Dreams Unlocked

Foolin' around Ok - so I'm still blogging. I'm going to try to keep to at least a weekly entry. I used to be every other day, but I think those days are long gone. I took Adam to a b-day party to this kids indoor playground called Koko's. There were about 6 birthday parties happening simultaneously. It was unreal. It also confirmed the fact that I could never run a day-care. Had a nice time chatting with the parents of the birthday girl. They go to our church and are both RCMP officers which makes me feel quite secure - another job I am pretty sure I could not do. I find it very fascinating how God creates people so differently - we are all created to pursue a vocation, and if we try to do something that is outside of the calling, we tend to feel frustrated and unfulfilled. I think of what some of my friends do: -pediatric dentist -lawyer -window glazer -small business owner -welder And I realize that I simply could not do anything else with my life, apart from what I d

Well, I'm sad to say but my blogging career might be winding down. I'm finding I have less and less time to write on here - and with Twitter I can give fast updates and opinions throughout the day. I feels kind of weird if I just let this thing go - I've been blogging since May 2005. I'll wait a bit - maybe I'll have a change of heart and start typing again.

Well, after that amazing encounter with Bono, the next time I would hear U2 would be in Mumbai India. I was living in India when their next album came out: All That You Can't Leave Behind. I saw the video for Beautiful Day on tv in India. I think I ended up buying the album in Canada, though. This album marked a new era of creative excellence for the band. They toured that year and I saw them twice - once in Vancouver and once in Minneapolis. I went to Vancouver with Felicia - our seats were behind the stage, which wasn't so hot - great show nonetheless. Minneapolis was awesome - drove down with a bunch of guys from Saskatchewan. We lined up for rush seating on the floor. We had our sleeping bag and camped out at 8 in the morning - we were about 50th in line. I have to say that staff at the arena were incredible. As the time got closer, they let the first 50 people into a small pub, and then into the arena - we ran and secured front row spots, right under where Adam Clayton wou