House for Sale

Well, we are moving...hold on...don't panic! We are staying in Smyrna. We are just looking to get into that second house and feel it's time to make the change. Here is a link to our MLS. Check it out and pass it along if you know of anyone looking. By the way, we just reduced the price to help speed up the selling process. You can contact Matt Maynard with any specific questions about the house or to setup a showing.

A lesson in giving

This past Friday Night, Joshua had his first piano recital. He did a great job! He is definitely comfortable in front of a crowd. After finishing his second piece, he bowed for an extended time while "the crowd went wild". He took a quick moment in the middle of the bow to wink at his fellow competitors. ...such a good sport...

Anyway, when he finished the recital his "Pops" gave him a 5 dollar bill as a reward for doing such a great job. Joshua was excited, as you could imagine any 6 year old would be. I mean, you can do a lot with 5 dollars. When he showed the 5 dollars to me that night I asked what he planned on doing with it. Without even blinking an eye he replied, "I'm going to give it in the offering at church." I immediately asked, "how much are you planning on giving?", just to hear the reply, "all of it!" Wow! When we got home from church today, one of the first things Joshua told me was that he gave the 5 dollars at church. We talked about how good that made him feel, and you could just see the joy all over his face.

What an amazing lesson from a 6 year old. At times when we gripe and complain about giving our measly 10%, Leviticus 27:30, my son is teaching me that the greatest joy comes when you give it all away!

Two Roads Traveled

Us Production Staff guys have a little on-going bet about the most efficient direction to leave when exiting the parking lot at the church. Some like to take the route with lots of turns because they feel it is "shorter", while others of us prefer the long straight-away. The argument being made by me is that I would rather drive 5 extra feet and not wear out my tires, while I see some of the other guys (Micah and Stew) taking the curvy route and therefore making more trips to the tire store. But don't take it from me. I was outside today and decided to take two pics. One of my front tire and one of Micah's. The better tread is mine (of course) as Micah's tire reflects months of driving through the parking lot on two wheels as he rounds the corners to beat me out of the parking lot. I look forward to seeing those new tires...you'll need them soon.

Twitter

No it's not an affectionate name for my sister. It is a new (to me) service that allows you to keep up with what your friends are doing. With my limited use of Twitter so far, it has been enjoyable. If you have several friends/co-workers that you are trying to keep up with, (on an hour by hour basis) try Twitter. Also, for all you Google users, twitter works seamlessly with Gtalk where all your Twitter updates and 'following' can be done right in your Google Chat.

I'm so popular

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 3,960 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Mr. Mom

While mommy is away in India, I have the pleasure of waking up really early everyday with the kids. ☺ I also have a chance to feed the kids breakfast each day and send them off to school. This morning Hannah asked for some “Mushroom Cereal”, after a little thought I figured out she must be talking about Marshmallow Cereal…otherwise know as “Lucky Charms”. She has also recently been calling yogurt, “o…gritt”. Enjoy them while they're young.

Google's FREE Voice Activated Search

Need to find a business phone number, but away from your computer? Out and about and without a phone book? Try GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) and find what you need using your voice. It will ask for a city and state, followed by a prompting for business name or category. I tried it today and it works great! It will even connect you for free. It seems that my life if full of Google lately. What an amazing company. If you get a chance, just go online and check out all the features that Google offers to make our lives easier. Here is a list of some of the things I use Google for::

1. Gmail
2. Google Calendar
3. Blogger
4. GOOG-411
5. Product Search
6. Image Serach
7. Maps
8. Web Search
9. Google Reader (for organizing and reading blogs)