Outside the Rat Race

Jessi and I are in the final stages of preparing for our Mexico Mission Trip. We'll be heading down in a big yellow school bus with our...

I read this passage and thought I'd share it. It's Genesis 29:16-30 (NIV): "Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the olde...

When Jessi and I first hooked up our dryer vents we went the cheap route: duct tape. We already had some and it saved us a trip to Home Depo...

Jessi's moving so fast it can't be captured on film! Last weekend Jessi and I purchased a treadmill. I had been haunting Craig...

Furry February has come to a close and now it's time for the main event: Mustache March. This year I'm going straight to the Fu Ma...

Over the Christmas holiday my mom let me borrow Charlie's Victory to read. I explained to her that I rarely read actual paper books (pr...

Last weekend we spent a night on the coast . It was extremely relaxing. One of the activities we (well, Jessi) did was puzzle. Jessi had pr...

At Christmas Jessi gave me a present of a one night stay at a bed and breakfast and we decided to "spend" it this weekend at the ...

Earlier I shared about earning my blue belt in jiu jitsu . You can read about it here . Now I have video to go along with it. I put togeth...

This last month I officially migrated over to Wells Fargo for most of my banking needs with Jessi. You see, back in December I got a nice le...

I know, I know, I'm a little late to the party, but I'm finally here. I'm officially starting to grow out my beard for the mon...

James, Rylan (Black Belt), David, Amber (Instructor), Mike (Instructor) One of my 2011 goals was to earn my blue belt in jiu jitsu . I...

I was unable to participate in jiu jitsu yesterday and so took the opportunity to capture some video of David rolling. I know lots of you a...

January had one theme with three activities for me: Jiu Jitsu training, working for HP, and studying for my property management license all ...

LinkedIn launched and pretty cool experimental feature showing the power of the data they collect called InMaps . The above picture is what...

This weekend Jessi and I watched a jiu jitsu tournament with some friends ( David & his kids, and Pat ) at the Oregon State Fairground...

As I've talked about, Jessi and I have a g oal of running a half-marathon this year . It'll be a lot of fun, but also a lot of work....

Here we are in 2011. For us, 2010 was very busy and full of a lot of excitement. Just purchasing a property probably contributed to that fe...

2010 was a busy year for us. We had just purchased our duplex , fixed up one side and rented it out. I managed to listen to a ton of books...

I am a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell. The first book of his I read was The Tipping Point and it was fantastic. I really like the way he tells...