I love basketball and the NBA. So what if our worship services were more like the NBA?
2008-06-28
2008-06-22
2008-06-18
Funny Sign
There's an elementary school right around the corner from us. They have a sign in front of the school that keeps everyone informed of what is happening at the school. It's pretty cool.
Today I went past and they were thanking their volunteers for all the help they have given this school year. The last line was the funny one.
YOU GUYS APE THE BEST.
I don't know if they were out of the letter R or if their R broke and so now it looks like a P, but that was too funny.
Today I went past and they were thanking their volunteers for all the help they have given this school year. The last line was the funny one.
YOU GUYS APE THE BEST.
I don't know if they were out of the letter R or if their R broke and so now it looks like a P, but that was too funny.
2008-06-15
Remodel Your Bathroom in Three Steps!
This is how to remodel your bathroom in 3 steps.
1. Have a father who likes to remodel.
2. Find a reason to invite your father to your house for a few days.
3. Help your father.
I never said all the steps were easy.
Seriously, when my Dad was out for Alex's graduation, we did remodel the bathroom. Rather inexpensively too. So here's what we did, in case you are considering something similar.
The main bathroom in the house was fairly dated by the light fixtures and wall paper.
Fortunately, the tub, tile, sinks and toilet were all in decent shape. So the plan was to rather easily freshen up the bathroom by changing the light fixtures and taking down the wall paper and giving the room a fresh coat of paint. The wall paper came off without too much trouble. There were only two layers, and I am getting rather skilled in removing paper as the previous owner was addicted to wall paper. The ceiling was painted gloss white and the walls are sandy brown. The harder part was the light fixtures. We had two long light bars over the big mirror. But there was only one electrical box in the center that they were both wired into. It took trips to several different stores before we were able to find lights that worked. Lowes was the store that came through with the good lights, matching towel racks, and a glass shelf.
Since the wall paper and fixtures were taken care of, we made a last minute decision to take down the aging gold shower doors and replace it with a shower curtain. This was a bit more difficult because the shower rod either needed to be extra long or L-shaped to go around our tub. Persistence and a little ingenuity solved our problem. We bought two curtain rods and were able to make them into one longer curtain rod.
A new carpet, new switch and plug covers and some new hardware on the vanity rounded out the make over. I'll get a plumber out to change the faucets to new ones. That will complete the removal of the gold from the room. You may ask why I didn't change the faucet, it's because I hate plumbing. Seriously, I probably could have done the faucets, but the drain plugs require a special tool I don't have. So I'll let the plumber fight with those.
Hopefully this gives you some ideas and hope for your own mini-remodels.
1. Have a father who likes to remodel.
2. Find a reason to invite your father to your house for a few days.
3. Help your father.
I never said all the steps were easy.
Seriously, when my Dad was out for Alex's graduation, we did remodel the bathroom. Rather inexpensively too. So here's what we did, in case you are considering something similar.
The main bathroom in the house was fairly dated by the light fixtures and wall paper.
Fortunately, the tub, tile, sinks and toilet were all in decent shape. So the plan was to rather easily freshen up the bathroom by changing the light fixtures and taking down the wall paper and giving the room a fresh coat of paint. The wall paper came off without too much trouble. There were only two layers, and I am getting rather skilled in removing paper as the previous owner was addicted to wall paper. The ceiling was painted gloss white and the walls are sandy brown. The harder part was the light fixtures. We had two long light bars over the big mirror. But there was only one electrical box in the center that they were both wired into. It took trips to several different stores before we were able to find lights that worked. Lowes was the store that came through with the good lights, matching towel racks, and a glass shelf.Since the wall paper and fixtures were taken care of, we made a last minute decision to take down the aging gold shower doors and replace it with a shower curtain. This was a bit more difficult because the shower rod either needed to be extra long or L-shaped to go around our tub. Persistence and a little ingenuity solved our problem. We bought two curtain rods and were able to make them into one longer curtain rod.
A new carpet, new switch and plug covers and some new hardware on the vanity rounded out the make over. I'll get a plumber out to change the faucets to new ones. That will complete the removal of the gold from the room. You may ask why I didn't change the faucet, it's because I hate plumbing. Seriously, I probably could have done the faucets, but the drain plugs require a special tool I don't have. So I'll let the plumber fight with those.Hopefully this gives you some ideas and hope for your own mini-remodels.
Reports of My Demise are Greatly Exaggerated
It's been too quiet here for too long... Sorry about that.
My youngest son, Alex, just graduated from 8th grade and my folks were out for the event and to visit for a while. My brother and his family even made it down for a few days, it was like a family reunion. Seriously, we had a good time and I was glad to see everyone. We don't get together as often as we'd like to.
But I'll be back at here and see if we get this thing going again.
My youngest son, Alex, just graduated from 8th grade and my folks were out for the event and to visit for a while. My brother and his family even made it down for a few days, it was like a family reunion. Seriously, we had a good time and I was glad to see everyone. We don't get together as often as we'd like to.
But I'll be back at here and see if we get this thing going again.
2008-05-16
Bible Locations
Have you ever wondered where some of the Bible locations are in relation to modern cities and places? Wonder no more.
OpenBible.info has some great resources. You can use the free Google Earth (download here) and put the overlays from Open Bible on it. The overlays are setup by chapter in the Bible so you can easily find the sites you'd like to see.
Very cool.
OpenBible.info has some great resources. You can use the free Google Earth (download here) and put the overlays from Open Bible on it. The overlays are setup by chapter in the Bible so you can easily find the sites you'd like to see.
Very cool.
2008-05-14
Useless or Annoying
I don't know if anyone else has this issue or if it’s just me, but have you ever noticed that there is a fine line between useless and annoying?
For example, most motorcycles do not come with clocks. That’s annoying. You can’t use your wristwatch because it’s under your gloves and jacket. So I bought a little clock that you can mount to your handlebars. It’s a decent clock. It has a glow-in-the-dark face – for at least 15 minutes of darkness (useless). And a thin little brass second hand (REALLY useless). When I’m riding my bike, I never need to know that it’s 6:04 and 26 seconds. Plus the thin brass is very difficult to see against the glow-in-the-dark face when you are bouncing down the freeway at, umm, California freeway speeds.
But the useless second hand doesn’t bother me. I’ve learned to ignore it. Until yesterday.
Yesterday the second hand fell off the spindle and now it resides at the bottom of the clock. For the first time I noticed that the second hand actually has a big round part that goes over the spindle where the hand attaches to the movement. Now that it’s at the bottom of the clock, the big round part is as annoying as it can be. Every time I look at the clock all I can see is that stupid second hand bouncing around. It went from useless to annoying in one brief moment.
The clock still seems to keep time just fine. But I’m going to have to replace simply because that stupid second hand bothers me.
What in your life has gone from useless to annoying?
For example, most motorcycles do not come with clocks. That’s annoying. You can’t use your wristwatch because it’s under your gloves and jacket. So I bought a little clock that you can mount to your handlebars. It’s a decent clock. It has a glow-in-the-dark face – for at least 15 minutes of darkness (useless). And a thin little brass second hand (REALLY useless). When I’m riding my bike, I never need to know that it’s 6:04 and 26 seconds. Plus the thin brass is very difficult to see against the glow-in-the-dark face when you are bouncing down the freeway at, umm, California freeway speeds.
But the useless second hand doesn’t bother me. I’ve learned to ignore it. Until yesterday.
Yesterday the second hand fell off the spindle and now it resides at the bottom of the clock. For the first time I noticed that the second hand actually has a big round part that goes over the spindle where the hand attaches to the movement. Now that it’s at the bottom of the clock, the big round part is as annoying as it can be. Every time I look at the clock all I can see is that stupid second hand bouncing around. It went from useless to annoying in one brief moment.
The clock still seems to keep time just fine. But I’m going to have to replace simply because that stupid second hand bothers me.
What in your life has gone from useless to annoying?
2008-05-12
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