I'm a rebel

Yes it's just after 1:20 in the morning and I should be in bed but I thought I'd try and sneak in a few quick thoughts. Collective Soul in concert: interesting but very good. A sick wife: no good and no fun. I sympathize with the Brewsters and their plight last year. Jed thanks for going on short notice and thanks for good conversation throughout the evening. Especially the stuff at the end when we realized that "sarx sucks". Night

oh life

So I don't think I realized the reality of the phrase 'real life trumps blogging' and how much of a discipline it is keep moving on the blog scene. Kind of like journaling-Hutch I think it can be a discipline....didn't you pose that question before? Anyway it's been well over a week since I've posted anything and I need to leave the house here in a bout a half an hour. So the last week included....camping, raccoons, my mom....trips in a plane to Crater Lake and Maui, more work, lots of eating out, today a sick wife...last night Sizzler...and I 'll have to elaborate more later.

Just a quick one

Been a little bit since I've posted-I got a draft sitting in the vaults about Jed and Melissa visiting this last weekend-soon to come. Things have been pretty busy for us-we've been house-sitting for a couple who lives way out in the country. Great house and property but definitely adds a long drive. Also their dog who is very sweet and pretty well disciplined....is very spoiled. Sometimes she gets a scrambled egg for b-fast and won't eat her food if you put it in front of her face. Once you put it in your hand however-then she'll eat it. Yeah. Not exactly number one on my 'cool dog list'.

The coolest thing though about their place is that they have a llama farm. They only have five males left as the market is not as good as it used to be. Interesting fact-males are worth about $300 while the females are (ru ready?) about $3000. Huh. Lastly Britt and I taking off this weekend to go camping on the Oregon coast-just a quick trip which was put in to motion because Britt has three days off from school-nice. Hutch-if you read this anytime soon-lets hang out.

The agony and the ecstacy

I must confess that after not living in a house with cable for about 7 years, I'm making the most of my current situation. One of the shows that I really enjoy watching is the Amazing Race. (Check here) Season 6 ended last night and it was agony. All season the team of Kris and Jon just quietly went along their business, enjoying the experiences and the people as they went along. Definitely your 'nice guys'. Now granted the show is produced and as a viewer I probably just saw all of the 'nice' moments but regardless they were cool. The final leg of this race always gets me pretty worked up and nervous. I was pulling hard last night for Kris and Jon who in a close final leg were beaten by Freddy and Kendra. Not my favorite team....but they were okay. I was bummed though-I don't get that worked up in life-but last night was one of those nights. Life sucked and my world was ending...after I finished throwing a 'fit' Britt commented-" I've never seen you get this worked up". So as I'm sulking on the bed to watch the previews for next season, I find out...."what! It's on from three weeks from now! I can't believe it! Survivor and The Amazing Race on at the same time.!" Oh the ecstacy!-kind of pitiful though too...

Happenings

So Britt and I got to spend three days at the beach over the weekend-very nice. My family has a cabin in Cannon Beach which for the most part is pretty easily accessed. Just a phone call to gramps and away we go. Britt made a comment about how some people have to plan a year in advance to do something as such and yet my whole life I've had easy access to it. I'll get to my point....

When we lived in Bellingham we lived on a lake at a summer camp for about six months about 30 minutes from town. We probably saw 'Erin' (named by Britt) the heron more than we saw the four other people that lived right by us. Pretty good deal...but I didn't realize how good of a deal it was. We had a friend of ours out for dinner who isn't a believer and she was literally brought to tears by just being out there and seeing the beauty of where we were living. To us, it had just become a drive down a mile long dirt road to our tiny studio. How easy it is to take things for granted.....life becomes too routine. Right now I push a broom at a machine shop-not exactly my life's aspirations but it's a job. The unemployment rate in Longview has gone up 20% in the last year but yet I have a job. Not glamorous but it's money. My point is this: It's really easy to lose sight of my blessings when I'm not seeing correctly. Do I just 'look' at life or do I 'see' it for what it really is.

Thanks Lord for blessing me, even when I don't always see it.