Think on these things...

Think On These Things performed by Petra
Words and music by Bob Hartman
Based on Philippians 4:8

In solitary time the thoughts run through my mind
Some from the very throne some origins unknown
I know there's a danger waiting
Thoughts held in captivity
The vain imaginations that long to be set free
I hold the key
With thoughts of purity

(Chorus)
Whatever things are pure and true,
(I want to)
Think on these things
Whatever things are filled with virtue
Think on these things
When my mind begins to stray
I want to think the other way
Think on these things
Think on these things

Into the conscious flow the tributaries go
The source from which they start
Abundance of the heart
My mind has a mind of its own
choosing negativity
Only the thoughts of virtue
Withhold the raging sea
I turn the tide
By choosing to abide

Whatever things are honest
Whatever things are just
Whatever things are lovely
I will put my trust
In the things that never cease
To keep my heart in perfect peace

Car of the Day Yesterday....

This one is for Sammy.. I believe that he is a MOPAR man. The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona.. Dodge is not my favorite brand of car, actually it is probably my least favorite of the Domestic brands.. But this one is a little ahead of its time.. The nose cone looks like the one on Kit from knight rider and the Wing.... Oh man any import tuner of today would die to have a wing that big on their Honda or Toyota.. Rev your engines... One of these cars set a speed record of 215mph.

Not much to say today...

Ever notice that the blog traffic is dieing down abit.... People must be too busy.. or they have nothing interesting to share.. I have been alittle of both. I need to start documenting more of what I do so that I can share/ be interesting.. I just made a little change to the softball video page.. It is good for a smile check it out.. a little tribute to the blogfather....

A good weekend...

This weekend would have been awesome if Amy didn't have to work it.  But considering I was half a man most of the weekend it was good.  After Amy got out of work we headed to Toledo for a Mudhens game.  It was a good game.  The Hens won 10-2.  We saw the short stop throw a guy out at home..  So what you might say..  We he had ran pretty much all the way out to the outfield.  I would say 30 feet from the wall..  The guy was also only 5'9" 160 lbs.  He was good.  Also we saw a guy hit a homerun.  It was well over 380', it hit the scoreboard.

Sunday I went with the youth to ZAP ZONE.. (laser tag)..  We played two games.. it was quite a good time.. I placed 5 th and 7th in the standings we had 22 people playing.  Group was also good, good food, fellowship and conversation.  We watched an excerpt of the Passion of Christ..  need I say more...  Well I trust that you all had a great weekend..  

Until Later..  BBH

If I were to go Mac..

As most of you know my brother in law is a Mac (apple) man.. He keeps telling me to get one.. So I went and looked at the Apple site today. And I found the ONE that I would like to have. You would probably agree that it looks like a nice machine. I am sure that I would be delighted with it.. I mean really a 30" flat screen... who wouldn't be. But the price tag.. LOOK OUT. $9700 I wonder if they offer employee pricing?

Truthfully if I were to go with a Mac. I would get one of these more my price range.. But still no monitor. Sorry Russ it looks like my Mac will never be. Unless.... I get lucky in the fall fest raffle.....

special delivery...

Not in the mood to post.. so enjoy some pics..

Quick prayer request...

Hey prayer warriors..

I have a meeting today with HR at 10 am to discuss the postion that I bid on earlier this month.. Basicially it is to go over my qualifications I believe. Just to see if I fit. Pray that God's will be done and if this is in his plan for me that he will show me the way..

BBH

prayers not being answered...

Does it seem like God isn't hearing your prayers? He might not be listening. Ask your wife. I found this in a book that I have been reading.(In search of the Proverbs 31 man) Check it out 1 Peter 3:7

Take time to appreciate your spouse today.. I need to do it more then I do.. What about you?

BBH.

ROAD TRIP....

Wednesday I am taking a road trip with Russ and Derek. We are headed to a free concert in Ft Wayne Indiana. OH YEAH.. ROAD TRIP.. We are going to seeTodd Agnew. I am not sure if I have heard any of his music.. but probably I have and just haven't know it was him. It is one of the concerts that Derek has wanted to go to. I am sure that it will be good..

BBH

Getting to know you....

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live underwater?  No, me neither.  Why is it that people like to ask off the wall thought provoking questions? Maybe to find out more about you, to have a better relationship with you.  Getting to know you.. For those of you that are married.

Where did you meet your wife/husband?  

Is this your first marriage?

Kids?

How did the proposal happen?

answers in comments..

Sleepy....

I am sleepy.. I need coffee. or to go back to bed for an hour... I have been reading too much.. Read Harry Potter pretty much as soon as I got out of work until I went to bed.. I guess that I am not old yet.. I still need my sleep..

Circus.....

Amy and I went to the circus last night.. A little expensive.. $16 dollars per adult. Amy and never been to one so it was a first for her. I had been as a youngster but didn't remember a whole lot about it. They had lions, tigers, elephants, horses, ponies, dogs, and an assortment of other animals. The rope walkers were pretty cool. They had trapeez artist too.. It was pretty funny after one of the guys did he summersault and caught the hands of the other guy.. we swung all the way up the tent roof and pretty much hit it pretty hard with his whole body.

The circus is something everyone needs to experience once in there life.

BBH

ps. something interesting I notice.. everyone in the circus was under 5'5"

Basketball update....

Hey hoop-rock players, I got an update on the basketball league..

They play 4on4 with call your own foul. Teams are made up of eight players. The guy heading it up says that some teams go with just 6 or 7. So we are almost there. With eight players the cost would be about 34 dollars a person. What do you think? any questions that I pass along?.. let me know..

BBH

Had a great weekend...

Well anytime you can start the weekend early is a pretty good guarantee for a good weekend. Friday was awesome.. I ran some quick errands in Adrian.. Stopped by and saw my Wife at work.. And started reading the new Harry Potter book.. Saturday, went to Amy's family reunion. that was a pretty good time. Meet some interesting people. had a good trip with Russ, Tonia, and Tanner in the Father Ship. Sunday got up early to set up for worship... had a good bible class.. and a great worship. Ended the weekend at a resturant called Seva's.. A Vegitarian resturant. I had a taco salad with blackbeans on the side. Pretty good.. The SALSA is what really made the meal though. that and the company....

I hope that you are having a great start to you week..

BBH

half a personal day...

It is a little slow at work today.. And I am running low on drive.. So I am going to take half a personal day.. Yipee... I will leave work at 1100am. who knows what I will do.. Anyone have any lunch plans.. Give me a call on my cell phone. Hey Russ.. Maybe I will clean out your garage....

BBH and Lord Bless your weekend...

Newsong basketball team

This is a call out to all you who might want to play basketball this winter.. Russ and I have been talking about putting a team together to play at the Family Centre. So if you are interested in playing let me know. I am not too sure on the particulars yet. What I do know is.. It is a MENS league, (sorry to all you women ballers out there) the age is 17 and older, we would play on Monday nights from 6-9pm, Oct 3 to Dec 5. There is no talent/fitness requirements..(if you have seen me play you would understand).. we are open to everyone.. we just want to keep up the fellowship that was created on the softball field. We need atleast 9 committed men.(we have 3 need 6 more)

Let us know... BBH

New phone

Well, I did it.. I finally got a new phone.. It is pretty cool. I am liking the new features it has. The coolest feature it has that I have found so far is the voice command menu. It understands my voice without having to record my own commands. pretty sweet...I spent an hour this morning downloading new rings and assigning them to people that regularly call me. It is a lot of fun.. Hey Russ you want to buy my old phone? BBH

I forgot about this....

I had promised to give a report on camping trip that the teens took a few weeks ago and I had forgotten about it.. It was probably because I was sooo tired afterwards. It was a great trip and a great camp site. We went to the Vine camp ground. It is a christian camp ground.

Amy and I went as chaparones along with, Derek and Jodie Lewandowski, Jill Blayer, and Heather Bacus; we were the ones that stayed the night. Tonia Couture and Cindy Kennedy were the day troops. Amy and I arrived just in time to help finish setting up the tents.. There were around 24 kids, 6 boys and 18 girls. wow.. I don't have any pictures here at work.. But I will put some up. We had a great time.. When you check out the site. the big white thing is the ice berg. You climb up it and either slide or jump off of it.. I tried to do a dive off of it and had a nice red forehead afterward. everyone thought I had forgotten to put sunscreen on.

Until later BBH.

Interesting story...

Click here to read.. Pretty funny.

The Swing footage has been changed

The new batter today is Derek "LEW" Lewandowski. It is a large file so it will take some time to load..(almost a full meg.) Make sure you turn up the speakers for the slow motion shot it is hillarious.

BBH

Daily car

I have a car of the day calandar that sits on my desk at work.. Today is this car the 2003 Ford Freestyle FX Concept. Sweet huh. The text of the calandar reads "this one could be a salesmans' dream because its supposed to do everything a buyer could want. For example, it can tow, it can carry six passangers, and it drives like a car. And if that's not enough. ther rear roof section slides forward to make a pseudo pickup truck. How could any customer turn it down?" It looks pretty cool. but you have have to throw in a very strong engine (around 300 horse) and all-wheel-drive for me to even consider it. Oh and it would have to get 30mpg too.

Really not a swing...

Hey check out the new video.. It is not really a swing.. but I thought that it deserved some air time. Our videographer was unable to capture the moment but you will be able to see the aftermath. Sorry about all the background noise..

BBH

Love ya doug.....

What a way to go out...

This might be the first but it will not be the last post on the tournament.. There should be stuff popping up all over the web. As soon as people get the chance to sit at thier computers.. It was awesome.. But it didn't start that way.. We lost the first game and therefore had to play in the loser bracket. Not only did we lose but we got mercied. Did that get us down.. NO.. we just needed some time to rest. We won the next three games by ten runs or more. but got sent home by St E. the final score was 9-2. A very good game.. we all played really well.. Lew made some awesome catches at short. not to be outdone. Russ made some great plays at second. I could go on.. But I have to keep it short to make it interesting.. There will be some more video and pics to come.. great season guys... can't wait till next year..

BBH

Don't worry..

Don't worry.. it will not stay this way... It is just a little tribute to my favorite mother in law.. I love ya Vera.... BBH

A new feature is born...

You have probably noticed the work going on, on my blog. Some pretty exciting stuff! Well I am excited about it.. I managed to procure some code to display video on my blog, and I am stoked about it. So I am going to start a new feature, The Swing of the Day or video when I run out of footage. If you have anything that you would like to see.. Just let me know.. If you want the code, I think most know how to get.. But I will help anyone who wants it. I will even host it so you can link it.

To watch the video you need to hit the play button. It will take alittle while to load (depending on your internet connection) but it will play. I will try to keep it small so it will load quickly. Enjoy.

BBH

Anybody else down....

Today is the first Thursday of no SOFTBALL games.. It is sad.. I am looking forward to the practice tonight, if it doesn't get rained out. I am also looking forward to the tournament. It will be a long day..(we will make it to the championship game) But it will be fun.

But, I should not dwell on the past but focus on the future. I am looking forward to the fall, the new types of fellowship we will have.. Hey maybe a winter basketball league.. That could be fun, or maybe a hockey league.. Come on Jason you can get up for that one. (I can just picture us all on the ice trying to skate. Jason and Levi would be skating circles around us.)

Really I will be focusing on Softball for next year. I am looking into an off season workout so I will be able to hit homeruns next year. So who's with me.. Spring training in Florida.. Well maybe fall.. we can all stay with Tommy....

BBH

Finnally more video..

While after trying several times to upload the full video I had made, I gave up and just broke it up into video of people swinging. I have several uploaded that I have not linked yet. Jason Bolton is the featured bat swinger today. I have him swinging at normal speed so you can see where the hit goes and then I have him in slow motion. Just for the swing critics. I should have one of Jamie and myself too. Doug the video shot of you didn't capture the glory that is Doug... but I might share it because it really looks like Jamie is going to run over you.. Enjoy...

BBH

Moving Quote...

This weekend Russ and I moved the old Volkswagon from my last apartment to his drive. Russ is gracious enough to let me use some of the space in his garage. I hope to one day get the car back in running order, drive it for a little while and then sell/trade it for a road legal dune buggy. The VW hasn't been on the road since 1981. I just need alittle time and more money then I can spare to get it finished. Thanks Russ for sharing your space..

By the way the plates on it are from New Hampshire and the Moto is "Live FREE or DIE"

Keep me in your prayers

Yesterday I put my name in for a new job here at Anderson Development. It is a Techincal Managers position with the NF3 project. I am sure that I do not have the qualifications that they are really looking for, but, you never know if you don't try. I spoke with my current supervisor and he seems to think that I could easily fill the position. So we will see.

Also keep Amy lifted up in prayer. She is really struggling with what she should do with her employment situation. Thank you. Love you guys..

BBH

Is your MIND working.....

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorant.

Spelling it is overrated.. But if it gets people to comment and start a dialogue, I am going to start use it.. Well.. I have been spelling words incorrectly. But now on purpose... What do you think?? this is a call out to all the spell checkers out there... you know who you are...