I had a really long post about how frustrated I am at Kelly's mom and how tired I am because of all we had to do for her this weekend. I deleted it- I don't want to bore you with my stupid frustration or litter your life with my crap. I hope you have a great day.
smile at someone just to see them become happy, and remember Jesus loves you even if no one else does.
May 24, 2004
May 20, 2004
more randomness
Life is difficult I’ve decided- it is worth the cost though.
Noah got into a fight with the floor as he fell from a chair yesterday, his eye was a bit swollen but he was well, I think that he really enjoyed the fact that mommy held him for so long afterwards, he was back to climbing in chairs an hour after the incident, this time mommy moved them over carpet to provide some cushioning. When I got home, I was asking him about it, teasing him a bit, calling him ‘bruiser’ and ‘tough guy’ he just giggled back. Being a parent is one of the greatest things I’ve had the opportunity to do in my life, the opportunity to help shape a person, hopefully for better, and watch as they make their mark in this world, again hopefully for the better.
Only in Arkansas: I was listening to the radio on my way to church last night and the host was talking about a story he’d read about a guy in Arkansas. The bright gentleman saw a crate labeled “deadly poisonous reptiles inside, stay away”. What was his reaction? According to the story (I emailed the talk show host to get the source story, which I’ll hopefully be able to post at a later date) the guy read that and decided that he should not only approach the crate and look at the contents, but he should kick it too just for fun. There was a cobra in there, along with other deadly snakes, thankfully for this guy, they weren’t able to bite him.
Lastly for today, it has come to my attention recently that many people have found my site by searching on a search engine like google or yahoo for “Pei Wei Weight Watcher’s points” since I don’t want to leave my readers lacking I asked the nice people at Pei Wei if they had any nutritional info they could share or post on their website, here is the response I got. there is a link on the right for the info they attached. Enjoy and eat bunches of food from Pei Wei, it is good and they are nice- one note, be sure to double check the servings column, most of their dishes, not unlike most restaurants, are 2.5 servings per dish, their reply follows:
Attached you will find the latest nutritional information on our menu
items. We hope that you will find the chart useful when selecting an
option from our menu that best meets your individual needs, or keeping
track of your dietary goals while enjoying your favorite Pei Wei dish.
Please keep in mind that many of our dishes can be modified to better
meet your personal taste preferences or dietary needs. Since each dish
is cooked to order we can; steam the protein, go easy on the spice,
leave the wonton strips off the salad, add extra veggies, as examples.
Do not be bashful, inform our cashiers how you would like us to prepare
your meal...we will do our best to accommodate your requests.
We have been asked by the folks at Weight Watchers not to calculate
points for you, but you should be able to do so with the info provided.
We look forward to seeing you at Pei Wei.
Noah got into a fight with the floor as he fell from a chair yesterday, his eye was a bit swollen but he was well, I think that he really enjoyed the fact that mommy held him for so long afterwards, he was back to climbing in chairs an hour after the incident, this time mommy moved them over carpet to provide some cushioning. When I got home, I was asking him about it, teasing him a bit, calling him ‘bruiser’ and ‘tough guy’ he just giggled back. Being a parent is one of the greatest things I’ve had the opportunity to do in my life, the opportunity to help shape a person, hopefully for better, and watch as they make their mark in this world, again hopefully for the better.
Only in Arkansas: I was listening to the radio on my way to church last night and the host was talking about a story he’d read about a guy in Arkansas. The bright gentleman saw a crate labeled “deadly poisonous reptiles inside, stay away”. What was his reaction? According to the story (I emailed the talk show host to get the source story, which I’ll hopefully be able to post at a later date) the guy read that and decided that he should not only approach the crate and look at the contents, but he should kick it too just for fun. There was a cobra in there, along with other deadly snakes, thankfully for this guy, they weren’t able to bite him.
Lastly for today, it has come to my attention recently that many people have found my site by searching on a search engine like google or yahoo for “Pei Wei Weight Watcher’s points” since I don’t want to leave my readers lacking I asked the nice people at Pei Wei if they had any nutritional info they could share or post on their website, here is the response I got. there is a link on the right for the info they attached. Enjoy and eat bunches of food from Pei Wei, it is good and they are nice- one note, be sure to double check the servings column, most of their dishes, not unlike most restaurants, are 2.5 servings per dish, their reply follows:
Attached you will find the latest nutritional information on our menu
items. We hope that you will find the chart useful when selecting an
option from our menu that best meets your individual needs, or keeping
track of your dietary goals while enjoying your favorite Pei Wei dish.
Please keep in mind that many of our dishes can be modified to better
meet your personal taste preferences or dietary needs. Since each dish
is cooked to order we can; steam the protein, go easy on the spice,
leave the wonton strips off the salad, add extra veggies, as examples.
Do not be bashful, inform our cashiers how you would like us to prepare
your meal...we will do our best to accommodate your requests.
We have been asked by the folks at Weight Watchers not to calculate
points for you, but you should be able to do so with the info provided.
We look forward to seeing you at Pei Wei.
May 14, 2004
mmm...peanut butter
if you happen to live in Texas as I do, and you love Reese’s peanut butter cups as I do, and you happen to pick up a bag of the minis, don't leave them in your car on a day that it is going to be over 90 degrees. Not matter how long you try to cool them off with your AC it just isn't the same. on a good note, the AC in my mini van is very efficient, my fingers were very cold after holding my mini peanut butter cup in front of the vent for close to 10 minutes.
I’ve come to the conclusion that the American lifestyle is very expensive. Even if you are fairly frugal as Kelly and I try to be, life is just plain costly. I’ve thought of moving overseas and I know that there are many people who’ve been successful in cutting their cost by doing so, just take a look at corporate America, but I enjoy the freedoms and luxuries of being in the US. I guess I’ll just have to accept that living is expensive.
Something that I’ve learned with all that has occurred as a result of Kelly having surgery, is that recovery can be an isolating process. We have great friends, our church is wonderful and people have been there in ways we couldn’t imagine but it seems that through a combination of all that is involved in recovering the process can be pretty lonely. Kelly and I had a great conversation about it last night; we came to the conclusion that just as it is with other things, when you are down and out of your routine you are more vulnerable. Watching Kelly go through the frustration and deal with the isolation, or perception of it I’ve decided that I need to be more attentive when I know of friends that are recovering or are just in a vulnerable place and make sure to let them know that I love them and make my self available to them in that time. It has made the difference in our world when our friends have done that though Kelly’s recovery, we are truly grateful.
I’ve come to the conclusion that the American lifestyle is very expensive. Even if you are fairly frugal as Kelly and I try to be, life is just plain costly. I’ve thought of moving overseas and I know that there are many people who’ve been successful in cutting their cost by doing so, just take a look at corporate America, but I enjoy the freedoms and luxuries of being in the US. I guess I’ll just have to accept that living is expensive.
Something that I’ve learned with all that has occurred as a result of Kelly having surgery, is that recovery can be an isolating process. We have great friends, our church is wonderful and people have been there in ways we couldn’t imagine but it seems that through a combination of all that is involved in recovering the process can be pretty lonely. Kelly and I had a great conversation about it last night; we came to the conclusion that just as it is with other things, when you are down and out of your routine you are more vulnerable. Watching Kelly go through the frustration and deal with the isolation, or perception of it I’ve decided that I need to be more attentive when I know of friends that are recovering or are just in a vulnerable place and make sure to let them know that I love them and make my self available to them in that time. It has made the difference in our world when our friends have done that though Kelly’s recovery, we are truly grateful.
May 13, 2004
May 10, 2004
It is starting to warm up down here in Texas, pretty soon our low temp will be in the upper 80’s to low 90’s and it will stay that way till
August...I don’t really enjoy the heat but I manage to survive.
Last week was interesting, I went to café brazil to hang out with some local people from relevant (and one from New Orleans, though he didn’t show up till the end). Any ways we had a good time and when Ros decided it was time for her mommy and daddy to head out we agreed, as I stepped out of the café I was talking with Ezra (one of the relevant folk) and we were approached by two guys who handed us tracts. The funny/sad thing, depending on how you look at it, was that after we told these guys that we were Christians, they continued to try to get us to convert. It was weird…but it has made me think. Unfortunately there are a good number of Christians who believe that the best way to lead people to Christ is though tracts and making them say a prayer, I have never though that that method is very good and on more than a few occasions I’ve believed that it does more to drive people away from anything related to Christ.
In other news- In desperation to fulfill a craving this weekend I mixed chocolate fudge pudding with some chopped peanuts and mixed in some caramel ice cream topping- I liked the results, so did Kelly and Ros, I had never thought of adding stuff to my pudding before, next time I shall try other stuff, maybe some chocolate chips and almonds.
It is starting to warm up down here in Texas, pretty soon our low temp will be in the upper 80’s to low 90’s and it will stay that way till
August...I don’t really enjoy the heat but I manage to survive.
Last week was interesting, I went to café brazil to hang out with some local people from relevant (and one from New Orleans, though he didn’t show up till the end). Any ways we had a good time and when Ros decided it was time for her mommy and daddy to head out we agreed, as I stepped out of the café I was talking with Ezra (one of the relevant folk) and we were approached by two guys who handed us tracts. The funny/sad thing, depending on how you look at it, was that after we told these guys that we were Christians, they continued to try to get us to convert. It was weird…but it has made me think. Unfortunately there are a good number of Christians who believe that the best way to lead people to Christ is though tracts and making them say a prayer, I have never though that that method is very good and on more than a few occasions I’ve believed that it does more to drive people away from anything related to Christ.
In other news- In desperation to fulfill a craving this weekend I mixed chocolate fudge pudding with some chopped peanuts and mixed in some caramel ice cream topping- I liked the results, so did Kelly and Ros, I had never thought of adding stuff to my pudding before, next time I shall try other stuff, maybe some chocolate chips and almonds.
August...I don’t really enjoy the heat but I manage to survive.
Last week was interesting, I went to café brazil to hang out with some local people from relevant (and one from New Orleans, though he didn’t show up till the end). Any ways we had a good time and when Ros decided it was time for her mommy and daddy to head out we agreed, as I stepped out of the café I was talking with Ezra (one of the relevant folk) and we were approached by two guys who handed us tracts. The funny/sad thing, depending on how you look at it, was that after we told these guys that we were Christians, they continued to try to get us to convert. It was weird…but it has made me think. Unfortunately there are a good number of Christians who believe that the best way to lead people to Christ is though tracts and making them say a prayer, I have never though that that method is very good and on more than a few occasions I’ve believed that it does more to drive people away from anything related to Christ.
In other news- In desperation to fulfill a craving this weekend I mixed chocolate fudge pudding with some chopped peanuts and mixed in some caramel ice cream topping- I liked the results, so did Kelly and Ros, I had never thought of adding stuff to my pudding before, next time I shall try other stuff, maybe some chocolate chips and almonds.
It is starting to warm up down here in Texas, pretty soon our low temp will be in the upper 80’s to low 90’s and it will stay that way till
August...I don’t really enjoy the heat but I manage to survive.
Last week was interesting, I went to café brazil to hang out with some local people from relevant (and one from New Orleans, though he didn’t show up till the end). Any ways we had a good time and when Ros decided it was time for her mommy and daddy to head out we agreed, as I stepped out of the café I was talking with Ezra (one of the relevant folk) and we were approached by two guys who handed us tracts. The funny/sad thing, depending on how you look at it, was that after we told these guys that we were Christians, they continued to try to get us to convert. It was weird…but it has made me think. Unfortunately there are a good number of Christians who believe that the best way to lead people to Christ is though tracts and making them say a prayer, I have never though that that method is very good and on more than a few occasions I’ve believed that it does more to drive people away from anything related to Christ.
In other news- In desperation to fulfill a craving this weekend I mixed chocolate fudge pudding with some chopped peanuts and mixed in some caramel ice cream topping- I liked the results, so did Kelly and Ros, I had never thought of adding stuff to my pudding before, next time I shall try other stuff, maybe some chocolate chips and almonds.
May 5, 2004
so, hi
the problem is that I've got so much to write about I don't know where to start-
Kelly is recovering well, though the last few days she has pushed it a bit too much and has had to take a few steps back. Noah and I have had great opportunities to bond in this time, though he's still a bit of a momma's boy which is fine, Ros is a daddy's girl.
I appreciate everything my wife does more and more every day- I have to get up a bit early and get the kids up, allowing Kelly to sleep in- then I head to work. I do more work at home in the short time I stay in the morning than I do all day at work. and there are days that I do a bunch of work at work, but two little ones are a bit more than computer issues.
I recently got a trailer that attaches to the back of my bike, it'll carry Ros and Noah until they collectively weigh more than 100 pounds (45 kg for those not in the US), which is a ways down the road. I've taken Ros out twice and the both of them once, they enjoy it, I enjoy it, Kelly gets some needed rest and time to herself and the extra weight resistance helps me to burn more unwanted fat. everyone wins!
avocados were on special again, 3 for 99 cents- we got 9 and ate 4 last night. If I didn't have a God already, I'd consider worshiping the avocado...
Please continue to pray for my granny- she's undergoing chemo for breast cancer. She lost her hair, so last week I chopped off most of mine and I'm shaving it tonight and taking a picture to send to her, hopefully it'll make her laugh and let her know that she isn't alone in this.
Kelly is recovering well, though the last few days she has pushed it a bit too much and has had to take a few steps back. Noah and I have had great opportunities to bond in this time, though he's still a bit of a momma's boy which is fine, Ros is a daddy's girl.
I appreciate everything my wife does more and more every day- I have to get up a bit early and get the kids up, allowing Kelly to sleep in- then I head to work. I do more work at home in the short time I stay in the morning than I do all day at work. and there are days that I do a bunch of work at work, but two little ones are a bit more than computer issues.
I recently got a trailer that attaches to the back of my bike, it'll carry Ros and Noah until they collectively weigh more than 100 pounds (45 kg for those not in the US), which is a ways down the road. I've taken Ros out twice and the both of them once, they enjoy it, I enjoy it, Kelly gets some needed rest and time to herself and the extra weight resistance helps me to burn more unwanted fat. everyone wins!
avocados were on special again, 3 for 99 cents- we got 9 and ate 4 last night. If I didn't have a God already, I'd consider worshiping the avocado...
Please continue to pray for my granny- she's undergoing chemo for breast cancer. She lost her hair, so last week I chopped off most of mine and I'm shaving it tonight and taking a picture to send to her, hopefully it'll make her laugh and let her know that she isn't alone in this.
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