So some Ramblings post Mexico…

Sitting here watching a little SportsCenter, pondering the past few days… so I thought I would throw some Ramblings together.

• It is astounding what takes place when a wall is placed in a certain position and it effects everyone on either side of it.  I stood on the beach in Tijuana amidst a pretty shabby existence and started across the water at downtown San Diego, one of my favorite city.  The two locations are seperated by only a wall, but are millions of miles apart.  Strange.
• My family went to San Clemente to hang on the beach as I headed south of the border.  Glad my wife got some R&R…she deserved it.
• Is there anything better than the smell of fresh cut grass?  Did the whole yard thing tonight, watched the sunset, and sat outside for dinner.  Fall is on the way!  Still pondering this year’s Halloween costume.
• Had a great post-Mexico breakfast with my men’s small group this morning. They are pretty fired up and talking about heading back down to Mexico to adopt and build a house for a family at Christmas.  Love it.
• What is it about me wearing a tool belt that makes my wife think I’m a stud?  May try leaving one in my truck to wear into the house when I come home from work everyday.  Might bring a little spark to our marital bliss.
• I learned that Mac’s don’t like it when you upgrade operating systems and then try and backpedal.  Time to wipe the machine and start over.  Get thing I finally started backing up that computer.
• Don’t mean to stir it up… but I’m still confused about all the furor over Pres. Obama’s speech to students on the first day of school.    I would hope wherever your political stance, we would find a little more common ground and reasonableness.  My daughter shared a weird experience in her English class that went like this:
  Teacher: “I like Pres. Obama as a person, but disagree with his politics.  However, I read the speech and found nothing wrong with it so tomorrow I will show it to you in class.”
  -New FB Poll Suggestion:   Do you want your child’s 8th grade English teacher giving their political perspective and censoring our President?”  Yes?  No?  
• Just discovered “The Zac Brown Band” on my trip to Mexico.  I’m sure they’ve been around awhile and I just missed it, but nonetheless if you’re not familiar, get familiar.  Great stuff.
• A few days on the other side of the border will sure adjust your perspective in a hurry.
• Nothing like authentic tacos at a neighborhood taco stand in the heart of Tijuana.  Downed about 6, but one of our guys went double digits.  They are amazing!  Don’t ask about health codes and don’t watch them prep them… just put your head down and eat to your hearts content.
• In the middle of Crazy Love series through the Song of Solomon at The Crossing. Great feedback so far. So many marriages and relationships that are stressed and complicated especially during these tough economic times.  Praying for strengthening marriages.
• Great Weekend ahead… First week of the NFL season.  Sweet!  No predictions here.
• Hilarious video we used last week… be careful it’s catchy and get’s stuck in your head.
  
• Got my first glimpse at the new fence installed at the Mexican border.  Pretty crazy how symbolic that fence is and what it separates. So glad to be so blessed.
• This is my first year of retirement from Fantasy Football.  I was tempted for just a moment to pull a Brett Favre but resisted.  Now I can watch the games for the score rather than how many yards the third-string running back may have gotten.
• Decided to finally fix the broken faucet in our kitchen after two months.  Was getting tired of watching my wife wrestle the water on with pliers all the time.  Thought it would take an hour…turned into three plus two additional trips to Home Depot.    Only had to use three beach towels to wipe up all the water from different issues in the installation process. 
• I love Home Depot.
• Starting to read and study “Prodigal God” by Tim Keller with my guys group on Tuesday mornings.  Haven’t read it.  Excited about it.
• We’re undergoing major equipment and operational shifts this week at The Crossing.  Changing our system to SDI which includes new side screens, switcher, camera backs, plus… wait on it… two new Mac Quad Core computers.  All this will make for a better system and is part of our upgrade for “the six” Sunday evening worship venue.  Sometime tomorrow…it should all come together.
• Craving some really good sweet tea right now.

~ by Lee Coate on September 8, 2009.