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had a great time up in the mountains this past weekend, as well as tuesday/wednesday… in my natural habitat (playing with sound gear). plenty of interesting stuff going on… but i’ll save that for later, because in my work frenzy to catch up today, i have managed to come down with a raging case of the shivers, with the occasional sneeze.

i plan to spend the evening on the couch with a blankey.

monday afternoon, it was approximately 78 degrees at our house. now, less than 40 hours later, the yard is blanketed in snow and it’s barely 25 degrees.

i love colorado weather patterns.

now we settle in for sam’s birthday, and a delightfully white thanksgiving.

this is very cool.

From Visit to Eagl…

so it looks like i’ll be the interim worship pastor at this church up in eagle i’ve been talking about. starting next month, i’ll be heading up every weekend, plus every other week for a couple days. the interim period is until the spring, during which time we’ll be just helping this church re-establish an identity, and figure out how to best reach their community. the culture in eagle county is a bit peculiar, so it will take some time and effort to really figure it out. but in the meantime, we get to go to the mountains this winter– a lot!

i’m up there now, we’ve just spent some time brainstorming how to change the meeting space into something a little more inviting. in a couple weeks i’ll tell the whole story… for now suffice it to say the church digs have been temporary at best. we’ve gotten the ok to actually lease the place for a year, so there will be some semblance of ‘home’, and we can make the space more usable and inviting.

the first project before i officially start is the logo/identity/website stuff. my first official week up there is the last sunday in november, where i get to teach on a subject i’m very passionate about — the role of worship in church. it will be very fun, then we’ll kick into the advent/christmas season. oh yes. it’s here. then before we know it, we’ll be kicking it in vancouver for a couple weeks.

this is exciting. it’s nice to have a job like this again, even if it is very part time. now the work begins…

so i was out in boulder on november 1st, and my northwest ways die hard. it felt chilly in the house, so i wore long sleeves, a jacket, and a stocking cap. as i drove up there, it seemed to warm up, so i took off the stocking cap, smiled at the sunshine and donned my sunglasses. i spent the next couple hours outdoors, walking/chatting with a friend who happened to be in boulder at the same time.

i came home with my head sporting a nice shade of pink. yes, my friends, in colorado, you can sunburn in november. it was just snowing a few days ago, but that doesn’t stop it from being sunny and 70 today! this bright sun, temperatures bobbing from the low 30s up to the upper 60s in one day will take some getting used to. i’m accustomed to having settled in for the 6-month dreary gray hibernation period by now.

the broncos got a good ol’-fashioned country ass-whoopin’ laid on them yesterday. the media here is getting pretty vicious, as well they should. this team is bad, and shows no signs of getting better. things are a bit bumpy in bronco-land. so nick and i went to the avalanche game saturday night. it was fun… but the avs lost. for bonus points, please caption the above picture taken at the avs game.

it’s one of those weeks where i actually have plenty to do, i just managed to lose my motivation to get any of it done. perhaps i left my motivation in my other pants. or maybe it just seems like every day is a day i should be out enjoying the weather.

we’re ever so close to having our holiday travel plans set. Monster Family Northwest Tour 2007 — get ready. maybe we’ll make t-shirts or something.