My brain is constipated with random thoughts. It’s time to free up some space with another Mind Dump…
- Summer colds are the worst. The worst part is taking cold medicine. Why is it so hard to open? It’s like they don’t want you to take it. I already feel weak and tired and opening the cold medicine is like wrestling a mutated ninja alligator.
- One of the worst sounds that I hear everywhere is a baby crying. I hear it so often that it gives me the shakes when I hear it in public. Before a movie starts at the theater they play a silence is golden promo which includes a baby crying. I freak every time I hear that.
- I had to go to the doctor this week because I got sick. The good news is that they told me I’ve lost 12 lbs since my last visit in June. The bad news is that I got strep throat. It stinks being sick in the summer. Especially on the first day of vacation. The good news is that I got to sleep a lot on my first day of vacay. The bad news is that my wife planned on me helping her with the babies.
- I felt really sick on Sunday and Monday. I ate Chipotle on Monday night for dinner. By Tuesday morning I felt 99% better. Granted I was also on antibiotics, but I’m giving credit to Chipotle. It has healing powers.
- On Tuesday my in-laws came over to watch the twins so that Monica and I could go to lunch. We had two hours to go anywhere we wanted. My wife picked this place…
- My pastor has started a blog. If you go to Waters Edge it’s a great way to stay connected and get to know him. Check it out here.
- This past week Stu gave one of my favorite talks ever at Waters Edge. It’s why I love going to WEC.
- We featured a video that got a huge reaction. We love WEC but not everyone feels the same way about our church. The following pokes fun of WEC and shares some of the reasons why some people don’t like our church…
- So I’ve had the new robshep.com for a little over a week. If you follow through an RSS feed you might need to change up your subscription. If you haven’t been getting any new posts then it’s because you subscribed to the old feed. I also had to change my email subscriptions. Thanks for being patient with me as I make some changes.
- On Tuesday I went to True Value to pick up a new toilet handle and 2 air vents. As I was checking out I witnessed something that made me laugh hard. Sitting on the counter was a white guy who did about .5 seconds of a free style rap while wearing jean shorts. He then talked junk to another white guy who then said, “your stuff is okay but it’s not as good as you think it is.” Why don’t start off with something original like “yo my name is _____.” There was a third guy and I believe he was wearing jean shorts as well and he said something but I couldn’t make it out. I live in York County. No rap battles should be happening. Especially in a True Value while wearing cut off jean shorts.
- Two great bloggers have just released books. Knox McCoy and Tyler Tarver are two of my favorite bloggers in the world wide web.
- Knox McCoy just released my wife’s birthday present. If you love Jesus you will buy it. If you love the Bachelor/ette then you will buy this book. It’s called Jesus and the Bachelorette.
- Knox is one of the funniest bloggers out there. Even if you don’t buy his book you should check out his blog.
- Tyler Tarver also just released a book. Tyler’s humor is on a whole notha level. His book is called Words [& Sentences]…
- If you refuse to buy Tyler’s book, at least check out his blog.
- Will somebody please stop going to see Final Destination movies? They are releasing the fifth one and I just don’t get it. I’ve never seen one of these movies but I want them to stop.
- Mark my words the only place for the series to go next is a Saw Final Destination combo movie. And then the end of the world happens.
- We took our kids to the pool the other day. Is this not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen…
- I tweeted “This is ridiculous.” It’s ridiculous that she is so cute and that she’s 4 months old and wearing a tiny weenie itsy bitsie yellow no polka dot bikini. Too cute.
- Blue Bunny Birthday Party Ice Cream Sandwiches are amazing. They are only 3 points if you are on Weight Watchers like I am, and they are amazing!
- Yesterday Waters Edge hosted a student event called Uncivil War. It was a laser tag battle royal. Almost 160 Middle School and High students participated. It was a lot of fun! My summer intern B-Rad ran with this event and did an amazing job. I am so proud of Brad. He did a great job this summer. Even if you don’t know him you should leave a comment on this post and say thank you Brad. He made my life easier this summer. Love that kid.
- Monica and I were talking about our kids and apparently they are getting close to the age were we don’t have to swaddle them anymore. So my kids are going to lay in bed without any covers and without a pillow. Those things are essentials for adults to sleep. At what point do we start needing these things, or is it just a sign of how weak we’ve become?
- Nowadays we have become so accustomed to the high life that we have become weak and soft compared to American’s in the past. I’m the weakest of them all. Do you think cowboys had pillows while they slept outside with the cattle? No. They slept on a log. Where do you think the phrase came from “I slept like a log?” Cowboys! Is that true? I don’t know. What I do know is that they slept on logs, not pillows. We have become weak and soft sissies. Giddy up.
Whew I feel better now. What’s on your mind today?
Congrats on loss of 12 lbs. Training those babies to “rough it” with no blankets, no pillows. I’m sure they will work hard to prove they are ready for those luxuries. By the way, a major historic event is about to take place in 3 days: Happy Birthday in advance.
Thanks Mim! I’m just happy I have the day off on my birthday. Should be fun.
I dig standard theme. It’s by far the easiest to manipulate and customize. Kuddos on the RSS feed change too. (please make it to where we can read the full post in the feed)
And I desperately want them to stop making the Final Destination Movies. I think this is the 53’rd one.
Michael, I don’t have a fat clue how to turn that off. Everything I’ve looked at says that it shows the full feed but it doesn’t. I changed it Feedburner but it still isn’t working. I’m going to need someone smarter then me to figure it out. It wasn’t supposed to be set that way so I’m not sure what happened.
Mind dump to start my day, love it. As for advice from cowboys, I feel qualified to speak. I served as the lead rustler at Pasty White’s Dude Ranch and Emporium for about 8 years. I saw a thing or two out on the range. We were tough hombres I tell you. We actually used a barbed wire pillow and used a rabid coyote for a blanket. Blessings.
The rabid coyote was a classic line.
good mind dump. weird, i also live in York county (where people should not rap in jean shorts)…but different state.
That is weird. Another Rob in a another York County. Is your wife’s name Monica?
haha nope. would be funny though. was wondering if you wanted to guest blog sometime? maybe when you are not on vacation with strep throat! if so, dm me on twitter. friartuckerx6.
Great job on Uncivil War last night! My girls had a great time and I even got to try Sweet Frog for the first time before we went. Brad did great and I love the new shirt. Great post, Rob!
Thanks Alicia! You are awesome! Brad did a great job! I love the new shirts. They are my favorite ones so far!
My run was very difficult today. I thought it would be easy; I psyched myself out. Also, I’m excited to have dinner with you and your peeps later:). You asked what I was thinking.
Thank you for answereing the question. I am oh so excited to hang with the Peters tonight!
The last part was the best. I heard they use rocks for pillows too.
They did. That’s why they say “I slept like a rock.”
Congrats on the -12 lb. drop. I’ve been on WW since last December and have lost -28 lbs. at my last weigh-in in mid-June (I’ve been a bit lax with the summer). Thanks for the Blue Bunny tip – always looking to cut the sweet tooth.
Wow! 28 lbs.! That’s great! I couldn’t believe Blue Bunny was only 3 points. It’s so amazing!
Two things: least it was your mind that was constipated. Hope you feel better. Second, your comment about Chipotle rocked! Dude, if we ever get to meet, that is where it will happen! Carnitas in a bowl, rice, extra black beans, mild salsa, corn salsa, small bit of sour cream, cheese, topped with more black beans. Oh man, is my mouth watering big time. Why not tortilla? Bread is hard when wearing braces but the #1 reason? YOU GET MORE! 🙂 Oh btw: hope you get over the cold.
I’d love to meet there one day. I get the bowl because it’s less calories then the burrito. I don’t bike 1,896 miles a day like you. You are a machine.
Okay – you HAD me at the picture of your baby in the itsy bitsy yellow polka dot bikin. TOO CUTE!!
Thanks! I think she’s cute.
My boyfriend laughs when I tell him I think Chipotle is healthy. I am glad we are on the same page!
Brynn, you should break up with your boyfriend right this second for saying that. I kid, I kid. I love Chipotle.
I had Chipotle yesterday. It was phenomenal.
Dustin, where is GA do you live? I have a lot of great friends that love Chipolte in GA.
I’m pretty sure your Mind Dump blogs are some of my favorites and very interesting 😉 If I was sick I would want Chipotle too!
Thanks! I’m so thankful that people actually read my blog. Thanks again.
Rob, WEC videos normally make me laugh out loud, but I gotta say video from WEC this week not my fav. Been pondering it a lot since Sunday, really felt to me like poking fun at the folks who do church differently than WEC or who don’t get what WEC is about. From your comment about the video it seems that wasn’t the intent which I am glad to know. Want to be clear, sharing the comment out of love, WEC does amazing things and our family has been very blessed there.
Sirvhim, I understand exactly where you are coming from. I almost didn’t post it on my site for fear that someone might feel that way. We talked about it a long time and really did feel that it made more fun of us then anyone. It really wasn’t our goal to make fun of other churches. Thanks for sharing your concern.
Robshep! thanks for the shout out man! another great Mind Dump! I had a blast this summer working for/with you! hope to see you before i go off to school! i will miss you man!
What’s on my mind? The fact that both of us have been sicker than ever (beside your mono in college) and that our twins might get it! Praying hard against it.
Albuquerque’s supposed to be getting a Chipotle soon.
Then I can be cool like you.
I never got a chance to say thank you for this. Thank you for this.
I just had to say, your daughter in the yellow bikini is beyond adorable.
My daughter sticks to one pieces:
A) You can’t hardly see the suit anyway, because in Texas she usually wears a rash guard shirt over it to protect her skin from the sun.
B) She loves to stick her hand down her pants. Or diaper. If she wore a bikini it would be off in seconds…
Are you still dreaming of a restful night, or are the twins on a good schedule?
Back to lurking again..
Kelly, I didn’t know you were still checking the blog out. Thanks for the comment. The twins are on a good schedule but Hayden has been waking up at 3 ish AM. We think it’s because it’s time for him to eat solids. Here’s to hoping that works.
Sorry, for some reason this was logged in as my wife. That was Rob.
I lurk 90% of time now on my “regular” blogs if they aren’t on wordpress. The pain to type name, email, website and comment is just too great for a touchpad.I am also hindered by my distaste for leaving a single sentence. My comments can be longer than the blog post (take this for example) WordPress I’m logged on so I can “like” a post to at least let someone know I enjoyed it, even if my kids don’t give me comment time.
I really want to comment more, but I lack the time.
You wouldn’t know anything about that, now would you? 🙂