jonandnic dot com | 2007 August

A productive evening

Tonite I: moved a website, re-routed our mail, went for a walk with Nic and Ben, helped a friend mod his suspension in his new truck, and cleaned the bathtub.
Maybe having just one job isn’t so bad…

Posted on August 21st, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Musical Notes

One sanity-maintaining tool we used on our 12 hour road trip was (as usual) music. I’ve recently discovered Sufjan Stevens, and managed to obtain 9 tracks to listen to on the road. We played them almost on repeat the whole trip, and did not get sick of them.
He uses so many different instruments and pays [...]

Posted on August 20th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Longest trip home evar!!!1

So that drive took just minutes shy of 12 hours. By contrast, the drive typically takes between 7-8, but has been done in less than 7.
The border was backed up for an hour, and there was the mysterious, disappearing car accident when we were about 60 miles from home that cost us nearly 2 hours [...]

Posted on August 19th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Nuptials

So we have two weddings to go to this weekend, but as they’re in two different countries, we had to chose. Family wins, of course, and we’ll be driving home tonite for the wedding, but we’re still very happy for our friends here in the States who are getting hitched.
Congratulations to Cindy and Jeremy who [...]

Posted on August 17th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Well… Here we are…

Well, I told myself that by the end of today, I wanted to have a clear enough picture of where God wanted us for the next 8-12 months, that I’d be able to blog about it. I got the picture loud and clear today.
The four of us are going to work on just being a [...]

Posted on August 14th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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And now for something completely different…

I have no idea what just happened!

Posted on August 14th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Nice Truck

Happy Birthday, brother Dave!

Posted on August 13th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Spiritual Highs

I’m wondering if spiritual highs, or “mountain top” experiences — or at least the unguided trip down from them — might possibly be the most destructive force in the life of a young Christian…

Posted on August 12th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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I, Grease Monkey. Part II

For today’s adventure, we replaced our own spark plugs!
Service cost at the dealership: $160
Do-it-myself total cost: $23 + 30 minutes

What you’ll need…

New spark plugs ($6 for 4)
A good ratchet set ($30 if you don’t already have one)
An extender for your ratchet set ($6 if you don’t already have one)
A spark plug gapping tool, or guage [...]

Posted on August 12th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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