Year: 2011

Tweets for the past week

  • Taking in the sun… it's 80 here in Austin… sorry to my PDX & SEA peeps 🙂 #
  • Our last day in Austin 🙁 plane takes off just after 4pm. #
  • @jaelyrae Austin was fantastic a few rainy dys bt they were far wrmr than PDX! U shld ck it out 😉 they cld prolly use a Journey church 2.0! #
  • Ready for takeoff to PDX! Bye bye vacation. #
  • Yesterday I was wearing flip flops and t-shirt, today I'm wearing a scarf and wool coat. Hello PacNW! #
  • @TriMet a lot of the glass panels at ) Civic DR shelter are shattered looks like vandalism 🙁 & when will TransitTracker monitors b online? #
  • Then Job replied to the Lord :

    "I know that you can do anything,
    and no one can stop you.
    You asked, `Who… http://bible.us/Job42.1.NLT #

  • @Pastor_Jas Nice pic! Good chat – lookin' forward to the weekend! #
  • What do I want for lunch on my birthday?? Decisions, decisions… #
  • Kinda got up late… it happens :/ #
  • If we all treated our relationships with the same passion as we treat social awareness campaigns might your world be a better place? #

Tweets for the past week

  • So far Austin has been great, good bunch of people 🙂 – tomorrow San Antonio and the Alamo! #americanhistory #vacation ! #
  • I think way too hard. I need to chilllax & be ok with possibly, maybe, stirring up the waters sometimes. Y fret over love & truth in grace? #
  • Enjoying an amazing and long over due date night with my bride! Only Jesus does this kind of fantastic work. #
  • @marcustar Date night while on vacation 🙂 Alexis' Grandma watched Emma for us while we went downtown Austin. #

Some things to write about…

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Since I can’t seem to make a decision on what I want to write on, I’ll at least make a list of things I want to write about. This way when I finally get a little motivation, I’ll be able to pick from the list quickly… normally my motivation and my ideas don’t come at the same time.

  1. Assumptions freeze grace
  2. My creed as aligned with “the creed”
  3. The future holds?
  4. When all else fails…
  5. Truth in the face of “failure”

Now, the idea is that when I feel motivated to write something I’ll have a good list of “jump starts” now – I hope. I enjoy writing, but for many different reason I have a lot of road blocks and “well I really shouldn’t because….” I’m hoping this helps – most of it is my own fears of how my words “might be taken”… oh the “people pleaser” in me… ugh…

Tweets for the past week

  • Off to ORD #
  • Smooth as silk, that's how today is. Love it. #
  • Still not a super fan of US Airways – but at least in flight WiFi and no one else in my row is awesome. #
  • On the plane to PDX — home to my girls 🙂 #
  • Need food. #
  • Wow I think this is great, but at 61 a little scary. http://bit.ly/ejGW6d #
  • Are you kidding me? Snow!? http://yfrog.com/h2w7foxj #
  • @carlybish lol! So so true! #
  • My internal filters must be clogged-I can't think of anything to post -except for things that would invoke questions I don't want to answer. #
  • Home sweet home #
  • Oh the joys of getting up early for a flight with an almost 3y old who didn't sleep much last night. 🙂 Sbux? YES #

Stuck in “small talk” mode.

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I can’t seem to gather my thoughts recently, at least not in anything longer than 140 characters… and even that sometimes is hard. I have too many expectations and “filters” in place. There are some things I’m excited about, and then there are some things that I just don’t have control over, that I have hope about. The things I’m excited about seem “blocked” by the things I don’t have control over, which makes for a very patient existence.  I also don’t like small talk, which is just about all I feel like I can actually share without causing too much trouble.  However I think there are some safe topics I can share if I really put my mind to it. Some things that will help me be more me, and less in the “box” that I keep feeling. I just need to hang on to the motivation… and not be distracted by the “small talk” stuff.

Gone stale…

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I’ve let this Blog go stale… my bad. Honestly this is because I think too much about the (possible) reactions of others. It’s a catch 22, because I want interaction but I don’t want to be misunderstood or labled. A lot of assumptions are made when people read things…. or may just the large chunk of people who like to over-react (without gathering facts or at least attempting to have some kind of compassion for fellow humanity) on comments all over the web.

So my stale-ness is due to fear of being rejected…. ok I’ve admitted that… when will this beast just go away. It wont I need to allow it to be slain, and there’s only one person I know who can slain beasts like that.

More will come… soon!

Tweets for the past week

  • When I look into the faces of the people around me, I see humanity, & when I see humanity I see our story and God's face. #
  • @carlybish Where are you??? Is there a Stumptown in Seattle now?? #
  • Woot woot! Finished our taxes and this is the first year since we've been married that we don't owe, we're even getting $$ back from Oregon! #
  • I so prefer apple-cinnamon to just plain cinnamon oatmeal… #justsayin #
  • Another strange PDX sighting – young male in shiny new black lifted Toyota pickup, blasting 80s music downtown… #
  • Sometimes, all you want is PB&J – that's what I got today 🙂 #
  • We might be the only 2 people amongst all our friends w/o superbowl plans, & we're quite alright with that. Anyone else with us on that? #