Minister Of Mocha

Tonight your MoM is doing of their favorite things…I’m going to see Sammy Hagar…at the Forum in LA! It’s cool because it is the same place that I saw my first big concert back in the mid-80’s. Hagar at the Forum, Baby. I have great memories of that show, including getting a flyer for an…

Yesterday afternoon Mrs. MoM and I were spending a Lazy Sunday watching a movie and working puzzle games. Other than the fact that Mrs. MoM wasn’t in the midst of a post-church nap, it was a fairly standard Sunday afternoon. As sometimes happens, she asked me if I smelled something. With having a Super Sniffer…

Today’s blog was going to be a bit late because I was scheduled to go play golf with a friend this morning. I did the prep: I hydrated the night before; I laid out my clothes so I wouldn’t need to find them in the wee morning hours; I put my clubs in the living…

My family had a mini-reunion of sorts this weekend. One daughter and her family flew to California while another daughter and her family travelled with us to meet them at Disneyland and to see our beloved Arsenal play a game in LA. A great time was had by all. Disneyland was uncharacteristically “empty”. (The longest…

My wife, Mrs. MoM, frequently reminds me that not everyone shares my affinity for soccer. However, when you write something new off the top of your head every Monday morning and you have a sports-minded life it gets tough! This week my family is going to see our favorite soccer team from England play a…

Depending on what you’re counting that may or may not be a big number. If it’s the annual salary of a sports star, it’s kind of insulting, if it’s the number of pennies you can balance on your forehead it is astounding. In this instance, it is the number of steps I recorded last week…

It’s that time of year again for those of us in Celebrate Recovery. CR Summit has arrived. OK, not quite yet arrived, but it starts Wednesday, so it’s pretty darn close! We get super excited to see people, make new friends, and reconnect with old friends. This year will hold all of that for us.…

Well, it happened to me today. First time in a very long time. I am a bit stunned. I am in a state of disbelief. It has shaken me. I don’t know what to write about. This doesn’t really happen. For years I’ve been doing this blog and every Monday morning I sit down and…

When I was a partner at Starbucks I begged my superiors for a Clover machine. They were a fantastic way to make a single cup of coffee. I showed how my store had the numbers to support it and always got a “maybe” back from everyone above me in the company. Then today I walked…

I’ve been in bed sick since Thursday afternoon. It’s been miserable. I might be your MoM, but I’m a huge baby. One of the good things about this illness has been that it coincides with the Euros (think World Cup, but just for Europe). Three games a day and I’ve got “permission” to just sit…