Kim decorates trees real good. http://twitpic.com/q57x

For those just tuning in, I’m on Twitter, too, now. Follow me at:

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@jpickell Indeed. Actually, I have it checked to do the sidebar thing, too. So… ah… it’ll catch up eventually. One hopes…

@jpickell Eh, I didn’t really care either way… but I’m gonna follow your lead, here…

@jpickell – yeah, I had Daily Digest selected… silly me…

- Don’t mind me. Just testing the Twitter plug-in for TheKMills.com.

Some of you may recall how I stabbed myself in the hand last March. Then had hand surgery in May. Then all kinds of stuff happened and God’s been taking me on a whirlwind tour ever since.

I’ve written some stuff over the past few months, just snippets here and there, but I feel God’s wanting me to get more in-depth lately. Be specific. Share all the good stuff that the Teacher has shared with me.

So. Over the next few days & weeks I’ll be writing quite a bit more. My prayer is that somehow God will use my feeble words and attempt to share His love and goodness will come across to you, the reader. I pray that your life might be changed as drastically as mine has been the past six months.

I do NOT pray, however, that you stab your hand with scissors. Conversely, I instead pray that you’ll learn to SLOW DOWN your life to normal. Keep going at warp speed and you’re gonna burn out. Yes, I’m talkin’ to YOU. Put the brakes on and save yourself a few setbacks.

The bald one has spoken.

-Kevin

Continuing to have a blast writing every morning. Slowly making progress, but forward movement is key (and the reality). God continues to whisper that it’ll take time, that it’s not a race, and that I’m capable of accomplishing what He’s calling me to do.

I’ll finish the book this week, rewrite it next week, and work on the book proposal the week afterwards. Then I’ll spend December landing a literary agent and begin sending it out in January.

Bottom line? It’s all about the ideas and, more importantly, how they’re presented (and to whom). In the end, it’s a numbers game. A checklist, if you will. Fill in the blanks, check off the boxes and you WILL reach your goal. It just takes time, patience and the patience of a badger. Or a bull dog. Or something intimidating.

And me? I’m nothing if not one tenacious S.O.B. (no offense, Mom).

Kevin

I’ve started writing the Baby 101 book, and it feels good. After months and months of research & lists & organizing the thing, I’m finally at a place to begin, and I’m making decent progress. I should be done with the first draft by the middle to end of next week, and then I’ll work on drafting a book proposal the week after.

When I say it “feels good,” I mean it feels right. Natural. I’m doing what I believe I was designed to do (or at least a part of it). I’m writing. I LOVE writing. Playing with words for effect. Rearranging them, mixing and matching… it’s fun.

Kim’s in D.C. this week, so I’m juggling the boys by myself. Kaleb’s been teething the past few days, so he’s had to say home with me rather than go to his Nanny’s. Yet despite that, I’ve still gotten a lot done. I have a clear goal in mind, and I’m taking steps to get there.

There’s a chance a friend of my Dad’s is going to sell me his iPhone. It’s the original iPhone (not the 3G w/GPS, which is what he upgraded to). We haven’t discussed price yet, but if it’s under $250 then I can easily sell my Palm Centro and iPod Nano 3g to make up the difference.

I’m pretty excited, of course. I put off buying it this summer because of the unexpected cost of Kim’s visit to the hospital with her MRSA bout. Couple that with a $500+ ride in the ambulance (which insurance has yet to cover), and you can see why buying a new gadget wasn’t a high priority.

The only hitch about his iPhone is the silent ringer switch is permanently depressed. It was dropped on the corner one day (makes you wince), and has forever been silent. It vibrates, and the system sounds & speaker still works fine, but there are no ringtones. Which is sad, because that’s one of the joys of owning a customizable phone: assinging unique ringtones to each caller.

When I do some Googling, however, I find that a replacement switch is under $20 on eBay. The downside? I’d have to crack open my iPhone and muck with the innards to switch ‘em out. And that makes me… Hesitant. I’ve installed RAM, Hard Drives, screen protectors, etc., but intricate wires in an iPhone? Yikes.

I guess I’ll see how long I can go without the ‘tones before I make that purchase. First on the list will be a simple audio adapter to let me use MY earbuds to listen to stuff on it, rather than Apple’s default stuff. (Thanks,but no thanks.)

Kevin

Testing… ’cause last time I tried, this didn’t post…

Only the title posted… no text… no body… no fullness….
So I’m testing it again. To see if it’ll work.

Over.
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