Thoughts for the future

I had the wonderful privilege of taking Katie to her basketball game today. She truly likes playing, and it was encouraging to see her attitude throughout it all, despite what looks like a lack of support for her efforts. I'm pointing the finger mostly at myself, as I know I could've done a better job of being that older brother who she looks when she needs that boost of confidence.

But several thoughts occurred to me today.

1) when driving with the (my) kids, tell them stories instead of passing off the entertainment to the headphones or dvd player.

2) I will not sign my kids up for sports that do not challenge them.

3) I desire to actively involve myself in my child's sport skill development.

These are very preliminary, with much more behind them than I am writing here.

Now...to live it out. Anyone can write something down...I guess I have a little time to solidify these thoughts. Emphasis on little?

Gave Up

It all started back in...March? Just about a year ago. I don't what happened but Google Pages has denied me access to my own pages. Well just one page in particular but details aside, my good friend Corey suggested I move to something more 'automated' - I immediately pushed that idea aside as I currently avoid all things 'automated'. 'Auto bill pay' for example. Automatically syncing playlists in iTunes. I am even running a program on this wonderful PowerBook that intercepts every unwanted outgoing connection attempt, letting me pick which ones to allow.

That to say, I've been keeping my distance from these types of sites...because only girls read them, much less post on them, right? Well I already have a very steady girlfriend, the lovely Jennifer Louise, so I'm not sure about the idea of having a hoard of girls keeping tabs on me. Before my head gets too big on the assumption that girls - anyone, would decide to follow me here (can you even follow on blogger? Or have I been too influenced by Twitter?), let me just say...I do have glorious revelations, and I strongly believe I would be doing the world a great disservice to deprive them of such.

*crickets*

Alright...honestly...I'm pretty much just doing this for you Jennifer. Anyone else who comes across this, I hope I have something you might find interesting as well. I promise not to be too sappy, for now!

Google pages behind me, Blogger in front of me....by the time my 5th or 6th kid comes around, I'll be surprised if the car I drive them around in isn't painted red blue green and yellow.