Categories
Career Home

The Shaving Chronicles

THIS AFTERNOON I shaved. Why ?  Because it’s Saturday !

I shave twice a week. Why do I shave twice a week ?  It’s because I do not wish to shave three times a week. I had to shave every day for 8 years while I was Active Duty Air Force. I didn’t like it at all. It was 1 of the 57 reasons why I decided to get out of the Air Force when I did. Over 15 years later I’m still working for the Air Force – but as a D.O.D. civilian. I can shave whenever I feel like it, and I feel like shaving twice a week. In fact I feel like shaving on Saturday afternoons and Tuesday evenings. That’s why when you see me on Wednesdays and Sundays I appear to be rather clean-shaven. There’s about 76 hours between my Saturday afternoon shave and my Tuesday evening shave, and there’s about 92 hours between my Tuesday evening shave and my Saturday afternoon shave. A lot of hair grows on my face during those 76 to 92 hours. I like how my face feels once it’s all shaved off. It feels smooth like that !

If I decided to increase my shaving to three times a week then perhaps I would go with a Sunday evening / Tuesday evening / Thursday evening schedule. That way I would be clean-shaven on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

That just seems like a bit too much shaving for me.

Categories
Home

Saturday Morning Shenanigans

It’s the only morning of the week in which a set alarm clock does not wake me up. During the work week it wakes me up at precisely 5:15 AM. On Sundays it does so at 6:30 AM. On Saturdays I get to sleep in, and lately (especially) I’ve been taking full advantage of this once-in-a-week opportunity.

This morning I recall waking up (for the first time) at 4:20 AM. When I quickly identified the time as ‘4:20 AM’ I just as quickly went back to sleep. I proceeded to sleep right through my normal wake up times for the other 6 days of the week, and I finally awoke (for good) at 7:47 AM. I just laid there in bed for about 10 minutes as I planned out my upcoming day. It was right then and there that I decided to not go anywhere at all today. I walked in to my home just before 3:30 PM yesterday (Friday) afternoon, and I don’t plan to walk out of it again until just before 7:30 AM tomorrow (Sunday) morning. I’ll be enjoying the comfort of my home sweet home en Homestead for 40 continuous hours. It’s just me and my home. Home is where my heart is.

Most people I know don’t spend nearly enough time in their home. They are always out and about and on the go. They rarely take ‘personal time’ away from it all. They are sort of like zombies. All work. All action. No play. No rest.

That will not be me (today anyway). My shenanigans on a Saturday would be considered to be extremely lame for many, but it works on so many levels for me. I am so much busier in 2008 than in any other previous year in my entire life. Today I am taking a day off from the rest of the world. I am recharging my batteries. I am getting refreshed. I am enjoying this home of mine. It’s got everything that I need. It’s where I belong today. It’s where I need to be.

I’ll be back outside and on-the-go tomorrow (Sunday). Catch me then (if you can).

Categories
Blogging People

Friday Night Blogroll Review

These are my favourite blog entries of this past week from my favourite Life Pointe Church bloggers:

Travis recently got a mention in one of North America’s most-read daily newspapers – ‘The Boston Globe’. A potential future member of ‘The Chris Day Club’ was also featured in the article.

Phil explains how we are all fishermen with neat gadgets at Life Pointe Church. It’s one of his most poignant blog entries to date !

Blake was eaten alive by South Florida’s summertime bugs !  We must remember that the bugs are the true natives of this region. We are merely the guests here.

Did you know these amazing but true facts about Jesse ?

Ritz doesn’t care if you judge him. He exists to impress his Creator – not you. This is his strongest blog entry to date.

Venus is totally impressing me with her active blogging. Check out what she had to write about last Sunday morning at Life Pointe Church as well as a current conflict that she is experiencing in her Life.

Luciana reflects on her Life Group and her personal relationship with God.

Rebecca spent some quality time over at Starbucks, and she was in the company of a mysterious V.I.P. !

THANK YOU fellow LPC bloggers !  This was one of our strongest overall blogging weeks to date. Let’s keep our ministries going like this !

We do it all for Him.

Categories
Blogging Computers Driving Food Weather

Blatant Promotion

Greetings My Friends,

It’s a warm and sticky Thursday night aqui en Homestead, and we’ve entered another extended dry period weatherwise with an abundance of clear skies, bright sunshine, and hot temperatures through at least the early part of next week. The chance of rain will be slim to none, but I can never rule out a quick passing shower in July – especially during the late-night and early-morning hours. Get out there and have some fun, but drink plenty of water !

TOMORROW on the big blog everybody’s waitin’ for the grande unveiling of this week’s original ‘Friday Night Blogroll Review’. It’s what’s happenin’ dude at my favourite blogs from my favourite bloggers. Then on Saturday morning be sure to catch my ‘Shenanigans’. You just never know what could possibly happen when I get in my car on a Saturday morning and drive from here to there – wherever there may be. (Food will probably be involved.)

Until we hang out again here on the blog or LIVE and in-person – remember this !

Chris In 1994
Chris In 1994

It’s a ‘lost’ picture of me from 1994. I found it this morning while looking for something. Check out the ENORMOUS spectacles and the obsolete telephone and computer equipment on my desk !

Good Night Everyone !  Good Night Ela !