Christmas Eve traditions and fusion

I have a few random thoughts as we get ready to celebrate Christmas:

• Empire Strikes Back is on Spike TV right now...was one of my fav movies as a kid, esp when Han Solo gets frozen
• Our church has 2 great Christmas Eve Celebrations. I am really jazzed and looking forward to it. I have ben a part of Christmas stuff for church before, I am for real about this one. It is special.
• Lately I have noticed the fusion of different things to create some awesome experiences: pumpkin cheesecake, coconut and chocolate, Candlelight and singing, friends and family, Sriachi hot sauce and anything, The Killers and Elton John, and Google Map navigation and my cell phone.
• I have been consistent in my Bible reading as of late (thanks to my cell). The plan I am reading in has me in Job, Habakuk, and Revelation. Needless to say I am sick of hearing about God's judgment. I am a bit confused as to how to apply these words I have been reading (and I went to seminary, I know the context).
• Darth Vader just told Luke he is his father.
• After the first of the year, I have three huge things happening in the spring: travel for coaching network, plan for Easter, take 23 people to Kenya.
  
• I am having a kid in June. Shauna and I are starting to agree on names (although she wont budge on Rocco).
• I really don't like the new AT&T commercials with Luke Wilson.
• I really do like the freecreditreport.com commercials, but I will never go to that website.
• Our checking account was attacked. We need some prayer for resolution. We're grateful that we are OK regardless of the mean theives.
  
• Shauna is more ADHD than me now. Pregnancy has officially made us the most ADHD couple on the face of the planet. Focus is laughable. God help our child LOL.
• I work with some awesome people. Big shout outs to Missy, Kimberly, Kim, and Aaron...what a great last week in the office.
  
• I work for a great leader. thanks, Dan for letting me lead and believing in me. Your advice and friendship makes this much more than a job.
  
• I miss my family. Christmas is going to be a great recharge.
  
• I want to see Avatar. I will see it this coming week. I may take a day and spend it at the movie theater. That woudl be awesome.
  
• My sister is coming back with us to Baltimore. She's staying a week. I want to manipulate her to live with us and she knows it. She is very cool.
• 2009 showed me that God provides when I dont understand, snow can actually make a honda not move, and miracles happen everyday.
  
• I am reading a Mark Steele book called Christianish and I really like it.
• I am also reading Narcisistic Leadership and finishing Deliberate Simplicity. I got bored with George Carlin's autobiography with about 40 pages left. I doubt I will pick it back up. Was funny and good, just got too long and boring toward the end.
  
• I really love my wife. I love her more than I did when we got married. I am glad she is going to be the mother of our children.
  
• I am not checking this blog for typos.
• I have watched a lot of good television over the past six weeks. The Office, Community, Man Vs Food, and Football have been awesome.
• I lost to John Sheffield in the playoffs AGAIN in Fantasy Football even though I had a better team. No matter what he says, my team was better.
• I am going to start running again once we get back to Balto. I had a good 12 weeks in a row of running 5 mornings a week. I need to get back on that wagon. I feel better when I work out.

I may not blog much over the holidays, but you can certainly keep up woth my short updates HERE and on FB. I like to post random pictures on there.

Taking risks is cool.
N