Happy Halloween

Surprisingly, we had several trick or treaters. I don't think any of them actually said trick or treat, however.

Just wanted to share with you what our little one dressed up as. Isn't she the cutest little devil you've ever seen?

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So yesterday the Titans beat the Houston Texans, barely. But, a win is a win, and it was a division win as well. So we're sitting at 1 and 1 in the division. However, we are 2 and 5 overall. If we win outright, we may have a shot at the playoffs, and I may learn to fly tomorrow.

This weekend we spent some time doing yardwork at the house. We're trying to get it set up so we can plant some flowers and bushes in the front yard. There's also hope that this week we may get a new driveway to get us off the road where we currently have to park. Every morning, there's more sap on my car, and dents from where all the acorns fall off all night long.

I ask for prayers this week as I prepare for our upcoming fall retreat. Its going to be great. The theme is All Things New, and we're using Romans 12:2 as our key verse.

Saturday night we went to celebrate 30 years of life with my good friend Jason Bybee at his surprise birthday party. It was a lot of fun, and I got to meet several of his blogging buddies that up until now i've only known through blogger.

Its going to be a good week, I just feel it.

I'm so LOST!!!

Well thanks Jason. You said, "Just watch an episode or two of the first season. I'll even lend you my Season One set so you won't have to rent them or buy them." Well, thanks man. Now I'm hooked. I guess that's how drug dealers do it. Just try it, I'll give you the first hit for free! Then, BAM, they're hooked!

I started out watching season 1 very unsure if I was going to like it. I mean, the first 3 or 4 episodes were rather confusing, with all the characterization going on, learning who everyone was, and scared they were going to do life long flashbacks on all 40 or so of the surviving plane crashees.

But frustration quickly developed into determination to see what the strange sound was in the jungle, why there were polar bears on the island, and what the heck a strange hatch door was doing in the middle of the jungle.

The thing I like most about the show is that just when you think you have something figured out, the writers change it up. Just like in 24, they are not afraid to kill anyone, and I think for a good show you have to be willing to give up lead characters (knowing that in Lost, they're likely to show up again somewhere down the road, even if they're dead).

My favorite characters include Hugo for his undying optimism and goodness, Charlie for his quirkiness, and Sawyer, for playing the always evil and sarcastic nemesis to everyone. I know Jack is the "hero", and his character is great, but I get frustrated with him so often.

I can't stand Michael, and I'm glad (SPOILER COMING UP) that he is now off the show (but I'm sure he and Walt will be back). I also did not like the Anna Lucia character.

The best written characters by far are Locke and the Korean couple Jin and Sun. Their back stories are intriguing. I still want to know how John ended up in a wheel chair. I also want to know how Jin will act once a child comes along.

Lost is a tremendous show. It is now MUST WATCH television for me. Thank goodness for DVR service to record our shows faithfully for us. I would now rank Lost in my top 5 current faves, along with 24, The Office, Survivor, and the Amazing Race.

Can't wait till next Wednesday night!!

I am definitely unique

Thanks to my friend Jonathan McKnight for posting this on his blog.

No one else in the United States has my name. See how many people share your name! Just click on the link below.

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Bama vs. Vols

This weekend is my favorite weekend of college football. Even though I'm a huge Alabama fan, I don't care nearly as much about the Auburn rivalry as I do about the UT/Bama rivalry. Its always been a great game, and I can't wait.

We'll be getting together with some friends here in town to watch the game, eat a lot of snacks, and cheer our boys on to victory.

The Vols had the week off last week, so they'll be more rested. The Tide won a close game against a terrible Ole Miss team, and I think they'll be playing at the top of their game this week.

However, I do think that my boys will lose, in a close game, 21-18 Vols.

As much as I love the Cardinals, I think they'll lose the series 4 games to 2.

The Titans won last week, and have a bye this weekend. Let's rest up boys.

Watch out! The fat man's coming!!

Hey everyone. I just wanted to give a plug for a new page I'm working on. I've started another blog, entitled "Fat Man". I just started it on Sunday night, but it has a purpose larger than life (no pun intended).

Every day that I live a life like I am right now, I creep closer to an early death. I've blogged about this before, and it did me little good. I guess my problem is that I have had very little motivation to lose weight. I've always made the excuses, but no longer will I do that.

I've got my wife on board to help me work through this. Its hard to lose weight, its hard to change your lifestyle, but with God's help I can get it done.

So drop on by the FAT MAN blog, and leave some encouragement, sarcastic remarks, or anything else you'd like. There's a link to it on this page, so check it out every Monday for my official weigh in day. I'm starting at 265, and I want to be at 185. Eighty pounds to lose.

A good weekend at home

This past weekend, I was able to go home and spend some time with my family in Lebanon, TN. It was great.

My parents started a tradition a few years ago, where they took a hay ride around the middle of October. The thing is, my parents don't have a tractor, or a trailer. All they have is a red Chevy S10, so me, Kristen, my brother, his wife, my sister, and all 5 of my nieces and nephews climbed in the back of the S10, and drove around Mann Road, and Maple Hill Road, and finally through the new subdivision near my folk's home. It was bitter cold outside as well. However, it was loads of fun.

The best thing I think was that I was able to be at home for church this morning. I haven't worshipped with my family since I got married. It was really great to be able to do that.

We left our dog at Kristen's parents home. I think she drove them crazy.

THINGS OF INTEREST:

--I switched to the new beta version of blogger. Its pretty good. Its got a simple interface and is rather user friendly. All you need is a google account.

--Thanks to Jason, he's gotten me hooked on LOST. Thanks a lot man. Now i'm hooked on another show.

--You'll notice a new link on my page here in a day or so. I've decided to blog about my new diet and exercise routine. I know, not very exciting, but its mainly for me to be able to keep up with my progress, and for people to drop some encouraging notes.

--The Titans won a game. Bama barely beat Ole miss, and how on earth is Auburn ranked FOURTH in the first BCS poll? Could Detroit really win a World Series?

The Yankees should trade Derek Jeter

Now that I have your attention, read this article:

Yankees should trade Jeter

Any comments? I think its the biggest bunch of bologna anyone could ever write. That would be like getting of Babe Ruth.

Working on my heart

I have to admit, I'm not always ready for worship. Are you?

I think we learn from John 4, when Jesus is talking to the Samaritan woman how important our heart is in the whole matter of worship.

We don’t suddenly delight in God when the service begins no matter what the song might be leading us to say. Our hearts are the worship center and we bring our worship with us. Each of us worships in the quiet of our hearts all week. Then we all pile in here together to feed off the corporate energy of worship. What this should produce in our church is a great bonfire of worship. As each of us brings our kindling to add to the fire, the more of us there are together, the larger the fire should be. Corporate worship is the gathering together of hearts delighting in God. When that happens, there is a special dynamic that takes place.

Another way to look at it is this. I’m an Alabama fan. I’ve always been an Alabama fan. Everyone who is an Alabama fan has a reason for being one. People don’t go to Alabama games to become an Alabama fan. People don’t go into Bryant Denny stadium and become an Alabama fan. They go to games and share in the passion with all the other Alabama fans. We look forward to going and supporting our favorite teams. We build it up, dress up in their gear, paint our faces, etc. Then we go. We let our enthusiasm go for the team while there, and we celebrate with others.

Worship should be like that. We are putting on our Christian gear everyday, when we go out we celebrate with other Christians. When we come to church, that is our time to Celebrate our Christianity with everyone else. We don’t cheer for other people, we praise our God.

Ready for the weekend

Hey all. Boy am I ever ready for the weekend. We don't have much going on, so I may get to sleep in tomorrow morning.

Tonight, the number 7 Guntersville Wildcats take on the number 3 team from Alexandria. Its also homecoming. Should be an interesting night.

On Sunday, the Titans play Indianapolis. If we're getting crushed by average opponents, what will happen to us when we play an offensive juggernaut like the Colts? Saving grace, the Colts have a pretty bad defense. Maybe we'll score some points.

Next week is fall break around here for our kids. Lots of people will be going on vacations.

Everyone needs to go see the movie "Facing the Giants". We went and watched it last weekend with the group from church, and it was a great movie. It was a bit cheesy for the first 10 minutes or so, but it started to get a lot better, and at the end you didn't realize you weren't watching a major motion picture.

Roll Tide, go Yankees, and please Titans, score some points and win!