toward simplicity

so we’re getting some stuff accomplished these days!  i’ve officially applied for the rezoning and monday i will be bonded so i can get my contractors license with the city.  (ughh!)  i’ve been continuing to clean up the place and have hauled what seems like 50 loads of brush away since tuesday.  i hauled away a load of tires today…

it cost me $150 to dump them all.

the problem is that nobody wants tires, period.  and when you add the fact that these still had the wheel in them… well it gets down right expensive to get rid of them.

it’s really no wonder that people dump them illegally!

i’ve still got about 2 dozen of the things lying around and i hauled fifteen away today!

i’ve thought about just getting a dumpster and a front end loader for a day and really going to town.  but for some reason i just can’t seem to make myself do it!  i don’t know, i really love the feel of the work and big machinery is a different feel altogether.  but i’m gonna do it… i don’t think there’s any way around it.

i’m talking to a couple of architects right now.  one is a long time friend and the other is a new friend.  i may be engaging one of them professionally but he hasn’t decided whether the job is right for him or not.

i think it is…

but then i’m a little biased

well, independence day tomorrow!

guess we’ll do whole bar-b-que/parade/kids-waving-400-degree-sparklers-around thing…

hope we survive it!

isn’t there something in you that just revels in seeing this?

a deep and profound joy just comes up in my chest when i see this little ol’ snip of a ball girl seize the moment and express her love of the sport and talent in such a wonderful display!

what was it that made her do it?

when was the last time you had in your chest the thing that made her act when all around had moved on with their lives and were just preparing for the next play?

in the words of Ferris Bueller, “life moves pretty fast, If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.”

we only have the moment we’re in…

Mr. Incredible looks across the back of his car at a kid on a bigwheel and asked “what are you waiting for?”

the kid responds “i don’t know, something amazing i guess…”

the world is waiting for something amazing

sometimes it comes from the least expected corners

let’s give them what they’re waiting for!