Sandals Marriage Getaway
November 26, 2007 at 9:27 pm | In Church, Fun Times | 8 CommentsOne of the highlights of our year is the annual marriage retreat that our church puts on. Martina and I are SMG plank owners having been to every one. Tammy and her crew of energetic and very talented ladies knock themselves out every year making the venue look absolutely wonderful. Here’s a big Cap’n Jim shout-out to all you “events people” otherwise know as PWMTLRG.
As I said, this event is one of our favorites and this year was no exception. The opening night diner dance was a smashing success. Here are some folks we spent the evening with.
The Cap’n & his Wench
Matt & Lori
Colin & Mindie
John & Casey
Wayne & Gloria
One high point was when George Clooney paid us an unexpected visit…
After that it was time to dance the night away…
The next morning we got to hear Matt teach on Inloveness, an idea he got from reading “A Severe Mercy.” One of the points Matt made was how we all define love in different ways and that the way I define love will impact how I view the events in my life. That idea just clicked for me and I sat dumbfounded as this thought rolled around in my head and the more I thought about it, the more this concept began to explain so much about me and my life.
One of the things that I have struggled to deal with in my life is reactions that are out of proportion to the triggers. Have you ever overreacted to something and then just wondered to yourself where the h… did that come from? Me too.
This is what Matt helped me to see. I am an Acts of Service kind of guy. I can transmit in most of the love languages but if you want to love me, you’ll have to “show me.” What I realized is that because I interpret love through acts of service, when a request I’ve made is overlooked, this gets run through my internal “love filter” and suddenly a minor oversight (forgetting to close a door or perform a favor) turns into “you don’t love me.” My reaction is then to the output of my filter and not the actual event. Kinda sad isn’t it? To think that forgetting to close the dishwasher can instantly morph into “I’m unloved.”
The good news is that I am not a prisoner to my misconceptions about what love is. The answer is in learning and living out the truth about what God says about love.
Pardon me, I gotta go read 1 Cor 13 again.
Busy, Busy, Busy
April 8, 2007 at 7:10 pm | In Family, Fun Times | 5 CommentsWell, I guess this blog is going to average about one update a month. Life has been very busy lately. Trust me, I AM NOT complaining, just stating facts. I love the fullness and richness of my life.
Two weeks ago we took off for an overnighter to San Diego with Ron and Sue Jackson to see “Menopause, The Musical.” We had a GREAT time, I haven’t laughed so hard in a very long time. If you get a chance, you should go see this play.
Next we hosted a small dinner for twelve at our house, again a great time was had by all. The reason for the dinner was to get my original Relational Development small group together. It was great seeing everybody and having time to sit, relax and enjoy each other’s company. The best part of the whole day happened before any of the guests arrived. Usually when we do something like this the stress levels go off the chart as I try to take care of 6 months of neglect to the yard/house in 4 hours. This time Tina and I managed to just concentrate on the necessary and let the rest slide. We got everything that needed doing done and the meal was truly great.
Last Friday we took some friends out sailing, well sailing was our intention but since the wind didn’t cooperate we mostly bobbed, and rolled, and rocked. So we had a good day of boating, and most of the crew had the best naps ever!
Yesterday was JRockA and Burg’s wedding. The two of the were way cute as only newlyweds can be. The wedding was anything but lame! It was beautiful, charming, uniquely them and Neal even managed to work Batman into the sermon! What a great wedding! The crew that put it all together did an awsome job! Congratulations to Justin and Burgundy.
Finally, today was Easter. Usually this is one of those big busy holidays but today was actually kinda laid back. We have our granddaughter Adelaide for the weekend, so there wasn’t going to be a lot of running around. Instead today was spent in my workshop bonding with my daughter Jessica and her husband Paul. Jessi needed to build some stuff for Pipeline so we got to make sawdust and use power tools together. Kewl!
I’m closing now, I’ve got a granddaughter to play with!
A Fine Day For Sailing
December 22, 2006 at 11:30 pm | In Fun Times, Memories | 11 Comments
Last Saturday after the Christmas Boat Parade we took the boat out for a little sailing and hopefully whale watching. Unfortunately I guess we were a little early because we didn’t see any marine life this trip out. Oh well the sailing was a lot of fun though. Out of the 12 crew invited only Jake and Beca were brave enough to face the elements with us. Here is a little video I put together to give you a taste for what its like. Be gentle its my first time using iMovie and trying to post a video to the web.
Enjoy!
Christmas Boat Parade
December 21, 2006 at 11:13 am | In Fun Times, Memories | 9 Comments
Last Friday Martina and I took 25 friends out on Cest La Vie, the biggest boat in our club, for a “3 hour tour.” It was our annual adventure on the bay for the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade.
OMG, I think every boat in Newport was out Friday night. It was chaos. Think 405 freeway, rush hour, no lines marking lanes and people parking in the middle of the road, at night. Yikes! However this year was the most stress-free for me because this boat has an electric anchor winch so I just parked us in the anchorage and we watched the parade from there. No worries. Except for the 40 foot cabin cruiser that nearly (missed us by 2 feet) backed into us.
Anyway, I’ve waited so long to post because I’ve been waiting patiently for my friend Daniel over at Snap Photography to post his pictures from the evening. Cruise over there and take a look. His photo’s are great!
We had a total of 27 people out of 31 invited on a 44 foot boat. I originally wanted to invite 40 but when I called the club and talked to the owner he really didn’t think that was too wise. He mumbled something about being really topheavy. I then got a vision of 40 people all rushing to the same side of the boat at once….oops. I’m glad I listened to him because with anymore people on board I think we would have been overcrowded. Not unsafe, just too many elbows and knees for the available cubic feet.
I hope our club gets a 60 footer before next year! Either that or I’m gonna have to book more than one night, there are SO many more friends that I want to invite!
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