My day.

So I had an exciting day, First I got a registered letter notice in the mail so I had to walk on over to the post office. I decided today would be a walking day, I try to have at least a couple a week just to keep myself in somewhat respectable shape and also to keep the old car costs down (not that it helps much). Anyway so on the way there I was trying to figure out what it could be first I was like maybe it is insurance again. Maybe it is a supiena to appear in court and testify against a mob boss then spend the next few years in whiteness protection. Or maybe I won some sort of lottery. After the mob boss one, that was my favorite just because I could picture myself going all Curt Rustle like in Big Trouble in Little China and bringing down the mob, not to mention several kung-fu priests and some sort of black magical being. Anyway turns out it was just my new passport which was pretty cool too.
Then on the way to work I was jiving along with my head-phones and noticed these bunch of kids outside the school doing high jump and they were all starring at me so I was kinda weirded out and I stared right back wondering what they were staring at. Then I caught a reflection of myself in a window. I realized they were starring at the big guy with wind blown hair that looked more like a bad afro, that was staring at them, and apparently talking to himself, while listening to headphones (though I know that I was actually jiving along and not talking to myself). Anyway bad situation to be caught in while walking around Ponoka.
Anyway after that I got to work and found my office full of bickering old women. Apparently they were under the impression that someone ought to be doing something about the soil sinking around the church (we had just replaced the seal around the foundation so there was soil piled up around the church). They figured someone needs to get over here right away to do something about this before the entire church is swallowed in some sort of freak vacuum. I tried to explain that settling was kinda normal and in a few months once all has calmed down they can get back to their flower planting and landscaping and such (more like they can get their husbands back to that but whatever). Anyway since I am just a lowly youth worker and have no idea about such things (where as they are obviously experts) they decided to call over the contractor form our church anyway he said the same thing and they liked it. Whatever!
My after noon was relatively calm usual youth worker stuff hung out at the high school giving away Ice cream went to a movie (Davinci Code so it was considered research and prep for when the kids see it). Then I gave blood right after supper, good times except that after I got up I tripped on a fold of the tarp that covered the gym floor so I was instantly surrounded by nurses who were convinced I was about to keel over and die and would not believe I had simply tripped. Oh well more cookies for me.
Anyway that’s my day. Peace Kids hope you learn.
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My life just got better...

May long weekend is a crazy time. Every one goes everywhere it’s nuts. Highway two was absolutely insane on Monday night it was like bumper to bumper traffic all going a good ten klicks under the speed limit of course, which is even more infuriating where you are already late. So much for Alberta’s Autobahn.
But enough senseless rambling about weekend traffic patters. I have much more exciting things to talk about. Erika came down for the weekend, which was just beyond awesome. Erika is the girl I mentioned a few entries ago. We have been talking on the phone for a few months. We met for coffee In GP a little while ago which was the first time we had met in the flesh. I was worried this weekend was going to be kinda weird you know. I mean talking on the phone is one thing, or even having coffee once. Hanging out for an entire weekend is something else. I was like; What if I totally built up this false image of her? or What if I am totally not what she expects? What if she doesn’t like me? Bla Bla Bla!! Turns out all these worries were completely unfounded it was great. She was great! It was a little bit weird at first, but weird is kinda normal on any first significant encounter and it went away pretty quick. It was totally natural we talked and hung out watched the Hockey game. (Now how could you not be nuts about a girl who wants to grab a beer and watch the game?) We hit up Ikea, we even went out to a park to fly a kite (I know totally cheesy and cliché but it was still a lot of fun. After the kite flying came "the talk". Oh the dreaded talk, awkward, don’t want to lay all your cards on the table, what if? All that stuff all over again but I went for broke and it paid off (Ok I didn’t exactly "go for broke" but it sounds better than saying we stumbled through the conversation with minimal embarrassment) turns out she is as crazy about me as I am about her. The rest of the weekend was cloud nine we hung out with Dave and Jen some, I met her parents (they were already in Edmonton anyway). We went to church and she met the church folk. It was too awesome. Monday night toatlay sucked of course, as she left I realized I was going to be missing her like crazy now. It just did not seem fair. But God has a plan one way or the other so here we are and we take it as it comes. Anyway that’s my life. Keep it real.
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This is She!

Personal Note

Hey Jenn mind your own damn business! Sorry that’s Jenn Dodd not Jen Dolsky. Apparently Erika’s creepy Friends are spying on me.
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Whew!!

Hey kids
So I am mostly recovered from my weekend. For those who may not know (probably everyone) this weekend was grad weekend which meant it was also dry grad weekend. The weeks prelude to the weekend was super random and super busy. Between the three youth pastors who were working on this thing someone has really got to develop an effective list habit (hey bobby want to move to Ponoka and be our secretary? We don’t pay much but we are super disorganized). It seemed like every half hour one of us would suddenly remember something else we had to do then we would have to try and fit it into our schedule. Running here pick up that run there drop off this have a meeting, what a ruckus. By the time Friday came around I was ready for the event to just happen but Jerel and I were off to Edmonton to pick up party rentals and such. We got Casino games (it was a casino night, yeah we don’t want them to drink but we are more than happy to support their gambling addiction), and a hot tub not to mention a ton of food and prizes. Our favorite purchase was we bought three professional poker sets with 1000 chips each and they were the high class ones too no cheap plastic for us. We ended up giving away two of them and the third one, which is somewhat incomplete, the three of us will play for, should be a good night. Friday night was the cap and gown thing so I had a few kids to drop in on and wish congrats plus I was fed everywhere I went which was an added bonus. The ceremony itself was as to be expected long boring and the gym was absolutely cooking. I ditched out early to catch the end of the game and boy was I glad I did, what a game! Saturday was a big day, I was up till four in the morning the night before typing out the rules for all the games on an easy to use pamphlet. The idea was to sleep in on Saturday so that Saturday night I would not fall asleep in the middle of the party. I was up and running by nine AM. The whole day was just a blur but somehow we converted the tacky old community center into a high class casino complete with inflatable boxing ring. We bought more prizes, got food, set up sound and lights, there were lots of helper s too, the volunteers were amazing, but it was still a whole day event by Ten that night was still teaching the dealers how to play their perspectives games as kids came strolling in. Who knew that Baptists really do not play cards I always thought that was one of those old school myth things, anyway at least four of them were nicely corrupted that night. The night was an overall success we gave out over four thousand dollars in prizes including an awesome stereo, iPods, Car stereos, TV, mini fridge’s, and a lap top computer, plus lots and lots more. Every Grad walked away with an awesome prize. The only slight downfall was the kids seemed to tucker out pretty quick I guess the casino games did not keep them active enough the energy drained pretty quick but there were still fifty or so kids till the very end. We shut her down at five thirty in the morning and after clean up and all I poured myself into bed around nine. I slept through both my alarms that were supposed to wake me up for church an hour later but I’m pretty sure every one would understand. Sunday was sleep all Tuesday then Monday was trying to force myself awake so I could actually sleep that night. So back to normal which just seems so slow. Oh well I’m sure I’ll find my groove again. Anyway that’s my week, good times! Peace kids take it easy.
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Slow it down a second.

I’ve been watching a TV series a buddy lent me. It’s called "Dead Like Me", ever hear of it? It’s about this girl who is killed by a toilet seat from a Russian space station that fell out of the sky. She becomes a grim reaper and is saddled with the responsibility of collecting souls from people just before they bite it from weird accidents and such like hers. The weirdest part about it is how not so weird the whole show is. She still has to hold down a day job and hangs out with a group of friends who also happen to be reapers. But the whole show revolves around how extraordinary what we consider normal life is and how normal what we consider the extraordinary is. Obviously this show has put me in a very odd state of mind. After watching a show mundane things in life like smoking a cigar and enjoying a cup of coffee see like exceptional experiences. And rather looming problems like a week from hell or major bills due with no cash in sight seem very inconsequential. I don’t imagine this would be a healthy state of mind to remain in for extended periods of time but in the short term it does help to put some perspective on things. Anyway I will pay my bills and survive this week one step at a time. Then I will thank God for that minor miracle and move on with my life. Tomorrow though holds something special. I have been barred from the office or any other place of work under strict orders from pastor Dave and his wife. I think some lazing around in the sun is in order, just as long as I can keep my mind as far away from work as my body is supposed to be. Anyway catch ya latter kids.
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My week

Hey all!
Bobby’s wedding was pretty cool. A little weird this was the first CLBI wedding that I have been to that I did not know a ton of people. Kirstin and her bau Murry were of course there but they were MCs so Ana and I ended up sitting at a table full of strangers. It was good thought the people we were staying with work on Native Education programming so it was pretty interesting and kinda up my ally. My allergies also picked this weekend to go into high gear, so for the past six days I have been popping pills flushing my eyes with drops and I am still sneezing and blowing my nose every two seconds and my eyes more closely resemble radishes. The weird thing is we just got a truck load of 201 hanging flower baskets they are all stashed away downstairs but that is the only place I can actually breath and escape the nagging desire to use coat hangers on my eyes. Weird.
Confirmation is this Sunday. On eof the six countermands decided that she is not entirely ready to stand in front of the church and declare that she does in fact believe in Jesus. This I think is a good thing, because option B would be to stand up there and lie and that really doing no one a favor no matter how her father feels about it. I think with giving her permission to say no and accept her decision but still want to meet with her and walk with her though this she feels a little more accepted by the church. She does not seem so threatened that we just want to shape her and mold her into our version of who we think she should be. I hope she does see that God has a plan for her and that who she is is who God desires her to be but in a relationship with him.
I drove myslef crazy spending hours in the Christian book store looking for some sort of appropriate book to give the other five. I felt this pressure like this was going to be the only Christian book they may ever come in contact with and they are in grade eight so if by chance they do even want to crack the binding it had better be a gooder. I realize this is retarded so I took great comfort in the advise that Ana gave me; that It’s ok of they are not into it now. Some day they may just may be in a rough spot and out of the blue pull down the book they got in confirmation and God will be the one speaking to them not the words so I just have to go with my gut. Well more or less that’s what she said anyway I may have added my own interpretation but whatever.
Anyway kids hope all is well in your perspective corners of the world. Peace
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Just can't catch a break, story of my life.

So here we are kids. I have been talking to this totally awesome girl from GP. She is funny, feisty, ( I apologize in advance for the cheesy alliteration that is about to take place, it just sorta happened) faith filled, fun, End even though she is sorta a freak it's in a good way. It really awesome talking with her, she is super real and fun at the same time. But Like I said she is in GP. Sure God has a sense of humor it just seems to be a little cruel right now. The GP thing is not a deal breaker by any means it just makes things kinda hard… and slow. Slow is probably a good thing takes time to get to know someone and the more talkin’ you do the better, so they say anyway. But there is only so much you can get to know on the phone. Does she have crazy road rage? What is it like to just chill out and not necessarily have to talk all night? We did have coffee and it was pretty sweet. And I did find out she handles very embarrassing situations with grace. It s just frustrating is all. I know, I know, "have patience" bla bla bla!!! Patience is for sissies!! I want some action… ok not "action" so get your minds out of the gutter already. Anyway it’s midnight or almost anyway, and it’s been a long day I’m gona go find sleep. As my friends TFK would put it "Peace kid, hope you learn!"
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Fantastic!!!

Sorry for the late update guys, and huge thanks to everyone who prayed. Speaking at the school was awesome! It was a Christian school in Red Deer so I was speaking for chapel. Coming into he school was pretty sweet. It had the big city school yard deal going on, all cement with clusters of kids here and there some playing basket ball, some jumping rope, the tough kids off to the corner smoking with a stern teacher walking towards them, it was pretty funny. I was nervous like crazy. I felt God was leading me to talk about how the Easter Story applies to our lives everyday not just at Easter. So I brought out the Hermit Crabs (props to Sarah). They were a huge hit, the kids loved them. I talked about how hermit crabs bury themselves for a few days, shed their old skin and come up all shiny and pink. Related that to Jesus Obviously, then told them how he does the same for them, by taking their old skin (sin) away and giving them now lives in him. I had a picture of Johnny and said how Jesus is like our best friend and knows us better than any one and even though he knows all the evil thoughts in our head he loves us none the less and offers us that forgiveness. The final thing was Jenga I related how putting your trust in something other than Jesus is makes your life unstable because only Jesus can know you completely and offer complete love and forgiveness. Other things will let you down and allow for chunks to be removed from your heart and sense of self until you have a precariously tipsy tower that can crumble easily. Because He knows us so well and assured us of love and forgiveness He can help us to hold that tower strong if we put all our trust in Him. Anyway that is a lame summary, obviously it was the Holy Spirit speaking because it went awesome the kids were attentive I had a few kids come up and talk afterwards it was awesome. The younger kids were in love with the Crabs and I visited a couple classes afterward to let them hold them and all that kind a thing. It was so great. Praise be to God. Thanks for praying guys! I am off to our bottle-drive now, tons o’ fun! Actually it is pretty fun the kids are great to hang with we always have a good time. So anyway till next time kids!
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Maybe pray again?

Pray for me please guys, I am speaking at a school in Red Deer today (Thursday) at 9:00AM. I just found out that there are going to be like six hundred kids there (Thats alot of kids!). Anyway pray that I speak Jesus message well and that I do not choke on my words, or stutter lots, but that the kids hear about how much He loves them and what that means in their lives. Thanks yo! Peace
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He Has Risen Indeed!!!

Easter was good, but I am somewhat happy it is over. Like Christmas it just gets too busy around here, we get so preoccupied with programming that it is hard to take time to kick back and reflect. Marina said that in Mongolia Easter is just another day, no one really pays attention. In some ways that would be nice you know, to have no hype and circumstance. I really do love the Good Friday service and Easter Sunday service. My favorite thing to do all year is to greet people with "He has risen indeed!" What can I say I am kinda a Lutheran dork. Anyway the weekend turned out fine. The youth put on Easter Sunday breakfast for the church. Just a continental deal, lots of fruit, buns, colored eggs and such. I know it doesn’t sound like it but that was a lot of work. Some ladies on Sunday were asking us if we were cooking pancakes and such. That would have been a gong show, doable for sure, but what a mess.
Sunday afternoon the Dolsky Clan got together at Granny’s. Good times! It was a little weird at first seems like that side of the family doesn’t really know how to talk to each other. But after supper the coffee and cards came out and we had a grand ol’ time. That’s Dolskys for you; get our bellies full, give us some caffeine and set us around a card table we’ll have a good time with anybody.
I should really get back to work (yes I am working on a Monday, I am not pleased with myself either). I am speaking at a Christian elementary school on Wednesday. I have nothing prepared, but I am feeling led to talk about Who we are in Jesus. How are you supposed to make that applicable and still interesting to young kids? I really just need to sit down and get into it but just can’t seem to get the groove on you know. Maybe I just need to come back tonight at midnight and do it the old fashioned way as an all-nighter. We’ll see how it goes. Anyway kids, that’s me for now. Take it easy.
Peace
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The end of a busy week.

I am taking a break from work now. Hopefully anyway, there are a few loose ends to tie up from the weekend and more things to get done are popping up all the time but I will do my best to stay away from the church and other work related areas for a day or so anyway.
I prepared the message for church today and I think went really well. I was actually rather calm about the whole thing, and because I tried to make it as conversational as possible (as opposed to delivering the doctrinal dissertation that can sometimes crop up during the preliminary preparation times) I was not too worried about making sure I got all the big words out right.
I was visiting my brother Dave tonight who is in the middle of preparing a big paper on blessings and curses and prosperity and such for a seminary Old Testament class. It was pretty intense. Sometimes I really feel inadequate in a Pastor role because I do not have a lot of book learning so if I were to ever write a paper like that I would probably embarrass myself. I do not even know what APA format means. I feel like if I am going to be interpreting scripture and helping people to see and hear God I should really have a more refined knowledge of His book. But at the same time I know that God has lead me into this ministry for a reason, and that he is going to use my talents, personality quirks, and different experiences to speak his word effectively. I can get hung up on formal titles and the want for impressive papers on the wall but God usually uses heart knowledge, humble words, and a willing spirit, just as effectively whether the vessel has book learning or not. I guess I just have to trust in His plan and forget my pride.
The rest of the service was awesome. The choir came in with the Sunday school waving the palm branches and singing, it was pretty cool. The kids were definitely more concerned about whacking each other and swinging the palms as violently as possible than with making sure they were singing the right song, which definitely helped us from taking ourselves too seriously, but it was still a very powerful time of worship. My favorite part was that I was sitting beside a two year old who is very enamored with his new ability to make his voice heard whether he is actually speaking words or not, and he was very enthusiastic about "singing" along. I probably made as much sense as he did since I was laughing more than I was singing but between to the two of us we definitely made a joyful noise to the Lord.
Palm Sunday starts off my three most favorite services of the year with Good Friday and Easter Sunday to follow. I just love the range of emotion and brutal honesty that always seems to come from these services. I think a lot of the year we try and make sure we "have things right" but this time of year we are brought face to face with why we have church at all.
I think tomorrow I will go and try to find some fun trails to wander around in. Apparently there is something like Saskatoon Island (a cool park with lots of trails through the bush, for all those non-GP residents) somewhere around here, though I think the average Ponoka resident has a different idea of what "bush" is than I do, even if Saskatoon Island is not exactly extreme bush to begin with.
Oh yeah! Battle of the bands went awesome. God really did some cool stuff. Friday was a bit of a crazy stress ball. But we got all the volunteers to pull it off nicely and with as little gong show as possible. Tons of kids showed up, we sold just about every last ticket. The Battle bands were really amazing it was hard to pick a winner. Steriotrap (the headline band) was awesome, even if they did not show up until half an hour before the event only adding to the pre-game stress attack. All in all it was way beyond a successful event God is awesome!
Take it easy guys.
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Please pray

We (collective youth people in Ponoka) are putting on a battle of the bands. Everything is going swell but we really need to get a lot of kids coming out tonight. So please pray for a great show, that everyone would have a blast, that kids would be reached and that all the little details just fall into place. This is not an evangelism night per say, but everything we do we do to the glory of God and we are hoping to open some doors. Doors open (not the type of doors I was just talking about) at six thirty concert at seven thirty hope to be done around midnight. Right now I am just freaking out a little but it is all good!
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Update...

Well I’m a slacker, Get used to it! So what’s new? I met a pretty cool girl. She’s a friend of a friend which is sometimes weird but for the most part no big deal. The thing is she lives in Grande Prairie, a fine town no doubt, but kinda a jaunt to drive. One of these people who gives a lot of information about themselves that some people may see as too much but it sure cracks me up. So that’s a bit of an adventure.
I also got three new hermit crabs from my sister for my birthday. Those guys are loads of fun! It always concerns me though being in charge of living creatures. I know as a youth leader I should really be used to that, and crabs should really be no big deal. But I really do not hold the balance of life or death for most of my kids which considering the circumstances is probably a good thing.
My job is still great! We have a ton of events coming up the most pressing is a Battle of the bands we are holding this Friday. We are hoping for three hundred kids but ticket sales are not going overly fantastic so we are praying for a ton of kids to buy tickets at the door Friday night. We have faith but it is still a little stressful. Not to mention we are still short on volunteers so if anyone is going to be around Ponoka Friday night and wants to lend a hand give us a shout hey.
We are also planning dry grad for the comp here as well. It’s somewhat unfortunate that if falls to the youth workers to do this but such is life I suppose. I take great pride in the fact I think we are probably the only church in Ponoka that really has no problem with alcohol for the most part (there may be one or two others I’m not entirely sure). Yet safe grad seems quite ridicules. I mean in GP it was bad enough that they shipped us off to some field to get plastered its amazing that no one drinks themselves to death. But in Ponoka they actually provide the alcohol then put no limit on it, it’s absolutely crazy! But anyway Dry Grad looks fantastic, going with a Casino theme this year. There will be games and activities coming out the wazzoo it should be fantastic.
Anyway that’s it for now I know it is not much of an update but I am tired I will write more latter.
Peace kids!
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Dummy me

I read this this morning. I thought it was funny.
"The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly... Christian scholarship is the churches prodigious invention to defend itself against the Bible, to ensure that we can continue to be good Christians without the Bible coming too close. Oh priceless scholarship what would we do without you? Dreadful it is to fall into the hands of the living God. Yes it is even dreadful to be alone with the New Testament."
Soren Kierkegaard; "Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kirkegaard"
Of course by posting this I realize I become the biggest hypocrite. I seem to imply that I do understand the words of the New Testament in their entirety, which I don’t, nor do I believe I ever could, and then I also seem to claim that I adhere to them, which I most obviously fall painfully short of. But I am reading this book "Irresistible Revolutionary" Shane Claiborn which is where I got the quote from in the first place (I know I did not notarize my quote properly or whatever you are supposed to do, Oh well). It’s not a new message it is actually pretty old. He talks about… well ok I am only maybe a fifth of the way through it so I’m not entirely sure what his actual message is, I’m not sure he even has one. But he tells lots of stories about really getting down and dirty to show love to other people. He talks about sleeping with the homeless on the street or in abandon church buildings. He went to Calcutta and worked with Mother Teresa and the Sisters Of Mercy, hung out with Lepers and generally did stuff most of us think is nice but would never actually do ourselves. He describes this stuff in the light of his own search for authentic Christianity not as a means of making us that don’t feel guilty. I don’t think anyone I or anyone I really know is disingenuous about their faith nor do most of them believe in a faith without works. But I have been a Chritian my whole life and I am still always searching for, and am at the same time incredibly fearful of, and shy away from, a faith that really sets me on fire. I know all of my excuses for not doing this stuff, safety, finical, lack of opportunity/experience which are all rubbish. And I realize dreaming about this stuff because you read it in a book is also very foolish. I guess I am just struggling to understand why I idealize these things and have no gonads to move on them. Its frustrating really, I feel like a fraud teaching kids discipleship when I really don’t follow the path that Jesus walked myself. I know a lot about the path, I admire it, I teach about it, but I don’t walk it, then I thank God for his grace and keep on dreaming. This sucks. And what does it help to write about it? I don’t know. It just makes me feel like an even bigger dummy.
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Happens every time

So funny thing; In my previous post "Mrs. Right" I told you guys about this internet dating service I signed up on. It still feels kinda lame to say "Internet dating" but I’m getting over it. So turns out I get matched up with this girl from Grande Prairie, then as if that were not a coincidence enough she happens to be friends with one of my good friends totally bizarre. Anyway so now I am hooked I have been learning about this girl slowly though this "guided communication" that they have. First it was answer five multiple-choice questions about yourself (like you can really get to know someone through multiple choice). Then we sent each other these ten must have’s and can’t stand’s. Ten things that someone you would consider dating must have or do, and ten things that if they do they are on the outs. A little more personal I guess but it still seems a little clinical. Now we are exchanging short answer questions, three questions that we actually made up ourselves and can give answers back in our own words. Now all this seems a little weird to me still but this girl seems pretty cool so I am totally curious. I just get hooked on these things so easily oh well maybe this will be one of those times that it turns out to be a really good thing we’ll just have to see.
Oh yeah as for me thinking this profile did not really suit me so well; I sent it off to a few people who know me pretty good and they all said that it was pretty accurate. Goes to show what I know, even about myself. Anyway guys take it easy.
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Confirmation of Madness...

My confirmation class is still driving me nuts. Half the class is there that really want to be there and enjoy learning about discipleship and such even if they do tend to give me pretty pat answers. The other half decidedly does not want to be there and are generally jerks. Not bad people, I don’t dislike them, actually I find them quite entertaining, but when you are talking about what it means to be Christian to people who decidedly do not want to be Christians it makes it a little rough. At first I told them that if they did not want to be there they should not be there. But then I changed my mind and said even if they do not subscribe to what it is that the church believes or to what I am teaching it is still good to come and learn anyway. "It’s important to know what exactly it is that you are disagreeing with" was how I put it… or I hope I put it that way anyway. But I maintained that if by the end of the year they still disagreed, it’s probably best that they do not get confirmed. I said I would be happy to talk to any parents that have a problem with that. The funny thing is that any parents that would have a problem with that hardly come to church if at all and are not passionate about it enough to talk to me about it but will talk about it behind my back maybe even to the council. Well at least this should get rid of some boredom for the next little bit. Peace guys.
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Happy Happy Birthday To Me!!!!

Guess what? I am now officially 25. I’m not sure if I was ever unofficially 25 but now I do not need to worry about that because here I am. The thing I loved most about my birthday this year was that a lot of people remembered and called and such and generally just gave me lots-a-love. Made me all warm and fuzzy inside it was great. I don’t like to think of myself as someone who needs attention but apparently I am, to some degree at least. The ironic part was that I was in Jasper so I was not able to receive any of those calls but they were much appreciated none the less. Another really cool thing was I got pancakes and Ice cream. I don’t normally like pancakes but the people I was on the ski trip with made me some, and then put this awesome ice cream on top. I tells ya it was heavenly, it was like this cookie dough ice cream with brownie chunks in it, absolutely amazing. Then with the warm pancakes I could have just died. This is the second year in a row I got breakfast for my birthday I like this tradition. Breakfast is defiantly way up there for my favorite way to spend my time. Anyway thanks to all you that remembered and if you are one of those that didn’t I am not offended because I probably forgot yours too, sorry. Peace guys
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Mrs.Right

So I just finished an online dating survey. I don’t know why I filled it out. Just seemed like the thing to do at the time. I was looking through the church e-mail and the secretary had apparently filled one out for her daughter, so she was getting some responses. I went to check it out and ended up doing the quiz more out of curiosity than anything. Well now I am apparently a member. I was looking through my profile and it seemed a little off. Not horribly wrong just kinda accentuated the parts about me being very out going and the life of the party and such. Which seemed to me to be a bit of an overstatement. The biggest one was; "You have a natural, outgoing style that some have labeled as the "natural salesperson." You are generally likable, talkative and socially assertive. Your primary intent is convincing or persuading people." Since when was my "primary intent" so convince and persuade. And I do not ever remember being referred to as a "natural salesperson". Oh well maybe Mrs. Right is waiting right around the corner. We shall see.
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Been another long while.

I know! I know! I am a horrible person because I have not bloged for like two weeks blah blah blah…
Well I figured I should get on it since I am just sitting here with nothing to do waiting for kids to arrive for our games night, and hey this beats pacing the floor. What a week dude I feel like have been run over by a steam roller and it is not even close to being finished. I won’t bore you with trivial details mostly just because if I put it down on paper (or screen as it may be) it just looks so insignificant and like I didn’t actually do a whole lot and I have really no right to complain. So You will just have to trust me that I was busy… well not so much busy just a lot on my mind and a lot of stress. Ha!! "Stress" I used to laugh at the word now look at me quiver. The thing is I just don’t think I, or ninety percent of people in Canada for that matter, really need to be stressed out at all. We just put ourselves under it to seem like we matter or have important lives. It’s like the more stress we have the more productive we are and therefor the more valuable we are.
I am not trying to belittle anyone’s life, or how they feel by any means. Really what is the worst that would happen if something didn’t go right for me? Maybe a couple disappointed kids, that would kinda stink but I could make it up to them. And even when things do go wrong there is almost always a way to retrieve them and still have a great night.
Say everything goes horribly wrong and our mission trip does not go to Mexico. Now I hardly think that "not going to Mexico" is really going to be the end of the world. I hate to a dramatist but, George in the Middle East who has an American base on one side and on one side and some radical group on the other now he has stress. He has a bad day and his house gets blown up. If he is lucky he and his family will not be in it at the time.
I just think we get so busy with stupid things that we need to take a step back eat pancakes with peanut butter and syrup and have a good strong cup of coffee. I did that this afternoon it was great. The best part was sitting in my office afterwards with the sun shining in the window, feeling full, with the glorious sweetness still lingering on my pallet, now that was great.
Well if any of this makes sense great! If not well looks like you were not missing much
Peace
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PS. It is now a quarter after and the kids still have not shown up. Serves me right for trying to do it on a Friday again, I should know better.

Bahh!! Lovebug!!

So I just checked out the blog world and it would seem that many people tend to agree with me that valentines-day is ridicules. Of course that is the blog world, so how many of them are lonely lonely nerds bitter at the world who has passed them by? Well not me I’m just bitter at a world I passed by. (I have no idea what that means).
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