quote that laughs

My friend, Patrick Norton, said this today in regards to eating healthy:

"If I were rich, I'd just have a chef...

...or a wife"

encounter

I met a man the other day who's reason for knowing that God exist and that God watches out for him was this...

"I know that God watches out for me. I see him moving around me all the time. I'll be freezing cold in the middle of the night and I'll find a blanket that someone left on the bus. This kind of thing happens too often for me to not believe in God."

This put life into perspective for me.

San Diego Mud Run @ Skyline

I ran in the mud yesterday with Lacy and My dad. It's a 5k or 10k run (we did the 5K) which goes through several mud pits and up and over our mountain (WAY STEEP). This is the second annual run that our church has sponsored, and it was a huge hit again. We had over 2,000 runners and probably another 1,000 spectators. This was my first year to run it, and it killed me. I wisely paced myself with my dad becuase he knew the course well and is in much better shape than me (sad). Lacy finnished only a couple of minutes behind us.
Luke ran in the Mini-Mud run (1k) and had fun on MOST of it.

here's the links to the event:

www.sandiegomudrun.com

MudRun Slide Show

now on myspace

check it out www.myspace.com/joshgarlow

Congrats

Congrats to the State of Indiana, the place I once called home (sort of). I'm happy for all my friends who are celebrating tonight.

Enjoy it, because next year the BOLTS are gonna run all over the BLUE!!!!!!

A Day In The Snow

We were able to hit the slopes in Big Bear, CA last Tuesday with the Benoits and the Davis Family. It's been over two years since Lacy's been able to ski due to having two kids in two years (bless her heart), so FINALLY we were able to ride the lifts and carve the mountain together again. We love our kids, we're EXTREMELY greatful for them, but it was so nice to be without them and "just be us" for a minute.
So, thanks to mom-in-law for watching the kids. Thanks to Mark for the accomodations. Thanks to Nick for driving us up in his "posh" van and for the pics. And thanks to Lacy for being my wife :)

O, Did I Mention...

We're back from Georgia...
And we're off to Big Bear!

We're off to Georgia

See you when we get back!

thanks for stopping by, Jenn

They Say We Look Alike...

I'm just not seeing it.

A Weekend @ Hume Lake

It's Cold Out Here

From Hume Lake...

At The Bounce-Bounce

Some friend of ours are aerial acrobats. Their daugher turned three last week, so what do they do? They throw an acrobatic party. It was perhaps the most fun we've had in a while.
Here's our horrible attempt to properly capture the event in visual media form. We were too busy having fun.

THE CAUSE

It's been six months or so since we started THE CAUSE, an outreach-based young adult service which focuses on Worship, Community, and Ministry. This project has been nothing but fullfilling for me and those I'm honored to work with. It has become our lifeblood. I wish you ALL could experience it in person.

Here's our new web site: www.TheCauseSanDiego.com

Take a look around and keep us in your prayers.

A Race. A Beauty Queen. A Layup.

I've not been an Amazing Race fan, ever, but for some reason I decided to give it a shot this season. Lacy, the boys and I all went to the Benoit's last night for the season premier, and much to my surprise, Miss California 2005 was a contestant along with Miss New York. Here's why I say "much to my surprise": I taught her how to shoot a layup in a benefit basketball tournament about 6 months ago. I'd never met her up to that point and I have had zero interaction with her since. I almost blogged about it at the time cause it was so wierd/funny, but for some reason didn't. Glad I waited. Root her on for me, she's on Team Beauty Queens (he he he). Her name is Dustin (on the left) and she still can't shoot a layup.

In Stereo: Track of the Week

All I Need Is You

I'm Not Quiting... I Did Buy Pads

quarter life crisis

So... I went skateboarding tonight for the first time since, well, the eighties. Lacy bought me a new board for our anniversary. She's the BEST.
Tonight I hit the streets of suburbia S.D. with my buddy/neighbor, Gabe. We got honked at three times by frustrated motorist, and Gabe wiped out hard once. The thing with skateboards is this: there are no brakes. You either have to jump off before you crash, or pray that the hill you're bombing flattens out. I wasn't willing to wait for the hill to flatten. Gabe was. It was kind of awesome. After cruising the local supermarket parking lot, we walked our boards back uphill home and called it a night.
Anyway, that was my night. It rocked.

A Cell Phone Drowning/ A Cell Phone CPR

Sunday afternoon, we were all sitting in the living room watching 24 when tragedy struck. Lacy looked over and Lukas was playing dunkin donuts with my cell phone and a glass of water. It was awesome. This comes after a year of two cell phone incidents: one being when Lacy dropped my cell into a hot tub, and two, when I dropped the next one on the floor of the Fish and Chips place, cracking the screen. Needless to say, the insurance carrier has said its adieu.
This phone (treo 650) was now uninsured, yet very valuable to my life. I live by this. It's calendar and address book keep me afloat.

IT WAS GONE.

We tried blow drying it. Taking it apart. Shaking the living day lights out of it.

Nothing was going to revive it.

Monday comes. I spent a good part of the day trying to figure out if I could switch carriers and get any good deals on another smart phone, but to no avail. It was cost WAY to much to drop Sprint at this point.

SO... I walked past my wall charger and decided to just PLUG in the phone. As soon as I did, WHAMO, it came on.
It works perfectly. I'm so confused, but at least I can love my son again :)

Here He is blowing on the phone, trying to help.

In The Movies

In the movies, why is it that when someone is about to kill someone else, they always do a long explanation of WHY they are going to kill them? It's not like the person being killed is going to remember the reason. I say keep your mouth shut and shoot. You'll save your time and mine.