Carpooling

This week we took the carpooling route, well we really didn't have a choice due to issues with my car. However we had discussed carpooling due to it really doesn't take us out of our way. I do get to work pretty early but that is working well and gives me time to handle other stuff. Plus it helps us to continue our new "green initiative", yes that right I am going green....oh I mean the green in the pocket. Yeah I average about $15.00 per day in gas and every time we carpool we save $15.00, not bad. I think we will continue this method of transportation at least 3 times each week.

On the Treadmill

Yesterday I started a new little thing to do on the treadmill. I took my laptop into the room hooked up the speakers and pulled up a sermon from another church and listened to it. Worked out really well, so today I pulled up Joel Osteen and listened to one of his services. Good stuff. What better way to start the day than with the word of God being preached as you get your blood pumping? The other plus side is listening to various pastors preach. I have always subscribed to listening to various teachers on any subject so you can learn from various people. I can't wait for tomorrow morning!

Quick Hitz - 5/23/08

Just random thoughts from my little brain...

• I am really looking forward to this Memorial Day Weekend...cookin' out with family and friends, just don't get much betta!
• Carpooling is starting to look real good as part of my new green initiative (the green in my pocket that is)
• The new Batman movie needs to hurry up and get here.
• June is looking busier and busier....just how I like it
• I am looking forward to my new role at church, gonna be fun!
• Did I mention the 3 day weekend is looking sweet!
• I am going to implement Casual Mondays and Formal Fridays at work
• I want a new cell phone - a PDA phone
• I am ready to Power Up
• I have mcuh reading and TV to catch up on this weekend (The Big Idea, Big Break, American Chopper, Miami Ink)
• I am getting into watching drag racing, it is becoming more interesting than NASCAR to me (Go Ashley!)
• Greg 2.0 and I have been playing race cars a lot lately, kind of cool
• I want to see Iron Man, hopefully before it goes to DVD
• I want to see Indiana Jones too before DVD release
• What you doing this weekend?
• You ever wonder how many people read this thing? I do. (I don't keep stats)

That's all for now.....c-ya!

Taxi...

I am currently sitting in a taxi in New Jersey bloggin from the backseat. The reason...dude has a cassette player, no CD, no ipod, a cassette player.

An Amazing and Awesome Sunday!

I am a pretty big John Maxwell fan having read some of his books he has given my plenty of inspiration through his leadership insight. A few weeks ago I heard he was going to be speaking at a local church and of course I had to make plans to attend. While I have heard him speak about leadership I have never heard him preach before. I figure as a veteran of over 25 years as a senior pastor he ought to be pretty good. Well pretty good doesn't even come close. He was simply AWESOME!!! He spoke about how to "Live Like You Are Dying"; you could just feel the buzz as he spoke. You know that buzz where you can just feel the connection being made with so many people? Near the end he did an alter call for salvation and it was truly amazing how many people went up front.

Here are a couple things I want to leave you with today:

• Live life FULLY
• Live Life THANKFULLY
• Live life FAITHFULLY
• Live life THOUGHTFULLY

and one quote: "Life is like a roll of toliet paper, the closer you get to the end the faster it seems to go"

I want to blog but...

I want to blog about something but my brain is just not functioning and giving me anything to talk about. I am just sitting here drinking a cup o' joe waiting for Melissa and 2.0 to get ready for church. I am excited about where we are going but I have nothing of any substance to say. Maybe I can come up with something later...until then...

Should it be sold?

I was listening to the radio yesterday as they spoke about the fact that you will be able to buy beer at the Gwinnett Braves games next year on Sunday. Then they said that you will be able to buy beer in a limo also on Sundays. I started thinking to myself why can't you buy liquor or beer on Sundays anyway. I mean you can buy cigarettes and chew if you want but no beer (I wonder which is worse for you, one causes cancer the other causes several trip to the bathroom). I know the reason is because Sunday is the holy day but what about for Seventh Day Adventists? They honor Saturdays so maybe we should stop selling on Saturdays for them. What about those who do not believe in drinking at all, maybe we should stop it all. In my opinion if it is legal you should be able to buy it 7 days a week. If you do not believe in drinking at all then don't buy at all, if you do not believe you should not drink on Sundays then don't drink or buy on Sunday, you have a choice here. Look at Chik-Fil-A they do not open on Sunday due to their beliefs but they don't say everyone should be closed they just made a decision that they will close. I say sell Bud, Jack, Jose, Jim, and everyone else on Sunday and let me decide what I do in my household (btw-I don't have any of it).
One other thing I would be willing to bet you some of the people protesting the selling on Sundays are just buying it on Saturday night anyway.