its been too long...

i guess i havent felt obligated to write here lately....nothing just absolutely outrageous has happened here in the past few days.....ive done a little bit of everything......seen some new movies....hot tub time machine was really hilarious.....did a little fishing...(been fishing with a jakes lure and it is really fun...the trout hit that pretty hard!).....been to the gym about daily....(ya know...gotta get those muscles goin)....and been just doin a lot of hangin out.....i need to finish kinda packing my room a bit...but im rather unmotivated to do it....i just feel like i have time left.....i still need to figure out if im takin my golf clubs...or just storing them...and if i store them...where should i store them....cause just out int he garage attic seems like such a bad idea cause they are exposed to the different temperatures.....same with my saxophone....i know if i dont take it i wont play it...and if i do take it...well the i might play it...i guess i have a lot better chance of taking it if i do actually take it....hmmm......next is my humidor.....it would take up so much space in my bags....i guess i could just find a shop there and get one....might as well......hmmm....my guns are no longer an issue...because we just got an awesome(AMERICAN MADE) safe installed in the house......im pretty decided on just leaving my movies...and books....and.....well...clothes are on the mind too...ill take some regular clothes...and and then a few dress clothes.....and some jewelry maybe.....and...well my toothbrush.....and razor...and thats it...5 minutes work right??? hmm....i still need to figure out if i need to take towels....and....hmm..it seems like there would be so much more to worry about moving out of the country...but i really think that is it!....wow...such a simple life!! pack up your life story in a couple bags and leave!! such an exciting thought though....in the winter it gets down to the 70s.....and in the summer up to the 90s........and the water is basically 80 year round.......and the visibility is just amazing...and there is so much aquatic life to look at.....i do need a really nice u/w camera which i will get eventually.....and im not sure what else....im gonna start looking into a tiny trip to australia by the end of the year.....just a little plane ride away.....i usually just type til the most recent thoughts are off my mind...and im at the point right now i think....so i better stop talking for one day...see you soon.............

catch of a day!!

so today i did somethin new...i added a picture to my blog!!! how exciting!! im sure you all are proud!!!! so since the picture already gave away the events of today...i will not delay you with prolonged intros....or random details...i will get straight to the facts! ok i lied...i love intros...and ramblings.....anyways...i went fishing!! started out the day with mark and dolly down fishing while me joel cam and yvonne were watching the blind side......mark called up and said they were gettin a couple bites....so i headed right down....little did i know that i was going to spend like five hours out in the glorious washington sun catching basically nonstop fish.....we finally got cam and joel to come down..and it was on.....i felt like nascar....except for the cars...and the extremely redneck ppl.....and everything else associated with nascar....basically it was like a race to catch fish......lol......anyways.....we kept fishing and fishing...mark had to leave for a meeting.....and eventually dolly went upstairs.....right after she went upstairs....we were still runnin a few poles.....joel was unhooking a fish....and cam was using a lure reeling....so i threw a line out...set the pole down.....(not in a holder...just on the dock) and then started to finish baiting up the other pole....just then i hear cam start makin excited noises like he hooked another fish....only to turn around and realize that the pole i had just set down was not on the dock anymore.....i barely saw it in the lake...so i just jumped right in after it!!!!!!!!!! i caught hold of the pole....and started to reel.....i then realized that the lake water was really really cold...so i started climbing out of the lake with my pole still goin.....and finally got turned around and uprighted and was still reeling when i saw a glimmer...not just a small glimmer...but a pretty nice full glimmer.....i then realized that i had a pretty good sized fish on......we landed it....and to keep you from all other suspense....it measured out 20 inches...and weighed two pounds ten ounces....nice fish!!! after a while...joel went back in...so me and cam decided to take the paddle boat out......and started using just lures....and we fished a few more hours...we prob caught in all like over forty fish...but we just kept the good ones......so after all those hours of fishing.....we got the benefits!!! tonite for dinner was marks famous honey mustard trout recipe......which i actually didnt eat today...because me and cam took our two big fishes.....and i used some secret blend of herbs and spices......lol....(shoutout to afroman) and he did his up too..and we grilled them...so delicious..just came right off the bone........such a wonderful day!!! the only thing i would do different....is put sunscreen on my shoulders...cause they are definitely burned!!! hopefully they dont peel.....
so after dinner we played some cards......and now im about to go watch some old school horror movie....and then relax....and maybe do this again tomorrow....anyways....i hope you enjoyed my day...and if you would like to see more pics....check my facebook..or ask me to email you more....i have a permasmile on my face right now!!!!!!!

peace out!

overcoming...well...not totally...but its a step....

so i pretty much dont really like heights at all....if absolutely necessary.....i might be able to do overcome heights....but hey...when is it ever going to be absolutely necessary? i did however...get on a roof...and do a little work today....i def spent more time on the roof of a house today...than i have in the past ten years....quite literally......no exaggeration......it was pretty awesome though...the part i really hate about it is the getting on and off the ladder part...that just drive me nuts...oh...and the walking on a sloped surface with minorly tractioned shoes....dont like that either....but i do feel really good about my accomplishment today!!! we(nate and mark while i kinda helped) were able to fix the roof.....take out some dead wood.....replace it......rip off shingles...replace the tar paper and shingles.....and then reinstall the gutter...it was only a small section...but it took forever!! i did take a break to mow the lawn though...i dont know why...but mowing the lawn has been really relaxing for me these past days.....
basically the rest of my day today consisted of going to the gym this morning...and then coming home to chop che and a game of pinocle.....im worn out...........nite world...

jazz alley......

so another just absolutely wonderful day!!!! woke up after a previously awesome day.....went to church to see my cousin and her hubby.....after that we went to stir...two weeks in a row...im soo lucky!!! came home...played some cards...relaxed...messed on the computer...then went to jazz alley for the nite!!!
Mr maceo parker (james brown right hand man for years) a fun sax player put on a funk show.....great sax playin...great trombone....trumpet.....bass...guitar...drums...the keys...and vocalists...such a great show full of energy and wonderful music.....very great to see him in a live show!

too many feelings to be adequately described in mere words....so i wait til tomorrow....nite world.....

a most glorious day!!!!

wow....so much awesome stuff happened today!!! where to begin!!! i guess i can start with waking up.....and brushing my teeth(i got one of those fancy sonicare toothbrushes this past week and am just now getting used to using it....pretty fun!).....got ready....and we headed out on the road....
mark, yvonne, joel, cameron, becca, and i piled into ole blue and headed for vancouver washington. today we celebrated my grandmas bday at myrtle's tea house........its not in vancouver...but its in a surrounding town...forgot the name...might be ridgeport...might be.....im sure someone knows...but anyways....this is such a fantabulous place....definitely a recommend by me!!!! we started of trying an apricot black tea that smelled and tasted just wonderful!!! then i had some pink hot chocolate stuff....pretty good.......and then we had a lemon caramel(pronounced care-uh-mel) black tea which was also good...but not as good as the apricot one!!!! next we had a mango sorbet to cleanse our pallet....im really not sure if that is the correct use and spelling of pallet..but just read aloud and it will sound right....anyways....after that we have a veggie plate....celery with some kind of spread stuff on it.....peapods with some kind of horse radish mix in it.....this delightful cucumber with a creamy tastful something or rather bit on top...and then an awesome and glorious tiny bsize red potato with some creamy garlicky oniony mix on top that was just amazing.....next...we go to the "main course plate" different little sandwich type like bite or two sized things....with all kinds of goodies....different dips and spreads.....different breads....and a cup o soup.....if you wanna know what all was there...just go!!! i would go back for sure!!!! then after that there was the dessert tray.....this irish scone was absotlutely amazing...just go......
anyways...after drinking way too much deliciosness...and eating way too much.....we headed back to grandmas house for a little work day!!!!! as a team we mowed the grass....raked pine needles...cleaned off the roof....got rid of and prevented mold....swept up the walkways and driveways...installed new guts on the toilet.....wash her car......and im sure there was moer but i have no idea.......it was so awesome to just spend time with family!! after work day we went over to aunt beth's house for some cards and taco bar!!! got to play some basketball and football with chase and aiden and that was awesome!! they are going to grow up to be such amazing gentlemen!!!
after our hugs and goodbyes we headed back for the just over two hour drive back home.....glad to be home.....so greatful for the day....and greatful for the bed that i am now cuddled up in........tomorrow......church with fam.....gym....and catch up on sleep!!! goodnite all!!!

hmmmm....

so today i was feeling so "blah" in the gym....so i didnt do a complete workout...but yesterday was nice.....not just that i did a full workout...but there was more!!!! so i have been looking for a pair of sport sunglasses...and finally got a pair...basically what i was looking for...though for a bit i thought that i wasnt looking for these...but it ends up i was...so i did.....get them......its nice....im ready to have to use them!!!!
saw bounty hunter tonite...and it wasnt that great....i mean it was ok...funny....but there was this wierd dude makin noises and laughing...and making comments...through the whole movie...so it definitely brought the enjoyment level down......

so tomorrow we are going to tea....i have no idea what is to come of it...but it should be rather exciting...and then after that we are doing work on grandmas house for her bday...so that should be really fun!!! although i dont really like yard work...and the such...it just seems like a neverending cycle.....not as much as vacuuming....i hate vacuuming.....its so unproductive...like hey...i just vacuumed there....you cant tell....because its carpet the color of dirt...wow...what an accomplishment!!! basically if i can get out of vacuuming..i will always try....

hmmm...not much else on the agenda or has done list here in the past couple days.....

im not sure what i am looking forward to this next week....maybe some fishing...maybe some golfing.....maybe some.......shooting guns at the range...maybe...a new movie....i just need an adventure!!! what shall i do........

ok im tired....nite

quarter century....so young!!

i must say that though today marks the historic birth of some famous guy 25 years ago, that it is such a young age! i feel healthy.....alive....and most importantly......loved.......

is there anything to look forward to on birthdays such as this??? those epic landmarks?? 16....most ppl can drive....18.....you can make your own decisions(but you have to be able to take responsibility for them) and buy tobacco products...join the military.......21......in the U.S. you can legally partake in alcohol consumption.......i think there is a small drivers insurance break there.....25........a for real insurance break(not that i need it...lol)........after that....what are the birthdays that mean anything??? 30....you are startin to get "old" (sorry nate!) 40......midlifeish age for most ppl?? 50.....half a century......60....70.....80.....just glad to be alive??

what about 28, 32, 46. 53, 78, 94............the birthdays with out that big "landmark" feel?
do they even mean anything?
its a great time to celebrate............spend time.....party even???
but what makes a birthday significant????

when i was younger....i was looking forward to those landmarks......now that i have hit a few of them.....i realize that to me i am kinda missing the point......

i spend one day thinking about the cool thing that i now can do......and honestly....that one thing that i concentrate on....is of so little importance to me......

each day i should concentrate on something monumental.
family....friends.....new experiences.....new opportunities.......good decisions i have made......bad decisions that i will try never to do again......

i dont want to be held back by the days that everyone else says and accepts as "the big days".......i want everyday to be a big day!!!!!

today is still a big day in my life......but then again....tomorrow will be even bigger!!!!

start to a new week...but i still have to go to bed.

so its 12:12 monday mornin aka sunday nite....i said i was waiting til monday to blog...so here i am...i am still up from sunday...but whatever....i still do what i want.....so anyways....i had an absolutely glorious day......woke up and had just an awesome relaxing shower......one of those ones where you just dont wanna leave the steam........my hair basically went right into place...but it pulled out this little....a bit higher to oneside thing....kinda reminding me of the military beret.....so it was nice......then it was off to church where i got to see my awesome cousin and her husband(though technically i didnt even talk to him til he came over later...but i dont wanna tell that part yet so stop reading so i can stop typing this part).....after church we got to go to basically my favorite restaurant in the area. STIR!!! i didnt go with my honey walnut prawns(one of my favorites) but i did go with my General Tso chicken - pronounced (jin er uhl chick in) also one of my favorites....we also had the combination fried rice, beef and broccoli and green beans.....so anyways...i was not as glutenous as i could have been because i knew that was gonna happen later on.......anways...once we got home...we played some awesome games of pinocle, and then started some games of hand and foot.....that led into it becoming time for BIRTHDAY DINNER!!!!! we had the awesome honey bunches of oats chicken.....macaroni salad.....and......you guessed it.......LOADED MASHED POTATOES!!!! you start obviously with the only choice of yukon gold potatoes.....and then top them with cheese.....and chives....and bacon bits(real ones!!!) and sour cream!!!!! put some cholula and sriracha on the chicken and then eat them and the potatoes together!!!! GLORIOUSSSS!!!!! then you have seconds...and....GLORIOUSSSS!!! then....to finish it all off (after presents and cards of course) MISSISSIPPI MUD PIE CAKE!!!!! my favorite dessert of all time! what an awesome time with friends and family.........thank you to Yvonne for making all the wonderful food, and thanks to Joel, Cameron, Nate, Marika, Coltrane, Mark, Dolly, Hakeem, Mikal, and Jessie.
and thank you to all my family at home for the wonderful cards!!!!!

so now im just relaxing....and gettin ready to fall asleep......and hit the gym tomorrow!!!!

i hope you enjoyed my day as much as i did.....

ok....goodnite and goodmorning....i will talk at you some other time!!!!!!

took a day off

blogging everyday can seem so overwhelming! you look at the events of the day and think to yourself....wow...do i do this everyday? where is the change and excitement?? just so you know...there really is not a glasses store that carries the oakley straightjacket smoke frame with polarized lenses....that is i guess an internet order only. i know this because i have been to a few stores and heard that same story! what happened to getting things right when you want them?? waiting is for the patient!!! needless to say i am still waiting....

im rather excited for tomorrow.....just so you know..i probably wont blog tomorrow...but monday i shall resume.....i would tell you everything that is going to happen tomorrow...but then when you read monday it will be the exact same post except for instead of "i am going to" the sentences will start out with "i did" ah well....hopefully this keeps you in suspense!!!! ill give you a clue though...it involves my favorite food in the world!!!!!!!!!!

i have seen some great movies here lately(yesterday)
green zone was a great movie - nice and suspenseful. great action. pokes a little into some of the denied answered questions. basically everyone dies the end...haha...just kidding....but watch it....

next... -
shes out of my league
what a hilarious movie. kept me giggling and laughing the whole movie....i really didnt giggle...but it seemed like a great word to go with laughing......

i feel like i still have so much to do today....but in reality...i might eat....and go to sleep....what to do with the rest of my time!!???

countdown resumes - 3 days until my quarter century mark......

goodbye for today...

false implications

basically referring to the fact that this is two days in a row.....i hope you dont think that i am going to write everyday.....it just happened that i did today.....im not totally up to date on the rules of blogging...is this supposed to be thoughts.....updates.....dreams....hmm....i dunno...so it will probably change from time to time....like right now i am thinkin about updating my dreams....wow...thats all three in one sentence!!!! im gettin good at this.....one of my new dreams that i am actually writing down....is to photograph 15 different species of shark. im sure some of you know that i will someday do a dive with the great white shark....but not only that....get out of the cage!! and actually be in open water with it! well that seems like such a wimpy nonskilled job...so actually photographing it....that requires some major knowhow!! 15...how did i arrive at 15......well one was just one....ten is a typical two digit number....and fifteen...sounded like a really cool number when i was typing...so there it is....it also will require me to travel and dive in multi countries and seas and oceans...so it was a little challenge to myself!

so today i am going for a run....and when i saw im going for a run....i mean...ill prob jog a while...and walk a bit...jog a while...then be done....i know its a measly start....but i will get better and better......


im excited about getting out of this wonderful country...looking forward to new weather...i am ready to leave today!


i feel as though i may be rambling...so i am going to cut this session off here......btw...birthday weekend!!!! 25 is gonna be cool....i definitely feel as though i am growing younger!!!!

The First day

well this is more of a practice....first of all...i am never going to apologize for the way i type or use punctuation....its my blog.....figure it out!! i have many adventures coming up in my life. not to say that previous to the time of my blog all other events were not monumental, but i decided now was the time to start.
Mostly because communication out of the country can be difficlut, and i think its cool that people would take the time to listen to what is going on in my life. I would like to thank all of my future fans for continually checking up on me.....if you feel like there is not enough cool information in here...go on an adventure with me....

This paragraph is for my Brother Berakah Carter. I love you BRO! you are a big reason why i continually strive to better myself every day! you keep me in check and accountable! cant wait to see you again! hopefully you can take a little vaca and ill teach you to dive in the caymans!


this paragraph is for Mr. Jeremiah Matson(everyone can read it to) - it was seeing your blog that made me actually take the time to make this. i hope Australia is going great and you get to KNOW GOD! i still plan on gettin a dive or ten in the great barrier reef with you!

This paragraph is for Becca Snell(everyone can read this too). you specifically told me i should write a book! i appreciate the vote of confidence!! i feel much to lazy to go to all that work, so a blog should suffice for now!

hopefully in the days and weeks and months and years to come your eyes will be filled with the sounds of satire, sarcasm, joy, excitement, disbelief, wonderment, love, and all the other big words that describe emotions that i am incapable of spelling.

This has been far too enjoyable and overbearing for me for one day, but i will talk to you all soon!!!