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Sunday morning before church my wife told me “Lloyd the fish is dead”. Another fish funeral with an iPhone playing a bagpipe rendition of Amazing Grace on the funeral march to its watery grave with the family in tow…My wife loves animals and has no problem whatsoever explaining that she likes them more than people. Not that she doesn’t like people, but she likes animals even … Continue reading Lloyd the Fish
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As hot as my wife Erin riding my Diesel Ducati would be, she has to appreciate baby steps. My first bike was a Suzuki GS400 and it was not a hot rod. I’d had a little 50cc scooter I paid $500 for and been riding for a couple years in town and on secondary roads by the time I turned sixteen and got my Class 5 … Continue reading My First Bike
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A good marriage is worth the fight. I’ll preface this with the thought that of all the readers of this article, I would suspect that yours truly has had maybe more exposure than most to sheer numbers of marriages and marriage issues simply because of my role as a pastor. When marriages go south for people in the faith community (or any community), we are often the … Continue reading Worth the Fight
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I’m a salesman. Whatever I’m into I want you to be into too because I’m into sharing things that are fun. Now, to be clear I’m a man who does not like to share everything (food belongs to me and me alone), but I share what I’m passionate about. When Erin and I began dating I’d ask her “Do you want some Dr Pepper? Do you want some … Continue reading Friends with Bikes
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Ok so this isn’t really about haircuts being expensive but rather how expensive my Ducati Diesel is getting…I sold my red Yamaha MT09 in the summer, which cost me a grand total of one back tire, and picked up a 2013 special edition Ducati Diesel 20th Anniversary Monster. Why? Because I really REALLY needed it after I saw it. It looks like something out of WW2. I … Continue reading Expensive Haircut
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When my girls began babysitting I set them up with a little business plan. This included how to stay in contact with parents properly, how hard they need to work when they’re not looking after the kids, how repeat customers are worth giving a break to, and how Venue people get the best rates because serving is important and family is family. Now it should be mentioned … Continue reading Adventures in Babysitting
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Our family recently travelled to Buck Lake to stay in a mansion for a couple of nights. With these travel restrictions I think we’re all going a little nutty and missing the natural change of scenery we are accustomed to and it’s adding unnecessary pressure on our lives that is quite risky for family, marriage, and mental health. We needed to get away where we didn’t have … Continue reading Buck Lake!
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The day has finally arrived that every parent dreams of: our oldest daughter is leaving the house. From the moment she arrived we couldn’t help but think “This is amazing, but hopefully we’ll get our lives back soon?”Scene missing…Three more daughters, and some horrible parenting adventures later, we are ready to get rid of her. “Arwen, you’ve been a great addition to this family, but it’s … Continue reading Arwen is Out
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So I walked into the holiday trailer in Montana one summer where Erin and the girls were watching the newer Annie. I’d been wandering around the campsite doing something useful (I’m sure) only to enter the trailer and see my wife with tears running down her face. There should be an app for that. WARNING. STAY AWAY OR YOU’LL GET BLAMED FOR WHATEVER IS MAKING HER CRY! I don’t … Continue reading Hard Knock Life
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Ever meet someone you can’t tell anything to? I met Bob on a job site when I was in my twenties. I’d worked for a particular electrical company as a third year then moved because work kept drying up. A year later I returned as a favour for a month because I had a good relationship with the owner and my new company had a lull … Continue reading What About Bob
