I forgot...

Grrr... Ever have an epiphanic (sweet, scrabble triple word score!) moment and you suddenly come to a huge realization about life and the way things ought to be? I had one this morning and was dying to blog about it, but I was only able to be on the computer long enough to check some e-mails before I had to go play for a funeral. I can't even really recall what I wanted to blog about in the slightest. So in absence of my forgotten blog, I offer up this waste of cyberspace to the Blog gods in hope of remembering what the crap I wanted to talk about in the first place!

Maybe it had something to do with little Ava Joy, but I can't even honestly remember that much. It has been an exhausting last few days around the Florida household. Spent Monday morning at an EARLY doctor's appointment to get some awesome 4D pics and video of our darling little daughter to be. Following that I spent the whole day out in the yard slaving away tilling up overgrown grass and weeds and mulching around our lovely landscaped plants. Trying to get the yard into good shape since we will have lots of company this summer! :0 Which leads to the next form of exhaustion as I spent nearly three hours on Tuesday afternoon Roto-tilling (used a machine this time) the majority of the front yard due to an infestation of mole crickets in our otherwise lovely front yard. While the machinery made it much faster I can very succinctly relate it to using a hammer drill or jack hammer for lawns. Sure it gets the work done, but it leaves your upper body feeling like a three week old jello mold that someone's mom forgot to pull out of the refrigerator for Thanksgiving. As if Jello arms weren't enough, Wednesday put the nails in the coffins as our friend Chuck and I proceeded to prep the lawn, load and unload 500 sq. ft. of sod, and proceed with the final steps of my Extreme Makeover: Lawn Edition. That went from about 8-2, and then I spent 2-10 at my real job crunching for Easter choir practice and scheduling for the next couple months. So the complaining ends here, but needless to say, I AM BUSHED!

My wife was a dear however and baked me a lovely apple pie when I got home and gave me a nice neck massage, so in the end, it was all worth it! :)

Hugs from all here!

Wasting time and loving it!!!

Well, today has been a mostly productive day, so I decided to take 15 minutes and do something totally crazy and for myself. It is actually pretty nerdy when you think about it, but I guess I am a big nerd. Either a music nerd or a computer nerd, and today I guess I am more of a computer nerd.

If you read my previous post, than you know that I have been in the market for a mountain bike. While I found the one I think I would like to get, i just had to give you all a little demonstration of what I would do with my awesome bike.

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Yes, I'm a nerd. A big fat nerd who wants a mountain bike so he can be a nice skinny nerd again. :)

Love to all!
Adam

Daddy, er, Baby Registry...

Well for those of you out there who are looking for something to get little Ava Joy, I have a suggestion. You can get her the dual toned stream lined Trek Doodlebug Trailer!

Of course in order for her to be able to enjoy that great gift, she would need something to be pulled by. Hmmm, let me think who is most likely to be doing the pulling. It's definitely not the Mommy! :) That's right folks, here is your opportunity to donate to a worthy cause. The Help Adam Lose Weight fund! Whether you're looking for a great Easter present for me or you just have money burning a whole in your pocket and you've given up buying things for yourself this lent, this is a hands down deal!

This great biking opportunity can be mine with the help of your exorbitant monetary contribution. The Trek 4300 not only offers a great ride for the Daddy, but promises to offer Ava hours of exhilarating wind sheer when purchased in combination with the afore mentioned trailer. And look, they even color coordinate!

Don't let this great deal pass you by! It can be yours for an unlimited time only! Simply call in your pledge donation today at 1-800-BABY-AVA! You too can contribute to the physical health of the newest father in the Ubowski family! Call now, operators are standing by!!!

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And SCENE! Seriously though, I'm hoping I can hook myself up with a bike like this soon. I've been itching to ride again since the pedal broke off of my thrift store special, AKA free bike.

I wonder if the toll free number is really some sort of service. Someone will have to give it a try and post a comment as to what it really is. I know you're curious. :) Well, that's all the nonsense I have for today. Later!

Lenten greetings... or Theological ramblings...

Here we are again faced with another 40 days of Lenten celebration. I find it interesting that the time period of lent is "celebrated". I seem to recall growing up thinking that you had to be somber and sad. Everything in regards to lent had to be painful and sacrificial in nature. I guess one of the reasons this is, is because that was basically the sentiment prior to Vatican II and we are still nowhere near implementing the full scope of the doctrine. I have thoroughly enjoyed several speakers and homilists though lately through whom I have developed a more precise view on the "celebration" of Lent which I like much better and which I believe is more in keeping with the feeling of the liturgical season post Vat.II.

One of the reasons that lent is to be celebrated is because it is in essence a very real part of the entire Easter season. It is an "advent" to the celebration of Christ's resurrection. During the liturgical season of Advent, we don't sit around all somber. No, we rejoice in the anticipation of the birth of Christ. We celebrate Advent as a part of the entire Christmas season!

Granted that Lent is not exactly the same as Advent. Not only are we in preparation this time of season for something truly magnificent, but we must take accord of our personal thoughts and desires and turn them towards the most awesome event and gift in the history of humankind. And you're telling me we have to be somber about this for the whole prelude? I don't think so! I can only begin to imagine how much you miss out on during the Lenten season if you go through the whole thing in personal woe and grief. Think about the bigger picture here! Yes, truly there is a solemn nature to the season, but I think a solemn celebration is still a great deal more invigorating than a sorrowful drudge through these 40 days.

I know in previous years I have always expected the dreadful and sorrowful music at masses during this season, but after looking ahead at our true goal of the season, I can't help but throw some of those more "traditional" thoughts by the wayside. Let's end each mass with a renewed spirit and a thought of hopeful anticipation for what will truly be and IS the end to ALL sufferings. Christ's death on the cross!

Save your sorrow for Good Friday my friends! That is in my mind the only true sorrowful day of the season and I plan to pull out all the minor key and discordant wailing songs I can find. But until then, celebrate a season of anticipation and preparation, commemorate a day of sorrow and loss, and jubilate (yes, it's a word) for a lifetime of Grace and Compassion in the saving power of God's love!

Peace and God Bless!