Plant and Grow Corn

In case you didn't put the date and the picture together, i planted my corn a little late. For some reason, i didn't believe it would work and that my soil was junk but then Charlton told me i had good soil and the neighbour started growing corn. I was so behind.

I knew that it most likely wasn't going to grow to giant size but just to see it start was good enough for me. And its great!

I remember being a kid at my grandparents house and playing in the corn next to the house. I even got into a fight with a squirrel one time who was trying to steal with an ear. And then going to Maine and playing hide and go seek in a giant corn field. I am a city guy through and through but something about gardens and corn fields make me wanna be a farmer.

small aside: my family in Trinidad are farmers and have a slight fascination with documenting ever little movement of every piece of cabbage. I have sat through a good amount of video showing me each plant. If I start doing that, STOP ME! We love you Grampa Tony!

Go to a Hot Yoga Class

I think this may have cured me of my interest in yoga. Not only was I hot, i was sweaty, in pain and trying not to throw up on the nice hardwood floor and the human pretzel beside me. While the teacher was getting us to focus on our breathing, i was trying not to pass out and DIE.

OKAY...die might be a little much but hot yoga was WAY HARDER than i thought it would be. And they try and fool you with the nice serene decor and relaxing music of oceans only to go into what i can imagine HELL TO BE LIKE. I actually thought that at one point...hell could very well be an everlasting hot yoga class, where someone yells at you to contort your body into difficult positions. But that was just a thought in my OVER HEATED STUPOR!

The class begun and i started having problems with the first exercise...breathing! Apparently i can't breathe in for ten seconds. By two seconds my lungs were full and i felt like i'm was going to explode. We tried it twenty times. By the end one i was able to make it to 6 seconds...but i cheated.

By the time i was standing on one leg, arm raised in the front and my hand holding my foot in the back in the air...i thought, "goodness, i'm going to die!" Two more poses after that and i was lying on the floor for ten minutes just keeping myself from throwing up. YAY YOGA!

I have 9 more visit before the end of the month but i don't think i can do it again. I don't want to give up but it really ruined my day (spent the whole day with a splitting headache, not to mention my shoulder) so, we'll see. They say you feel better after the 5th time. Grief...maybe i'll feel better about it tomorrow.

Song List for the years of your life!

Age 1 -Celebration - Kool and the Gang

Age 2 Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot -Sparrow -Always a party started, yay soca music!

Age 3 Sweet Dreams-Eurythmics - the other two songs i just pulled out from the years, i ACTUALLY remember hearing this song and being afraid. Funny, i grew up to like this song but back then i was totally creeped out by it!

Age 4 Thriller-Michael Jackson-Jerk Parents! They used to play this song on full blast to see me run around the house crying. Freakin' Vincent Price and his creepy voice. His laugh at the end STILL gives me the heebie Jeebies!

Age 5 wake me up before you go go - George Micheal -YAY NEON CLOTHES AND BLACKLIGHTS!

Age 6 Control -Janet Jackson - this changed my life. I remember seeing her preform this song on the American Music Awards show that year and i told myself i wanted to sing and dance for the rest of my life.

Age 7 Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson Holy Smokes, Kisha and I watched the Michael Jackson Moonwalker movie sooo many times its forever in my brain! This part/video was the coolest, the crazy lean, the white suits! Kisha and I wanted to be one of the crazy japanese fans sooo badly who screamed and then fainted. Micheal, you didn't give us enough time!!!

Age 8 She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals My mother was crazy and i have the image of her jumping around singing this song, her hair a mess and for some reason, in the morning.

Age 9 Escapade -Janet Jackson Oh Rhythm Nation...you changed my life! I cried when i couldn't go to the tour! Mrs Meldrums music class was too cool cause i got the whole class to sing it for a year!

Age 10 Think of me - Phantom of the Opera Seeing this play changed my life and I remember being overwhelmed by how awesome music and theater could be.

Age 11 Gypsy Women - Crystal Waters And so my love for techno/electronic music begins! The nights of MusicPlus!

Age 12 End of the Road - Boyz to Men Such Talent. Always wanted to be a part, never learnt how to harmonize! Darn that Jason Penelosa!

Age 13 You Go to My Head -Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson From the film Corrina Corrina. Jazz music become real to me and i still say this is my favorite songs.

Age 14 Faithful Friend - Twila Paris and Steven Curtis Chapman The year Ren moved away. We prayed in Atlanta when they were flying to seattle and i bawled my eyes out. they played this song.

Age 15 Sunday Morning - No Doubt I remember someone handing me this CD in math class and i thought it was so cool! My first real rock stage. Hung out alot with Brendan Schultz and he like this and the red hot chili peppers. weird!

Age 16 Hold Me Jesus - Rebecca St. James I started doing this movement stuff to this song. "i'd rather fight you for something i don't really want, then take what you give that i need". This song was too deep for high school!

Age 17 I'll Be - Edwin Mccain - Driving in Seattle with Ang and Ren singing this song...perfect. Sort of what i think heaven will be like.

Age 18 Frail - Jars of Clay - I think this began my playing music when going to bed. Poor Darnell had to listen to this song for years! But really, its great and it can still put me to sleep.

Age 19 Green Eyes - Erykah Badu I sometimes still cry when i hear this song. Its hard to explain to people but the feeling of rejection and wanting someone so badly and throwing myself at them to realize they can't really fix me, heal me, or love me the way i need to be loved. Green Eyes brings me right back to that, Everytime!

Age 20 I can Only Imagine - Mercy Me There is another song by them that fits but this is for the time i went to florida to see Ren and I re-fell in love!

Age 21 Trading My Sorrows - Darrel Evens I would wake up in the morning in Belize and worship on top of this play structure and have the most awesome God Times. I also didn't realize that i was also waking everyone up with my loud singing!

Age 22 Jenny on the Block - J.Lo SHANNA!!! I remember thinking of shanna and I being right there with J.Lo on the block and J.Lo is in her bikini and fur coat and i realize (and say) Oh Dang Shanna, we're prostitutes! Good times!

Age 23 Show me your Face - Fred Hammond After having a personal stance AGAINST gospel music, fred Hammond turned me around. He has so much passion for God in his songs, even if they are long and sometimes over the top.

Age 24 At Last -Etta James I'M FINALLY MARRIED TO RENATA!

Age 25 Oh Holy Night - Mariah Carey For two reasons, going to New York with Ren and singing this and singing this with MO MO at tyndale! We would sing this on the top of our lungs!

Age 26 Best fo Last - Adele I LOVE ADELE! I sang (sing) this song to AJ and would rock him to sleep i would say almost every night for his first year of life!

Age 27 Desert Song- Hillsong United The move to seattle was ROUGH but i will bring praise! No weapon formed against me shall prevail! Amen!

Age 28 Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas hehehe, i'm embarrassed but AJ and I would rock out to this in the car. Also got free front row tickets for my Y kids...very silly, very fun.

Age 29 Horchata - Vampire Weekend I think this is a good reflection of where i am right now. Very young adult, and still global sounding but pop. This makes me feel good. Guy, much harder to do than you think! But check some of them out!

Get a Physical

I'M HEALTHY!

This was sorta fun. I actually had to take my son in to the doctor at 8:40 because of his fever and then ran to my doctor appointment at 10:00. It was cute seeing my son be in awe that his dad had to do the same things he just did. He had to leave the room for the "turn and cough" bit but got to see up close the needle being inserted in my vein and the blood being drawn. The nurse was very patient having to work with a three year old standing underneath her and looking between her arms at her work.

All in all, i'm healthy and beside my bunion and my weird face bump (either scar tissue or a cyst) i'm good. won't have to do that again for another 30 years!

Make a Lip Sync Video

oh dear...this is so embarrassing!

The story goes:
My teen center had a broken Wii guitar that was just taking up space. One of the teens, you'll see him in the video, really wanted it. I told him no. He asked again. I said no again. He then came up with a plan to get me to give him the guitar. He suggested we film a video of us lip singing to a song, i would get to be lead singer and then at the end of the song, we would get to destroy the guitar. Darn it! Such a great idea, i had to agree.

So, there we are making this video and once we are all done...we re watch it and we notice...I LOOK LIKE A CREEPER! I wasn't fully sure what did it but its the hey, those kids look cool, but whats up with the 40 year old! (okay...i'll say 35) who is TOO INTO THIS! Seriously, in my head i'm going for it...i'm totally a 15 year old boy at the time. its not right!

Enjoy...i'm embarrassed. Never again!

Never Watch Harry Potter Again!

Thanks Pat, now you ruined it!
I was so excited to watch the first part of the Harry Potter final! I was totally going to watch it and be definante against the Christian norm and enjoy the movie. (for the record, i feel there are some really great things in Harry Potter!)

But now i've competely missed the first installement and can go at least the year till i see it. Thanks Pat!

Buy Coffee for the next person in line

I'm still plugging away at this ridiculously long list! This is insane!

So, i did the starbucks drive through after picking up Brooklyn from the babysitters and ordered myself a banana chocolate chip cake slice (SOOO GOOD) and then told the lady that i'll buy whatever the person behind me is having. I'll be honest i was afraid that they would order something super expensive or the cashier would tell them and i would then order something expensive...either way...i was afraid (a common emotion in my life). They ended up getting
7 dollars worth and it all worked out.

the big build up for this is...we aren't doing great financially. My wife and I are busting our butts and it seems that there just isn't enough money to take care of everything. I sorta feel like a failure saying this cause it sucks not having enough money. But...i need to not be so caught up in the worry part and trust that God knows what we need and He will provide...like he always has! So, in faith, i bought that other family starbucks believing God will take care of my family and as generosity has been shown to us, i can show generosity to others.

Take that money troubles!