Soccer for dad

 Yes, I really did this.

So, Ben Montano was at our house not too long ago for pictures for kids Homecoming event.

Was really nice to see him and catch up for a few.  We talked about playing soccer a bit together again and so, he invited me today to go play tonight.

I agreed before realizing it was outside.  I didn’t want to change my mind-I wanted to go hang out and help foster connection and friendship…so, I ran to the store after work and bought my first pair of outdoor cleats and played tonight -only 7 people TOTAL showed up- and made a wreck of myself and those new shoes :)

Watch what you say

So Joy suggested yesterday morning that I stream Jaden's basketball game over the web so that they could watch it. I used www.qik.com to do it, though my phone was not one of the options on the website. So, I kept downloading versions until one worked....kind of...and I was able to start streaming. Well, what I didn't realizes was that it captures audio as well as the video...so, throughout the time I am streaming, I am talking with a friend, yelling encouragement and so on...
Well, I had set up Kristen's computer to watch as well...and she was, when I happened to comment to my friend that Kristen had been taking a nap right before I left for basketball.
Immediately I get a phone call and Kristen says..."Excuse me? Why are you talking about my napping?"!
Yikes!
Totally started laughing, though the guys around me said I should turn it off...making sure nothing else was capture for posterity :)
I was busted, but it was a minor infraction. You really should know technology before you use it...

Inertia

Was thinking about inertia today as I looked at my goals for the year and the small progress that I have made thus far. Inertia is almost always regarded as a negative thing. And that is generally because we are talking about those things that are not yet started...
I looked up inertia on dictionary.com and cut this out:
inertia is..."the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force."
I know it is hard to be that external force pushing up against something to get it started. I have started my P90X routine and had some set-backs...
I have read a few books..but I am a little behind pace to hit my goal.
Kristen and I have gone out a couple times, but missed an event due to sickness...
I have made it to almost all of my Bethel classes and we are only a short bit away from completing the Old Testament...

I guess what I am thinking about is that I want to look at inertia as a positive and only a positive. I want to get past my laziness that I have at times and put in the energy and effort so that these things have velocity and it won't take me acting upon them with so much effort to have them go...they just will...I just will.

So, here's to all of you having some positive inertia in your lives right now.

My Birthday

Yes, happy birthday to me.
My family called and gave me cards and brownies, my wife and kids gave me gifts (I will post pictures soon), and I enjoyed a couple hours with my boys reading, playing and hanging out. It was a good day :)

New Camera

Not sure if you have noticed the pictures I have been posting lately are a little better resolution that those of the past. That is because I have a new camera! It is very exciting. I bought a Fuji FinePix S1000 and have been enjoying it since it arrived. (I actually bought this via the TV Home Shopping Network...a first for me). It has 10mp resolution camera that also has a 12x optical zoom. So, I have been spending a bunch of time zooming in for close ups :)
Of course, the camera looks like an SLR, so it is a bit bigger than most of the little cameras that are on the market today, but...that is exactly why it is my camera. Why you ask? Well, Kristen does not like it at all :) She wants one of the skinny ones that she can throw in her purse and lose in there along with the keys. So, now instead of one new camera we will have two. Once we have decided which camera to pick up for her, I will blog about that one as well.
Anybody have a particular skinny camera that they think would be the best choice?