Kevin: January 2010 Archives

This chart reminded me of a story I was telling the other day. Back in high school some friends and I went to Cedar Point. During that trip one of my friends bought some cheese fries and managed to drop a glop on the sidewalk.

At the time it was common for me to order very little when we were out to restaurants and then proceed to eat the leftovers from everyone's plate. A common question I would ask was, "You done with that?" In this case, of course, I didn't even have to ask. Everyone but me was "done with that" glop of cheese fries on the concrete. I scooped it up and ate it.

Years have passed since then and I received no ill effects from eating that or the leftovers on my friends' plates but I wouldn't (and don't) do the same today. Funny how we look back on our lives and wonder why we did such silly things.

Let's see... the last time I did any predictions it was 2 years ago and here's what I said:

+ we will have a baby girl and she'll be our last for at least many, many years
+ Jill will have a new vehicle by the end of the year
+ Sydney will walk by February
+ baby Reid will sleep through the night in the first two weeks she's home
+ we will have a snowfall of over 18" in one day this winter
+ we will have a terabyte of storage for photos and movies by the end of the year (currently we have about 1/4 of that)

Going down the list, we did have a beautiful baby girl, Reid, who has been our last. Jill did get a new vehicle, Homer, the Honda Odyssey. I can't remember if Sydney walked by February or if Reid slept through the night during those first 2 weeks. I'm pretty sure we didn't get the 18" snowfall in one day. We did and do have the terabyte of storage thing, which just seems so huge to me. Between movies and pictures it really eats up the hard drive space.

Now for this year, I predict:
+ I'll loose 20 pounds
+ Reid and Sydney will both be able to make it all night without going potty (almost there!)
+ Jill will start work on her book that I've encouraged her to write
+ We'll get our first solid state drive for a computer
+ We'll get a car paid off
+ Addi will become a great reader
+ I'll be challenged with more opportunities to lead others to Christ than ever before
+ Hale will write his first computer program