Tag Archive - Lubbock

Woe is Me… Not Really

April 11, 2007 in Personal with 2 Comments

So my family and I have taken a little trip up north to Tulsa, OK to visit with some family before making our move in the next couple of weeks to Lubbock. Basically we cram as much as we can into the four days we are in town. Lots of visits with friends, family, and the like.

Well Wednesday it all came crashing down. And I blame it completely on my wife. She had the audacity to get sick. In the middle of our nice visit, she had to come down with full-blown strep throat; high-fevers, nausea, headaches, and the dreaded sore throat. So instead of visiting friends and family, we’ve been trying to get her back to full health. I took her to the doctor, bought lots of soup, and tried my best to make it better.

Mother Teresa I am not! I love my family and have always given it my 100% when someone is sick, however my flesh is wanting to go away and find something else to do. I was not that kid who took in stray dogs and nursed them back to health, so this doesn’t come naturally to me. It is currently 1:15am on Thursday morning, and I’m now dealing with my 19-month old and her burgeoning fever. Hopefully Starr can get back on her feet soon. I can’t keep this up for much longer, I have out of the house errands to run.

(All comments are to be read with an obvious understanding of my cynical sense of humor. Thank you for your understanding…)

Ramblings of a Home Seller

April 6, 2007 in Personal with 1 Comment

With our move to Lubbock coming at the end of April, selling our home in Dallas has become a HIGH PRIORITY! I can’t afford to pay a mortgage on a house in Dallas and Lubbock, so with three weeks to go I’m putting on the full court press. I’ve dropped my real estate agent, and I’m now a ‘For Sell By Owner’ home seller.

I’ve plunged the price pretty low, and listed it with Craigslists.com hoping to get some attention. Hopefully I can get someone looking to get a great deal and soon. In three weeks, I’ve dropped my asking price over $8k and at this point would be happy to find a home buyer that would assume the mortgage with my 5.75% rate.

Now all the ‘stepping out in faith’ talk is really be tested.

Opening Day Not To Be

April 4, 2007 in Links, Personal with 1 Comment

For every year of my son’s life, we’ve attended the Texas Ranger’s opening day baseball game. I’m a huge baseball fan, and there is nothing quite like the excitement of Opening Day. We will both dress up in our Ranger jersey’s, buy some sunglasses, pack a bag full of fruit snacks, juice boxes and peanuts, and hit the ball field. Once we get past the super scary jet fly-over; Ryan is usually great. Great, meaning we make it to the 7th inning stretch before heading home.

Well, this year I was going to take Dylan along for the ride as well. A great Father-Son-Son baseball event. But this year I pulled a goof, and we’re not going. I usually get an email early in March giving me a pass code to purchase tickets early. (I get this early opportunity because I often take groups from our church to games during the summer.) This year the spam filter was my downfall. The email was trapped, and by the time I realized it was approaching opening day the whole game was completely sold out! Of course I can pay $150 for three tickets on eBay; but that isn’t gonna happen. Not on my budget.

I’ve never felt so heart-broken about anything so silly in all my life. We’ll try and attend at least one game before we leave for Lubbock; but it just won’t be the same.

Go West Young Man

March 27, 2007 in Personal with 3 Comments


It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. -Alan Cohen

I figure most already know, but to my Internet friends and foes I want to publicly let you in on a little happening in the littlepastor’s life. I’m moving to the plains of West Texas, and I’m taking my family with me! Over the past few months, I’ve been in some discussions to take a job at a really great place in Lubbock, TX. Well last week I made the decision to take the position, and moving my family to a new city. Making this decision has been the hardest thing I’ve done in my entire 31 years of living, and sadly it involves leaving some wonderful, wonderful people behind. I’m really excited about this new opportunity, and I feel like God has made my path clear throughout this entire decision making process.

So, Last week I put my house on the market, and I told my leaders at the church I currently work at of my intentions. By the way, telling these people was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I know that God is calling me to a new place, but telling them that was really, really difficult.

I start May 1st in Lubbock; and that day is rapidly approaching. In the coming weeks, I’ll be detailing the moving of my family, and chronicling as much as time allows during this difficult and exciting transition. Say a prayer for me and mine.

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