Nuf said!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Sitting here thinking...
Its one of those nights where I am sitting up reading and thinking and started to remember the pain in my shoulder (yes Kelly is doing the "sleepy time Barbie thing) and why it got to be very hard to keep up with baseball!
I grew up throwing a lot of baseballs meaning I was a catcher for most if not all of my career. Then came the day I dislocated a shoulder...spare ya the details...and we will come to today! I played in 3 games of Dogeball against the Sr.High class at MCA today...first time I have thrown anything in a while and man my arm is sore tonight!
Which is why I post this picture of Connor and I on stage as I play bass and he dances along...and all I can think is maybe I want him to learn to play all these instruments and not get injured in sports?
Yes I know I will stand in faith and cover all my kids and thank God for there protection...but I still am thinking!
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Not to sure about this
Chickens solving the riddles of the human heart!?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Kinda like this bike
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Just a Little Crabby...
However for her it was always a big thing. Over the years she has come over to my way of thinking...which is not the best so we are going to find some middle ground.
So I am determined to change that a little...so last night we went "crabby" Kelly loves Snow Crab Legs so I made her a special meal just to kick off the "week of Kelly" as I will call it! I have realized that it shows you care...when you "show" you care!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Not that I am thinking of getting one...
- “Eagle? I thought you said BEAGLE”
- “I bet you can’t tell I’ve never done this before”
- “Oops…”
- “We’re all out of red, so I thought I’d use pink”
- “Boy, I sure hate it when I get the hiccups! Don’t you?”
- “There are two O’s in Bob, right?”
Entomophagy...anyone hungry?
Most insects are edible. According to eatbug.com, there are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects. And they're quite nutritious. For instance, 100 grams of cricket contains only 121 calories, less than half of beef.
A cricket contains only 5,5 grams of fat, compared to 21,2g of beef. Beef contains more protein (23,5g - a cricket 12.9g) but the 100g of cricket also contains 5,1g of carbohydrates, 75,8 mg calcium, 185,3 mg phosphorous, 9,5 mg iron, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin.
Spring and Summer are coming...hhhmmm maybe a new reason to be excited. Or a way to cut the grocery bill!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Red Light and Gods Grace
So we had just left the restaurant and where sitting at the red light talking up a storm when I saw a green light and rolled on thru...only to then notice that the light for us was still red and it was the next one down the way that was green!
...I thank God I am still here to type this!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Would you be...
Willing to reach out beyond yourself to help someone you despise, fear, maybe even hate or just don't understand?
Willing to reach out to someone who despises, fears, hates or just does not understand you?
I am on a feeling kinda "JV" kick...you know when you think your something big then someone else comes along and what they are doing is so "out" there your pretty sure you don't measure up! Now we don't compare callings...please understand that...but I am not sure I have the "moxie" (did that word for you Kevin and Dave) to do what I see certain people do for God.
Here is one of the folks I am talking about...Jim...I pray for him all the time and I do not even know him! I thank God that someone has been called by God to reach out to someone in need!
Hopefully this inspires...that is the goal...lets let the world know that God loves them and as Isaiah said (fred rendering) "God is not at wrath with man anymore"!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Here is what happened today...in the past!
1896 - H. L. Smith took the first X-ray photograph. It was a hand with a bullet in it.
1915 - The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.
1932 - Hattie W. Caraway, a democrat from Arkansas became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
1964 - One month after Zanzibar became independent, the ruling Zanzibar Nationalist Party was overthrown in a violent coup.
1991 - A divided Congress gave President Bush the go-ahead on the Persian Gulf War.
1998 - Nineteen European countries signed an agreement banning human cloning.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Interesting story...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
A SIMPLE QUIZ
Do not remember where I found this quiz...no I did not come up with it someone else did. But it does make you think!
The following small quiz consists of 4 questions; it is intend to determine whether you are qualified to be a professional.
The questions are not that difficult. The answers are beneath peak!
1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference, all the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?
4. There is a crocodile-infested river with no bridges. How do you manage to get across it ?
1 - THE Correct answer: open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. (Simple enough?)
- This question tests whether you are doing simple things in a complicated way.
2 - THE Wrong Answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator.
THE Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out of the giraffe, put in the elephant, and close the door.
- This tests your prudence. Practicality: good sense in managing practical matters. Tendency to avoid risk: a tendency to evaluate situations carefully so as to avoid risk. Frugality: careful management of resources
3 - THE Correct Answer: The Elephant! The Elephant is in the refrigerator!
- This tests whether you have comprehensive thinking.
OK, if you did not answer correctly the last three questions, this one may be your last chance to testify your qualification to be a professional.
4 - THE Correct Answer: Simply swim across it. All the Crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting! I hope you got this one correct. Don't be frustrated.
According to the statistics of Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of professionals failed the exam. How did you do?
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
been busy...and blessed!!
1. had a great Christmas
2. loved hanging out with my kidos
3. happy to be back in the swing of things with everyone back in the office
4. really, really, really wanted to drag the bike out and go for a ride today...21 and sunny...not as warm as it looked!
ooohhh well here we go...bring on 2009 cause it is going to be BLESSED!
Friday, December 26, 2008
My Boys are old school...
Like Batman...from the 1960's not to sure what to make of myself but I just don't want my kidos feeding on all that junk!
Kelly and I where talking tonight with some friends about the stuff we grew up watching like the "Smurfs" and someone made the point that smurfett was actually a spell that gargomel cast on her...weird!
Then one of the ladies pointed out that Smurfett would make comments like "so do you like what you see there boys"...just not sure I want my boy starting to think that way?
Maybe I am weird...I dont know...you can say well you watched it and turned out just fine! True but I also dealt with a lot of junk growing up...oh well just trying to protect my kidos! Maybe I am being a little over protective...?
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
I was told not to...but you know me!
So we pickup what she needs from Walgreens and bring it to her along with some food. She writes us a check for what we picked up for her and off we go! Then we go do some running around with the other fools that are out shopping today.
Stop at the bank to deposit a few checks to which the teller says she cannot deposit one of the checks cause it is not made out to us...what? Kelly and I are trying to figure out what she is talking about...until we get the whole deposit back we see that Leslie has made the check out to Walgreens instead of us...this is what we laughed at.
Yes we laughed pretty hard...not at her pain...but just a silly mistake! At this point I knew how much pain she was really in...sorry wessie!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
This could be long and hard...
Saw this pic today and all I could think of was riding out west...going to have to focus on having fun in this wintertime mess!I took chayse skiing a year or two ago...probably time to do that again! We also have an awesome hill to go sledding on by the house...the boys will eat that sucka up fo sho!
So instead of standing next to my bike at 7000 feet in California taking pictures...I will be enjoying the snowy mess!
And having fun!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
just dont get it!
I grew up down south in the great state of Arkansas...yes i know insert jokes here...and really never dealt with the cold weather like I have since living up north.But what I don't get after 15 years of living up here (yep 1993...wow still feels like yesterday) is how you can wear a jacket in to church because it is sooooo cold out...then leave it at church when you leave?
Did the cold air not hit you the same? Are you just so covered by the glory of God that you feel no evil (aka: -4 below). Or where you in such a rush to leave you just forgot?
Ohh well one of the mysteries of the universe...yes I did just blame the coat epidemic on the universe!!!
Maybe its global warming?
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Interesting...
Not to sure about the accuracy of this below...but it still rings true!
Bill Gates Advice For Kids
Bill Gates recently dished out at a high school speech about 11 things that he did not learn at school. He talked about how feel-good, politically correct teaching was created to a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
RULE 1:
Life is not fair – get used to it.
RULE 2:
The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
RULE 3:
You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won’t have a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.
RULE 4:
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure.
RULE 5:
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping they called it opportunity.
RULE 6:
If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
RULE 7:
Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
RULE 8:
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
RULE 9:
Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself… Do that on your own time.
RULE 10:
Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
RULE 11:
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
all in all it makes more sense in this day and age to quit the whining and just get after it!
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
made me cry
Take it all is a fast moving song and so is From God Above to which he loves to "rock" out and play air guitar to. Then comes the song From The Inside Out...a nice slow song to worship God to! These words are what I hear coming out of his mouth...with his little hands raised worshiping God.
I tell you all I could do was worship God with him and cry...
A thousand times I've failed
Still your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
Still I'm caught in your grace
Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out
Your will above all else, my purpose remains
The art of losing myself in bringing you praise
Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out
Chorus 2x
Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise
From the inside out Lord, my soul cries out
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Good Food...
Chrissy saw this Italian joint featured on the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives show and wanted to make the treck! So from our neck of the woods (St. Michael / Rogers) we made our way over to White Bear to eat at:
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Came home to this...
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Great Trip
Had a great time this weekend got to see new family, old family, new brothers, good drive and some awesome college football!But this weekend was this little fellas B-Day...5 years old. He has grown up so much over the last few years but this picture is how I will always remember him, cause this is what he does the best!
His mom did a great job of telling her side...I really like her!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Heading out for Thanksgiving
Monday, November 24, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Christ Is The Treasure In You
2 Corinthians 4:7
7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
The verse tells us that we have “this treasure” in earthen vessels. Who is the treasure? Christ! Who are the earthen vessels here? You and I! Thank God the treasure is in the earthen vessels.
My friend, Christ the treasure is in you. So don’t get frustrated when you see your “earthiness”. You will always be “earthen” as long as you are in your mortal body, but remember that Christ the treasure is in you.
Should you lose your cool with your spouse or children, remember that Christ in you is your patience. When I feel impatient, I don’t pray, “Lord Jesus, give me patience... now!” No, I look to Jesus and I say, “Lord Jesus, I thank You that You are my patience.”
When family members can see the patience of Christ manifesting through a naturally impatient person, God gets the glory.
Perhaps you are frustrated with your smoking and drinking habits. Or maybe you are discouraged by your feelings of jealousy, distrust, bitterness, depression and defeat. Don’t condemn yourself for being earthen. Don’t try to “cast out” your earthiness. Just realize that you have Christ the treasure in you.
The more you see that treasure in you, the more Christ’s brilliance shines forth in you. And in the midst of your earthiness, God gets the glory as you yourself are transformed from glory to glory! (2 Corinthians 3:18)
- keep thinking as I read this "it is the goodness of God that leads men to repentance"! Thank you Father that you are in charge and are my strength in every area of my life!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Lets Leave the Food...
More food related theme...
I found this at the best blog site EVER...got to give credit to whom it is due!
I do not plan on dying however the food sounds awesome. Here is the plan...hop on the bike maybe take a few friends or pick up some on the way and eat my way through the south!
Any takers?
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sticking with the food theme...
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Just noticed...
Wonder who else and how many more posts will be out there about food before and on thanks giving day?
Saturday Morning Breakfast...
Well maybe not ever...but it sure hit the spot this morning!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Crazy Coffee...
This animal helped make my coffee...I know just follow along with me, or him I guess!
This animal eats the ripe coffee cherry and then produces this...
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Mrs Maril saves the day...
At any rate it is always nice to have something that takes you back to the times you grew up!
soooo thanks to Miss Maril!
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Welcome back...
Jake...Kelly and I have been married since 1995 that doesn't make 20 years its only 13 years! we however have know one another a lot longer than that!
And for some odd reason I cannot get a certain memory out of my head. The time I stuck you out in center field on the last game of the year for a sub-section game (it was a big deal we win we move on...we loose we don't move on). All I was worried about was you then in the middle of the game you tracked down a fly ball that was well out of your reach...but somehow you caught it!
Good to see you obeying God!
Ladies and Gentlemen...Jake Schlegel he is a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a man who loves God with all his heart, and a man who passes out after giving blood...hehehe, sorry i still laugh at that!
It was totally Wicked...
Got totally blessed last night and got to go to the theater with my wife. It was awesome...I like movies like "The Incredible's", "HoodWinked", "Bugs Life", "Toy Story" and you get the picture. This story proved just as good, I had been told it was a good story but after seeing it...I am impressed!
However it has been a while since I have been blessed to go to the theater and see a good show...the last very impressive thing I have seen was in 1994 while I was in St. Petersburg, Russia I got to see "Swan Lake" by the Russian Ballet Company...wow that was impressive!
So last night Kelly and I got to go (shout out to Nate and Leslie for giving us the tickets) I knew Kelly was a little apprehensive from the get go but she is always a good sport and ended up having a great time.
If you get the chance to go...go!
Read Kelly's experience here:
Monday, November 03, 2008
Good day for a ride
Friday, October 31, 2008
My sleepy buddy!
So this is what happened the first time...i was sitting and my buddy Colton crawls under the table and lays down on my crossed legs. A few minutes later I notice the snoring...so I get up and leave him there to nap. It was a pretty funny thing to see
Until...
Then a day later he does it again...I love my little sleepy buddy!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Old pictures...
AAhh...the old egg on the spoon game, being played by one Katie Ferdig (aka: Smith) who is now a Leader in Driven Jr. High. It is so cool to watch people grow! Had a great conversation with her tonight and found out she ran a half marathon a few days ago and is planning on running in the Twin Cities Marathon next year!She has grown into an amazing woman...i know Kelly and I are proud of her!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
The love of my wifes life...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
This is what I married...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
This is what Kelly married...

My wife...bless her heart...married this however many years ago!
Man you have to love that hair!
And now that I think of it thank God Mac Hammond, Kevin Fletcher and Susan Fletcher looked past the hair and gave me a job!

oh yeah by the way this was when it was short! LOL!!!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Parts Are On The Way...
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Good Friends...
Really cannot get off of how blessed we all really are. You know we tend to forget the little things that God does sometimes cause we are looking for the big!
The sun rose and the sun set...God is faithful!
Have Fun...Fred
Monday, October 06, 2008
Filled Full...
I will let her tell of what she did...if she wants. But I am constantly impressed at her. It takes a lot of work to do all she does and does it all with such grace and poise!
Thanks Kelly...I Love You so much!
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Going for a ride...
Friday, October 03, 2008
I love this devotion from the other day...
Not Satisfied With Just Being Saved
Genesis 12:7
7Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
I don’t know about you, but I am not satisfied with just knowing that I am righteous by faith. I also want to get to know the One who made me righteous. I want to have an intimate relationship with my Savior!
Abraham was such a man. He was righteous by faith, but he also had a close walk with God and was blessed by God in all things. (Genesis 24:1) His nephew Lot, on the other hand, although righteous too (2 Peter 2:7–8), had no heart for God. He ended up losing a lot when
My friend, do you want to be a Christian like
From place to place, Abraham would build an altar to the Lord. And in between altars, he grew very rich! (Genesis 13:2) There is no biblical record, however, of
What is an “altar” in today’s context? It is a place where you know that you have a close relationship with God. For example, when my late father was in the hospital, I was worried and did not know what to do. I remember driving down the road and crying. After a while, I just threw my cares to the Lord. When I reached the hospital, I just laid my hands on my father and said, “Be healed in Jesus’ name.” And he was healed!
Till today, I can remember the place where I had cast my cares to the Lord and leaned on His love for me. That is my “altar”. And it is not the only one.
We have got to have this kind of relationship with God, one full of “altars” that remind us of His love, goodness and faithfulness. Let’s not live the Christian life like
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Sqwak...Sqwak...feeling like a parrot!
Enough with me here it is:
Skills of Outstanding Leaders
Perseverance & Persistence
by Mac
Perseverance is all too rare a commodity these days. Theodore Giesel's first children's book was rejected by twenty-three publishers. The 24th publisher sold six million copies. Years later, "Dr. Suess" died knowing his perseverance resulted in entertaining and educating millions of children.
The value of perseverance is highlighted in many places in the Bible. For example, Galatians 6:9 says, "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Persistence is a vital quality for leaders today.
My question for you is, "Are you being tempted to quit where you need to persevere?"
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Singing again...
Today I woke up singing the "Holy Holy is the Lord God almighty"...I have to say I love times like this!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
I have been tagged...
1. i love my job...I really do there is no way around it, I love what God has called me to do. I love that He saw fit to put me where I am.
2. no matter what the weather is i love riding my bike.
3. like working with my hands...big example is the tearing apart and putting these two bikes back together, i also enjoy getting things to work that haven't!
4. i hate having nothing to do
5. i really do not like watching baseball (i know shocker) i do like playing baseball...just have a hard time not being apart of it
6. i do not like the way i get to focused and forget that there are people around me...it really bugs me that i do this
Monday, September 22, 2008
Here It Begins...
And the SR500...this bad boy will be Ratted out and LOUD!
The SR is what I will start on first. Still gathering ideas about what I will do. However the first thing I get to do is rebuild the engine...and yes I am truly excited for this process! Have most of the parts found online all i need to do is order and get to work on them!
Yes they look torn apart right now...and thats the way I want them!
Here comes the Ratting and the Bobbing
Saturday, September 20, 2008
I am bad at surprises...
I got blessed with two...not one but two motorcycles yesterday!
One will be bobbed and the other will be chopped! I am so stinking excited! As I get time I will post pics...but for now just be blessed with me!
WOOOOHOOOO!








