A Day in the Life

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• 08:15 love that I get to spend that last little minute with the kids before they head to school… #
• 09:33 insane in the membrane… #
• 12:24 sitting at the DMV… normally a chore but I’m so grateful to be here… #
• 13:35 lunch with my ladies… #
• 19:51 been running like crazy all day… what did I miss? #
• 21:42 Building up meaningful connections easily with MrTweet, my personal networking assistant. See how he can help u too! mrtweet.net?v=11 #
• 21:51 actually looking for people to ADD to those I follow rather than cut… weird… #
• 21:55 okay, that’s quite enough adding for one night… and If I did just add you, why don’t you return the favor? #
• 21:56 Suddenly, Gwen Stefani is stuck in my head singing "I ain’t no Follow Back Girl, I ain’t no Follow Back." #
• 22:12 so I have managed to drop references to both Cypress Hill and Gwen Stefani today… Add in yday’s Rihanna comment and I’m tragically hip… #
• 23:06 . #

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• 08:31 note to self: making Rihanna jokes when it is raining does not prove you to be hip or clever… #
• 16:28 amazed… If you only knew, you would be too… #
• 23:01 seeing God in action never gets old… #
• 23:19 watching Lost from last night again… #

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• 06:37 Ego is no longer central. It is no longer imp’t that I appear righteous b4 U or have Ur good opinion & I am no longer driven to impress God. #
• 08:52 love reading The Message… #
• 09:34 headed to meeting with pastor friend… y’know what that means! St. Arbucks, here I come! #
• 18:06 did I tell you that Lost comes on tonight? No? Really? That would be strange for me not to have mentioned that at least once today. #
• 20:15 I heart Shih Tzus #
• 20:49 What was Walt doing in a Tyson chicken commercial? That’s no way to keep a low profile… #
• 21:08 "You just couldn’t stay away, could you?". WHAT??!!!?!? #
• 21:30 We knew Faraday was in love, but what about the other girl? #
• 21:31 Oh and I think Locke is very much wrong… #
• 21:52 "Your name is Charles Widmore?" Oh MY WORD! #
• 21:58 He said Chollie! #
• 22:57 was planning on making this the night to stay up WAY TOO late to knock some things out… but we all knew it wasn’t really gonna happen… #

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• 13:04 today may be a Truman Burbank kinda day – "Good morning, good afternoon, and good night!" #
• 16:26 bride met with high risk OB and they said we have 4 weeks and then they may deliver the baby… it just got all kinds of real… #
• 20:03 listening to Al Trautwig break down the first two episodes of Lost season 5… #

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• 07:28 take a few minutes and remember how much He loves you today…is.gd/hfQq #
• 12:49 Tweetdeck seems to be giving me fits today… ugh… #

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• 18:21 meeting w/ friends turned into date night with my bride… SCORE! #
• 21:14 @ richbarrett snuck into Access this AM… had a great time… #
• 21:15 the kids have climbed into our bed and watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with us… #
• 21:28 is there a better way to end Sundays than watching Extreme Makeover? #
• 21:40 so freakin’ fired up about joining together with people who are pursuing God… looking forward to Community Group tomorrow… #
• 22:14 I’ve also concluded that whatever God does, that’s the way it’s going to be, always. No addition, no subtraction. – Ecclesiastes 3:14 a #
• 22:14 God’s done it and that’s it. That’s so we’ll quit asking questions and simply worship in holy fear. – Ecclesiastes 3:14 b #
• 22:34 looking for other church planters that I can agree with in prayer… please @ me with your church name… #

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• 09:56 as much as I hate housework, I love knocking it out early in the AM leaving the rest of the day to hang with the family… #
• 16:15 beige is the refuge of the un-creative mind… #
• 17:02 celebrated the life of a friend who passed recently… #
• 19:14 Malcolm Gladwell questions prodigy status of The Beatles… is.gd/h6Om #
• 21:05 for fear of sounding completely obsessed I am not mentioning that ABC is replaying the Lost premiere tonight… #

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• 10:10 not let "opportunities" get in the way of actual production today… okay, maybe, just a little… #
• 14:42 Is there a better delivery system for both grease and salt than the potato? #
• 19:30 seriously ready to shut it down for the day… want to climb into bed and sleep… #
• 22:19 watching the history of India on PBS… #

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• 07:05 so if I were to tell you that I will rewatch both episodes of Lost online this morning, would it REALLY surprise you? #
• 09:08 wish there was a Twitter app that gave the option to update Facebook or not… sometimes it’s helpful and others it’s SOOO really not… #
• 10:11 running errands for my very prego bride… #
• 11:24 ABC’s video player must be getting killed… #
• 11:53 I hate the "Facebook Maybe"… is.gd/gQxX #
• 16:34 annoying my bride with Planet 107.3 while I do the dishes… it’s a fair trade if you ask me… we should all be miserable… lol #
• 18:39 dishes are done and dinner has been cooked… I am a domestic goddess! #
• 19:10 Dear ABC, I can admit that I have a problem. But I just need your player to work one more time so I can watch Lost again and then I’ll quit #
• 21:15 iTunes to the rescue… Eps 501 and 502 downloading… Yippee! #

I hate the “Facebook Maybe”…

Chances are you’ve probably received one. More than likely you’ve given one. I’m talking about the “Facebook Maybe”.

It all starts out so simply. You receive an event request. You look at it and realize that you would like to support the person or cause hosting the event. But you also know that you are not going to attend.

You have 3 choices. Select “Yes” and not show and hope they never bring it up. Select “No” and hope they don’t take it personally. Or a third option. The ultimate choice for commitment-phobes – “Maybe”.

I only realized how much I’ve relied on the “Maybe” when responding. “Maybe” I’ll be at your midweek Bible Study in Pennsylvania. Maybe. Except for the fact that I live in Jacksonville, FL and will not be purposefully planning on attending. BUT if I were to find myself suddenly transported there, I might choose to attend your gathering.

“Maybe” I’ll show up for the event for the group that I’m not even really a part of. Maybe. But I don’t really expect to suddenly change my plans at the last minute to intentionally surround myself with a bunch of people that I don’t really know. But I might.

Starting to see the value of my “yes” being a “yes” and my “no” being a “no”.

Don’t fall into the easy trap of answering “Maybe”. If you are truly unsure, wait until you have an answer then respond. If you must decline, then acknowledge it, but also leave an encouraging note to indicate your support.

P.S. This is directed at no one in particular other than myself. Trying to improve on some bad social networking habits…