215/365 Mayor of Arkham City

I think one reason Daniel loves Friday nights at dad’s house is the time he gets to spend on the PS3. Tonight’s challenge? Progressing through the storyline of Batman Arkham City.

 

214/365 Making A Plan

As we work to re-launch the Social Media Club Tampa Bay, we met tonight to discuss the planning of an event we’ll be hosting on August 25. The event will be a panel discussion featuring representatives from Twitter, Facebook, and Yelp! (with the possibility of adding representatives from other social media platforms), all of whom will be in Tampa covering the Republican National Convention.

It’s going to be fun and exciting event, and I am very much looking forward to being a part of it.

 

213/365 Family Dinner

I’ve boasted time and time again about my amazing collection of friends. It warms my heart to be surrounded by such amazing, giving, and generous people; and when I am able to get together with them for dinner, it just makes it that much better.

They’re more than just friends. They’re family.

212/365 A Schedule to Keep (Again)

As we get ready to kick of Natalie’s second year of competitive soccer, it was time for her to start with her dedicated goal keeping training again. So in addition to the two weekly team practices, Natalie has specialized keeper training once a week.

Sometime it feels as if I live up at the Wesley Chapel District Park.

211/365 Right On, Target

Essentials. You need them. And there are times you just need to take an hour to make a quick run to the store. Paper towels, cat food, bottled water, that new video game for my PS3 (yes, the word essential is indeed relative).

And thus began the trek to our local neighborhood Target.

As we perused the aisles, looking back and forth at what it is we needed, we came across these cleverly packaged boxes of tissue.

There are some times when you just have to let you inner child run free.

The result:

210/365 Reunited (And It Feels So Good)

After being gone for the week on vacation with their mom and family, it was great to spend the afternoon with my kids. We grabbed a bite for lunch and the trekked over to the theaters to conclude the Batman Bonanza we started on July 17.

It’s always great creating new memories with my little peeps.

209/365 Just Rewards (Part II)

After four and a half hours of trimming, mowing, edging, and cleaning up – all of it in the 90 degree heat of a Florida July – my overly-ambitious Saturday hit a wall of exhaustion. The only thing left to do was pat myself on the back with a cold one and dip in the pool.

209/365 Fun(gi) Friday

Grilled portabella mushrooms and green beans. It’s what’s for dinner.

208/365 The Write Stuff

Even though it’s waaaaayyyyyy across town for us, Lee and I are members of the Brandon Christian Writers. To use their words, BCW is “a place for Christian writers of all genres to gather for fellowship, encouragement, and learning.”

The other members are all so very friendly, constructive, and inviting, and Lee and I always leave the monthly meeting reinvigorated to write.

Regardless of your trade, profession, craft, or hobby, if you want to get more out of it, I invite you to find a group in your area that is devoted to what you do. It’s in sharing and experiencing together both the successes and failures that we truly learn. And as my college marketing professor used to say, “If you’re not learning, you’re dying.”

207/365 Just Rewards

So I got this email from my employer. It read something like this (I’m para-phrasing):

“Just wanted to let you know we did away this year with the employee reward program (because we’re money-grubbing *bleep*holes beholden only to Wall Street). But since you’re a trooper and have stuck around this long, we want to give you an old-fashioned pat on the back for a job well done. People like you – you know … gluttons for punishment – are hard to find, and in our own evil, sadistic way, we want to pretend like we care and have you hang around for five or even ten more years. After all, what do we care? We froze your pension in 2006. So here’s a catalog of worthless crap you can choose from. We really don’t care considering it’s all paid for by those merit increases you don’t get every year. So, have fun and keep doing whatever it is you do for us.”

Of course, I may have read the letter incorrectly. On the plus side; free blender.