Cap’n Jim’s Logbook

So I’ve been getting some pushback from a few folks about the long delay between posts here at the Captain’s Logbook. Well what can I say? It’s been a busy 35 days and sometimes it’s hard to remember you are supposed to draining the swamp when you are up to your ass in alligators! I actually started a post back during our recent IE ice age but ran into technical difficulties. I wanted to post some pictures of icicles that Martina took, but my WordPress interface wouldn’t let me post thumbnails. I haven’t had time to figure out what the issue is yet. OK, Enough whining!

Christmas – Christmas was great! I have some great photos of me (the world’s biggest kid) playing with my brand new Lego crane that Jessi and Paul gave me. There is also my rockin LGB train set that was my present from Martina, mom and my mother in law. The LGB train was a 30 year old Christmas wish come true. We got to hang with the kids and play with Adelaide so it was a good time.

The Living Desert – On Dec 29^th we took a road trip out to Palm Desert to visit the Living Desert Botanical Gardens. Why you ask, because they happen to have one of the largest displays of LGB trains in the world. Now that I am a proud member of the LGB family I felt compelled to complete a pilgrimage before the end of the year. It was our first outing with the new camera and oh how I love my Canon! That thing is awesome! I took hundreds of photos of big trains and lots of videos too. Oh yeah there’s a couple of shots of a cheetah and a giraffe or two as well. I think there might even be a picture of Martina.

New Years – Very laid back, no party, just channel surfing until midnight then off to bed.

Jonathan – Jonathan got home from Iraq safe and sound on Jan 9th. He had 2 weeks off so my mom paid for a ticket so he could come home and visit. We picked him up at the airport on the 13^th and dropped him off again on the 21^st. It was great to see him again and I am very grateful to all of you for your prayers. When I hugged him at the airport it was like hugging a concrete post, the boy is buff! Nothing like having a lot of spare time and nothing to do but lift weights, sorta like prison except in prison the guards aren’t tossing mortar shells at you every other night or so.

He came to church with us Sunday and I think he was a little embarrassed by the number of people, many of whom he did not know, that greeted him with variations of “So this is who I’ve been praying for, awesome to meet you.”  Jon is back in FL at his permanent duty station now. Don’t know if he will have to go back again.

House Of Blues – We went to the House of Blues Gospel Brunch last Sunday to celebrate BrandiShine’s birthday. Can’t say that I am a true fan of Gospel music but we still had a great time and loved being there with everybody.

Church – Church continues to be busy as we got back into the swing of things after the holidays. Mindie, one of our small group members went off to Las Vegas with the JC’s Girls and she was sorely missed by all of us, especially Colin, her husband. If you’ve ever gotten a drink at the Coffee Cart first service chances are it was Colin that made it for you. Anyway, it was very kewl to have Mindie back with us and to hear about all the different ways God was working at the porn convention.

Okay, that’s it for now – hopefully it won’t be another month until the next post.