I must admit, I laughed out loud at the creativity of these dolphins. I’m hoping that I can be this smart!
My analytical sides asks me, “Is there something that you are working REALLY hard for that may be as simple as this?”
I don’t know, but now, I’m thinking even harder!
Enjoy!
Sitting in front of my trusty MacBook Pro, sipping on a cup of coffee, I was reading the morning blogs: ZenHabits, Ridiculouslyextraordinary.com, and SmartPassiveIncome.com, and Seth Godin (just to name a few).
It’s Monday morning after the biggest snow and ice storm we’ll probably see in years. I just took my beautiful (expecting) wife to work. It’s difficult to get out of the driveway still. There’s still an inch of Ice and snow on the drive way. I know how difficult it is cause I got stuck not once, but twice trying to leave for church yesterday.
That’s when I heard it.. the revving and sliding sound of my neighbor trying to get out of HER driveway… I just looked hopefully out the window knowing that the next touch of the gas pedal would yield better results than the last one.
She continued for a few more minutes when I decided to “step outside” to get her attention. I was gonna tell her how I got out of my driveway (finally) yesterday.
At last, she opened her door so I could say, “Hey, just back down your driveway, cross over that small strip of grass and get a head start from here (pointing to where I had started yesterday)”
She liked her plan better. “Can you just give me a little push, I’m SO close”.
I had my house shoes, pajama bottoms, a thick T-shirt and a new bathrobe on (unusual for me).
So, after a brief thought of how I would get traction in these house shoes, I proceeded to meet her at the top of her driveway.
She was right. Just one small tug and she was free from the icy barrier that was holding her little car hostage.
After a brief moment of small talk, she left and I stepped cautiously down my driveway looking for every thawed patch of pavement I could find.
I walked up the ice covered steps to my door and grabbed the handle…. didn’t budge. I walked to the door beside it… even worse, the deadbolt was locked on that one… it was out of the question for sure!
Pictured: Me, the snow, the door and the firepit
I stood there basking in my stupidity for a second. I looked over my back yard (see picture) realizing that my hands were getting cold.
I made the trek from the porch down to the studio door, the garage door, then back up to the porch again. There are SIX sets of doors in the BACK of my house… All locked.
Think, Kevin, think.
I decided to light the fire-pit, only to find that with the sun melting the snow and sub-freezing temperature, the top was frozen shut.
I picked up the deck chair, briefly trying to knock the ice away… that didn’t last long… freakin’ chair was FREEZING!
After a few more attempts at getting the top off, (I even tried lighting the fire-pit with the top on to melt the snow but decided that it would be so hot, I couldn’t touch it afterwards) I finally just lifted one end of the fire-pit about an inch or two and dropped it on the cement. That did the trick. I lit the fire and promptly warmed my very cold hands.
I couldn’t help but think about the guy on TV, man vs. wild. What would that guy do? – not lock himself out of his own house, thats for sure.
I then began shaking the door furiously, remembering that THIS SAME door just blew open during a light storm this past summer and the rain SOAKED the hardwood floors. NOTHING… locked tighter than Fort Knox!
I went back down stairs to get the snow shovel that I used to get us un-stuck yesterday… I didn’t know what I was gonna do yet, but at this point, I had moved on to a fictional character that I could use for inspiration… McGuyver… or more realistically, McGruber on Saturday Night Live.
I just knew that they would gather up all their resources and get that door open.
Needless to say, the shovel didn’t do me much good.
Somehow, I had remembered to put my phone in my pocket when I took Janna to work (Yes, I took her in my PJ’s and Bathrobe… I mean… what could possibly happen on the 2 mile trip to State Farm?)
I called Janna. She sounded worried. Now, I don’t know if it was “My poor husband is freezing” or “OMG, how am I gonna tell my friends that my goofball husband locked himself out of the house!”
I really didn’t want to call one of our 2 friends that actually had the extra keys. Partly because it was 8 am they live all the way across town, and partly because I didn’t want to tell them about my… err… oversight.
Still trying to channel McGruber, I decided to walk back up the driveway… like I was “just out checking the mail” and try to think of something else when I realized… MY SOUTHWEST AIRMILES CARD CAME SOMETIME OVER THE WEEKEND!!!
So, I actually had a purpose for mosey-ing thru my yard with my bathrobe on.
There it was…in an unmarked envelope just like they said… I tried to bend it and it was rigid… this had to be the card.
I crept down the driveway again, this time with a renewed sense of hope. I walked up the frozen stairs laughing at how I had “McGrubered” my way out of a sticky situation.
Fast forward… Dang, this door is TIGHT!… nothing.
Defeated.
After many door shaking attempts (seriously, it just flew open during the storm), Janna called to check on my status. “I can get Jessica to bring me over there with my extra key”.
The offer that sounded like too much trouble just 30 minutes ago sounded like the perfect plan now.
Since I had my phone and a brand new card, I activated them standing by the fire waiting on Janna.
And I thought I wouldn’t have anything to write about today.
Question: Have You ever done anything like this?-Please make me feel better by commenting!
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Hello everyone. This is Jason Kennedy. I am emailing my entire contact list concerning an upcoming mission trip to the Dominican Republic on Feb. 20 – 28th. The trip was originally intended to be a dental mission trip to some remote areas.
The trip consisted of seeing approximately 250 patients per day, doing mainly tooth extraction, drainage of infections, dental fillings, and sharing the news of Jesus Christ.
However, in light of recent events in Haiti the face and tone of the trip have changed dramatically. The resident missionary, Gary Klein, has been in the Dominican for approximately 20 years practicing medicine, starting churches, and teaching Bible school. He has been delivering medical aid and supplies to Haiti for the past several days. His medical equipment has been completely depleted. We are asking for donations of medical supplies (gauze, suture, antibiotics (pills), and monetary gifts to assist Gary. He has a unique opportunity because he is able to drive into Haiti and because he is skilled in disaster relief. I have spoken with many people that are heartbroken, but don’t know what to do to help. Our original group was filled to capacity.
However, Gary is asking for more bodies to come help and for monetary support. This is an opportunity to give or go down and help us. Our main focus will remain spreading the Gospel of Christ, dental work, getting supplies to Gary, and establishing a clinic on the Haiti border. Below is an attached email that I received from Gary this morning. There is some urgency to this request.
If you feel led to help or have any questions, please click THIS LINK or contact me. My cell phone # is 865-292-8870. Medical supplies or money can be sent to:
Southeast Oral Surgery
ATTN: Michelle Tracey
1858 Crest Road
Maryville, TN 37804
Office phone: 865-977-7110
In Christ,
Jason
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The link again is below
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Dear Jason,
We will be returning to Haiti on Sunday with some relief supplies and a team of people to do an evaluation of what we can do to help in a efficient manner to help the most people.
We are planning on having frequent trips to Haiti to bring in aid. I was thinking that if a few of your people are interested in this effort and seeing this first-hand to discover how you can help more directly we would like to invite a few of your folks to either come early for the clinic, stay longer after the clinics are over or plan another earlier, or later trip for this purpose.
We urgently need two new vehicles to make this assistance possible, we have located a 2005 new Land Rover Defender fully equipped here for $35,000 and we are needing to buy this immediately before all such vehicles are bought-up for relief work and we are left without a way to get over to Haiti to work. (The 1st vehicle we found to purchase for this relief work has already been purchased out from under us since the disaster, this type of durable vehicle needed to do this work will soon become unavailable.) This first vehicle is a Diesel, 6 cylinder 9 passenger 4×4 that can carry a lot of weight on the roof such as equipment, and supplies for work.
We have located an area where we can buy a plot of land to stage out of for this recovery project, we have a big generator, lots of the construction tools needed to accomplish this, and more importantly a Haitian staff of workers, translators, and doctors that can help us properly apply this relief effort to glorify the Lord, and grow His church, while bringing benevolent, humanitarian assistance to some of the most impoverished peoples in the world.
Please consider using your contacts of family, friends, and colleagues to help us get this recovery effort into full swing as soon as possible…the need is too great to wait for things to get better on the ground…we are willing, ready, and experienced in disaster relief in this culture, and have been working with Haitians for over 18 years now. We have a solid track record here in the Dominican Republic and around the island…we can bring this help swiftly to the greatest number of Haitian peoples in areas most people are either afraid to go, or have no infrastructure in place to make such an effort possible.
For mailing things directly to us here our address is:
Gary Klein/CDMM
SDQ 589
10000 N.W. 25th St. Unit 1
Miami. FL. 33172-2204
Thank you for all you are doing to help!
Looking forward to seeing you all soon!
Gary
GARY V. KLEIN
DIRECTOR CDMM
(809)472-1126 H
(809)855-8802
This is SO GOOD, I just HAD to share it. It will take 10 minutes to watch it, but it WILL change your day.
What are YOU working on…. that’s BIG?
This is a project that I produced for Chris Hester… Nice Video (I had nothing to do with that)
That’s Misty Freeman on the girl part.
It definitely does!
The funny thing is, most people don’t even see YOUR limitations, they only see the result of your limitations.
That could be anything from bitterness of a failed career to a successful business that resulted in the first business failing! They are both results of the same limitation…How you deal with your limitation is what [I think] God wants to see.
You can’t argue with the success of Twitter… Its one of the fastest Read more…
Janna and I LOVE to eat out. Partly for entertainment. Partly because we’re pooped at the end of the day and don’t feel like making dinner.
So, we decided a few years ago that if we were going to eat out MOST of the time, we had to come up with a solution so we wouldn’t spend ALL of our money on food. We love the coupons and gift cards from local restaurants that magically appear in our mailbox… (we found a $10 bonus card this week from Bone Fish, but we still could have easily eaten for under $15.)
Here’s how to eat well and not break the bank:
I get the pleasure of tracking 5 songs for Judy Collins tomorrow. We are tracking at Sunset Blvd. studio in Franklin with Steve Dady engineering.
Piano: Jason Webb
Drums: Steve Brewster
Guitars: David Cleveland
Bass: Mark Hill
Alan Silverman has already recorded Judy’s vocal brilliantly. Now we just need to let the “boys” do their thang.
I love my job!
I have some great friends who are trying to change their life for the better and I was thinking about them this morning…
Do you think it matters who your friends are? Let me give you a few examples.
Now, I’m not saying get a new set of friends, I’m just saying that you should surround yourself with people who have the same goals in mind as you…
Here’s my take on it… Have you ever heard a good singer and thought “wow, I think this guy/girl can really sing” but you never really said anything until you heard someone else say “wow that guy/girl can really sing!” then all of a sudden you say I KNOW THATS WHAT I SAID!… you just needed someone to validate your thought…
You tend to do and think what others do around you do and think.
Have you ever heard of Social Proof? Here’s a funny little video about it.
I’ll leave you with this question:
Do you think it matters who your friends are?
Little "un-named" Ward baby
It seems as though I have about 7 more months to prepare for a new Read more…
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