campfire anthems

The photo above is my new Starbucks coffee mug. The reason I chose to use the word “thievery” is because it was stolen. Yes, I in fact blatantly stole this mug right from under the nose of its owner. But now I am the current owner. So now let me justify myself. This mug was given to Emily (my lovely, beautiful wife) for Christmas. So I still seem like a stealing jerk huh? Ok, lets dive in further. It has sat in a basket, underneath a blanket, in front of the Bowflex since December 26th. Out of sight, out of mind right? The absolute beauty of this scenario is that she can not get the least bit mad at me or ask for it back, since it sat there unused for so long. So heres to Emily’s, I mean my new Starbucks coffee mug.

So I have been contemplating a couple of things for a while now and think I’m finally ready to take the plunge. Are you ready? As of Monday, February 18, 2008, I am going to begin doing the two things I really need to work on, an you are going to be the ones to hold be accountable. So what are these 2 things you ask? Well they both have to do with growth. First of all, I feel like I have hit a glass ceiling with my spiritual growth. Emily has started this new daily devotional called Solo, its by the author of the Message. Each day I am going to purposefully wake up early and spend time doing the daily devotion out of Solo. Then, I am going to blog each day about what the passage talked about and how that is relevant in my life. Pretty big stuff huh? Ok, the other growth problem I am having is my belly. I have a Bowflex and 2 good legs for running, so on Sundays each week I am going to give you a workout/weight loss update. This update will include how many times during the week I worked out on the Bowflex and how many miles I ran. I will also give you a week to week update on how much I weigh. Now get ready for this…I’m going to do my special Sunday blog via video for a fitness series I will be calling “fat camp.” Well there it is, my plans for a better me. I’ll see you guys on Monday and you can see what I’m really about.