Do you ever look back and laugh at how when you were younger, like a kid, some stuff just freaked you out and now that you are 'mature', 'advanced', 'older' it doesn't bother you at all?
We just finished having two weeks of tremendous snow and really cold temps. It was fantastic, but it is good to see the snow get out of here!
During this cold snap, my wife and the girls would find ourselves walking in the cold and snow or sledding in it or just having snow ball fights. During one of these times I remembered back to when I was 8 or 9 and how I would really hate getting cold. Snow in the face, wet gloves, wet feet, shaking cold....I hated it.
Decades later, I'm laughing as my wife and daughters have both of my ears plugged with snow (cheap shots I might add!), I have no hat, my gloves are soaked, my jeans are freezing to my wet legs, and I'm loving it!
What did you used to fear or dread as a kid and now you actually look forward to it?
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HERE'S A GREAT READ
Merry Christmas to you!!!!
I'm wrapping up a fantastic book that was suggested to me by my cousin. I'm glad Sandy put me on to it. It's by Brennan Manning...THE RELENTLESS TENDERNESS OF JESUS.
Good stuff.
Be blessed! Be safe! Be filled with hope...the hope that Jesus gives!
Merry Christmas to you and all your peeps!
I'm wrapping up a fantastic book that was suggested to me by my cousin. I'm glad Sandy put me on to it. It's by Brennan Manning...THE RELENTLESS TENDERNESS OF JESUS.
Good stuff.
Be blessed! Be safe! Be filled with hope...the hope that Jesus gives!
Merry Christmas to you and all your peeps!
Monday, December 22, 2008
WHITE SAND OR WHITE SNOW
I've got a buddy in Florida who has just been giving me grief over our weather versus his. He's in Southern Florida and on the beach with the pool. He'll drop me a line asking me if I think he should turn on his A/C or not....what a bum!!!!
He's from Minnesota and has no mercy for me having to shovel my driveway and fight through the 2-3' drifts at my house. He mocks from a distance. Wimp!!!
It's all in good fun and I'm thrilled that he can sit by his pool and have a beverage and contemplate the inconsequential things of life.
He's a great friend, but I really don't like him very much right now!!!!
Hey Tom.....Merry Christmas!!!
He's from Minnesota and has no mercy for me having to shovel my driveway and fight through the 2-3' drifts at my house. He mocks from a distance. Wimp!!!
It's all in good fun and I'm thrilled that he can sit by his pool and have a beverage and contemplate the inconsequential things of life.
He's a great friend, but I really don't like him very much right now!!!!
Hey Tom.....Merry Christmas!!!
Friday, December 19, 2008
STUFF YOU CAN'T CHANGE
I really am hoping and praying this weather system doesn't blow in and mess up Sunday!
What if it does?
What if it doesn't?
Ever worry about stuff you have no control over? I do!!! I shouldn't but I do. It doesn't dominate me, but I end up wondering and trying to figure out woulda, shoulda, coulda.
We have a big day planned for Sunday and I guess I should just not worry about it!
What if it does?
What if it doesn't?
Ever worry about stuff you have no control over? I do!!! I shouldn't but I do. It doesn't dominate me, but I end up wondering and trying to figure out woulda, shoulda, coulda.
We have a big day planned for Sunday and I guess I should just not worry about it!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
ENLARGED HEART
For the past month, as a church, we have been partnering with the Maple Valley Food Band and Emergency Services in providing gifts for kids/families. Every Monday, I take a car load of gifts, nice and new, and drop them off at MVFB.
Our church has a heart problem!
We are not a large church, but we do have an enlarged heart! The director of the Christmas Gifts program for MVFB even made a comment about how 'giving' the people of Design have been!
Our people were given 62 children to provide gifts for. They were handled quickly. So, the good folks of DCC with the enlarged heart problem, just keep bring gifts and more gifts.
No need to see a cardiologist for this problem!!!
Give on!
Make Today Count!
Mark
Our church has a heart problem!
We are not a large church, but we do have an enlarged heart! The director of the Christmas Gifts program for MVFB even made a comment about how 'giving' the people of Design have been!
Our people were given 62 children to provide gifts for. They were handled quickly. So, the good folks of DCC with the enlarged heart problem, just keep bring gifts and more gifts.
No need to see a cardiologist for this problem!!!
Give on!
Make Today Count!
Mark
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
ZERO CREDIT ZERO LOVE
Having lived in a few different states in our fair land, it has been interesting to observe how local weather forcasters communicate what is, what might be, and what was, as it pertains to the weather.
The first time I saw weather forcaster utilizing intense radar imaging was in the Midwest. We lived in 'Tornado Alley' and those folks were serious about black skies with warm and cold air! But, even with their advanced gear, getting the weather nailed, was really tough. The big joke there was "If you don't like the weather, wait 20 minutes."
Tuning into the weather forcast in Cali was a bit ridiculous once June hit. Quite frankly, the stations could have saved some big dough and just closed that part of the operation down. Sunny. Warm. Hot. Hotter. Plan any event, just take the sunscreen and lots of liquid! See you in late October!!
Here in the NW, we give great grace and kindness to our weather people. I'm not disrespctin' the professionals, but we understand that getting the weather prognosticated properly is out of their control. The disclaimers roll off their lips like the water off of my roof. Not their fault.
When they get it right, we give them zero credit and when they say it is going to be 85 and it clouds up and drizzles with a balmy 68, we give them zero love.
So, they say we might get some snow, other places more snow, the mountains lots of snow, in this new storm. We shall see!!! At any rate, it will be fun to watch it all come roaring in.
Remember: be nice to our weather people, their doing the best they can!!!
The first time I saw weather forcaster utilizing intense radar imaging was in the Midwest. We lived in 'Tornado Alley' and those folks were serious about black skies with warm and cold air! But, even with their advanced gear, getting the weather nailed, was really tough. The big joke there was "If you don't like the weather, wait 20 minutes."
Tuning into the weather forcast in Cali was a bit ridiculous once June hit. Quite frankly, the stations could have saved some big dough and just closed that part of the operation down. Sunny. Warm. Hot. Hotter. Plan any event, just take the sunscreen and lots of liquid! See you in late October!!
Here in the NW, we give great grace and kindness to our weather people. I'm not disrespctin' the professionals, but we understand that getting the weather prognosticated properly is out of their control. The disclaimers roll off their lips like the water off of my roof. Not their fault.
When they get it right, we give them zero credit and when they say it is going to be 85 and it clouds up and drizzles with a balmy 68, we give them zero love.
So, they say we might get some snow, other places more snow, the mountains lots of snow, in this new storm. We shall see!!! At any rate, it will be fun to watch it all come roaring in.
Remember: be nice to our weather people, their doing the best they can!!!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR
Lights! Parties! Being with friends and family! Buying gifts! GETTING GIFTS!!!!! Cold weather! Chance of snow!
And one of the most awesome things to me about living here in the great Seattle area is on those really cold, clear days....Mt. Rainier is absolutly stunning from the hill we live on!!! Then, when we go to Everett to be with family, Mt. Baker is the biggest snow cone you've ever seen!
Tis the season!!!!
Make Today Count!!
Mark
And one of the most awesome things to me about living here in the great Seattle area is on those really cold, clear days....Mt. Rainier is absolutly stunning from the hill we live on!!! Then, when we go to Everett to be with family, Mt. Baker is the biggest snow cone you've ever seen!
Tis the season!!!!
Make Today Count!!
Mark
Monday, December 1, 2008
EXPECTATIONS: DO YOU HAVE SOME?
Listening to all the bantering back and forth on the radio and reading the different posts, people still possess some expectations for the future of Husky and Seahawk football. I really get a kick out of the whole process.
And I for one, think it is great!!
Why not?
Have some expectations! Have a level that you refuse to dip beneath! In our politically correct, overly sensitive culture where if you say the wrong thing to the wrong person, somebody somewhere will make you believe that the person you tried to get motivated, has lived a horribly stunted life because you made them feel bad and hurt their feelings.
Baloney!
Expectations are good. Expectations are necessary. If you are underachieving, you'd better hope you have people in your sphere of influence that can get into your mental kitchen and rearrange your furniture!
I'm glad my Mom and Dad had expectations for my life. I'm 45 and they still do! I'm totally thankful that I had professors that said I was lousy! I'm glad I've had friends that have said 'you can do better than that!'
Getting mad at my under achieving is a great motivator for me. How about you? Or do you take offense when somebody calls you out for not meeting expectations?
Get fired up! Reach for and hit those expectations! Don't be a wimp or cry when somebody motivates you to do better.
I saw on YouTube the other day an NFL coach get in the grill of a rookie....the mammoth of a man, the player, not the coach started to cry! Give me a break!!
I for one, was a fan of the Lou Pinella school of Major League Managing: if you don't like it, get over it and if you can't get over it, we'll trade your sorry carcass!
Expectations: do you have some?
MTC!!!
Mark
And I for one, think it is great!!
Why not?
Have some expectations! Have a level that you refuse to dip beneath! In our politically correct, overly sensitive culture where if you say the wrong thing to the wrong person, somebody somewhere will make you believe that the person you tried to get motivated, has lived a horribly stunted life because you made them feel bad and hurt their feelings.
Baloney!
Expectations are good. Expectations are necessary. If you are underachieving, you'd better hope you have people in your sphere of influence that can get into your mental kitchen and rearrange your furniture!
I'm glad my Mom and Dad had expectations for my life. I'm 45 and they still do! I'm totally thankful that I had professors that said I was lousy! I'm glad I've had friends that have said 'you can do better than that!'
Getting mad at my under achieving is a great motivator for me. How about you? Or do you take offense when somebody calls you out for not meeting expectations?
Get fired up! Reach for and hit those expectations! Don't be a wimp or cry when somebody motivates you to do better.
I saw on YouTube the other day an NFL coach get in the grill of a rookie....the mammoth of a man, the player, not the coach started to cry! Give me a break!!
I for one, was a fan of the Lou Pinella school of Major League Managing: if you don't like it, get over it and if you can't get over it, we'll trade your sorry carcass!
Expectations: do you have some?
MTC!!!
Mark
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