Friday, January 29, 2010

Snow

It iced last night and snowed all day today in Tulsa. This is actually the first time I've been here when it snowed. The last couple of times I was out of town. Anyway, I still get the urge to go outside and run around in the snow- always have! I walked down to Walmart today and the new Panda Express for lunch. We got over 6 inches as of 6:00 tonight, and it was still falling lightly. Anyway, here are a few pics from the day....



















Monday, January 25, 2010

New Additions to House


It only took over a year, but I have finally gotten some new furniture for the house. I bought a new mattress for the guest room at JC Penney Homestore in S. Tulsa, and its really comfortable. I laid down on it last night, and fell asleep until 5 am this morning. I bought the 2 chairs from target.com and they arrived from UPS today. I had to put them together, but it was simple enough. Anyway, here's some pics of the new additions.....to the left is the new black leather chair from target.com in the guest room. Below is the new chair in the living room. Also from target.




New mattress for guest bed. Still need some pics for the room...


Living room sitting in new chair


New Dark brown chair from target.com









Thursday, January 21, 2010

Thursday...


Its been a great week.! I was up in Kansas City on Tuesday for our team meeting and 2010 kickoff. I met my new boss, who seems to be a really good guy. Wednesday, I drove back to Tulsa and went to Clinton Elementary, where I mentor a cool 1st grader named Devon. Afterwards, I went with Jay to Tulsa's oldest eatery- Ike's Chili- really good place! We go almost weekly to a Tulsa hole-in-the-wall place after mentoring. Some of my favorites have been Ike's, Brownies, and JJ's Gourmet Burger.
I watched the Baylor vs. Kansas game last night- we lost but it was a really close game until the end. The Jayhawks hadn't lost at home in 52 games, but hopefully we will meet them again in the Big 12 tournament.
Today was really busy....had two customer meetings, cold calling in the morning, working on a RFP in the afternoon and then a happy hour with Juniper Networks, one of our business partners. Afterwards, I went to group where we discussed "The Good Samaritan". Looking forward to the weekend--- tomorrow I'm eating lunch with some friends at Albert G's- one of my favorite Tulsa places, and then on Saturday, we are having a big flag football game, which should be awesome! I've also got to run- I've slacked off the past couple of day.

I'm also finally getting a mattress for the guest room- only took a year, but it takes time to furnish a house. I also bought two chairs from target.com. The pic above is of one of the chairs. Anyway, have a great weekend!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Psalm 19:14

"May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart, be pleasing to you. oh Lord, my Rock and Redeemer" -Psalm 19:14.

This is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. Its really simple, yet its not. Its so hard to constantly tell my flesh to quiet down, and to say, desire, and feel the way God intends for us to. When I think about this verse,"The words of my mouth" part is not as hard for me, as I'm not a person that gets angry very often. I am a pretty laid back guy. I can usually find something nice to say about someone, and try to be positive. But I don't hold a candle to how Jesus can speak to us each day if we let Him. "The meditations of my Heart' is what I struggle with the most. Alot of times I'll mediate on the things of life that don't matter. They are fleeting. Maybe situations don't work out as I think they should, or that girl doesn't like me, or I feel like a friend has wronged me. Or maybe its just a bad attitude, or a grudge that I hold against someone for a really stupid reason- something they probably don't even know bothers me. I've got to remember to just let it go, and rely on the Rock- the true sustainer, one who never disappoints.

There was a song in either high school or college that is basically just this verse in song. Sometimes I'll sing it to close out one of my quiet times with God.

Here is a link to the song...played by Shane & Shane, another favorite of mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c5aP6PQOSo

Have a great Monday,
Jeff

Saturday, January 16, 2010

2010...




It's been over a year since my last post, but after some encouragement from some of my Irving friends, I have finally made it back to the blog and hope to keep this updated as possible. I spent some time over the Christmas break working on on my 2010 goals/resolutions. I have them posted in my office but thought I would share and update the progress....so in no particular order:

1) Get to 185 lbs- I weighed about 215 poulds last year at this time, and have gotten down to 193.2, so 8 pounds to go. After your mid 20's, it gets harder to keep it off, so I've been trying to eat a lot of sandwiches, and not much fried food. Also, I am off regular cokes...trying to drink unsweet tea as well as water.

2) Eliminate CC debt- my goal is to have this taken care of by Jan 31st. I think I'm going to achieve it by then. I had some various debts from impulse buys, etc, but its going to feel awesome to be cc debt free....never again! Only debit cards...

3) Bearathon- I ran this thing last year at 1:58:02, and my goal this year is to get to 1:45- yes its 13 minutes faster, but I'll also settle for 10 minutes better. I've recently been running at 4 miles in 34 minutes, so as long as I don't die on the Cameron Park hills, maybe its attainable??? I have a couple of friends planning to run as well, which will be nice...its alot better with company.

4) Tithe consistently- I used to be really good at this, and have slacked off for a variety of unacceptable reasons in 2009. The first 10% of my income is the Lord's, and I need to do it with joy, not out of obligation.

5) Make 2010 Quota- made my number in 2009, and trust me, its alot more fun at work when you are making your number, vs. not!

6) Relationship- I would love for this year to be the year....enough said.

7) Become a better friend- Generally, I just wanted to develop the friendships I have and continue to maintain ones that are long-distance. Also, I want to consistently pray for my friends- their specific needs, requests, things going on in their life. I want to bless others more this year.

8) Go to a Baylor Bowl game- hey if you don't write it down, it certainly wont come true. I would love to see Baylor's first bowl since I was in 7th grade.

9) Go on a mission trip- I'd like to get out of my comfort zone and be a part of a mission trip in 2010.

10) Sing in "The Messiah"- Random right? I've wanted to sing in this Christmas presentation for a while. They have some opportunities in Tulsa, so hopefully I will find the time to do it.


Those are my goals- will I accomplish them all? Probably not, but I hope to at least knock out the majority of them. I've found if I write something down as an objective, I'm more likely to get it done. I pray that when 2011 comes, I don't look back on these and me be in exactly the same place I was at the start of the year. What are your 2010 goals.