Brandrea

Baby pics!!!

brad — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:52:33 +0000

Here’s a link. Not sure if that will work, leave a comment if it doesn’t and I’ll figure out a better link.

Soon-To-Be Three

andrea — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:40:00 +0000

That’s right – a baby Brandrea is on the way! We are really excited to start this phase of our life and look forward to the new things we will experience and learn along the way.

Due date is June 11th and we will find out the sex of the baby in nine days. Everything has been happily uneventful so far.

Recipe Theology

brad — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:50:40 +0000

I’m currently reading through “The Silence of Adam” by Dr. Larry Crab, Don Hudson, and Al Andrews witha group of guys from church. The chapter for discussion this week is #3, ‘Recipe Theology’. He tells a story at the beginning of the chapter with the punchline being a man saying “I don’t know what to do.” He then proceeds to write about how men like recipes for solving problems and how we typically clump into 2 groups: experts and followers (which I think is often a good thing). He goes on to say that men are uncomfortable with situations where they don’t know what to do which I think is generally true. I feel that the author is making an over-generalization though and I wish he wouldn’t stereotype as much as he does in this book. The author then proceeds to write about this line of thinking calling it ‘Recipe Theology’, where men give each other bullet points for living and solving life’s problems. I really like what he has to say about the Bible not being a cookbook. I despise it when someone takes what works for them and press it on others as the way they need to do it. The author then proceeds to write about the ‘big picture’ and mentions that when we are just trying to solve life’s problems we aren’t viewing the big picture of life. He then approaches the topic of a ‘sphere of mystery’ and urges men to leave their comfort zones and to go there. The author calls upon the readers courage to do what he normally wouldn’t. The author concludes the chapter by calling ment to a ‘transcendent theology’ by leaving their ‘sphere of management’ to enter the ‘sphere of mystery’. The chapter was hard to track with at times, but overall I liked what he had to say. My only issue being with some of the sweeping generalizations he made.

Sunny Days

andrea — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:02:52 +0000

Spring is coming!

Brad and I decided to take advantage of the lovely weather with an afternoon picnic in our backyard. A trip to the lake wasn’t compatible with a menu of reheated leftovers, so our second hand picnic table was put to use for once.

We got to talking about our yard – looks like the grass may finally fill in well this year. We each have our own ideas for what we’d like to do to improve the backyard. Brad wants to lay down stones for a patio, covered with a pergola. (See picture here.) I’d still like to grow some vegetables, though our very shady yard probably will prevent that from being a successful venture. However, I want to definitely add some beds along the back of the house, even just for some shrubbery (haha – that word makes me laugh). Long term, we’d like to get rid of our tin can-like shed in the middle of the yard and Brad would build a larger, stronger one in an out of the way back corner.

For now, we have leaves to rake up from the last of the fall. Oh, and that dining room that isn’t quite yet finished yet. =)

Hopefully…

brad — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:16:10 +0000

Hopefully I learn to go to bed at a consistent time.

Hopefully I can finish 1 of the 5 different books I’ve started.

Hopefully my leg gets to feeling better.

& hopefully my basketball team wins a game.

Actually, I’m not very hopeful for any of these.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-02-22

brad — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:05:00 +0000

Tyson Chandler pack your bags and come on over. Go #Thunder! #
RT @tysonchandler: Okc….I’m back!!!! I’m looking foward 2 helping get this franchise back were we belong !!! See you at the top!! #
Reading: http://newsok.com/tw/3347038 OKC officer pulls man over for anti-Obama sign on vehicle #

This Should Lower Any Expectations for Future Entries

andrea — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:14:34 +0000

We are going to write together. On this blog.

Sometimes I stay up late…and Brad goes to bed.

Except for when I go to bed…and he stays up late.

Guess who is staying up late tonight?

Coming Soon: a book review on The Secret Life of Bees or Treasure Island, depending on which one I finish first.