Avatars

I keep changing my avatar on Facebook because my former piano teacher poked at me for my white square avatar saying it confused her. I don’t always like to confuse people. 

I do like to exceed expectations, though, so I’ve been trying to change it daily.

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Those a few of them. And don’t be shocked if I go back to the white square every once in a while.

Spend Your Nights Awake and Your Daze Wishing You Were Asleep

I’ve been working long hours lately.  It’s taken a toll on my health.  In case you weren’t sure what that term means every time I walk into my office I have to pay $0.75 at an actual toll booth and gain a half pound in weight.  It’s not pretty.  Toll booths should be prettier given the fact they’re going to take your money.

The good news is that the feature I’ve been pouring myself into is likely going to ship in the next 24-48 hours and we’ll be good to go. I might get some sleep again.  But my body will take a few weeks to move into “tired because it is night time” mode.  Which is a fun transition because it takes me a few weeks to get into “Spending Your Nights Awake and Daze Wishing You Were Asleep” mode.  Working long hours is sometimes part of my job, and that is not a complaint.  What my real complaint is is the fact the clock has hours between about 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM.  I would like to do away with those, or take a siesta, and then all would be right with the world.

Except for that ugly toolbooth.  That I could do without.  I’m still trying to figure out why it’s in my hallway.  Also: where does this fat come from?  I’m pretty sure that it’s not organic cow-beef fat.  I’m guessing it’s from pig, in which case, I want to get it with bacon. Lots & lots of bacon.

Jesus Paid It All

There’s a hymn with the name Jesus Paid It all. I enjoy the song a lot, it’s got great lyrics except for the first line of the chorus. It goes like this:

Jesus paid it all
all to Him I owe
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow

Except we don’t owe Jesus. He has redeemed us and made us adopted sons. This is the kind of position that negates any sense of owing.

So we changed it to this:

Jesus paid it all
His grace and love to show
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow

That’s a chorus I can sing with great gusto!

First Day of School

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The girls went to school this last week for their first day of the sixth and second grades respectively. Abby is freshly 11 and Evie is going to be 8 in a few months.  It’s pretty amazing being their dad. I am already prepared to throat punch the boys. Stay away from my daughters.

Free Stuff

A neighbor put this fine sign up near the entrance of our subdivision.

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Only the arrow did not point to anything. In much smaller letters below that it said to go to the first cul de sac. Except there are two cul de sacs right across from one another.  It was the one on the right.

The free stuff reminded me of a saying my old boss at my old job used to say, “You can’t sell what you can’t give away. ” Free trash isn’t in high demand. The free stuff is still out on their driveway.

Part of me wants to move some of it into the other cul de sac just to mess with people. Part of me doesn’t want any such sign up in my neighborhood. Part of me wants to knock on their door and ask if they have any nicer free stuff I could have.