Hello Loyal Tim Fans!!!

I am pleased to report that Tim continues as usual. Well maybe I should not be so pleased to report that, but I guess it is better than doing worse.
So here is a poll for you. Should Tim become a minimalist? Kinda a dumb thing to ask isn’t it? Sort of the type of thing that should start from the heart and of passion. But here is the deal: I have been sitting in my apartment bored and reading this Blue Like Jazz nonsense from Donald Miller. Not really nonsense, its actually quite refreshing, I just say "nonsense" because I think it is silly to read a book try to fashion yourself after the writer who has arrived at where he is after many hours of soul searching and journey with God. But there I am and while I was reading, it occurred to me that my life is crowded by a bunch of superfluous stuff, self-imposed obligations, and urges. For instance it is not unusual for my entire floor to be taken up with clothing I have not worn for at least a month. I live in an apartment in which two rooms (not including my bedroom) are taken up with junk. I live alone and have plenty of space the family across form me lives in the exact same apartment but houses five (of course they are Asian but stop being predigest).
Truth be told I like my stuff and my space. I just think it would maybe help my perspective or something to slim down a little. I really don’t need or even use a lot of the stuff that I have, I say "have" because it sounds really lame to say you "own" an entire bowl full of shoe laces, or twenty half used bingo dabbers. I heard a speaker say that youth workers are notorious junk collectors and impulsive shoppers (you just never know when something will come in handy for an event or lesson) but this is ridicules.
Also I’ve kinda always wanted to be one of those hippie types who wear whatever they want and look cool in the way that it looks like they don’t even care what they are wearing but it is still somehow trendy. The type that seem totally comfortable wherever they are, that accept whatever happens with a interested smile and nod, and just are… Cool. And I don’t think that their apartments look like mine.
Anyway I definitely think this falls in the random rambling category, because on a different day I’m sure I would agree with a lot of you that most of this is nonsense. The gist is I want a change in lifestyle. Not a change of job I love my job, just a change in what I do with my life around my job. (Yah I said around my job because lets face it a single dude in Ponoka, if his life does not revolve around his job he is either crazy or something much worse and I am definitely neither)anyway kids have fun and take it easy. Love ya
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Well Thats Just Life! ... Don't talk to me about life...

When I woke up yesterday I had that feeling that If I could just survive today I will be back in my nice warm bed and everything will be ok. I had no reason to think that it would be a bad day just a general sense of dread. Then it happened… I got up. I showered and fell out of the tub with soap still in my eye, how this happened is completely beyond me, so don’t even ask, but I have a funny looking bruise on my arm now. I’m trying to think of an interesting way to phrase what else happened in the day but it was pretty boring and mostly caused by my own lack of organization. No major catastrophes just a bunch of "I am totally not prepared for this" sort of thing. I had kids club, due dates for youth retreats and collage and career retreats, bible study, Youth for Christ. The funny thing is, they all went quite well, even better than usual on some fronts. Kinda like that football player that fumbles the ball through the air for ten yard before finally catching it as he crosses the goal line. A good ending but I sure slept well last night. Anyway so I am now reveling in the fact that I have pretty much all day open to do whatever I have to do and I am already as prepared for confirmation as I can be so I am good to go what a glorious feeling.
Well I guess I should keep on my role and get the stuff for tomorrow and the weekend straitened out. Have fun
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Good Stuff!!

Ok so this weekend was a gong Show. There was a bit of a shindig for Jonny and Wieners in Calgary. So On Friday I figured I would go down and say hi. Got to Calgary and found Drew. We decided that Calgary Is a hole because its just all Grey and brown and icky, plus the U is not nearly as nice and cool looking’ as the U of A, there are hardly any nice big parks to run around in. Sure everybody is rich (ok not everybody just a more affluent city on a whole) which kinda makes it a little snobbish. I’m sorry to all of you who think Calgary Is the bomb and are from there and live there and such but this is just one (well actually at least two) mans opinion.
Anyway so I hung out with Drew and a couple other guys form High School and it was like I was instantly teleported back seven years. It was crazy same shenanigans same jokes, plying video games, listening to the same music it was just bizarre and one heck of a lot of fun I might add. We did play trivial pursuit and did much better I’m sure than we would have seven years ago.
Saw all the kids on Saturday, Dave And Jen for all of two minutes, hung out with Ana saw her Mom which is always cool. Then chilled with all the old married people in the evening. Actually they are pretty cool it just struck me again that I am like the only single person I know. I should set up my house like Wonko the sane from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. He put the outside inside the house and the inside of the house on the outside, then called the outside of the house the asylum because the whole world has gone potty and I quite agree hence why I am the only single person I know. Anyway watched the Game Edmonton and Calgary. Pete went off as usual. Calagry won which was bad, but such is life.
Then I said bye for the last time to Jonny and Marina. So so sad. I’m really gonna miss those kids.
On the way Home though I got this huge flood of anxiety. I was supposed to do the sermon on Sunday and all weekend I was worried about a particular kid in my youth group. I Was just feeling so guilty for being away and like I wasn’t doing my Job at all. Suddenly I felt this huge wave of peace fall of ver me it was like God was just showing me the amount of Prayer support I had going on so many people at the church were praying for me plus friends and family. And It was like a could feel the love and support of all those prayers at once it was in a word amazing, but one word just does not cover it. I felt so blessed and so unworthy. There are so many people than need and deserve prayers more than I. And I know we are all praying like crazy for Jonny and Wieners and Robin and her Dad. It just struck me as how amazingly powerful our prayers can be. Just a few sentences offered up in love and faith To God and he is as excited as a little kid in a candy store to send those blessings right where they are needed. Multiplied by his perfect goodness and love they are like this bazooka of greatness hitting right where it counts. Wow dude we really do have one amazing God he is just so AWESOME!!! Do I ever Love Him!! He just makes it too easy sometimes you know?
Well anyway God is Good and I got a go. Love you guys, peace and fun
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Turkeys and Girls (kinda the same thing)

So thanksgiving was great! Had a lot of fun, saw the fam, even saw Kirstin Karla and folks. So on and so forth. Didn’t play any cards though that was a little disappointing. But there is always Christmas. Actually now that I think about it, it was a pretty busy weekend Friday night we had youth group then afterwards a few guys wanted to camp out at the church so we did played video games until eight in the morning, I’m still having weird dreams. Saturday I worked on my message (the message is for next weekend so this is not nearly as slacker as it sounds,. Then I hung out with Kiristin and her new bau, really nice guy, cept that they are having their wedding in December!! What’s up with that??!!! Not like December is busy enough I guess.
Of course this brings up the whole fact that Tim is still single but for once is just loving it! I mean I always Talk big and say I have no use for a girl friend, which for the most part was mostly true. But now that everyone around me is married or paired up its like, holy crap I really don’t want a girl friend sure sure its would be nice to cuddle up on a cold night but really way more trouble than it is worth. I’m not cutting anyone down here girls in and of themselves are great, and anyone with their significantly other (well I guess that would be about everyone) good on ya! I wish you the best of luck! But I would just make the worst boyfriend/husband. The money, the time, sleepless nights, distraction, I just don’t have the time! Sorry girls not really me right now. Of course I’m sure this is all going to be thrown in my face soon as Miss. Perfect comes around, and I will be right back to playing the fool, but at that point I’m sure I will be more than happy to do so. So maybe I should just shut my yap about it right now right? Anyway GATD
Granny’s turkey was stupendous, not to mention the Pie, note to self never tell anyone you love pumpkin pie because none of it tastes the same as Mom’s or Granny’s
Anyway Guys I’m at work here so maybe I should do something. Love you all. Peace and have fun.
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