This last weekend Katie and I celebrated our 1 year. Its been a while since we got out and with just getting back from AZ we got to spend some quality time wanding the city across the river (P-Town). First we had lunch with a friend of hers and discussed some website things for him. Next up was 23rd. Just after we parked and started walking I spotted a camera way over a car – Google Maps!!

That was pretty sweet and fun. I haven’t gone looking to see if they updated the shots yet, but hopefully they do. Katie was getting a kick out of my reaction. I just completely enjoyed a 2nd chance to wave at the Google car. Yes my previous car is on Google street view. Not me, just me inside the car. As we wandered thru some shops I spotted Jesse P. from his modeling days back in the ’70s lol -

– Random and sweet .

After some gelato from Alotta Gelato we went to go visit her siblings on the east side of town. We had an awesome time taking them to Wunderland just down the street. After some major acardeage and Katie winning everyone loads of tickets we wandered back and Katie kindly gave her sis her sunglasses (they look quite large on her sis’ face, see) -

Following that we went home and watched Yes Man with Jim Carey. It was really well done and Jim still is hilarious. Sat was me mowing the lawm till the tractor ran out of gas and then we went and watched Taken with Liam Neeson. We went to Pop’s house and watched with Josh and Kassi. Another awesome movie that I would say is a must see.

Sunday was strait forward. I finished the lawn, we went to SPO and then we went to the airport with Landon and Fletch. It was fun down there having the planes land right over our heads. We hung out there for a while, watching the planes fly in and chatting about this and that. Here’s a couple shots of how close we were.

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So that was my weekend. Now on with the work week and life again.. but it was a super nice weekend off…

My parents wanted to bring us up to the GC (= Grand Canyon) and it was pretty awesome. Its way bigger then I thought.. I made something around 200 photos. I’ll edit them and upload them a little later today, prob tonight. It was sweet. We got on a sunset tour and I was making HDRs the whole time. I think it will be the only way to expose the GC with a good shot of the sunset. We’ll see.

Grandpa has a chemo treatment so please be praying that he feels ok soon. Also keep praying for whatever cancer is left to be gone very soon. He is hoping to come up north before my cuz, Chris, ships out to Afghanistan. Also I would really like prayer for him. I trust God to take care of him over there, but its still a little nerve racking for me as he just had an adorable little girl.

To finish this post I just want to say that I have had a great time here in AZ and am glad to get this time with Gpa and Gma. I am sure that they will be up this summer, but nothing is garunteed in life ya? This last week has been fun and hard. I miss home. The heat was nice for a few days and now I’m ready to be home with Katie and the cooler weather. (104 isn’t my cup o’ tea) I look forward to goin home and gettin back into the groove of things.

Cheers!

Just got to the gate, we don’t board for like another 25 min. I got to sit down with Katie and Fletch at starbucks for a few and then we went down and met up with my fam at Red Robin. Good dinner and I am glad to be able to spend some time with Katie before I’m gone for a week. I miss her already.

Anyways, Grandpa has a bone scan in the morning. Had a treatment today. Hopefully he feels better over the weekend. Never been golfing before and wanted to go with him. Thanks for praying for him, please keep him in your prayers, he’s not out of the woods yet.

Update when I get there. Cheers!

After a semi-frustrating week of work (I didn’t get any solid time to focus, everything was interrupting me) I now get to do laundry and prep for a trip to AZ to see my Grandparents. My Gpa (thanks to the Nies’ for that acronym) is doing better, but still fighting off cancer. He had half of his left lung removed back in Nov ‘08 and has had a few complications since. He is now going thru chemo and from what his facebook says, he’s doing ok. ? Gpa’s Fbook.

I’ve also realized that soundtracks are the best to work to. I used to listen to music w/ lyrics but found that it was too distracting and I need something going on in the bg to keep focused. So if anyone has any awesome suggestions for soundtracks let me know. I have a collection of about 12 movies currently. Anyways, chat me sometime to catchup. Later!

I need to apologize to a few people. I have been neglecting my personal projects lately. Specifically JessicaBlanck.com. Her family has gone on without my help recently and I feel horrible I’ve left such a big piece of what was put together for her memory.

We’ve just passed the 2nd anniversary of her tragic death, along with what would have been her 23rd birthday. I have a new design that I need to spend just a couple more hours on to turn into something usable. I also installed the latest version of Wordpress so It will be much easier to access posts and comments.

I will keep everyone up to date here, just search this tag – JessicaBlanck. Cheers.

I actually really enjoy working from coffee shops. Put in some ear-buds and you can still hear whats going on around you. I love it. Right now I’ve got this adorable little baby making all sorts of cute noises while her Mom is feeding her. Its great. Its great being out. Going to the beach today too. Hoping it clears off some. We’ll see. Just excited to see the ocean. Cheers!

Ok, so everyone in SPO (Soul Purpose Outreach) has been getting hit hard. The spiritual attacks have been rolling in hard. Katie’s car broke down after a guy put the wrong weight oil in it. Our worship leader, Sean, has lost his, people are sick (Crystal and Kaylee, Whit). Along with family issues for Tami. This weekend is proving that it is the beginning of something big in SPO.

Today, I slept in a little late and when I was reaching for my Bible, asking God what I’m supposed to read He quickly responded with “Matthew 6″ it has been a long time since I have heard that clearly. Here is the summary of what I got out of it.

1. Vs 1-4 ~ Heart check. Don’t boast about your good deeds. Let be a moment between you and God. For this, your reward is in heaven.
2. Vs 5-18 ~ Prayer and Fasting. Again, these are private matters between you and God. Everyone be in prayer from now thru Sunday. We need it, our bros and sisters need it. If you feel you are to fast, please do. No need to talk about it and its up to you what you fast from.
3. Vs 19-34 ~ Let your eyes be a light into your soul and don’t worry about tomorrow. I know from personal experience that is extremely tough, especially right now with the economy and finances are tight. I know it seems like wave after wave coming in over your head. I ask that you guys sit down and write out everything positive in your life right now. Between you and God. Everything, simple or not. House, food, clothes. Everything we have is more then most the world has. Be content and recieve the blessings of family and friends that can support you right now.

This is only going to get harder. The storm is only going to get worse before it clears. God is faithful, He will come thru. David and I had lunch the other day and we had amazing conversation. I haven’t felt so spurred in my heart for a long time. Sunday is going to be perfect and not because of us. God is going to meet us all there. I love all of you a lot. Please stop, read what you feel led to read and pray. I know I need to focus more on it then ever right now. See you all tonight! We’re going to have an awesome practice!

In Christ ~ Daryn aka dotdub

This weekend has been crazy. Incrediblely busy and blast sums it up in short terms. Saturday morning I got my car fixed. Windows roll up now and Dad welded my muffler back on for me. So its way safer to drive. Now it just needs a tune up. Katie’s Grandma is doing better, thanks everyone for your prayers, they are appreciated and still needed. Katie and her Mom are working on getting everything setup to get Grandma out of the hospital tomorrow. I get to work from a coffee shop today , its been interesting. A first for me, but it has been productive. Also, for those still praying for my Grandpa, please keep praying. He had a lung infection of some sort. It was life threatening if they didn’t catch it. They did, he’s doing better and will start kemo soon.

That sums up my weekend. Now I wanted to show you guys 2 things I’ve found lately that are great.

First-up, Seth Myers “Really!?!” from SNL. TheSquare posted the link and I think its pretty dead on in some areas. Michael Phelps hasn’t had a life for the last 8 years. He’s been in the pool for our country. Goodness people.

Next up, I read this article last Friday and it really made me realize the amount of excess we still live in. CNN put up this article on “Found Money is frugal family’s hobby” check it out here ? “Found Money” article. Its an awesome realization at how loose change can add up. Hang on to it people!

Well, I’ve got to get back to work now. Thanks for reading!

We’ve got snow again! I love it! It came down hard overnight and there’s about 3-4in outside my house right now. Its gorgeous but, I’m stuck. And thats the problem today. Hopefully I can get off my hill ok in a few. I’ll let you know if I ruin another car lol

Sunday

Today

Katie and I got to go out for a while yesterday. It was nice to just escape with her for a little while. Altho things got interesting at a couple points. First off I was late getting out of the house in the morning, so she had to post-pone her orientation for the care-giving job she picked up. Then I stayed home and worked for a while, got a few things done and then headed down to get her for a late lunch. I got to surprise her so that was fun, she didn’t know what was goin on .

We went down to McMenamins on the water and had lunch, did some research and she got harassed by some idiot on the phone. She got everything worked out and all, but he was an idiot. Seriously. We went and got some music off her old iPod cause she’s givin it to her brother, Jesse. After that we went and saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I liked the movie overall, it was an interesting and thought provoking movie. Katie has the point of too much infidelity in the movie, and it def did glamorize it too much, I will say that myself. After the movie we went back to her place and hung out for a little while. Her roommate, Janelle, got home and we had some good convos about life and such. They discussed some old friends of Katie’s at her church and what not, I had no clue about anything obviously .

Today I got to her house in less then 30 min (motivation when you know your already pushin it) and with God’s help I caught pretty much all green lights. After getting her to her second interview and stopping for a some coffee and a bagel, I took off to get gas, cash and a haircut. Now the haircut’s done, I like it… (but I think I need to go buy some Rogain tonight ). I’ve stopped at Carl and Tami’s for a few. Do some minor work stuff and then head out again soon to go get Katie and head back home tonight. Maybe I’ll get a hold of Dad and try to bribe him for a burger at the White Eagle or something… we’ll see. Wellp.. I better get busy. Cheers!