I was listening to a podcast by Worship Circle the other day while cleaning the kitchen (www.entertheworshipcircle.com) and they had a guest band, The Blackthorn Project playing with them, which I thought was very cool. Love the style of music and they love Jesus like I do. Check it out:
I met up with a former student and friend of mine (and of my wife’s) at the souks in Doha, Qatar last night. It was great to tell stories of old times at RVA. We were both there at Rift Valley Academy at the same time, 7 or so years ago now. Micah is an amazing guy and I’m grateful that he took made the effort to get out and connect with me. Thanks for the great evening of memories Micah!
Over the last 2 days (this weekend) I have migrated all my email from an Exchange 2007 server to Google Mail. We are currently using a dual-delivery setup where I work and I was trying to “test” using exclusively Google for my mail. I quickly realized “testing” was not an option as I live in my inbox and cannot live without my synced contacts and calendar either. (who can?) So I am making the switch to Google Mail. Now let me give you some background information. We have run Exchange 2007 for a few years and last year set up a Google Apps for Education account for all 2000 users. By dual-delivery I am referring to the fact that our mail was/is sent to the Exchange server as well as to Google (it hits Google first). I used to use Exchange exclusively but 2 days back have moved to the Google “version” of our email. Here’s how I did it:
That is pretty much it. From there your email will get migrated to Google Mail. Folders come through as labels since there are not folders in Google Mail. I have a TON of folders as I am an organized guy 🙂 and so we’ll see if those labels get too crazy. Also I am using the Google Labs “Signature Tweaks” because I really like my signature to appear just below my text, not at the bottom of all the quoted text. I cannot imagine why anyone would want their signature there, but hey we cannot all be the same or life would be boring. BTW it takes a long time for the migration to complete; your mileage may vary depending on your mailbox size. Oh yea, and it is better to consolidate folders on the Exchange side first and clean up your mailbox as there is no point in transferring junk to Google. Also folders with the “/” in their names will be skipped. Learned that one from personal experience.
My wife, Libby, has our “family computer” with her and therefore has all the photos with her. I just have what is left on my iPhone. Hey Libby, how about sending me a picture of you?
Acacia, my second daughter, was getting pretty intense about sidewalk chalk. Even after the sun went down she just kept on creating… Oh yea, and she is still wearing her Easter dress 🙂
Acacia is the cute 4 year old and Hava is the cute 6 year old. This is taken in my in-law’s home in Wilmore, KY. Right now, they are in KY and I am in Qatar because my wife is home caring for her mother, who is fighting cancer. I miss them like crazy!
Funny the things that people store in their garages. I was looking for a swing in my in-law’s garage and noticed there was some odd stuff stored in there. See the photo.
This is Tolan, my son, with a remote control Hummer. Just 2 weeks ago we were playing my parent’s yard in KY with this car. Even though the batteries had died, he insisted on pushing it around the yard. It was pure heaven for me. Just check out that smile!
It’s just how my mind works sometimes. I think of random things. Ask Libby, my amazing wife, and she will tell you that I remember random things. So in case you are reading this and think, “Man, these posts are all over the map.” You just might be right.
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