a little birdhouse in your soul..

Ok, so first of all, who of you know what I am making reference to in that title.?
So as some of you know, yesterday I was summoned for jury duty, I had to be there from 8 - 3pm, and I wasn't even picked to serve..

but while in the court room, the very thorough judge said, "not to put too fine a point on it".. My first thought was, "who actually uses that statement in a normal sentence".. Then I immediately, in my head started singing, "..say I'm the only bee in your bonnet, make a little birdhouse in your soul.." They Might Be Giants - "Birdhouse In Your Soul" It was really weird to hear someone use that phrase in a sentence, not relating to that song..

This made me think of a few other weird songs/bands that I used to listen to, like..

• The Presidents of the United States of America - "Lump", "Kitty", "Peaches", "Dune Buggy", "Feather Pluckn" [weird songs]..

• They Might Be Giants - "Istanbul", "Particle Man"..
  

• Spacehog

• Silverchair

POLL: What are some of the weird songs/bands that you used to listen to?

Josiah vs. ice scream?..

So I came home today and thought, "man I am in the mood for a hot fudge sunday". So I loaded the family into the car and headed to Denney's? Well there really is no good ice cream sunday places around, that I know of.. But we had fun and so did Josiah.. Here are some pictures.

I found this really neat app that make my iphone pics look like Polaroids..


What are your thoughts.. Do you know where a good ice cream place, in Redding, CA is? Another question is what is your favorite dessert?

bandannas and the eatery.

So I have been wearing a bandanna lately, and I really like it. The reason, is that my hair is getting ridiculously long and thick.. I don't know yet if I am going to continue to grow it out, or call one of the three people that cut my hair..

Which brings me to a thought. I really don't like getting my hair cut. I am not really sure why, but I really feel bad for the people cutting my hair, my usual reaction is that I don't like it.. in reality I do like it, but not for the first day or so. No idea why that is..

I have been spending a lot of time at "The Downtown Eatery".. I really love it here, I like the food, the people, the shows, and the Free Internet. I have been doing a few thing for them, design wise, and soon we will have them printed and you will all be able to take advantage of the great little perks, like drink coupons, lunch deals, and student discounts!. So keep an eye out for them..

Oh, and good news!. We are going to be moving [still in Redding, CA] at the end of the month, finally. Thanks to everyone that prayed for us. We will need help, so I will keep you posted.

free stuff.

So I was looking around on the internet and I found this blog where this guys has won tons of free stuff. So I pretty intrigued, and started to look around a bit more. I ended up stumbling onto this site called Blingo.. It is a search engine site, sort of like google, except when you use this site you could win prizes!. The blog that I was on has been searching and playing the blingo game for a few years now and has won 140 prizes..

So I thought to myself why don't I give it a shot. Most of the prizes are little like $10 amazon gift cards, and movie tickets, but there are bigger prizes.. $50, $100, and $500 in cash. And even bigger prizes like cars, tv's and computers. So I know that it sounds a little sketchy, but it is owned and operated by publishers clearing house.

The coolest thing is that if you sign up under me, I win the prize that you win, and if you can others to sign under you.. You win what they win, and so do I..

So let's start winning..

You can get started by clicking this button.

new place to live.

So we have been kind of looking around for a new place to live for about 6 months or so, but now we are ready to move.. So I am asking anyone who might know of a place available, to let us know.. We are looking for a three bedroom, or a two bedroom with a den or something like that.. So if you see or hear of anything..

Life.. Group?

Ok. So last night at life group we talked about a lot of things, but one thing that we really discussed is this idea that God wants us to work together to accomplish His goal. Christian talked a bit about the tower of babel in his blog a little bit ago.. In this story God is reinstating his plan of having us cover, spread out "be fruitful and multiply".. Some of you have no idea what I am talking about, and all I can say is get into a life group.. Start living this stuff out with other people..

Anyhoo.. back to what I was talking about. We started asking about the differences in other churches, and what is the common ground between them. This got me thinking about why we care so much about others and why we think that our way is better than others.. I made a comment last night that, we all just need to learn how to submit and follow. Why do we have such a hard time doing that? Then I thought that if we were busy doing something then we wouldn't have time to look around and criticize people for what they are doing.. I heard somewhere that there is no spiritual gift of criticism, it is a natural gift.

I don't really have any answers, just thoughts.. I am really starting to learn to see past myself and to be able to swallow my pride and encourage other people in what they are doing.. even if I don't agree with it.

I have a dream that some of us will be able to see that the Christ in us, is the same as the Christ in others..

Any thoughts?.

Poll: What is God teaching you today? In your Life group? In your marriage?

board games.

My favorite board game right now is, yep you guessed it.. Settlers of Catan. Yeah this game has changed my life. I had heard about it a while ago and that people had been playing it, but I was not really interested.. All I have to say it that you really need to play it before you pass judgment on it.

I love it, it is fun and addictive.. and I think that we are going to try and play at least once a week, so let me know if you want to play, I am sure there will be a game going on, if not two, somewhere..