The Soveran’s are funny people. There are people who believe that my mom is funny. I am generally not one of those people. However, I can admit that my mom can hold an audience and has a good public persona. My dad, for those who know him well, is funny in the most painful ways. I think light torture is his brand of humor. And I am, of course, a natural comedic talent. But there has always been the question of when Emily, my younger sister, was going to become funny.
Her whole life Emily has never been funny. Sure, she tries. She’s tough and sarcastic. But not really funny. But I think she has finally matured into a funny Soveran. I am happy to announce that Emily made me laugh pretty hard today with this picture of my dad and the caption below it on Facebook:
Just a man and his grapes.
As I have mentioned before, I very rarely have any patience for spoken word poets. Reasons for that aren’t really important. But when spoken word is done well, it’s amazing. I heard this song by the Flobots the other day and Ben just posted the song and it reminded me I wanted to know more about it. I think these guys might be more hip hop, but poetry is poetry and this song is great. A great progression. I would suggest seeking out the video because it’s very interesting.
So here is Flobots’ “Handlebars”.
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In case you really wanted to hear from me today and then arrived and realized I hadn’t posted anything… well you are in luck, because I posted on Christmas Future about My Story of Stuff.
We have spent many hours at the new house this weekend getting it ready for the hardwood guys to come in. Rhett and I could not have done it alone! Our friends, Ian and Jana Elford and my co-worker and good friend, Susan Mate, joined us yesterday in pulling up carpet, staples and tack board. It was hard work, painstaking, and back-breaking…and those three really stuck it out with us! Rhett and I are so blessed to have such great friends. And we know that we are now at the top of their list of friends to help them move, paint, pack….etc. And I’m happy to be there! Also, our friend, Ryan Matchullis, of Brother’s Painting was there on Friday and all day Saturday painting ceilings and prepping trim. Ryan paints professionally so we’ve decided to have him come in and coordinate all the painting to take place. I’ve sort of felt at times that we’re being extravagant having a professional painter come in to help us on our first house. But I now know there is just no way we would’ve gotten it all done in a timely matter by ourselves. We’ve really been blessed to have such wonderful help on this new adventure. Rhett’s parents come into town today and will be staying at the new house so they can let in the floor guys tomorrow morning while Rhett and I are off to work. Again, what a blessing to have help and a big thank you to you all!!
I am going to keep an update of all things that happen today—possession day of our new house.
9:06 AM: Called from the lawyers. Everything is moving forward. We will have the house by noon.
10:34 AM: I have butterflies in my stomach. Feeling nervous.
11:27 AM: Going to pickup Leah and then off to get some keys.
1:10 PM: Back at work, I have a key and I am a homeowner. I was really nervous before, but it’s all past now. This was actually quite anti-climatic. So I don’t know if I am going to post anymore about it today.
I had a meeting yesterday (at work) with a charitable organization that had questions about social media/networking and how to reach out to their audience. I was asked if there are any other charities that are doing anything like this and, of course, I mentioned ChristmasFuture. But, I think a special nod needs to be given to WorldVision for this great video. This video is 100x more powerful than a celebrity telling me I need to help. Check it out and maybe, if I could suggest it, see how you can help. In any case, this is a great example of a viral video.
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