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Because I Can…

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:15:46 +0000

For a better part of the last 14 years I’ve been a closet country music fan. Yup! that’s right I’ve come out of the closet per se! There is a song called “gimme that girl” by Joe Nichols that every single time it’s on it brings a smile to my face & I have no choice but to crank it up.

Call me sappy if you want to but like I titled this post this is my home on the net so I’m posting this “because I can!” In fact, just typing this has me laughing hard enough that the people here at the coffee shop are looking at me strange. And that’s OK by me, because what they don’t know is that there is nothing more beautiful than my wife when we’re just around the house! In fact she’s probably at home right now with a pair of sweats and an old t-shirt on dancing as she sweeps.

Maybe that’s why while I’m supposed to be here working I can’t get her or this song out of my head:

Gimmie the girl thats beautiful,
without a trace of makeup of on,
barefoot in the kitchen,
singing her favorite song.
Dancing around like a fool,
starring in her own little show,
gimmie the girl the rest of the world,
ain’t lucky enough to know.

Most people only get to see the quite Heidi, most people just aren’t lucky enough to know that she does have a tendency to “dance around like a fool and star in her own little show”. And the best part is that me and our boys LOVE IT!

So like I said earlier I’m posting this:

Because I can…
I can’t get her out of my head and nor do I want to…
I can’t imagine life any other way or with anyone else!

So here’s the video, I’m going home…

Life’s Been Busy

pdono — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:05 +0000

WOW! It’s Been awhile again since I’ve ventured here to my home on the net. Things have been really busy lately. With Elisha now done with wrestling for the year we’re down to just Little League for Tre (4 nights a week). Tre tried out for The Minors (8-10) & got drafted by the Reds and had his 1st game last night as the starting left fielder. He seemed pretty nervous being his 1st game and all but he made a couple good plays and I think now that the nerves are gone he’ll step right in like he does in practice. He also got his first taste of UMPS! with a called strike that was over his head he got a little upset (we’ll have to work on that). Here are some pics of the action:

What’s New….

pdono — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:16:00 +0000

What’s New?

Well Thanksgiving came and went.
My wife’s as hot as ever.
The red cups at starbucks brought the normal smile on my face. While the folgers in my office let me down once again.
Christmas is just around the corner and things are as busy or busier than ever.
Coaching Soccer for some cool 1st & 2nd graders.
Can’t wait to finally meet these cool people next month in Seattle.
Did I mention I know nothing about soccer.
Starting to get a little more settled in the new digs.
I’ve never dreamed more about the future than I have as of late. Can’t wait to see what this brings.
Monday’s have become my favorite day of the week.
Just about finished with my reading list for next year. (of course this is always open for suggestions)
I got to looking the other day and have about 14 unpublished posts sitting in my drafts folder. Need to get this place cranking there are so many things zipping through my head.
Loving how God’s breaking stupid things off of my life.
Got our family pictures done for the 1st time in 10 years & love them.
On that note! Just wanted to say thanks to our friends Phil & Jessica over at StoneCastle Photography for shooting our family pics a couple of weeks ago.

That’s it for now! So click on the image above and go take a look at our new family photo’s.

Two bits of “PURE” Randomness

pdono — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:54:59 +0000

First of all let me start off by saying that by no means am I making fun of or making light of this situation (okay maybe part of me is) but I always knew it was bound to happen. Let me offer you a little background my wife consistently sends me those email forwards like many of you get. When she gets home and I’m cooking dinner she’ll come in and ask me if I read that cute little email she sent me. It’s always followed by a long pause and then “NOPE!” she then asks “Well, why not?” to which I reply “Because, I deleted it” Now before you get all feisty on me just hear me out. Call me stupid if you like but I’m not buying the fact that if I see someone driving down the road with there lights off and I flash my lights at them that they are going to shoot me. Nor do I believe that Bill Gates, Microsoft or anyone is going to send me $5 for every person I send this email to in order to test there new email tracking system. I have plenty of other time killing things i can do on the internet that are so much more fun than the million other things out there. But after reading this this morning I just had to post it:

Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam

The worst part of the whole deal is she kept sending money & her poor husband.

Like I said there are two bits of “PURE” Randomness today! Thanks to Randy who also posted this video this morning. I just had to follow suit and place it here for your viewing pleasure. So here it is!

I’m just saying…

pdono — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:41:39 +0000

Just sitting here in the office before church browsing through some photos we took yesterday at a wedding we were at. Anyways I thought I would throw these up there as I here the sound of my wife leading a congregation into worship and our kids are getting set in there classrooms. Man I love my family!

Jesus branded

pdono — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:56:12 +0000

I’ve always found the “real men love Jesus” or “any dead fish can float down stream but it takes a REAL fish to go against the current” with that 1990 “extreme” fish symbol I’m a christian who’s not ashamed shirts to be well, rather lame! Then a friend pointed me to jesusbranded.com! I proceeded to order and continue to wear! Good stuff take a look for yourself! Yeah I get something for this but I’d a plugged it anyways!

The Dust Settled but I didn’t…

pdono — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:26:22 +0000

It’s been awhile and I’ve honestly missed this place. As stupid as it sounds i just wasn’t liking the design so much that it was actually pushing me to not post. So here I enter with a “temporary” design that just feels better and will hopefully renew the fun that it started with. Besides life has been to good not to share. So if you’re here and reading this then check back for more changes and alot more updates.

Random yet heavy!

pdono — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:30:43 +0000

“I repent of ever having recorded one single song, and ever having performed one concert, if my music, and more importantly, my life has not provoked you into Godly jealousy or to sell out more completely to Jesus!” — Keith Green

After reading a post on a friends blog & watching the accompanying video I just had to post it here as well. Regardless of preference, or you’re stance on music it’s hard to miss the raw emotion & passion let alone truth behind these lyrics. Read them and don’t forget to watch the video as well.

Do you see, do you see
All the people sinking down
Don’t you care, don’t you care
Are you gonna let them drown

How can you be so numb
Not to care if they come
You close your eyes
And pretend the job’s done

“Oh bless me Lord, bless me Lord”
You know it’s all I ever hear
No one aches, no one hurts
No one even sheds one tear

But He cries, He weeps, He bleeds
And He cares for your needs
And you just lay back
And keep soaking it in,
Oh, can’t you see it’s such a sin?

Cause He brings people to you door,
And you turn them away
As you smile and say,
“God bless you, be at peace”
And all heaven just weeps
Cause Jesus came to your door
You’ve left him out on the streets

Open up open up
And give yourself away
You see the need, you hear the cries
So how can you delay

God’s calling and you’re the one
But like Jonah you run
He’s told you to speak
But you keep holding it in,
Oh can’t you see it’s such a sin?

The world is sleeping in the dark
That the church just can’t fight
Cause it’s asleep in the light
How can you be so dead
When you’ve been so well fed
Jesus rose from the grave
And you, you can’t even get out of bed

Oh, Jesus rose from the dead
Come on, get out of your bed

How can you be so numb
Not to care if they come
You close your eyes
And pretend the job’s done
You close your eyes
And pretend the job’s done

Don’t close your eyes
Don’t pretend the jobs done
Come away, come away, come away with Me my love,
Come away, from this mess, come away with Me, my love.

Distracted Destiny

pdono — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:15:35 +0000

Honestly, this is just an opportunity to get out some things that have been bottled up pretty tight inside. I’ve never found myself this deep into an inward struggle before. It seems as of late that no matter where I turn there it is staring me straight in the face. I can’t remember a time in my life that the prospect of who I’m to become and what I’m to do has been so urgently on my heart. I’ve tried to verbalize these feelings in my heart with no avail & as the tears roll and the sound of the prayer room lingers from the speakers of a borrowed laptop “Son of David have mercy on me, Son of David have mercy on me open my eyes that I may see” it quickly becomes the loudest prayer I can remember with no words leaving my lips “Open My Eyes!”

As I find myself engaged in this battle, on the inside something rises yelling “You’re Distracted!”

dis·tract·ed[di-strak-tid] –adjective

1.	having the attention diverted.

2.	rendered incapable of behaving, reacting, etc., in a normal manner, as by worry, remorse, or the like; irrational; disturbed.

Have I become distracted in my pursuits again? Has my attention been diverted? Have I been rendered incapable of behaving in a normal manner?

It’s funny there is a vibrant life inside of me I can feel it. A life of joy, love, mission, power & impact. I know God has great plans for the future. I just want more! I’m not satisfied, not content & definitely not OK with where I’m at. Jesus please come I want more, I need more!

2 WEEKS LATER…

I find myself looking back at this non-published post & realizing that it’s really easy for me to get distracted with my present surroundings and circumstances rather than look to the One that has been to my future and back. I think all to often our idea’s and dreams of grandeur get in the way of His will for our lives, we almost get preoccupied with why things aren’t the way we see them with our eyes closed. So I come to this: “Jesus, My passion in life is to know you…” I set my heart to see my distraction turn into pursuit, my frustration fade to fascination! Jesus I want you more. Thank you that you’re gracious with me.