Recent conversations about marriage

Well, here I go about to stick my neck out there once more. The question of when will I get married always seems to come in the fall. I think about it more in the summer, but ALWAYS get asked the question in the fall.

Here is my take:

In my 20's, I was looking for miss right who would stay with me forever in Searcy, Arkansas.
In my early 30's, I was looking for someone who was a lot more mature and had a faith in God bigger than mine.
Right now, God has a lot more work to do on me. I know, I am not the perfect person I thought I was when I was in my 20's. I have always known but I will admit more today, that I have a very messed up family that I will asked some lady one day to join. Don't get me wrong, my family is my family. This last one, is probably my biggest stumbling block. I am secure in myself, I believe this last point is another hurdle I believe I have conquered.

I am not ashamed of my upbringing, I have to live in the real. I wanted so much to have the perfect life/family to present to my wife. Well, that wont be happening anytime soon. My nephew recent saying "It is what it is!" I hope she will see she is marrying a Christian young man who is a sinner and is looking forward to being in heaven.

So the question of when I will get married. God only knows....

What a day!

I have had one of those days. You know that day that everywhere you turn there is a problem. I still doing good today. I am gong to leave work and go to my favorite restaurant- "Cracker Barrel". I guess most people drown their sorrows with alcohol, Food would be my choice. I do justify it by saying, I got to eat somewhere why not my favorite. Those of you concerned about me blowing my diet, don't worry, I'm not on one. I look this good without dieting! HA!

I will be heading to New Orleans this week to survey our mission trip during winter break. I look forward to our kids going, and watching along side of them as they experience helping those they do not know. This is why I love my job(ministry) so much. I get to do so many great things!

Dating, Dating, Dating! It this is all I will say about that!

Church is good. We are getting ready for our Christmas Musical!

Family is not bad, they love to give me true's about myself. I need to share it with you one of these days. Not today, I'm going to Cracker Barrel!

Condo Buying

I am buying a condo! Yes, that right I will be a condo owner by the end of this month. This is happening fast. I have relaxed some between filling out papers and faxing them. So much paper work. The home inspector really like the condo. I will sell it to him when the market bounces back. Everything is a lot more expensive this go around. Everything has gone up ie. appraisels, home inspection, and etc. I am looking forward to my move.



Resting some! I need a vacation. It will happen next month. I am having a few relaxing days. I have pick back up on reading. I have been trying to relax more. Tonight, I was eating at Panera Bread- I can't believe it either. i wanted soup and a sandwich. I could not help but to listen to the couple who was on a first date. It was pretty comical. They both were trying to come up with something to say. By the time, I finished my meal, the girl finally announces that it is getting late (7pm). I laughed becaused the guy was still trying to get her to commit to going out again. She told him that let her call him. He seemed soo excited abotu this. Clueless! I wondered if I am soooo clueless on the dating scene.



I have found the public library in the city in which I live. Summer allows me to enjoy the town in which I live. My schedule is soo much relaxed that I can stop and enjoy the scenery.



Uplft is coming soon. I can't wait to see some old friends.

I have missed you too!

Let me tell you the latest..

The last two Thursday's have been really bad healthwise. Two weeks ago I woke up to go to the bathroom, turn on the lights and fell to my needs. I got an eye infection(I guess from my contacts that I wear) It cause a dilemma for me because I did not have a replacement for chapel that day. This was 8th grade graduation( I did not get to go to) I had the 6th and 7th graders with me for chapel that morning. I thought someone had taken a knife and started cutting my eye it hurt so bad. This was around 2am. By 6am, I got one contact in and trying for the other one. The light was killing me. I drove the school in pain covering my bad eye. We did have chapel in the dark. The kids just thought it was a different chapel, not knowing about my pain. I won't go into how my eye doctor was my savior that day and tried on Monday to get me to do my eye exam and contact fitting again of course full price. NO WAY! I am still comfortable in my original contact lenses fully cleansed I might add.

The next Thursday(last week) I woke up to having a real bad cold with a cough that you might have thought I was dying. I am nursing this cold with over the counter drugs. The pharmacist recommended Claritin D and Musicnex. I think they work against each other. Last night was my best night of sleep and at 5:30am this morning I was WIDE awake. By 8am, I was coughing again. Stay tune Lord willing, I will be alive next Thursday for my new adventure.

This coming week will be my Leadership Camp. I am really wanting to build it into something that would be around a long time. Right now, we are looking at 12 participants. They say that this is not too bad for a first year camp. I love having the opportunity to teach and influence these young mind. I'll let you know how it goes.

Well, it is summer, which mean, I will get around to dating again. All my free time you know. I look forward to what God will bring my way this year. Everybody wants to say I am picky. (YOU GOT THAT RIGHT) i am just waiting for Miss Right to come my way. I'll post more later.....

8 miles

Well, I have walked 8 miles within 24 hours. I am feeling good! I am beginning to feel a little sore( I think) I can feel the burning calories. My plans are to walk everyday during the week and take the weekends off. I enjoy walking(fast) when you have someone to walk with makes a difference. I am also starting to snack on Protein bars. I do wake up hungry so far, which is good for me to eat something before I walk out the door. We are all good so far!

What will I tackle next on my big agenda? Dating life! Keep your ears open, who knows tomorrow I might be informing you of a lovely lady. HA!

2nd Sunday Off

Today, the two churches I visited was Campus Church and East Point church(one that I grew up in).

Today, I got to sleep in again, but longer. I did not go to Sunday School class, but went to second service. I can now understand why people skip bible class, and sleep in on Sundays. This is the second sunday for me to sleep later. Don't worry, I will not slide too much, but I am enjoying this time off.

Campus 2nd service: I loved the singing and to see the diversity in the room. The only problem is that I did not see it upfront on stage. I said to myself, what a great diverse church that the leadership have not embraced it's diversity. I will tell you what I mean by that: I have worked for many churches and have consulted some to say to the leadership let your actions speak louder than your words. Though this church is very diverse but no other ethnic group in their praise team, announcements, preaching, Lord supper comments,and etc. Actions- nonverbals count more with minorities. So many people have given lip service, show it in your actions. I even began thinking about the school in which I work and asked the same question there. It has been here for 40 years and though the student population is diverse, the faculty is not. We even have a director of diversity(black) but we trully lack diversity in key leadership positions. This is sad since we are in 2007.

East Point: Smaller than campus, but I trully enjoyed talking to lifelong friends. Louis Robinson-big time mentor in my life, Jimmy Robinson-courted his daughter who is not serving in Kuwait(Yes, she is married for those wanting to know more), Rita- woman of faith also the church secretary, and so many more. Eric Welchel is the preacher there now. I enjoyed thinking about the many years in that building. They will canvass the area next saturday. I think I am going to try and join them just for more fun in my simple boring life.

I have enjoyed today. I also got a chance to go to my mothers for Sunday dinner. I continue to be amazed at how happy my mom is when all of her children and grandchildren share a meal she cooked. She is a wonderful soulfood cook. We have collard greens, pototoe salad(my mom has the best) fried chicken(You don't have to be black to enjoy), and to top it off my favorite dessert sweet potatoe pie. It was good!

This is my do or die week about a house. I am hopefully going to view one more condo that I am hoping will be the one and make an offer and close by the end of the month. If this does not happen, I will be in an apartment again for another year- which would not be bad, but I need the interest payments. I might buy some land to build on in the future who knows.

I do have two more weeks of daycamp. We are going to see Evan Almighty tomorrow. It should be an easy day. I do hope your week goes well. Be Good!

Date last night!

Many have asked so I will tell you about last nights date! It started out by me leaving work late to get ready for this thing. I would be driving during rush hour to pick let's say Lady W up. I should back up a little, to say I found out earlier today SHE IS 42 YEARS OLD YIKES! I know many of you would say- big deal, but it is to me. Anyway, we were going to drop by a friend of hers who's marriage is not going well. I know, I know, what are we doing here! My job was to lead a prayer after the conversation stopped. Well, after about 3 hours, I led a prayer. We went back to Downtown Atlanta and ate at an ok restaurant. Food was good, Service was good! BUT, I GOT A PARKING TICKET for an expired meter. I could not believe it because I did not see any meters around when I parked. Needless to say, I will now have to pay $10 for this oversight. It would make a better story if there would be a second date. 42! That is my latest! I will get in trouble for this, but I know she(42) is not internet savy. Ok, you can stop laughing now! TD