Minister Of Mocha

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…

I was playing with my grandkids this morning so I couldn’t write the blog until now. We’ve been driving around going to parks and rivers all over Southern Oregon. The day started with a frog hunt that turned into “Let’s climb on Papa and play Horsies!” Sounds perfect! The biggest obstacle was that we had…

Ok, so I’m willing to admit that the title of this post is a bit odd. As always, roll with your MoM for a bit and it will come together. One of my grandsons went to his first ever birthday party this weekend. He’s nine, but he started school in 2020, which means he started…

I’ve been working together with Mrs MoM trying to redo some old church pews. We sanded and stained them together, then the final step was to put some urethane on them. Since they will be for outside seating, I decided to use boat spar urethane. The first one turned out ok, then we did a…