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-Great day at Foothills this morning. The set looked like: “Love the Lord” – Brewster, “Freedom Song” – Desperation Band, “You Never Let Go” – Redman, “You Found Me” – The Fray.
-The band NAILED IT today! Great guys with a heart for worship and excellence.
-I need to start blogging more. I should just go ahead and put it on my ToDo list.
-Speaking of, I have been using ZenBe Lists. It’s phenomenal, simple, and has a GREAT iPhone/iPod Touch interface. Check it out!
-I am SO grateful for my computer. In the last week, I have: made and finished ToDo Lists, picked out set lists, practiced using Garageband, made tracks and click using Reason/Ableton/Garageband, emailed, Twittered, Facebooked, set up bands and people, uploaded music and charts for this and next week’s teams… I am SO grateful for my computer.
-The first thing I’m doing when I get paid is getting a gym membership. We had to give ours up when I stopped working last year, and it’ll be good to get back in there. Also, I’ll start updating my Weight Loss Journey again. There hasn’t been much Loss to document, as of yet.
-I’m watching American Chopper on PBS as I’m writing this. Since when is AC on PBS? Haha.
-I’m gonna be connecting with a friend I haven’t really hung with in years this week, hopefully. I’m stoked. He was the guy that really convinced me (by the way he lived) that Jesus is real and has a TON to do with our everyday lives. I hope it all works out.
-Abigail is everywhere. Climbing. Running. Falling. She’s a mess and I love every minute of it!
-I am learning to use Reason and Ableton live this week. I’ve used Reason before, but I’m getting a pro lesson from a guy that’s been using it for YEARS. I’m excited… it’s gonna be like drinking from a fire hydrant, though.
-We just ordered an M Audio Axiom 21 key Midi Controller and an M Audio Firewire 410 interface. They use it in Seneca, and it works great. Basically, it’s a way to trigger tracks I’ve made in Reason and output them to stereo channels, and also output a separate click channel. Yeah! It’s gonna be awesome!
-Just started using PlanningCenterOnline.com. It makes my life a ton easier.
-New things starting make me happy. Old things fading away make me a little sentimental, but not too bad. Things change, we just gotta roll with them.

I’m done, because dinner has to happen. CATCH YOU LATER!!

Ok, so WHAT A DAY!!! I’ve only got 17min on the battery on my Mac, so I’ll try and slam it all in.

-Played first service at Foothills Seneca this morning. Great team! Great set!
-Had Schlotsky’s with some friends and then back to Foothills to catch the end of the 2nd service and to hang with some students from Toccoa Falls College. I’ll be working with them VERY closely in the near future… more on that later.
-Those students are GREAT people with hearts HUNGRY to worship Jesus! Awesome!
-I had an amp someone gave me and a pedal I wasn’t using just laying around the house. I saw a guy on Craigslist yeaterday who was wanting some beginner musical gear. I asked him what he had to trade for it, and he replied, “A brand new XBox 360 with 2 wireless controllers, 20gb HD, 3 games, and all the hookups, box, and manual.” I said, I’ll meet you in Greenville tomorrow night. So I met him tonight and we swapped gear. I LOVE the new toy!
-13min battery left.
-Candice and I played Halo3 for a while. She’s really good. When we were going to go to bed, I said, “Next kill wins.” So I proceeded to fire a rocket, accidentally, into a nearby object and killed myself. She says she wins, because she got the point. I say that I win because I said next KILL. I didn’t say who you had to kill. We’re still debating that.
-I’m finally getting over the croopy cough I’ve had for a week. Gracias Jesus.
-I’ll have some HUGE news on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. STAY TUNED!
-10min battery left.
-I had an old friend come up to me today and ROCK MY WORLD with kindness. She said that when she heard about the position at Foothills Toccoa, God laid me on her heart and she has been praying for me and my family. Wow. Her and her husband are cool cats, and I think we’re gonna plug into their home group. I’d love to get to know them even better.
-Abigail started saying, “Uh oh.” It’s friggin’ cute.
-8min battery, better wrap this up.
-It’s been a great week, and I’m looking forward to good things this coming week also! Like I said, check back in the next couple of days… you don’t wanna miss this!
-Also, you should follow me on Twitter if you don’t already. http://twitter.com/jtb And you can get me at my Facebook.

… so that’s it… with 5min to spare.

I know I’m a sappy dad that loves his baby! So I’ve gotta show you her first birthday dress ever we just ordered off eBay for dirt cheap:

She’s gonna be so friggin’ cute in this thing. I think Candice bought napkins and plates to match her dress too… I don’t go that far, I let her do that.

So I’m a bit taken back the last few days. We are planning Abbi’s birthday party and I sat down today after I booked the picnic shelter and thought, “Sweet, got Abbi’s stuff done. Wait, her birthday stuff? That means she’s one? Where I am right now? I don’t feel good.”

She has grown up so fast, and I wanted to share some pictures with you. Hope you enjoy looking at them as I much as I have…