A day in the life of...Mark Williams

Random Thoughts on a Tuesday morning

• Soccer practice went well last night.  Our boys have grown.  We should do ok.
• I need some new music to listen to.  Any suggestions?
• I am looking for my card reader so I can post some pics.  Maybe I'll find it this week.
• We still have no DSL at home.  We are on Day 13 now of no DSL.  As my good friend says, "Welcome to the new AT&T."
• I have a few books I want to read.  I'm hesitant to start them, mainly because I have so much going on. 
• I'm going to a men's banquet tonight.  Ray Mears is speaking and showing his wildlife photographs.  It's at FBC Leakesville, where Phillip Price is pastor. 
• I watched a cool video from where we were in Malaysia.  I hope we can show some of it in worship as prayer segments.
• I ate Chick-Fil-A for lunch yesterday.  A number 5, 12-pack.  Should've gone with the 8-pack instead.  I fell to the temptation.
• My computer that died is now running again.  I have a great friends!!

I'm back....kind of. And a few random thoughts.

I have been slacking on the blogging lately.  We have been moving from one parsonage to another.  We have been painting and laying tile, so my times of blogging have been limited.  Plus, we have yet to establish our DSL at the new house.  Hopefully, this will be resolved in the next few days.  Until then, no internet at home. 

So....a few thoughts.

I'm teaching a DT class right now that I'm loving.  The Life You've Always Wanted is a look at spiritual disciplines from a different point of view. 

The move to the house has allowed us to clean out a lot of older stuff.  We all need to get rid of the trash in our lives.

We're going to Cheeburger! Cheeburger! tonight after church with a bunch of people.  I'm ready. 

I loved this morning's sermon.  It was the first in a series on 4 of the greatest statements you can tell your spouse.  I'm diggin' it!!

We've had some excellent help on the house from some wonderful friends.  I love living in Agricola. 

We had a profession of faith this morning with a kid who is a good friend of our family.  We are so excited for them.  We also had two others join our church. 

I want to see Mall Cop. 

My Satellite is out for a week.  Looks like we'll be watching a lot of DVD's this week.  Any recommendations? 

That's about it for now.  I hope that my posting  gets back to normal now. 

Sporadic blogging

Right now, my blogging is sporadic.  We are in the process of moving across the street, so my "extra" time right now is being consumed.  I will hopefully blog more regularly once we get settled in.  Hopefully, hat will be done by sometime next week.  In the meantime, here are some random thoughts.

• Yesterday was a great day at ABC!!
• I'm learning a little bit about laying tile. 
• Tonight, I'm learning how to grout.
• Tim Tebow is returning for his senior season.  Did you know Florida only started 3 seniors on this national  championship team?  It seems more and more players are leaving school early for the NFL.  I would've done the same (left early if someone was offering me millions to play a game!!)
• I want to see the movie Fireproof.  I'm thinking about doing a couples night with it. 
• College football is over for 8 months.  I've got to find something to watch on tv now.  NFL will do for a few weeks I guess.
• KidStuf is approaching quicker than I want it to.
• The DT class I'm leading went well last night.  I really enjoyed it.  Next week, though, I will be able to manage the time better.  Too much content for the time we have!!
• I ate breakfast this morning, and am more hungry now than when I don't eat breakfast.

I'm up....

Well.  Today/yesterday was good.  I'm writing this just after midnight, on Dec. 29th.  I can't sleep.  I know why I can't sleep.  I took a GREAT nap Sunday afternoon.  I also ate Mexican for supper.  That combo is a 100% sure fire way to not sleep.  I want to sleep.  I have a long day tomorrow.  It's back to the office.  Starting some painting, and patching holes after work.  I need to be in the bed with my eyes closes involuntarily.  However, here I am, on the couch typing this pointless post. 

I hear the rain outside.  The only other noise is that which the keyboard is making as I type this.  It's pretty quiet right now.  So, what does one do when they can't sleep?  Well, I usually just lay in bed until I finally go out for the count.  You see, it's hard to go to sleep if you're up typing a blog post.  Someone suggested I turn on The Weather Channel.  If I had the golf channel, I could just watch it, and fall asleep. 

Instead, here I am, typing away about nothing.  So, if you're still reading this, you just wasted about 2 minutes of your life that you'll never be able to get back.  I'm sorry.  I'll make another 2 minutes of your life more interesting on another post.  Well....I'm going to try going to sleep one more time.  See ya.

A question about a Christmas carol

We sang some Christmas carols in church tonight.  I have a question.

Why is "Noel" spelled "Nowell" in "The First Nowell"? 

More random thoughts...

1. I'm headed to Starkville this afternoon.  I haven't been since Christmas last year.  That's the longest time away.  We're gonna try and go to the football game Saturday.  Nothing like watching a team that is stinkin' it up.  My dilemma...how much do you pay for a ticket for a horrible team?
2. I called Melanie's dad last night to request some chicken wings and drummies.  Melanie claims she never gets to put her order in for food at her parents house. 
3. We're mentoring today.  We're focusing on gratitude today.  We're gonna have the students write letters of gratitude to soldiers who are serving overseas.
4. I'm listening to my worship playlist this morning as I work. 
5. I'm ready for some sweet potato casserole.  And some turkey.   And some ham.  And...well, you get the picture.

Mid-week

Random thoughts on this Wed. morning.

• I got 2 different issues of the same magazine within 2 days of each other.  Weird.  What happened to spacing them out?
• My cell pone is a Motorola SLVR.  It has lasted almost 2 years.  I hate changing cell phones.  The battery on it is quirky sometimes.  I hope it will last at least until next year. 
• Ordered some house plans yesterday. 
• Tackling some things today that need to be done.
• I have 2 staplers on my desk for no apparent reason.  I'm not sure how I got the second one.  Now I can't remember which one I had first. 

• The candy jar on my desk is empty too.  Anyone want to fill it with candy?
• I drank a cup of coffee yesterday and this morning.  It must be the cooler weather. 

Mid-week ramblings

I'm excited for a friend that is preparing to move overseas for missions.  God is doing some amazing things in his life.

I watched Hillary Clinton's speech last night.  That was a waste of time.  I'll never get that 20 minutes back. 

Soccer practice begins this week.  I'm the coach of a U-8 team in Lucedale again.  This'll be fun. 

The Olympics weren't on last night, and I still didn't go to bed early. 

I'm glad we only elect a president every 4 years.  This junk gets old. 

I'm getting excited about the mentoring partnership we are beginning with Agricola Elementary.  It's one of those things where you aren't sure what to expect, but you know it's a great opportunity. 

I hate hurricanes...just in case you didn't know.

Full as a tick

Just got done with lunch.  Where do we come up with sayings like "Full as a tick".  What are some other "different" or "bizarre" sayings that we have?

Good Day

Today has been good. 

• Talked to some of our Bible study leaders on the phone this morning.  Next year is shaping up nicely.
• Finished up a Bible Study
• Hanging out with the college group tonight at the Summers' for a cookout. 
• Micah is so close to being done with 1st grade.  He finishes up this week.  He was one of the top 4 accelerated readers in his class this year.  I think they get to do something special tomorrow for that.
• Ate some dang good upside-down sweet potato pie at lunch today.  My goodness!!
• Listening to some Steve Fee.
• I'm looking forward to going to see the new Indiana Jones movie this Friday.  
• American Idol finale is tonight.  I was/am rooting for David Cook.  I have to say, though, that David Archuletta smoked him last night.