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Sorry my pics are so boring, but I really don't do much in my life except work, go to church, and hang out at home with Kelly and the boys...LOL

Treo picture flood

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I have been digging my new Treo 700p! Started blogging pics via Splashblog but am trying to get them to blog to The Couch. If this works I'll stay on top of it more...

Florida movies no longer hosted...

For anyone that would want them (and I imagine the people that want them already have them), the movies I made from our Memorial Weekend Florida trip are no longer hosted online. If you want them just email me at headgamer @ gmail.com (remove spaces)....

Promise Keepers 2006: Unleashed!

Well, I just got back from the Promise Keepers event in Atlanta this past weekend. It was awesome! The event this year was titled "Unleashed" and it as all about your heart. God has a plan for you - a script if you will - written on your heart before you were even formed. He believes wholeheartedly in your ability to fulfill His plan for you, but you have to discover that heart, and unleash God's power within that plan. The scary part for us is to say 'yes' to God's will for us before we even know what it is. God's will is not activated UNTIL we say yes. He wants our devotion to him - our total devotion to him - before that power within us is unlocked and unleashed. Our biggest obstacle is ourselves and our doubt in us. Just like when Peter got out of the boat and began walking on the water toward a waiting Jesus, he did not begin to sink until he began to doubt HIMSELF.

Regardless of our past, regardless of your present, God still has a plan for you. He sent you here for a reason and purpose regardless of the parents or circumstances that he sent you THROUGH.

There was so much more to the event than that, but my feelings get so mixed up it is hard to put it all into words.

Some of my favorite things from PK this year:

I always enjoy the speakers, but particularly this year enjoyed Bob Reccord, Bishop Joseph Garlington, and my favorite from all my PK events, Dan Seaborn. Don't know 'em? Google 'em and look them up.

The music was amazing as usual. It is the speakers through which I learn and grow, but it is through the worship band and singing the I experience PK and God's love for me and fellowship with other Christian men.

Some of my favorite concepts/quotes:

• Sometimes we get so busy doing for God that we forget the God for whom we are doing it. ~Bob Reccord
• You activate the will of God by saying yes to it. ~Bishop Joseph Garlington
• You must forgive and release your heritage and move on... what gets buried alive stays alive. ~Bishop Joseph Garlington
• Misery is God getting you ready for what he has ready for you. ~Bishop Joseph Garlington
• If you are feeling uncomfortable, you are probably in the right place. ~Rick Kingham
• (Dan Seaborn's whole talk! Too much to quote...LOL)

Overall, yet another wonderful experience. It is wonderful to get together with thousands of Christian men and realize your potential and admit to our weaknesses and revitalize your walk with Christ.

And finally, for y'all who know me and live near me:

Mobile, Alabama.
June 29-30, 2007.
Be there.

The dry spell is coming to an end!

Well I finally have a light at the end of the tunnel!

We've finally set a date for Kel and the boys to head back home from Oklahoma! It's already been three weeks since they have been gone, and I got two more before they start heading back. But heck, that's a whole lot better than a week and a half ago when we didn't know WHEN they were gonna be able to head home (if y'all remember they started out visiting family, but then Kelly ended up having to stay for an extended period to help take care of her mom and her broken-in-three-places ankle).

They are heading back 7/17... And here's how we got it settled....

Kelly is an amazing woman, but the poor thing is getting completely worn out. Of course she is out there with our three boys which are a handful in themselves. But man it does not end there. Her family exists in a delicate balance out there, and if one thing goes wrong, the entire "Boles mobile" gets out of whack...Kelly's youngest sister, Karline, and her husband own a convenience store out there. For the longest time they worked the store together and got help from Kel's mom and a neighbor's wife. All shifts got covered fairly well. Plus, Kel's older sister helped take care of Karline's 3 kids (she also has a 4th - a 2 month old infant) while she was at the store. Richard is a CPA in an accounting firm there now, so he has little time to help at the store now. Merline, of course, is laid up for at least 6-8 weeks with her surgically repaired ankle. Evelyn (the neighbor's wife) is no longer able to help as she is having to care for her husband who is in failing health. And Kim just took a night shift hotel manager position. So that left poor Karline to run the store from open to close with her infant there with her the whole time..... and all three of the older kids.

That's where Kelly came in. She Restored Balance to the Force.

For the last three weeks Kelly has had primary caretaking roles for our three boys, 2 nephews, 1 niece, 1 mother, 1 household, and meals for everybody. Oh, and when everybody falls asleep? She gets online to take care of all our office management and billing tasks she does for the office (I'm dumb and just work there - she is the only one who knows how to do all that). Oh, and during the day while she is taking care of the family, she is on the cell talking to insurance companies for my patients for the week.

Like I said, she is an amazing woman. But she has her limits.

Every time I talk to her she sounds more and more tired. Early last week, she asked me, "You think your parents would watch the kids overnight for one night so you and I can just get away for a night? I really need some time with you."

For Kelly to ask for someone to watch the kids overnight (something I have always pushed for but she has always been reluctant about), I knew she needed some alone time with me to recharge when she gets back. You don't have to twist my arm real hard to make plans for an overnight getaway with my lovely wife! As an added bonus, this gave us the chance to make reservations which would give her a definite time to be home.

So, when I get off work on Friday 7/21 at noon, we're heading out to Dahlonega, Georgia (north end of Georgia in the mountains) to a little bed and breakfast called Mountain Laurel Creek. Specifically, we're staying in the The Laurel Suite. As you can see, it has plenty of room for just relaxing, among other things... No other plans. No plans for dinner reservations, or sightseeing, or whatever. Just time alone to relax and recharge. And just to add a bit of fun with it, I rented us a convertible for the weekend. Just a little extra to have fun and enjoy ourselves.


As much fun as the weekend will be, the thing I am looking forward to most is just having my wife home.

15 days and counting til they come home....

Six Flags rocked!

Well, I got to go to Six Flags for the day with Brandon (Team Binky) and Linde (threels), a couple of my Xbox Live buddies, and had a blast! We made a SMART decision to get the Gold Flash Pass. It meant the difference between getting to ride 5 or 6 big rides versus riding everything we wanted, including Goliath, Batman, Superman, and the Mind Bender (oh, and Monster Plantation...LOL) twice each, in a fraction of the time! Definitely worth the money! I am too tired to type a lot right now, but my one thing I wanted to accomplish today was to get the newest rollercoaster, Goliath, on video. And it turned out great!

Here ya go!

Mitch, we missed ya buddy! Oh, and yeah, Batman rocked!

ALERT: New beer warning labels needed!

Okay everybody. I think something has come to my attention that leads me to believe that black box warning labels are needed on all beer bottles, cans, cases, and kegs! The results of a recent study are shocking and in my opinion represent a significant danger to our health, or relationships, and even our very culture! Please review the newspaper clipping below for shocking scientific data regarding beer (you may have to click on the image to see it bigger for reading purposes):

GOTCHA!
LOL...

Destin, Florida movies are now up....

Hey everybody. Everyone that wanted to has already seen the Flickr pics I put up from our trip to Florida, but I finally got the video encoded and onto the computer. George (booster_mps for all you XBL people) was gracious enough to give me a location to upload them. Now I have encoded these in two sizes. These links are to the small resolution versions. If you want the bigger versions, let me know and I will post them. So here's the links:

Enjoy!

The Fortress of Solitude....

...ain't all it's cracked up to be.

Kelly and the boys left for Oklahoma yesterday. She typically takes them out there for vacation during the summer to spend a few weeks with her parents and their aunts, uncles, and cousins, who they absolutely love to play with. Problem is, they are usually gone for about 3 weeks. Kel's mom broke her ankle earlier in the week and has surgery on Monday, so Kelly may be staying even longer in order to help out as much as she can there. So, end result is, I am doing the bachelor thing for the next several weeks. And it always follows the same pattern:

• Stage 1
• "Woah! Cool! I get a little quiet time to go see movies, sit and play video games until all hours of the night, maybe hit a Braves game... It's a whole lot quieter and less stressful around the house... I can do what I want when I want and nobody can get in the way of having a good time. This is like my vacation too!"
• Stage 2
• "Hey, this is nice. I can get stuff done around the house... need to do some painting, maybe clean up those weeds outside. Man, this house is a mess. Maybe I will clean it up a bit. Sure seems quiet..."
• Stage 3
• "Ok. I'm tired of painting. I want to play some more. Dang I am bored. Oh well, guess I'll watch some TV, maybe rent a movie or something. I need some sound... it's just a little too quiet around here."
• Stage 4
• "I CAN'T STAND THE SILENCE ANYMORE! Screw the painting and weeds. To heck with the house. I am sick of looking at the TV and Xbox 360. For the love of Pete will somebody do something? Maybe I will invite the neighbor kids over and let them play in the backyard... break something or mess something up. SOMETHING TO BREAK THE MONOTONY!!!!!!!!!!!!"

And just before I end up drooling in a corner wearing a straightjacket, Kelly and the boys come home to save the day. She removes the Kryptonite from around my neck, and I am alive again.

Always happens this way. Kelly, y'all have fun but I can't wait to see you walking back through the door babe...

Clustrmaps, part 2.... What the?!

OK.

I thought the Clustrmaps thing was fun. How cool is it to see where the hits to your website are coming from?! But then it gets you to start wondering.... why are people hitting MY website? Kind of bizarre...

I mean, I know there's gonna be a ones from the Southeast (family and all... plus the counter keeps counting MY hits to the website, which makes the dot in Georgia bigger and bigger...LOL). I also expect a good many across the US in places where all my Xbox Live buddies are. It's fun trying to figure out which of you nutty people represent each dot... It's kind of like the old Romper Room show looking through the magic mirror....

"I see Rammy, and Lulu, and Scary, and ..."

LOL

But then it starts getting a little creepy. I'm looking at the map one day, and all of a sudden I see this little dot way the heck over in JAPAN?! What the...? Who in...? Huh? Then my eyes move over and I see a dot in what looks like England... Sheesh... Do these people have no life? LOL... It makes you wonder though... what led them here? Was it an accident? Were they googling for something specific and my blog came up on their list? It's just kind of interesting to think about.

I will really start to get a little paranoid if I start seeing dots blip up on the map in the Middle East... Images of Saddam surfing the internet from his jail cell.... Osama hitting blog search from his laptop/satellite phone from a cave in Afghanistan....come to mind. LOL....