Another recap.
Had a great vacation in Florida, did lots of swimming which I am really lacking. Hopefully this summer I'll be in the pool some.
I've ridden to work majority of this week, and it is wonderful. It will probably be pretty hot on my way home today, but it was a nice day riding in with 67 degree temps. I can really feel my muscles getting tired as the week goes on. I also think I need a new saddle.
DFL is almost over, we have one more day, next Wednesday. I don't feel I'm getting as much out of it as I was in the beginning. The call to discipleship and eternal perspective are really life changing.
Going on walks more with Julie in the evening, which is great. I would like to do some real work outs for my arms and core.
The kids are doing great. Both have really increased their food consumption this week which is a good thing. We hope David will grow some more and be able to use his big wheel he got for his birthday, even though it is for kids 3+ yrs. We need to push potty training David, but we are going for reading right now. Poor Katie isn't getting the attention she deserves. We need to play with her more and encourage her to crawl. Right now she just sits there so nicely and has a good time.
I really need to work on making a difference at church. I think involvement is key. Not just involvement, but also frequency. We need to spend time with others.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Need a project
For some reason I love doing projects. I have plenty of things that need to be done, but that is more simple to do items. I enjoy designing. So I have been pondering what project to work on next. I have done several designs for an outside play castle, but I've agreed with the wife that they are too young now and won't really appreciate, so I need to wait a couple years. So then I thought of maybe pursuing the third car garage idea some more, so I looked at it and I can't find a way around the cost. So now I'm in to trying to free up some space in the house. I want to build shelves and organizers.
So the project I'm currently looking at is a built in entertainment center. Right now we have our TV and media equipment on a TV cart. Well, David is now pulling on it to turn on the TV, and this is of course the hazard you read about with kids pulling a TV down on them. So my thinking is that a built in will provide more stability and also look better. We could also think about getting an LCD TV instead of our CRT, that would really change space consideration. We also have the option to simply anchor the TV to the wall with some clips and straps.
On the subject of shelves, I think it would be nice to have some high shelves. Like 18inches from the ceiling. Well, 18" off of an 8ft height makes the shelves 6.5 ft off the ground which I think is a good height, but poor wifey is only 5ft tall. The main use I think would be decorations. Maybe some toys in the kids rooms could be up there.
On a completely different subject, the memory verse for this week is Romans 12:1-2 which several of you probably know, but I was surprised at how much of it I had forgotten. So if anyone knows of a good way to review memory verses I would like to hear it. My current thinking is to review 10 verses a day while learning a new one each day. The problem is that this limits itself to 70 verses for a week. If I went to monthly reviewing that is only 300 verses, and that requires me to be very good about reviewing each day since the next time I review that verse will be a month away.
To put some numbers in perspective:
52 weeks a year, but due to holidays and vacations we will make this 50 weeks for memorizing scripture. So memorize 1 passage a week gives me 50 verses known in 1 year. So weekly review works fine, but half way through the second year I already know too many verses. So maybe the key is to step up the daily review. Maybe if I review 20 passages a day, that gives me 140... still seems to be lacking.
So the project I'm currently looking at is a built in entertainment center. Right now we have our TV and media equipment on a TV cart. Well, David is now pulling on it to turn on the TV, and this is of course the hazard you read about with kids pulling a TV down on them. So my thinking is that a built in will provide more stability and also look better. We could also think about getting an LCD TV instead of our CRT, that would really change space consideration. We also have the option to simply anchor the TV to the wall with some clips and straps.
On the subject of shelves, I think it would be nice to have some high shelves. Like 18inches from the ceiling. Well, 18" off of an 8ft height makes the shelves 6.5 ft off the ground which I think is a good height, but poor wifey is only 5ft tall. The main use I think would be decorations. Maybe some toys in the kids rooms could be up there.
On a completely different subject, the memory verse for this week is Romans 12:1-2 which several of you probably know, but I was surprised at how much of it I had forgotten. So if anyone knows of a good way to review memory verses I would like to hear it. My current thinking is to review 10 verses a day while learning a new one each day. The problem is that this limits itself to 70 verses for a week. If I went to monthly reviewing that is only 300 verses, and that requires me to be very good about reviewing each day since the next time I review that verse will be a month away.
To put some numbers in perspective:
52 weeks a year, but due to holidays and vacations we will make this 50 weeks for memorizing scripture. So memorize 1 passage a week gives me 50 verses known in 1 year. So weekly review works fine, but half way through the second year I already know too many verses. So maybe the key is to step up the daily review. Maybe if I review 20 passages a day, that gives me 140... still seems to be lacking.
Friday, May 1, 2009
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