We tried something new at church on Wednesday. Instead of piano, guitar, and drums, we had BASS, guitar, and drums. We sounded more like a rock band. We are blessed to have an opportunity to do that again next week, and we’re going to try a Newsboys song that is one of the most powerful worship songs I know. I hope everything goes as well next week as it did this week.
Who’s the big winner?
I finished in eighth place at the tournament last night. I’m not really disappointed — I sat at the table for over two hours, and I had the distinction of being the first person to go “all in”. AW let me deal for everyone else after I was out. That was almost as fun as playing.
In fact, I feel like a big winner this weekend. The bobble head on eBay sold for over $50! I made about eighty bucks selling only three items. Jenelle helped me get the packages ready, and she’s headed to the post office tomorrow to send them out. She’s quite the sweetie.
Sorry about the webcam being down. It’ll be back up this week, I promise.
Texas Hold ‘Em
Tonight, I’m in an eight-person poker tournament. One of my groomsmen got a poker table AND some quality chips, and I’m thrilled that he’s sharing his gift with me and six of his other buddies. Thanks, AW!
In other exciting news, people actually like the stuff I’m selling on eBay. The McDonald’s transformers, as of this posting, are up to TWENTY-SIX dollars! I had no idea they were so popular.
Real bargains!
Last night, I took another step into the internet. I’m selling these items on eBay!
In other news, I had a great time watching the football game with Jenelle and my parents tonight. Oh well, the Packers lost. You won’t see me showing any signs of depression. 🙂
Sunday Snowfall
I apologize for the lack of posts over the past few days. I finally have something neat to show off. It’s a photo series from the snowfall we had on Sunday.
On Tuesday, both Jenelle’s mother and one of my aunts celebrated a birthday. So:
Happy Birthday, Aunt Nancy!
Happy Birthday, Pam!
I’ve been back at work for a week, and things are going pretty well. I have more news about my current job, but I’ll save that for another entry.
More ‘net exposure
It’s a brand new year, and it’s time to announce a new addition to the items on the right-hand column. That’s right, it’s the BenCam! I now have a camera mounted just above my computer screen, and it will take a picture every 90 seconds and upload it to the web. Neat, eh? You can click on the image to open a page with a larger picture on it.
We had a great time at my Grandpa’s birthday party today.
Happy Birthday, Grandpa Nick!
He must be at least…29 years old. 🙂
By the way, your comments are always appreciated. I’m not sure how many people actually read this thing (besides my mom, my brother, and Jenelle’s grandmother), but feel free to let me know if there’s something you’d like to see on my little piece of the internet.
Enjoy 2004. It will be over before you know it!
Truly a Family Company
Life is going extremely well for us. Jenelle recently accepted an offer to work at SC Johnson in the Global Communications department. She will be writing articles for SCJ’s internal paper and doing several other editing and writing tasks.
There are many reasons to be happy about this. The pay is better, the hours are normal, and the convenience factor is through the roof. Since she won’t start at SCJ until the 12th or so, it’s tough to realize how great a benefit this will be.
In other news, I’m working on several computer-related projects. I’ll save the details for a later post, since we have to go get a Powerball ticket. 🙂
Lots more photos!
Here is a handy list of all of the Christmas-related photo albums:
Decorations (updated today)
Isaacson Christmas
Comande Christmas
Immediate Family Christmas
By the way, these are all easily accessible from our home page.
Jenelle and I adventured out on a MAJOR shopping trip today. Why? I’ll explain more soon. Enjoy the holidays!
TotallyWiredTonight
At around 6:00 p.m. tonight, I got an aura, which is a sign that I’ll soon be getting a migraine headache. I have some medication which I can take to make the pain less severe. However, the medication contains a LOT of caffeine. Knowing this, I took only one pill instead of the usual two. The migraine was not intense at all. The only problem is that I’m still wide awake at 10:20 at night. Jenelle is already in bed since she has to work at 4:30 a.m. I don’t have to work tomorrow, so I can sleep in. At least I’m not as wired as this guy.
Here are some pictures of the Global Business Process & Technology Holiday Orchestra and Chorus, also known as GBPTHOC. It’s basically a bunch of SCJ employees forming a band to play holiday music at a December all-department meeting. It was tons of fun.
There’s also some big news on the job front. I’ll explain more in a future entry.
Isaacson Christmas 2003
Pictures from Sunday’s Christmas party are right here. Enjoy!
I missed a birthday and an anniversary on the 21st:
Happy Birthday, Grandpa Milt!
Happy Anniversary, Eric & Gina!
