Charlie Wear’s Notes

I’d like to write something profound, but what can I say? It’s Monday morning. I checked in with some of my favorite bloggers for some inspiration: Andrew Jones, Jordon Cooper, Bob Hyatt and Chris Elrod. Lot’s of profound stuff there, that’s for sure.

I took a moment to drop by my good friend, Scott Bane’s blog, just wanted to see if he had posted anything new since he was looking for apostles on April 2. Of course I can’t blame him, I usually eke out about one post every week. He and his wife Sheryl had a new baby daughter to go with their three boys in the last few weeks. And according to Sheryl’s blog, Aisling doesn’t like to sleep very much and really enjoys exercising her lungs! Scott and his family are gearing up to move and plant a church staring in June. Wow!

Last week my wife decided we should go camping. There is a lake about 15 minutes from our house and before I knew it, I was getting a message, "We are camped at site 423, see you tonight." Sleeping on an air mattress, even if it is a queen-sized Coleman is a challenge for me these days. But there we were, Ben, Loretta, Opie (our dog) and I. It was cozy, that’s for sure. Getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom was really fun! My favorite part, telling bedtime stories just before we went to sleep. We all took a turn.

Yesterday we took the cover off the hot springs spa in our backyard. Bailed out the old and dirty water, cleaned it, filled it and heated it up enough to enjoy a good soak. It was Mother’s day. Loretta got a card from Walmart, some purple petunias, and a day cleaning a spa! A board broke and I fell through the deck, but recovered enough to help bail out the water. We had two hoses siphoning for about 3 hours and the level lowered about 4 inches. Thirty minutes of bailing and the tub was empty. The payoff was sitting in warm water, wind rustling through the trees in the twilight. Maybe that is about as profound as things got this weekend…

I did find some inspiration in this video by Martina McBride.

I always learn something from Jordon Cooper’s Contextless Links. Today’s lesson was a link to Brad Bird’s list of ways to foster innovation. Boy, there is some good stuff there. Because I have a five-yr. old I know a lot about Pixar products! I have watched the Incredibles numerous times and, I have to admit, I love the movie. What has made Pixar special is their ability to tell a great story using animation.

Ben’s favorite from last summer was "Meet the Robinsons.’ " Companies like Pixar always look like they would be fun to work for. Much more fun than any of the companies or organizations I have worked for. People scoot around on scooters and spend the day drawing pictures and making up stories. Doesn’t that sound like fun. Maybe I can get a job in a place like that when I grow up!