Charles’ Boise Blog

Ready for andrea’s Hip Hop party

16 days

by charles in Fun Stuff, marriedlife

Andrea bought a whole bunch of low cost party stuff from oriental trader to look like Kanye West and make your own Crunk cups.

How can a couch be more couch-y?

16 days

by charles in Interior Design, marriedlife

tons of pillows on our couch

With extra pilllows, that’s how. For a year now we have been sinking backwards as we sit down. We desperately shove laundry, pillows and blankets into the back of the couch. Finally, we have won the battle: Andrea bought 3 large “floor pillows” and the hungry couch monster is satisfied.

How much Bible?

20 days

by charles in God

Seriously, how much Bible does God really want me to be absorbing? How much?

Too much of my Christian life have I felt guilty about how many and what kind of “quiet times” I do.

I listen to audio Bible many times im the morning getting ready or driving to work.

I know I don’t study it as much as I feel I want. I think I would love to make art about what I am studying. Honestly I would rather watch a somewhat interesting TV show than read the Bible.

Out of my 24 hour day at what point can I feel satisfied or not guilty about reading.

Paul Hatfield: “I can’t help you go deep…I can’t read your Bible for you…who is responsible for your growth?” (Guy with a deep voice in audience says “THE HOLY SPIRIT”.)
Paul: “yeah.. true, working in..
You.” True, I agree.

When I went to Calvary chapel Bible College I really felt like I knew God when I knew the Bible well. I felt like I knew what he was like, what He wanted.
Paul: “we don’t read to always understand everything. We read..
to know God”. Very very cool.

1 thess 2:13 “let the word of God do it’s work in you..” Back then apostle paul was big on the words of God as a way changing us.

Giving Up
Paul: “but you will miss a day..you may want to quit. But what if you missed a day talking to your wife…do you say forget it, I’m giving up”.
Really good point.

Memorizing Scripture
Paul: “how do you memorize? Review review review”. I disagree, kind of. I think we need to review with different retrieval methods. By drawing it. By reading it. By writing it. By saying it. By imagining it.

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Old Craftsman Table Saw

94 days

by charles in Uncategorized

Considering this as a table saw for my tiny garage.

Building a diy home mulcher from an old lawnmower

96 days

by charles in Uncategorized

“The mulcher can be thought of as an oddly shaped lawnmower. Instead of pushing it over grass and leaves, the things to be mulched are put down an aluminium air duct. The leaves and such then fall over the blades and get chopped up”
via Aaron Cake’s My Mulcher page.

I like the idea of this mulcher. I keep seeing leaves everywhere on the ground and I keep thinking that all this stuff could be used as awesome compost for my garden I now have in my backyard. The downside is the fact that leaves or other material take a lot longer to break down- sometimes up to 12 months. This is way too long for someone impatient as I am. If I combine a mulcher with a hot composting method such as the Berkley Method, the composting could theoretically be done in 18 days!