Time slipping through the circle slide...

Thanks Darren and Reen for inviting me to Mackie's One Month Birthday! It was fun! Wow, Mackie was so good tonight. She slept through the whole thing! Hehehehe!

Wow, met a lot of people that I haven't seen in a while. It was good to catch up and see how everyone is doing. I don't know where the time goes but yeah, kids are all grown up, friends are married, and friends have kids. Wowsers.

Well, I'm moving on to my next year and I'm just getting excited about my dream. Made a couple of contacts tonight and hehhehe...whooooweee! Right now, things are just in it's infancy and we'll see how things go. Even if this part doesn't go very far, there's still so much more to do. Time is all I need. =)

I think this is where my focus is going to be for a few years. The prospect of going back to school next year or year after is something I need to think about...I don't know if I can do school and work...so, something might need to give. Anyways, it will be interesting next year regardless.

Of course, priorities will change. I think this is going to be the hardest thing to go through. Things that I've thought would happened by now will probably have less of a chance of happening...some I've pretty much accepted...some I still need to go through. Decisions are never easy huh?

But that's where the trust factor comes in. Trusting in Him, trusting that this dream will go ahead with Him at the centre of it, and trusting that He will remind me of the prize when things aren't going well. All for His glory. =)

Anyhoo, I'm rambling again...but boy, I'm excited. ;-)

in Him,
jos

My Sister Having Fun with Photo Booth

Here's my sister (with Ingrid in some pictures) having fun with Photo Booth on my iMac. =) Enjoy!

The Battle....

and the girls win but Jess was a good sport and dressed up as a guy while Reubs dressed up as a girl. well done with the games...both of ya!

during the fill in the blank game, i made up a quick song for Reubs:

we want to see Reuben in a dress
it doesn't matter if he's in a mess
because he'll be beautiful and nothing less
as he will look exactly like Jess

or something like that. Christin has the lyric sheet. =)

anyways, it's getting late and i need to get to bed. added iWork 06 to my iMac and bought a keyboard shield to protect my keyboard. it feels kinda weird and rubbery but it will keep my keyboard clean. i recommend it if you have a Mac keyboard. it's made by iSkin.

man...can i say something? i don't know if i'll keep this part in this blog later on. but this week, i really need a change in scenary. i really don't like what i'm doing right now with work. it's really zapping the life out of me. i've always said that i won't be where i am forever and right now, it really feels like the season is starting to change and going in that direction. maybe next year...not sure as i don't really know what i want to go into. it's that whole trusting in God and committing to something you don't even know the slightest idea of how to get there. did that even make sense?

being at home without any distractions has been helpful and made me think of all these things. i really thought about my life...and i don't really know if i like the direction of where it is going now. i don't think i want to stay in the field that i am in. it might be still technical but i don't know if it will be in the area i'm in now. i really want to do multimedia though....

ok, i'm digressing here. i should head off to bed now.

goodnight everyone!

blessings,
jos

Welcome to iMac!

Well, I finally got it. I'm typing out this blog on my new iMac. It is amazing. And I do not see any stuck or dead pixels. Yes! Looks totally cool. It's huge! Well, this is the start of my dream. It is a dream that was birthed way back in 2001. Now, it starts. Look back in January's post. Broken dreams starting this year. At the retreat a few weeks ago, I was beginning to see my dream. Now, it has started. Totally can't wait to see this thing go further. =)

So, not sure how this computer works. lol! I assume I won't have MSN (hehehe...just like you, Nance!). Ok, maybe webmsn but hopefully, this computer will be the workstation of music, video, and multimedia that I dreamed about. Alrighty, I need to try out Garageband. =)

blessings,
jos

It's been a while...

It's been a while since I've been here. My computer died about a week ago so I haven't been able to write an entry or message anyone. I've been so so the past week or so...trying to be as joyful as I can be. I've been pretty tired physically but I'm not sure why. It could be the weather change or I'm coming down with something.

Anyhoo, not much to write. Just wanted to shout out a happy b-day to Kerry! =)

blessings,
jos

Things to Get My Dream Started

1) MacBook Pro with Logic Pro, Premiere, and Photoshop installed.
2) Canon Digital Rebel XTi
3) Line 6 DM4
4) Mixer/Interface to connect to my comp
5) A video camera
6) Gretsch Silver Falcon w/ Bigsby
7) A huge library of loops
8) A turntable
9) A comfortable chair
10) 24" LCD monitor

If anyone would like to help me out, let me know!
jos

The song has lyrics!

ok...it only has a verse so far. =)

i'm so glad to see you
see you smiling
how it brightens up my heart
the sun is shining when you're near
you chase away all my fears
the end will never start

more on the retreat later. only one thing that i wanted to do and i didn't do but other than that, it was AMAZING! thanks God. =)

jos