I’m now down to 20 fish. No, they aren’t dying on me. People are finally asking for them, and hopefully they are doing alright in their new homes. On Sunday, we are going to Forman, ND to ‘interview’ at the church there. Last night the youth group t-p’ed our house. It also rained last night, and so we have a soggy mess of toilet paper all over the yard. Oh well, we still feel loved.
I’ll be going through some (around 200) pictures and posting them online, so you can check that out later.
I finally sorted all the photos we’ve taken since last November. My computer had died in mid-December, and thus I was unable to do anything with it until January. Now it’s February, and I realized that I had quite a few photos to take care of (around 200 or so). So I uploaded a couple new pics of the guinea pigs, and a bunch of our pics from Christmas.
I still don’t care much for the institution of Valentine’s Day, but I do like to celebrate my love for my wife, and since it had been one full year since we were engaged, I took her out for dinner. Then we went to Menards, and looked at all sorts of stuff for a new house (still don’t know which one we’re buying, but soon). We had a good night out on the town, and it was good to get out of Ellendale for a bit.
I got a call yesterday morning from Cherrie. She said, “They’re putting the rafters up, someone needs to take some pictures.” Work on the LLHSLC is in full swing, even though it ought to be too cold and snowy for any sort of construction. God is definitely favoring TBC right now, and the progress they are making on the new building is astounding. I’ll put up a few pics, just so you can see how it’s shaping up. For more pics, you can go here.
My present from Mandy yesterday was a new fish. I picked out a big, fat, very pregnant molly. She’s white with some orange coloring. Should be having babies any time now. There will be more pictures when she does.
Human potential, it is often said, is a vast untapped pool of resources. While this is true, what is it that keeps us from realizing our potential. I was inspired last night by the Aphid. I don’t even know if this is what he inteded, but it hit me like a ton of lollipops this morning. Our crutches are what keep us from our full potential. His character relied on several crutches: food, beer, and swearing. It is not that we need these crutches to make it through life. These are the things that hold us back. It is not their nature to hold us back, but it is our nature as humans to use them for that purpose. (more…)
A lot has happened since my last post. Eight days after the last post, I married the love of my life. She was beautiful, and I think the wedding went pretty well too. We spent our honeymoon in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It was awesome, as I’ve only seen the ocean once before, and that was in Maine. We got all sorts of exercise the first few days, as we walked here there and everywhere. Our motel was only two blocks from the beach, and it was in a residential area, so there weren’t scads of tourist everywhere. On Wednesday, we walked about three or four miles to a beachwear shop, and decided it was time to rent a car. I built a sand castle on Thursday, and it lasted (sort of) until we left on Sunday. The flight back was crazy. We were delayed 2 hours to Newark, and the flight back to Omaha was cancelled. So we spent 24 hours waiting for the next available flight. It was miserable. I never want to be stuck in an airport again. At least not in Newark, New Jersey. We took all sorts of pictures, so you can see those in the gallery.
The gallery is all transferred over, all links will be updated shortly. So I was going to take pictures of all the flowers and such around the house, but we got rained out. The mosquitoes will be out in force again. Just when I was hoping that they would start to disappear, we get more rain. This is quite possibly the rainiest June I’ve ever seen. Well, it’s almost over. Maybe we’ll have a rainy July too. At least it stays cool that way.