Happy 4th 2008! Tanya and I had a midnight date last night after we put the kids to bed. We watched a movie that we wished we had not. Even watching it on Clearplay we were disappointed. At 2:30am we were off to bed. We all slept until about 10am this morning. The started slow but we gradually got into the swing of things.
Tanya and the older kids sorted clothing to be put away. I replaced the rotted wood shelving underneath our kitchen sink. Plumbing and I do not like each other...but I can work around plumbing if it has to do with carpentry or electrical. I went from carpenter to cook when it was finally time to grill outdoors!!!! I fixed up some awesome tasting burgers, pork steak, beef steak and a rack of ribs! Also threw in my world famous garden veggie grilled dish! I love grilling!
We are now chilling out. Bekah is sitting next to me on the couch while I type this and Tanya is on the family computer reading about cloud seeding and chemtrails.
Hey...if you want to get a sneak peak at a new movie made by the same guys who made "Facing the Giants", check out www.fireproofthemovie.com ! It stars Kirk Cameron.
I'm selling my new motorcycle. If any of my readers are interested, please contact me. I'm selling for what I paid. Only has 180 miles on it and gets 80 miles per gallon. Selling for $3500.
Just a few days into my blogging life and still no call from The Learning Channel. or any other network. I'm still waiting.
Instead of going on "vacation" for the 4th, we are on a "staycation". We're staying home.
Adios!
CHRIST is LIFE
Don
Friday, July 4, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
What is "Hypermiling"?
I just read a blog by Josh Harris who snagged an article from USA Today about "hypermiling"?
I just heard about this from a neighbor who says he is trying it out. I've not yet asked him how much he's really saving but he says he can do 1 month on a single tank - if he watches his driving habits. That's one quarter tank each week. He drives an SUV to work and back.
So how many miles is one really able to squeeze out of a gallon of gas?
What extremes are you going to in order to save on the rising fuel cost?
Are there any "hypermilers" reading this?
Please share your fuel savings tips with the rest of us!
I just heard about this from a neighbor who says he is trying it out. I've not yet asked him how much he's really saving but he says he can do 1 month on a single tank - if he watches his driving habits. That's one quarter tank each week. He drives an SUV to work and back.
So how many miles is one really able to squeeze out of a gallon of gas?
What extremes are you going to in order to save on the rising fuel cost?
Are there any "hypermilers" reading this?
Please share your fuel savings tips with the rest of us!
"How am I doing?"
Last week, Tanya took RJ, MJ, and SJ to the REBELUTION conference in Dallas and said it was awesome. RJ and MJ have been reading a couple of books sold there and have been challenged to be NOT the normal teenager. The challenge the teens to rebel against low expectations. Our society no longer expects much from our teens.
I was reading this acrticle by Michael Pearl about boys today and I thought of how today's boys differ from boys of a few decades ago when 14 year olds were responsible enough to get a job, hold a job, and make money. Those boys didn't have Playstation, wii, DVD's, airsoft guns, etc. Michael was saying that he's observed a loss of something very important in our society. You'll have to read the article at http://www.nogreaterjoy.org/
This statement by Michael Pearl was one I pondered for several minutes while thinking of myself and my own boys:
"Perpetually silly boys are an embarrassment to their fathers and a shame to their mothers; moreover, they are the public proof of a father’s neglect and a mother’s indulgence."
The question I asked myself as a father is: "how am I doing?" Are my boys fools? I remember Solomon who warned against following the way of fools. He exhorted us to chase after wisdom and to pass that wisdom on to my sons and their sons.
"How am I doing?", I ask myself. In all honesty, I feel like I've got a ton of work to do. There is much wisdom I lack and need in order to pass wisdom on to my sons and their sons. Most of us are there.
Problem is, I can't do it on my own. It is so like God to make certain that I would be totally dependent upon Him!! It is with His teaching and shaping that I will obtain wisdom and will pass it on.
Just thoughts for the morning.
I have a buddy whose tag line is "LIFE is CHRIST". I don't want to borrow from him without giving him credit. The same is true with my new tag line "CHRIST is LIFE". I hope it becomes more to you than just a tag line. Maybe a LIFE LINE!
CHRIST is LIFE
Don
I was reading this acrticle by Michael Pearl about boys today and I thought of how today's boys differ from boys of a few decades ago when 14 year olds were responsible enough to get a job, hold a job, and make money. Those boys didn't have Playstation, wii, DVD's, airsoft guns, etc. Michael was saying that he's observed a loss of something very important in our society. You'll have to read the article at http://www.nogreaterjoy.org/
This statement by Michael Pearl was one I pondered for several minutes while thinking of myself and my own boys:
"Perpetually silly boys are an embarrassment to their fathers and a shame to their mothers; moreover, they are the public proof of a father’s neglect and a mother’s indulgence."
The question I asked myself as a father is: "how am I doing?" Are my boys fools? I remember Solomon who warned against following the way of fools. He exhorted us to chase after wisdom and to pass that wisdom on to my sons and their sons.
"How am I doing?", I ask myself. In all honesty, I feel like I've got a ton of work to do. There is much wisdom I lack and need in order to pass wisdom on to my sons and their sons. Most of us are there.
Problem is, I can't do it on my own. It is so like God to make certain that I would be totally dependent upon Him!! It is with His teaching and shaping that I will obtain wisdom and will pass it on.
Just thoughts for the morning.
I have a buddy whose tag line is "LIFE is CHRIST". I don't want to borrow from him without giving him credit. The same is true with my new tag line "CHRIST is LIFE". I hope it becomes more to you than just a tag line. Maybe a LIFE LINE!
CHRIST is LIFE
Don
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Getting Started
After many suggestions as to what my blogger site name was to be, I finally decided on...um..OH! I remember...."fatherof8sonofthe1". I had things like "man of wit"..but then what if I was melancholy one day while writing? So I found the Latin word for melancholy and was going to use that. Then I thought to myself 'what if I was to write something witty?'. So I decided against both and went with "relativehumility" only to find THAT had been taken already. I didn't realize how time consuming and difficult it would be to chose a name. I hope this is not the precursor for what is to come.
Acutally, the name was right in front of me...actually...behind me...every single one of them on the couch, the floor, the chiar...ALL 8 of my children!
So here's my first entry! Maybe I'll be famous one day and advertisers will contact me for advertizing space! HUh! yeah...right!
Maybe the Learning Channel will decide that the Dugar Family from Arkansas ("14, 15, 16, 17...etc. and Pregnant Again") need a break from all the publicity and decide to pick on us...the Johnson Family from Texas (email me for our phone number!). Afterall, I'll bet that Jim Bob never had any other media exposure before the LC found him! Not counting politics either. The Johnson Family was in a commercial, on a local talk show, a local ministry broadcast, and we've all had major roles in a movie which is now available on DVD (even though it wasn't marketed to more than about 100 people! We're kin to a couple of famouse songwriters/artists as well. I ahve also pariticpated in 2 studio recording projects for a major recording artist. Come on Learning Channel!!! Let's see what you've got! :) Time to give our neighbors a break and let them have their babies! We're gonna catch up to them one day and you DON'T want to miss that! HAHA! I'm ONLY joking ya know.
a--hem...I'm not sure where all that came from. just had "a moment" I guess. Wow. I'm loggin out now before I say something else i really don't want to say.
Christ Is LIFE
Acutally, the name was right in front of me...actually...behind me...every single one of them on the couch, the floor, the chiar...ALL 8 of my children!
So here's my first entry! Maybe I'll be famous one day and advertisers will contact me for advertizing space! HUh! yeah...right!
Maybe the Learning Channel will decide that the Dugar Family from Arkansas ("14, 15, 16, 17...etc. and Pregnant Again") need a break from all the publicity and decide to pick on us...the Johnson Family from Texas (email me for our phone number!). Afterall, I'll bet that Jim Bob never had any other media exposure before the LC found him! Not counting politics either. The Johnson Family was in a commercial, on a local talk show, a local ministry broadcast, and we've all had major roles in a movie which is now available on DVD (even though it wasn't marketed to more than about 100 people! We're kin to a couple of famouse songwriters/artists as well. I ahve also pariticpated in 2 studio recording projects for a major recording artist. Come on Learning Channel!!! Let's see what you've got! :) Time to give our neighbors a break and let them have their babies! We're gonna catch up to them one day and you DON'T want to miss that! HAHA! I'm ONLY joking ya know.
a--hem...I'm not sure where all that came from. just had "a moment" I guess. Wow. I'm loggin out now before I say something else i really don't want to say.
Christ Is LIFE
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