November 2006
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Posted by nathandiehl on 29 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: my life.
I noted a few days ago my eyesight was improving, and that i would no longer need to wear glasses.
So why is it that i can’t stop wearing my glasses? I can’t. I’ve tried. I would almost rather go get the mail in my underwear than i would not wear my glasses. i feel so naked being in public without my glasses. Are my glasses my crutch? My trousers? What is going on with me? Why can’t I stop wearing them?
have you ever had something in your life that was a cruth, that you just couldn’t stop wearing, or couldn’t stop doing? this is odd to me…it’s just a flipping pair of glasses…what’s the flipping big deal?
sometimes i scratch my head and wonder about myself…
Posted by nathandiehl on 29 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: my life.
so this morning i came in at about 7:15 a.m., and i sat down at my desk. Now, if you haven’t ever seen my desk, you’re one of the lucky…it’s normally pretty messy. piles here and there, but not everywhere. i know where everything is, so it’s not like i’m lost. i remember exactly where i put that paper or this paper–for the most part.
every month or so i give my desk a good straightening up, which normally entails throwing away a load of papers i don’t need any more…
well, this morning i reached up and knocked over my coffee mug. it’s a travel mug with a lid, so it wasn’t a total loss, but still it leaked out pretty good. ruined a pad of paper i had on my desk, as well as several other scrap papers lying around. nothing too serious.
so i was cleaning up all the paper and then i noticed it…there was coffee underneath the glass! there is a hole in the glass for my monitor cables, Firefire cables, USB cables, power cables, etc. to go through to the motherload, my Dell powerhouse which i’ve had for about six months. i’m pretty happy with my Dell, but that is another story, eh?
so, with the coffee lodged between the glass and desk I had a choice: leave it there or clear off half my desk and dry the spill properly. I knew what i had to do…needless to say, my desk is getting a really good cleaning job today! i’m even using Windex to clean the glass, which normally never can get cleaned because it’s covered by my monitors, scanner, DVD/CD duplicator, etc…
Happy Clean Desk to me!
Posted by nathandiehl on 27 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: Communications, New Hope stuff.
people are busy…very busy.
people don’t need 10 choices of things to do…they need clear direction, i.e., one thing.
cut the fluff. the 9 things that have nothing to do with someone provide so much distraction to the person that by the time the one thing they really ought to be doing, their mind is already shut off. they don’t pay attention because of all the fluff.
is this true in your experiences? would you rather be given 1 opportunity, or 10 opportunities? do you shut down with overload like i do?
on a mission for less noise and clutter. cut the fluff.
Posted by nathandiehl on 26 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: my life.
so this past week i had to renew my driver’s license. i was looking forward to it because i knew my eyesight was getting better. i’ve been nearsighted for about 15 years, and have always (except when I’m running) worn glasses since that time. it’s been slowly getting better over the past five years.
four years ago, i got my eyesight checked, and they told me my eyes had gotten slightly better. i didn’t think much of it, and just assumed my old doc wasn’t so hot…then two years ago, i got my sight checked again (and got new glasses, too), and at that point, the doc went on and on about how odd it was for someone my age to have nearsightedness get better.
Well, now, another two years later, Rachel at the IDMV (Indiana Department of Motor Vehicles) asked me to step up to the checker and read row five. as i stuck my face in there, i glanced at row six–i could read it! i was so thrilled! i was almost giddy, perhaps… when they took my photo, they made me take off my glasses since i no longer have a restriction, and it made me smile rather large…
i did also want to mention what it was that made a difference in my eyesight. i believe it was traditional (or wellness) chiropractic care from Dr. Tyler Chalfant at Auburn Chiropractic. a wellness chiropractor believes that by regular maintenance of the spinal chord, it frees up nerves to correctly serve the body. (a symptom chiropractor is a one- or two-visit guy who tries to correct symptoms–which medical studies actually show is very bad for you!) So I’m very thankful to Dr. Chalfant…my vision correcter… Dr. Chalfant is very personable, and loves to teach!
Posted by nathandiehl on 23 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: random.
If at first you don’t succeed,
then skydiving is not for you.
-Unknown
Posted by nathandiehl on 23 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: my life.
Happy Thanksgiving to you today.
This morning my wife attempted to log on to this blog to check up on what is going on in my life, or, at least, to check on what i’m writing about. She couldn’t get on…so i did some quick checking, and yeah, it appears something was up with my webhost, as nothing worked.
Well, an hour later and one support ticket later, all is working again, and i’m able to blog. i hope you are reading this.
Today, i just wanted to tell you what I’m thankful for, briefly:
Thank you to everyone…you’re what makes life so great!
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Posted by nathandiehl on 21 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: my life.
Last night Emily and I both got our hairs cut…Emily hadn’t had her hairs cut since March.
I finally (after about 2 years) talked her in to getting her hairs cut by Nancy at Mirror Image in Auburn. So last night, Zach (Nancy’s husband) cut my hairs and Nancy cut Emily’s. It was actually a pretty good time. Zach and Nancy are really awesome people. They both graduated the same year as I, have two young kids and are really great people.
As you can see by the photo of my beautiful wife, Nancy did a great job. If you’re ever in need of a good stylist or barber…i do recommend Mirror Image. In fact, you can do me the favor and tell them I referred you there…they give a referral bonus, and perhaps I can get a free hairscut sometime soon…
Mirror Image is located at 1341 South Jackson Street (where Jackson St. ends into Ensley Ave. and S. Wayne St.) To make an appointment, call 927-0406…and don’t forget to tell them Nathan sent you! (hey…getting a free hairscut is better than advertisements on this blog, eh?)
Posted by nathandiehl on 21 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: my life.
Congratulations to my very good friend Todd Helmkamp on the adoption of his son, Luke Nathaniel Helmkamp! Read more about Todd and Luke here!
Posted by nathandiehl on 20 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: random.
This happed a while ago, but for some reason, i just thought of it again.
I do CD duplications for our church, and a couple years ago, we bought our first CD duplicator.
So anyway, one day a woman comes up to me and says, ‘This CD wouldn’t play. Do you know why that is?’
‘Huh. No i don’t. Let me put it in my computer and see if it reads it.’ As i open up the drawer, i wonder, ‘what happened?’ So the drive attempts to read, and No Luck..the disk is damaged for whatever reason. So i ask, ‘where did you get this at?’
‘I found it in the trash last night.’
i smiled…yeah, that’s why they call it ‘trash’.
Posted by nathandiehl on 20 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: my life.
Saturday night emily and I went to see Mama Mia! at the Fort Wayne Embassy Centre. We sat in the balcony, Section G, Row D, seats 5 and 6.
Mama Mia! (EDIT: for clarification, Mama Mia! has a storyline (spoken) weaved into Actually ABBA songs. it is about half speaking and half songs and a lot of dancing!) contains songs by ABBA, and was really great! Reading the playbill prior to the show, i was disappointed the song Waterloo was not listed as part of the show. That’s my favorite ABBA song (since i live in the town of Waterloo), and really wanted to hear that one again. But alas, it wasn’t in the playbill.
Well…if you know the song Waterloo, you are aware, if you don’t, then i’ll tell you briefly: It’s about ‘meeting my Waterloo’–meeting an end. So, it was the very last song, and the full cast sung and danced. it was great! i really liked Mama Mia!, and i recommend it!
Posted by nathandiehl on 20 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: churches on the ball.
Emily and I visited a large church on Sunday. It was the largest church either of us had ever been to. Emily grew up at Grabill Missionary, which runs about 800 each weekend, and I was a young child (2 1/2 years old) when New Hope first began in 1980, and now averages around 550 each weekend.
But our visit to Granger Community Church was something else. Here are a few things we noticed, and are worth mentioning:
I left like i belonged. only one person spoke to me–the guy holding the first door open for me, but i didn’t feel out of place at all.
Now–as a mature Christian, would that one service a week be enough to sustain me? No. But they have next steps that would have been enough to sustain my faith and strengthen me–after all, their church mission is ‘Helping people take their next steps to Christ…Together.’ (Better than ‘helping people become spiritual giants…overnight’!)
okay, this was long…so i’ll shut up. if i hear how many people were at the weekend, i will make a new entry to let you know.
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