a day in the life...

H and i worked on budget this morning and figured out what we were doing right and what need to change. She has been so good, and worked so hard at Canyon Acres. Because of her, i can study and help care for G.G. and Grampa.

Heather has also been having some sort of allergy to our soap so she and i went and got new soap and detergent. Hopefully this will fix all the problems.

i spent a few hours reading and then put some time in with the great-grandparents.

i have been thinking a lot about community recently. so my next few post will be geared in that way. but over all it was a good friday.

great day.

i had a good day in class today. i found out i am going to be in my professors new book and am footnoted. that is always fun.. i think i have a dissertation topic and will be working toward gearing my classes toward it which makes my last year of course work much more intentional and guided.

easter sunday.

i wasn't going to blog today but decided i would. Our preacher today (head pastor of Messiah in Yorba Linda), was not our regular pastor. the associate pastor usually preaches which i think is kind of cool but i digress. HE made a statement in his sermon; (my paraphrase) "we, humanity, are third-day people. Our lives, our hopes, our future only makes since in light of Gods action in the resurrection."

agreed. And yet it is humbling to recognize.

a day of recognized limitations.

Today has been a day of recognized limitations. I tried to replace the head lamp on my wife's car and it was a travesty. first off let me begin by saying it isn't all my fault and not simply my stupidity. The 2002-2004 year model of the Nissan Altima has a ridiculous lighting system. you actually have to remove the coolant reserve chamber just to reach into the light housing. Once you do that you need the hands of an intricate mouse, unlike my mammoth elephant hands, to reach in and with the utmost precision remove and replace the light. All of this i accomplished but once i got the light in, it still didn't work. blasted mechanics. my wife learned a lesson today that my father taught me long ago. " Linda, if you want the toilet fixed, call a plumber. I am not a plumber."

Following that traumatic life event and bashed self-esteem, i went to H & R block to get our taxes done. All i can say is: "At least some lessons have been learned in life."

tax day, cool nights, and odd experiences

Today is tax day. i will be going down to H&R block and having our taxes done today. lets pray for a big rebate. :) Spring break is so much fun;) (between doing school-work and taxes its almost like sitting on the beach.

it has been a very interesting week as far as weather is concerned. The days have been in the mid-seventies, yet at night it has been the coolest temperatures since we moved to cali eight months ago. It created a brisk and clear evening with lots of stars.

Listening to ones own sermons or viewing oneself on video is just odd. i have been collecting old sermons for churches interviewing me and listening to them to find out what i am sharing. Odd. simply odd.

why people move to california...

this morning it was very hard to get up. Heather and i have switched lives and now i am forced to me a morning person and since she works nights she is more of a night person. thus waking up in the morning is often very difficult. not to mention now that it is still dark outside while i get up. but let me tell you today is an example of why people move to California. the weather is perfect. even in the darkness the world outside our bedroom this morning sounded like a Disney cartoon with all the birds songs. the air feels and smells clean and fresh (unlike summer). and with daylight savings time the days are lasting longer. Its almost 7:00pm and sunny. we live in the foothills of Brea and with all the recent rains the hills are a lush green with yellow wildflowers covering the hillsides like paint spilled down a canvas. the California poppies are so fantastic. their bright colors and the hairy pod like buds bursting off of long dainty stems create a awkwardly original plant that lines the roads in flower beds and natural groupings. as i sit in the bedroom typing this the sky is bursting with new colors purple blue cream and hints of yellow, orange and pink invigorate the evening sky. the air smells so fresh i want to eat it. maybe i will take a break tonight and go play some tennis.

i have about three to four more hours of study i would like to do. so i will get cracking and enjoy all the beauty of nature.

hotel cafe

heather and i went on a date this weekend to the hotel cafe tour at the house of blues in downtown disney. this is our second year with this tour. if you haven't heard of it look it up. the artists are down to earth folksy and phenomenal. last year we went with our good friend Erin and Andy to the show in Boston. we wish they were in Cali. to go with us this year. However this year it was just us. the show was great once again but they way oversold the venue. there was no room and very poor visibility which screws the music because its a much more intimate music (singer/songwriter type)

i spent the day (during my study breaks) getting a bunch of the Cds for heather so she could put them on her Ipod. i hope she likes them.

my two favorites artists that were new this year to the tour were Ingrid Michaelson- she is this fab...quirky...clever...poetic singer.songwriter. And the other was a guy named William fitzsimmons-deep...dark...cathartic...sentimental...pure singer/songwriter.

check them out both are super cool and you can hear their music for free on the hotel cafe website.

Back to the blog.

I have missed writing for writing sake. Thus as i journey to this new part of life I am going to start blogging again. Feel free to join in or ask questions if you come across this. This is not meant for mere voyeurism, otherwise i would just write in my journal (which i have started to do again beyond this page.)

So whats new? Well i am currently going through the process of having my ordination recognized by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. As of Monday i am now an official candidate for recognition. Next Friday i will have my theological review panel in Berkley Ca. God willing and my abilities achieving that will go really well and the process should be finished in the next few months (best case scenario). This is a huge process for Heather and I of having our lives match our theology in a more cohesive way.