Kinect Dancing

At 11:30pm Thanksgiving night, me and some other really cool people, decided to go shopping (along with 10,000 other people at the same location). We went to a few stores and then hit up OLD NAVY. The line was pretty ridiculous. But despite the crowds of people, no one was playing the dance game that they had set up with the XBOX 360 w. Kinect. I decided I would not let a good thing like that be wasted by people who were too obsessed with getting a pair of jeans for less. So as my wife checked out, I got my groove on. Well, when I say got my groove on, what I mean is I made a fool of myself trying to figure out the stupid dancing game. But I still had fun. And had the rest of the cool people who were there with me come over to watch, I think we would have all really enjoyed it. But as it were, I was just embarrasing myself and my wife. Which I think she got tired of very quickly. None the less, I had never tried that before, especially in front of hundreds of strangers standing in an Old Navy check out line. So cross it off my list, I just busted a move. 

FYI, the video is not me. Just some kid who probably looks a little bit like I did trying to dance. 

Week 1 - Rose Petals

So I am a couple days off, but here it is. Last friday night I had a romantic evening with my beautiful wife. We stayed at the Chateau Avalon. We had stayed there a few times before, so this wasn't the "new" thing. But what I had prepared was new. You always see on the movies guys putting rose pedals on the bed. Well, I stepped up and got rose pedals that were waiting for us on our bed, along with chocolate covered strawberries. The pedals were nice, and very romantic. But if you have never experienced them, Julie and I would both agree that the idea of them is better than the real thing. Not too comfortable. They kind of stained the sheets, and feel cold and kind of wet. But it was still romantic and I was pretty proud of myself for sharing something new with Julie that she appreciated.

Not exactly the most exciting way to start my new blog series. But it is what it is. I think this may be harder than I imagined. So if you have any ideas of things I should do or try. Let me know. I am open for all kinds of suggestions.

New Everything!

So I tried getting back into blogging back in the summer and thought it would stick, but alas it didn't. So I am trying something new. A lot of people just blog to blog. They just write about their life, what they like, what they are up to, day to day stuff. I have figured out I cannot do this. I may, very rarely, just write about my life, because I believe over the next few months there will be life happening, that I may want to write about. But here is my new Blog Gimmick: I will do something new, that I have never done, at least once a week and write on it. Boo-YA! I doubt this is original in the realm of blogs. But I don't know anyone who does this. I know people who wear a new t-shirt, or do a new design, but I am expanding it to doing ANYTHING NEW. So some weeks I may do something new and amazing like skydive. Other weeks I may just try a new food of some sort. I have started thinking over the last couple weeks what I could write about and these were the new things that have happened: I installed a front door. (pretty proud of that one) I tried beef tongue tacos (didn't really enjoy it, but it was a new experience).
Here is my reasoning for doing this. Life is filled with things I have no idea about. God has created an entire world and I don't believe he made me to just enjoy a little bit of it. I already have a passion for trying new things, especially food. Those who know me well, know that most of the time when I go out to restaurants I don't order the usual (whatever that might be), I want to experience something new. So now my life will hopefully try and reflect that. Because I don't want to live a life that has no adventure, no excitement, no wonder. I want to drink from the cup of creation. Check that, I want to chug the cup. Just thinking about all the new things God will teach me, and show me, and the new ways I will learn who He is, and how find Him in everything I do gets me excited.
My new theme verse that I have adopted over the last 6 months or so is 2 Cor 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come!"
So, I challenge you. Do something new. Be someone new. Allow God to transform you through His creation. Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 
Lamentations 3:22-23