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Catching Up

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So here’s something I wrote five years ago. It’s really interesting to compare where I wanted to be with where I am now. Much of this has come to pass and much is yet to come. I find it inspiring to both look back on these past five years and to continue to dream and reach for these goals as it seems they all remain intact…

I want to be meaningful. I want to love someone with all my heart and through that exemplify God and His love for us. I want be loved by someone. I want to be strong. I want to be real. I want to swear and love Jesus at the same time. I want to swear about how much I love Jesus. I want to quit my job at the bank, proving money’s not fun when I’m gone. I want to run a marathon. I want to get married and have kids. I want to teach my kids how to live rightly. I want to pray. I want to read God’s Word and hear Him speak to me through it. I want to fly in a plane. I want to go to Europe. I want to sing songs written by other people. I want to sing songs written by myself. I want to sing to God. I want to sing to my wife. I want to play in a band with friends. I want to get better at singing and playing. I want to help people who have less than me. I want to help people that have more than me. I want to see the truth. I want to find beauty in everything. I want to live simply and love deeply.

I want to live life in a way that pleases God and changes peoples lives for the better.

I don’t want to end up with a list of ‘I wish I would have’s.

A bit of vacationary fun.

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The last stretch of decent posting was way back when this thing was started two years ago on out honeymoon roadtrip across the country. Well now we are headed east to visit Kathy’s sister Laura and the nieces. Here are some of our adventures:

We took a tiny detour because we were so close to Hillbilly Hotdogs in West Virginia. Some friends from church told us about this place a few months ago and I couldn’t wait to try it. It was tasty. And these garlic ranch fries were insane.

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Ready for some vacational activities.

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On saturday my friends Rob and Lauren are getting married and I’m super excited for multiple reasons. 1. I haven’t seen them much at all since moving to Cinci - or even a bit before that, since they’ve moved a few times as well. 2. I get to see and catch up with a good amount of other friends I never get to see anymore. 3. It is a destination wedding in the gorgeous mountains of western North Carolina - which basically means that I get to go on vacation and see good friends all at once! Continue reading →

The One About Liking Spring and Disliking Winter.

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Surprise: As I get older and more adultish I grow weary of winter far more quickly. With this little wave of warmer weather I have absolutely no desire to go back to anything below, lets say, 50ish degrees. I used to love winter and enjoy cold far more than hot. Though let’s be honest – there’s a chance in six months I’ll be saying the exact opposite of all this. However, I don’t think I will be and I’d say that my shifts in weather tastes are more due to my migrating hobbies and lifestyle than anything.

Throughout the winter, I’ve taken on a more active lifestyle that I’ve ever really had in my life – walking and working out almost daily. Kathy and I have been setting fitness/recreation goals and have begun training to achieve them. I plan to expound on this in future posts, but at a high level: I wan’t to (and have started to) lose a good amount of weight, ascend to the peak of a moderate mountain this summer, and ultimately I would like to begin the journey of rocking out a marathon by training for and doing a 5k or two (or maybe even whatever a step up from that is. – still not in that world yet so don’t even know what typical races are… 10k? 15k? whatever.)

The point is, it’s starting to get nice out here in The Nati and I couldn’t be more excited. If walk a mile for lunch in 15 degree whether every other day now, how much better will life be when I’m jogging there in sunny 60 degree  breezes?!? Mmmm spring….

I’m BaaaAAAack!

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Ok, kids… I’ll be honest… after neglecting the site for so long, I actually forgot my password to get back on, which further delayed my motivation to get back and actually start posting again. But, here I am. We’ll see if I can’t keep things at least mildly entertaining for you all.

SCOOTASTIC

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So, it’s official: Kathy and I have motorcycle learners permits and are getting a scooter! As of tomorrow at about 4pm the SYM HD200 will be ours. I’m so excited! I plan to use it as my daily commuter to the office to save drastically on gas. It should get anywhere between 75-90mpg whic is a crapload better than my car’s 20-something mpg. WHOA! We have scheduled the basic rider course for July 7th to get good training and officially licensed. Now I gotta call the insurance agent and see what that’ll look like. OH BOY!