Mr. Mom

Well for the past few days I keep having flashbacks to the Micheal Keaton movie Mr. Mom, if you've ever seen it you'll understand where I'm comin from. Since the lay off I've been doing stuff here at the house you know cleaning, laundry, dishes, getting the kids where they need to be, even cooking. So when Tammy heads off to work I become MR. MOM. It has been kind of enjoyable but I don't think I want to do this for an extended period of time.

Little bummed that we didn't get alot of the snow that was predicted this weekend, I know I'm messed up. I could do without the ice and would rather have just all snow, it is easier to drive on snow than ice. There is still time this season for a couple of big snows. Youth was fun last night, both jr. high and high school had quite a few new faces and I have a feeling that each week there will be more new faces. That new room is cool, you really need to check it out if you haven't yet.

Sunday set list:
How Awesome Is The Lord Most High - Chris Tomlin (started out Thursday being a new song, then changed to another then yesterday morning changed to this)
Forever - Chris Tomlin
I Stand Amazed - Charles Gabriel (I always heard you can't trust people with two first names or two last names)
Holy, Holy, Holy - Unknown
We Fall Down - Chris Tomlin
I Exhalt Thee - Pete Sanchez

A few days of relaxation

After what went down Tuesday I have enjoyed a few days of relaxation and really tried not to think a whole lot about what happened. Monday I will get out and start looking around so I thought I'd take a couple days easy. I did go to the unemployment office on Wednesday to sign up for unemployment, I got there at 7:45 and was about 12th in line and to my surprise it went pretty quick, however if I knew it was going to be like it was, I filed all the info online there, I would have just stayed home and done it online here. Didn't know that but I have that taken care of for now. Enjoyed my first M & O meeting as the clerk and to be honest I was not nervous and just let the meeting happen. We enjoyed the new youth room for the meeting, I really like to see people's reaction to the new room. Speaking of the new room I enjoyed a strawberry Frap after worship team practice last night and I think I have a new favorite. I am excited for Sunday because during practice last night you could feel God's presence there. That doesn't always happen every practice, sometimes its just going through the motions, but if you just open up it is amazing.

Now after coming home from that great experience when I got home everyone was in bed so I was the only one left up and just sat there thinking and alot of the thoughts were ones of anger towards the job and playing scenarios in my mind like "man if this happens then I'd say ...." stuff that I really wish I wouldn't have thought. I am trying to stay positive during all this and I must say we appriciate all the prayers that everyone is doing and I know that there is something that I am supposed to do. I get frustrated knowing that then going and doing or thinking things that I should not. I'm glad that God is not like me and is very forgiving and loving and even when I go from a spiritial high to an awful low He still loves me no matter what and is ready to pick me up and help me even though I feel so undeserving. Thank you God.

Didn't see that coming.

Yesterday started out like any normal day, getting up getting ready and head to work early cause I saw the radar and didn't want to get stuck driving in the freezing rain, made it there a half hour early and settled in getting things ready for the new year, all my reports and things I track and keep watch of. Around 10 the president of the company comes down and goes in my bosses office and shuts the door for a little meeting. A little bit later he leaves and the door is still shut so I don't think much about it. Had a little conversation with a couple of the other people in the office and word was getting around that they were going to lay off 22 people today. Still not thinking much about it, see my boss leave with one of the other guys in our office who was in charge of the quality lab so I think one of the guys from the lab, who misses quite a bit of work, is probably going to get it in our area. He did and so did the guy who runs the lab, didn't see that coming.

Fast forward to after lunch my boss gets called up to the office and about 10 minutes later he gave me a call asking me to come up there. Now I'm starting to think about it, get up there and he pulls me to the side and says that he wanted me to know that he had no say in this and it is out of his hands and apologizes to me. We go in and I have also been selected to be one of the people that is getting laid off, didn't see that coming at all. So we have the little meeting and I think that the lady doing the talking and my boss actually took it harder than I did. I just had this calming sense that when one door closes another one is going to open and that God does not leave us and that he provides for us so I know He has something out there that He would rather me do. I just pray for obedience and that I can plainly see where and what He is leading me towards. Yes its a bit scary right now to think of not having my income coming in after next Friday but I just know that we are gonna be o.k.

Back in the routine?

Well the new year has started and we are back into the routine or work, practices, soon to be games, and all the extra little things that life throws at us. Had a curveball thrown Sunday evening, Taylor decided to come down with a little something. She came up to me at the 3:7 and said she wasn't feeling good, achey and tired so I brought her home and when I got home a little after 8 she was already out. Woke up yesterday morning with her in the bathroom which she spent most of her time yesterday between the bathroom and the couch. Woke up this morning and she is still not feeling well so another day home, I guess 18 days away from school wasn't enough so she needed 19. Tammy is getting to hang out at the house with her and I hope she doesn't catch it, I would gladly take it away from her so that I would be the only one in the house that gets sick. Its kinda of funny in a way to see how each of us at the house handles sickness. Taylor and Tyson both spend most of the time on the couch and Tammy and I both try to keep on going like nothing is different but sometimes that doesn't always happen.

Get to face a new challenge tomorrow, it marks my first official duties as clerk of Ministry and Oversight which means I get to run the meeting. Kind of nervous in a way and in a way I'm excited for it to engage in some discussion on some of the items that are on our docket. Got a report from one of the pastors yesterday and after reading it, it got me all fired up ready to take on the world, hopefully I can convey all that tomorrow at the meeting.

Good weekend

What a cool weekend that just took place, the only downfall of the whole weekend was the fact that it was the last two days of my vacation, oh well the real world is calling again. Enjoyed having 14 days off but alas I must go back. Was at the grand opening of the new youth room last night and let me say the room was well worth the wait. There are a few minor tweaks to get it going full bore which from what Pink said should be done this week. We are now entering a new phase of the youth I think and its gonna be cool. Played a little ping pong, basketball, a little X-box 360 and messed around with the touch screen computers. Still need to get to the pool table some time and hit up the Wii and PS3 again. You need to check the room out sometime. Yesterdays song list:

Famous One - Chris Tomlin
In The Secret - Sonicflood
Be Thou My Vision - Eleanor Hull
Your Love Oh Lord - Third Day
Here Is Our King - David Crowder*Band
Oh Praise Him - David Crowder*Band

Just a little tidbit from last year the worship team did 110 different songs over the 52 weeks with How Awesome Is The Lord Most High being done the most. What a fun year it was now looking forward to what this year holds.

Down stairs Kayak

Tell me that wouldn't be fun especially into a big pile of snow.

Welcome to twenty oh nine.

Well its been 2009 for almost 3 hrs now and it has been a pretty interesting new year already. Spent New Years Eve at the McAllisters with a few other families and had a blast playing cards and a few games and even broke out our Atari to show the kids how to play video games old school. Had a blast and had lots of good food and just a good time. Came home everyone beat so the kids went to bed and Tammy set up shop on the couch, she is allergic to cats and even though she and Tyson took some medicine before heading out there they both are feeling it as I type. Tyson was blowing his nose every 30 seconds a bit ago but now has fallen asleep sitting up next to Tammy. I hope they get a good nights sleep which is where I'm heading.

Here's to a glorious and productive and just flat out awesome time in 2009.