Hi all. I know it's been a while since I last journaled on here and have kept in touch with a few via FB. Anyways, our divorce was actually finalized this morning. I feel we are both a peace with this outcome. Oddly enough, Liz and I have been getting...

Hey all......haven't been on in a while and it's been quite the roller coaster ride for a few weeks now. Liz has been dead set on a divorce for some time now, moving on to a new relationship to the point where this "new" guy spends a...

11/8/2012 Long day at work today, but looking forward to basketball at church tonight. Texted Liz as I left work to ask if I could take the boys for a hair cut on Saturday. The girls have a birthday party to go to and wanted to do their eyebrows as well...

11/7/2012 Long day at work today. Looking forward to church tonight. Called the girls on my way home so they could be ready to leave early since I wanted to work on the computers a bit before class. Picked up some Arby's for them and got to church...

11/6/2012 Voting day today. Spent 3 hours in line at the pools but got my vote in. From there, I went over to the boss' new house to help him with his internet as well as configuring access to his cameras through the internet and his iPhone. The cable...

11/5/2012 I was able to complete yesterday's dare, to some extent, today. I received an email from Liz early on in the morning as I was running some errands for my boss. She wanted to let me know that she had until Friday to make her final selection...

11/4/2012 Woke up today knowing that it would be our last day here at the retreat. Had breakfast around 8 or so and then went back to clean out the cabins. Got everything packed up and had worship service around 9:30. It was an amazing service despite...

11/3/2012 It's Saturday and we are almost 300 miles away from home at a father/daughter retreat. There are only about 12 total dads here so we were actually able to have the devotionals be more intimate and interactive. Went on a hike early in the...

11/2/2012 Father/Daughter Retreat here we come. Got to church around 9 AM to get the 3rd new computer up and running. It would be a short day since we'll be leaving for the retreat after my buddy gets done teaching his last class at the college. This...

11/1/2012 No real contact with Liz today so pretty much unable to complete the dare per se. It's Thursday so that means basketball. I had also coordinated with my PDL accountability partner to get together at night to go over some of the chapters...

10/31/2012 Reading through today's dare I found it extremely difficult to find a recent success in Liz' life. Since I do not speak with her on a regular basis and even when we do speak we don't really talk about our personal lives, other than...

10/30/2012 Another blah day at work today. Looking forward to playing basketball tonight at church for sports outreach. Read through the dare early on and knew that I would at least be able to complete the portion of the dare that would require me to...

10/29/2012 Blah day at work today but I was looking forward to tonight's men's bible study. One area where I need margin in my life is with regards to participating in more small group activities such as this bible study as I have never really...

10/28/2012 Church today!!!!! Got to church around 9 or so. Skipped class this morning to continue working on the server. Went to service and my parents attended again today. My dad is making a true effort to come every Sunday. They might not understand...

10/27/2012 Woke up ready for another day of working with the computers/server at the church. One of the elderly couples that lives on the church grounds, was actually having problems with their computers. The elderly lady actually uses it only to check...

10/26/2012 Woke up feeling refreshed and ready to work at church today. Girls got up and wanted me to pick up a friends of theirs to go to church with us. Passed by the bakery and bought some treats for the staff at the church office. I was able to resist...

10/25/2012 No contact with Liz today. Looking forward to concluding my day at work since it technically would be my "Friday" I had planned to take tomorrow off. One of my daughters has a dentist appt to adjust her braces and David (minister...

10/24/2012 I wasn't mentally prepared to move forward with a round 3, but in never being a quitter, bring it on!!! Long day at work but looking forward to church tonight. I would be meeting with David (minister who married us) to discuss some of whats...

This could potentially be a bit of a long entry since I've included the text exchange as well as a response Liz sent that took place today as a result of the email I sent for my day 39 dare. In the interest of not making this entry tooooooooo long...

Not much to journal about today. Long day at work. Feelings of anxiousness and uncertainty. Prayed all day for His comfort and peace. Had a pretty good workout when I got home. Committed dare to prayer since I truly felt no inspiration to write anything...

10/21/2012 Today is her birthday and also Sunday so church today. Got to church very early and just stood around speaking to some of the other brothers and sisters. I had read the dare this morning briefly prior to leaving the house - "Love Fulfills...

10/20/2012 Finally a Saturday where I got to sleep in some. Woke up around 9:45 or so and went to the girls' room. Jumped in bed with them for a little while and just cuddled with them. Around 10:30 I figured I'd get up and work out since I didn't...

10/19/2012 Not a whole lot to write about today. Prayed about the dare in the AM. I've been spending time with The Purpose Driven Life, as well as reading the Story, which is a chronological study we have been doing at church. Also been reading daily...

10/18/2012 Not a whole lot to journal about today. Got done reading my dare and the PDL early on in the day. Dare has actually been completed for some time now, as I have been in counseling with Jim for > 2 months now. I also feel that in speaking...

10/17/2012 Dare got done rather early this morning. After going through today's reading, it was rather difficult, given Liz' recent decisions, her not going on Wednesday nights and a couple of Sundays (although last Sunday was due to a concert...