keep fit and have fun (how fun can it be if people keep having to tell you to have fun?)

i'm trying to get back into shape. uff. where was that body i had at 18...you know the one that ALL the girls talked about? now i'm old and my knees are buckling on me. and i have a weird patch of hair on my chest. but exercising is fun, i guess.

just thought i'd post that.

oh, and hip hop class is back in action...amazing. so stoked.

and sore.

let the music begin

so...as i've mentioned before, i stayed at kaeleb's horse ranch for the holidays. i was looking forward to this new experience and new method of celebrating christmas as if i were taking off on some cool trip. i guess a new way of celebrating christmas isn't that new to me anymore, this was my sixth one without my mom and none of them have had any similarity to the other. last year i was selling beer at a north end vendor. this year i shoveled horse poop on a secluded ranch.

anyway...what i was trying to say was that i was anticipating the solitude of the ranch, as it had been such a zany year leading up to the holiday. i was met with some expected uncomfortable social detox (my job is relationally intensive, not to mention a social hub of a home), but it was hardly a problem for me and the free time ahead of me was an exciting thing. sadly, and strangely this free time went by REALLY fast and got sucked up by other things more than i had anticipated. BUT... the time was very enjoyable nonetheless.

the hardest part of not having enough time was probably due to so much postponed relational time with God and His Word, and so much pent up musical creativity. i wrote a song quite quickly on my mandolin...about the beauty of being alone with God, the one who made the whole freakin universe. and how our western society can be so afraid of ourselves once we're alone...but that can be some of the most meaningful time with God! and music...oh music! what a wonderful creation...i love it. love it love it love it! i could spend eternity in a music room...playing, creating, singing, dancing and everything. so it was really cool that kaeleb so happened to have a music room. i wouldn't say it was the most all-encompassing music room, but one nonetheless.

i hope for more time to pour into this. the new year has seemed more promising for this availability, and THIS IS MY PASSION...so i better go ahead and do it. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men...as the good book says.

let the music begin!

mandolining my song (it's called "tiktok")

kaeleb's sweet les paul guitar (i'd probably break it if i played it)

an organ that plays the same way you play an accordian (thankfully my pops plays accordian and i've been able to learn a few things)

guitarin' in the kitchin'

i am the dancing queen, young and sweet, only almost twenty-seven? yikes!

so me and my good buddy Josiah (a.k.a. Joshua, or Jiziah) just finished our first class of adult hip hop dance.
i'm not joking.
the fee for this class was redeemed in full before the first class even started, as we walked into the room and were met with immediate laughter, me and my short 70's basketball shorts and all. the first words uttered by our fellow participants were, "you're not serious?" a great big smile came on our faces.
"surprisingly" we were the only males.
"surprisingly" everyone else was a middle aged woman.
"surprisingly" this is where we are meant to be.
legitimately surprising was the level of physical exhertion required for hip hop. a couple times i screamed out in pain. i don't even want to know how sore i'll be tomorrow. but when life throws you lemons (minus 50 weather)...make lemonade (adult hip hop dance?).
amen.

a long time comin'

howdy.
i haven't posted for a long time, probably to no one's dismay...but i'll try and get back into the groove. fyi...i was away lots over the holidays, not far away, but in the country away from computers, emails and blogs. horses were my best friends. and horse-poo-eating dogs.