Erin and I are in Salt Lake for the weekend to meet our niece, Elliana and hang out with the family.
Our church website got it's groove back... at least a partial groove... like a white guy's groove (a la the dude in the Bosstones videos....anyone?).
So for anyone who's interested in such things - I had the opportunity to preach a couple of Psalms the past two weeks at church - and the audio can be found here:
http://kaleohouston.com/podcast/
I spoke on Psalm 3 and Psalm 8 - Psalm 3 focuses on deliverance, and Psalm 8 is a song of praise to God that centers around the question: What is man?
Erin and I went snowshoeing yesterday and cross-country skiiing today! We're headed down to Layton tonight and I am really excited to hit Burger Stop for a caramel snickers shake.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Greetings Readers
Hello friends,
It's been awhile. Erin and I have been out of town a lot - and now that we're back we've been updating our budget... which is depressing. But on to better things: Erin and I went to Fredericksburg, TX for our 5th year anniversary. Upon entering Fredericksburg, TX city limits, I was pulled over by a bike cop... not that type of bike... I mean a bicycle cop. Apparently U-Turns are taboo in Fredericksburg... FYI. We went to Enchanted Rock and Pedernales Falls State Parks - we bummed around the town of Fredericksburg, and we watched our Utes destroy Alabama in the Sugar Bowl (on TV)!!!!!!!!!!
In more recent news - I preached last Sunday on Psalm 3 and am preaching this Sunday on Psalm 8. I'm told that the message last Sunday was recorded successfully - but our church's server is down... whenever that situation gets remedied I'll post a link to the message.
This Sunday I'm being presented to our church as a pastoral candidate. The church will have two weeks to raise any issues with my candidacy and then I'll officially be a pastor of Kaleo Church!
Also today we got a new vacuum - A Dyscon DC17 Animal. I don't know what's wrong with me - I think I'm going through male-o-pause - it's an after-effect of prolonged exposure to craft stores. Similar to being a 'nevernude' male-o-pause is not yet recognized formally by any medical body - but nonetheless effects thousands of men. I share my story for all of you who were too ashamed to openly admit your affliction. Solidarity - my feminized brethren! Because we stayed here for Christmas - we were the grateful recipients of a lot of Christmas cash and have been pondering what to do with it. For reasons unbeknownst to me - I've been overcome with the desire to get a device that can actually clean our rugs and couches - freeing them from the fur-laden bondage of Kelsey's white coat. I've wanted a new home-theatre system for a long-long time. When our DVD tray opens... it just closes again -quite randomly. I'd say it functions properly one out of every seventeen times... I want one with wireless speakers and Blu-Ray.... home theatre systems are cool - it's cool for a guy to want one right? Somehow - I couldn't shake the desire for clean floors. I've been reading reviews of these things, trying them out in stores, and trying to convince Erin that we desperately need one.
Our friends Kyle and Jamie got a Dyson and love it... they gave us a hot tip: your 20% coupon for Bed, Bath, and Beyond will work on one of these beauties. That only fueled my quest. I was reading some reviews on Amazon.com and someone commented that Bed, Bath, and Beyond will honor the 20% coupon after price-matching so for weeks I've been scouring the internet for a deal on a Dyson. Yesterday - a light shined on my home cleaning darkness... Sears is having a 3-day sale... $90 off Dysons. Today I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond... they price-matched our vacuum - and took 20% off the discounted price! Plus I had a $50 gift card I got from work! (Sometimes at work we get gift card credits and can use them on all sorts of stores... I willfully chose Bed, Bath, and Beyond over REI, Adidas, and Borders.... this affliction is really messing with me). We got a sweet deal and I came home and vacuumed immediately. This is the first time since we got our rug downstairs that I can see the rug - it's usually caked in dog hair even after several attempts with our old vacuum. Even my toes noticed a difference walking on the rug - it feels like new!
In between trying out our new vacuum and walking the dogs I cooked dinner for Erin. Man - I'm domestic.... I wonder if my chest is going bald?
Well.... Erin and I need to turn in early tonight. She's taking her Step 2 (Medical Board) exam on Friday and has been studying like crazy.
If anyone is interested in starting a male-o-pause support group - feel free to leave a comment. Maybe we could get together and do something manly... or at least talk about manly things in between unloading the dishwasher and trying out new recipes.
-jake
It's been awhile. Erin and I have been out of town a lot - and now that we're back we've been updating our budget... which is depressing. But on to better things: Erin and I went to Fredericksburg, TX for our 5th year anniversary. Upon entering Fredericksburg, TX city limits, I was pulled over by a bike cop... not that type of bike... I mean a bicycle cop. Apparently U-Turns are taboo in Fredericksburg... FYI. We went to Enchanted Rock and Pedernales Falls State Parks - we bummed around the town of Fredericksburg, and we watched our Utes destroy Alabama in the Sugar Bowl (on TV)!!!!!!!!!!
In more recent news - I preached last Sunday on Psalm 3 and am preaching this Sunday on Psalm 8. I'm told that the message last Sunday was recorded successfully - but our church's server is down... whenever that situation gets remedied I'll post a link to the message.
This Sunday I'm being presented to our church as a pastoral candidate. The church will have two weeks to raise any issues with my candidacy and then I'll officially be a pastor of Kaleo Church!
Also today we got a new vacuum - A Dyscon DC17 Animal. I don't know what's wrong with me - I think I'm going through male-o-pause - it's an after-effect of prolonged exposure to craft stores. Similar to being a 'nevernude' male-o-pause is not yet recognized formally by any medical body - but nonetheless effects thousands of men. I share my story for all of you who were too ashamed to openly admit your affliction. Solidarity - my feminized brethren! Because we stayed here for Christmas - we were the grateful recipients of a lot of Christmas cash and have been pondering what to do with it. For reasons unbeknownst to me - I've been overcome with the desire to get a device that can actually clean our rugs and couches - freeing them from the fur-laden bondage of Kelsey's white coat. I've wanted a new home-theatre system for a long-long time. When our DVD tray opens... it just closes again -quite randomly. I'd say it functions properly one out of every seventeen times... I want one with wireless speakers and Blu-Ray.... home theatre systems are cool - it's cool for a guy to want one right? Somehow - I couldn't shake the desire for clean floors. I've been reading reviews of these things, trying them out in stores, and trying to convince Erin that we desperately need one.
Our friends Kyle and Jamie got a Dyson and love it... they gave us a hot tip: your 20% coupon for Bed, Bath, and Beyond will work on one of these beauties. That only fueled my quest. I was reading some reviews on Amazon.com and someone commented that Bed, Bath, and Beyond will honor the 20% coupon after price-matching so for weeks I've been scouring the internet for a deal on a Dyson. Yesterday - a light shined on my home cleaning darkness... Sears is having a 3-day sale... $90 off Dysons. Today I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond... they price-matched our vacuum - and took 20% off the discounted price! Plus I had a $50 gift card I got from work! (Sometimes at work we get gift card credits and can use them on all sorts of stores... I willfully chose Bed, Bath, and Beyond over REI, Adidas, and Borders.... this affliction is really messing with me). We got a sweet deal and I came home and vacuumed immediately. This is the first time since we got our rug downstairs that I can see the rug - it's usually caked in dog hair even after several attempts with our old vacuum. Even my toes noticed a difference walking on the rug - it feels like new!
In between trying out our new vacuum and walking the dogs I cooked dinner for Erin. Man - I'm domestic.... I wonder if my chest is going bald?
Well.... Erin and I need to turn in early tonight. She's taking her Step 2 (Medical Board) exam on Friday and has been studying like crazy.
If anyone is interested in starting a male-o-pause support group - feel free to leave a comment. Maybe we could get together and do something manly... or at least talk about manly things in between unloading the dishwasher and trying out new recipes.
-jake
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all our friends and family!
Due to all our recent travel, we stayed in the very balmy Houston for the holidays this year. It was very different to be away from our families, but we got a tree this year and we enjoyed being together. 
We made lots of sugar cookies and yummy enchiladas.The dogs enjoyed Christmas as well....Kelsey picked up her whole stocking and carried it around, they played with new toys and enjoyed candy cane bones.
We hope you all had a great holiday season and look forward to a wonderful new year!
We hope you all had a great holiday season and look forward to a wonderful new year!Buenos Aires
The last stop on our Argentina trip in pictures...
Obelisco on Avenue 9 de Julio 'the widest street in the world'
Jake & I in front of the Casa Rosada (government house) in Plaza de Mayo
The colorful neighborhood of La Boca
a music performance in the streets of San Telmo...with accordions (for Joe)
Street "art" in the San Telmo neighborhood 
in Puerto Madero after a yummy steak dinner
Recoleta Cemetery
Enjoying a cold one in Palermo
Enjoying a Tango show at the famous Cafe Tortini
Building Stencil Art for Joel
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