The Best Chess Online...

Okay, well that may be exaggerating, but I haven't found a better site. Check out www.redhotpawn.com. It's really fun. I just rocked my friend Aaron's world --



And I'm having a good time playing against my dad too.

New Weekly Message at GivenLife.com

Go check out the new message that I wrote for GivenLife.com. The message was really strong, coming from God last night. I was laying in bed, and I started thinking about the bits and pieces that had come to me over the week about our thoughts. Finally, I got up and started writing. I didn't get back to bed until almost 2am.

The New Car

Well, after totalling the CRV, we did some car hunting and this is what we decided on. It's fantastic! Ladies and gentlemen, the Hyundai Elantra...

















We're so happy.

Anonymous replied...

So is this the jonny car or the manda car? = )

 

wendy replied...

ooops, that was from me--Isaac pressed the button before I could put my name in!

 

Thanksgiving 2005

We had Thanksgiving at The Pea this year. It was great! Now we're
visiting our Aunt and Uncle Johnson's house.

1 Week Down

Well, I made it through the first week of posting daily to GivenLife.com's Daily Prayer page. That's going to be a bit of a challenge, at least in these early stages of the site's development, and while I'm a new dad. Still, I'm really enjoying putting my passion for websites into a ministry-type scenario. I wish I could get paid for doing it! I think that once the site is completed for the most part, and getting a decent amount of traffic, I will open up some advertising space there.

GivenLife.com Coming Along Nicely

Given Life is coming along very well. I very nearly missed the daily online prayer today, but made it in the end. I also wrote the first weekly message, which has been percolating in my heart for some time. I'm not yet sure what the next week's message will be.

Caleb is doing well. Amanda barely slept at all last night. She's drifting off now in the other room while I watch Caleb in the living room. These bouncey chairs are pretty sweet. Caleb is doing his darndest to stay awake and cranky, but the power of the vibration and nature sounds is taking its toll on his eyelids. Heh heh, mine too, for that matter.

It's funny. There's no doubt that Amanda's been hit harder by this life change, but it's definitely wearing on me too. In the gentle words of my boss, Dan Goldstein, "Just wait. This is nothing." We'll see. Sure, it's tough, but I love it. Caleb is such a wonderful little boy.

Father becomes Grandfather

It's a strange feeling to lose milestones in life without knowing what else lies ahead. I mean, things that I looked forward to as a kid are now things that have either already happened, or are happening right now.

My dad is now a grandfather. My mom, a grandmother. I remember my dad talking about my grandpa Fashbaugh as his father. My dad, Earl Fashbaugh was the dad, and I was the son, and it seemed that it would always be that way. Now, the generations have shifted, as if some giant cog in time has turned a notch. I'm a bit disoriented.

Now it seems that the milestones ahead will be the same milestones that I had for my youth, but they will be those of my son's life as I look on as a father. The milestones ahead are less clear, but they consist of the markers of my dad's adult life.

None of this is bad, or depressing. Just disorienting, mainly because of the speed at which these changes took place. I know now that I'll be sixty sooner than I can fathom, and that my life is just a shimmer of sunshine on the surface of a huge lake. Okay, that was a little over the top, but my point is that I feel like life is so fleeting. Why don't we understand that as kids?

My Son The Super-Soaker

My son doused me with urine for the third or fourth time tonight. I was ready with the diaper, but when he lets loose, it doesn't take long to make a warm, wet mess. I stood there for a minute with the diaper in place, then peeked beneath it. There was still a good steady stream, and the diaper just got warmer and heavier! I guess you could say that Caleb is a wizz-ard - heh heh. I posted some new pics of the kiddo.

Mondays Are The Pits

It would appear that God didn't want me at work yesterday. Might have totalled our CRV. Not major injuries. Just jammed my left naughty-finger and am generally sore. It's my second wreck in 3 years. Something about my mid- twenties doesn't seem to agree with me.

Another Fashbaugh Found!

We had another Fashbaugh contact us today. I don't think that she found us on Google or any other search engine. I think she just typed in Fashbaugh.com, but at least we're growing our Fashbaugh contacts! Onward and upward!

Coming Back to Work

...or the week from hell! It was a very short week, but probably one of the most trying weeks that I've ever had. My already stressful job reached new, brain scrambling heights of stressfullness. I want to do the best job that I can for my clients, but I simply do not have the time to devote what I feel is adequate account management time. I despise the feeling that I am ignoring some clients to service others. That's a harsh statement, but that's how I'm feeling, and it sickens me.

(Deep breath) Okay, well, some of that stress is because I'm coming back from a week of family leave. Next week will undoubtedly be better, especially if I go into the office on Sunday, but how can I do that when it's only the second weekend of having Caleb home? Grrr.

Enough about real work. On to fun work!

I want to launch another website! Fashbaugh.com is moving right along, and Cute Little Threat is, well, there. I've lost a little enthusiasm for that site to be honest. I think it's cool and all, but it's just not down to earth. It's not functional. I want to build websites that I can use to stretch my marketing legs. So, I think that my next undertaking will be GivenLife.com.

GivenLife.com will be a hub for Christian news, spiritual messages, and Christian media. I'm hoping that I'll be able to use the site as a ministry tool, as well as a source of supplemental income. We'll see.

Home Cookin'

My friend, Bob, created a site for a series of videos that he and a group of friends are creating. They're called, Home Cookin'.

I just watched the first volume that includes The Electric Pickle and Compact Disc Surprise. These guys are brilliantly witty. Their work inspires me to create...something. The sheer out-thereness of their videos demonstrates the fact that your idea doesn't have to be mind-boggling in originality. It's how you present it, or at least that's a big part of it.

I think that Home Cookin' might actually enjoy some fame some day, that is if they keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.

A wasted space...Until now.

I have to apologize to you, Reader, and to the WWW at large. I've had this blog for a while, and I haven't done much with it. I plan on making better use of it. This will supposedly be my Autobiography section. I say "supposedly" because I don't really plan on it being that limited or straightforward, but every post that I make will undoubtedly be telling of my personality, etc, so to a certain extent, this section will be autobiographical. Let's just hope that it isn't incredibly boring. For now, check out my Artist and Author sections.