I think they're cheaper. Anyway, we are still using the old toothpaste. Every night I have to seriously squeeze in just the right places to get just a tiny bit of toothpaste out onto...

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It Only Takes a Spark

So I got a rather odd song request this week after church. I was asked if we could sing "It Only Takes a Spark". They said that the song is their favorite and they would really love it if we could play it at church. Typically I would laugh and think "NO WAY AM I PLAYING THAT SONG". But more and more lately, God is revealing to me that my opinion on...

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Finally I wrote a Song from the Bottom of My Heart

I Wish I were a PirateA song to be recorded in the near futureWords and Music by Joel Rohde(Song will be posted as soon as it is recorded)Verse 1:I wish I were a pirateWhat a wonderful life it must bePaces we measureFor buried treasureWhile sailin' the seven seasVerse 2:I wish I were a pirateMy sword I'd swing with gleeI'd swab the poopWhile collectin'...

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Annoyed

A couple of nights ago our savior president delivered a speech to congress. This included a lot more promises and spurred a lot of standing up and clapping by the puppets in congress. As of Feb. 23rd President Obama's approval rating was 62.5%. I suppose this is okay. I would fall into the 37.5% that apparently don't approve, but who am I? This being...

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