Where do you sit?

Recently, Dave Ramsey remodeled some space for the company to hold our weekly meetings and devotionals in, among other events. The previous room was getting a little full. So, last week was the first time we met in the new facility. It was interesting to watch the migration take place, because most people seem to very much be creatures of habit.

This week was the second time we met in the facility and the same thing happened as the first time that we met. People tended to sit in the same vicinity in the larger and newer room, as they did in the old room. If people sat on the front row in the old room they were on the front row in the new room. If they had an isle seat in the old, it was an isle in the new. If they sat next to a certain person in the old, it was the same person in the new. There were a few exceptions to people doing something different but for the most part people stuck with what worked for them.

Then after the last meeting, our friend Chris over at his newly born blog found a cartoon that explains all of our seating habits in seminars, meetings, worship, etc... So, after you check out Chris's blog, head on over to see the cartoon I am talking about >>>>> HERE.

Hey Murphy, your law sucks!

Yep...that's all I have to say today. Murphy sucks! The planets are aligning and he is hitting us hard. I'm not going to get into particulars, but when it rains it pours and today it is pouring.

Here is Murphy's Law according to Wikipedia.

Motocross aka "Bike"

About a week ago, we were getting my 2 year old son ready for bed. He had just finished his bath and gotten his pajamas on. We sat him up on our bed while the TV was on. While my wife was doing a few other things me and my boy started flipping through the channels while he sat there and sipped on a cup of milk. We came across ESPN2 and they were airing a motocross event in San Diego.

"Bike," he yelled.

"Yes, those were bikes." I kept surfing the channels.

He leaned over to me put both his hands on my face, made me look at him in the eyes, and said "Bike!".

"Ok, I'll put it back on the bikes." As I made it back to motocross, he smiled, pointed, and once again said "bike."

So, at the age of two, my son loves bikes and motorcycles. I am ok with that, I actually like them too. The only problem is that every night before we go to bed, he wants to sit on our bed and watch the bikes. ESPN doesn't carry motocross every night so we have to endure the repetitive requests for "bike, bike, bike, bike, bike."

Thank-you YouTube and all the people who contribute to the site. Particularly, DemonChick88 who provided an 8 minute compilation of freestyle motocross that you can watch below. I don't know who you are DemonChick, but last night you were seen as an angel as we opened up the laptop and sat it in front of our son. He fell fast asleep watching "bikes."

Disc Golf

One day my wife and I were out riding around in Brentwood, and we passed by this field that looked to be in the vicinity of Crockett Park. We noticed there were guys throwing what appeared to be discs at a metal basket with chains dangling in order to help trap the discs as they hit the basket. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was a disc golf course!

I was pretty excited. I grew up playing a lot of "Frisbee golf", but since living in Tennessee I didn't know of any courses that were close by to where I lived. So, you can imagine my surprise to stumble upon this little course.

My wife and I were at the sports store on Saturday morning and we noticed that they had some discs for sale. So, we bought some and made plans to play. We invited our neighbors to come along with with us and as we pushed our kids around in the course in their strollers, we had a great time.

Disc golf is one of those hobbies that couples can do together. You get to exercise, have conversation, it's free, and no one gets frustrated by the way the other person plays. Now that I know a course is near by, it is definitely going to be a new hobby. I love this game!