A new mall?

So most you probably know that NWA will soon have a new mall. I got curious about what new stores would be coming to the area. I wasn't impressed, I would say at least 75% of the stores can be found at the NWA mall and some being found at the mall formally know as the Dixieland mall "smaller mall with the big surprises, Dixieland mall". Just so everyone knows the big surprise at the Dixieland mall is that no one goes there. Check out the store list HERE.

The new mall is also an outdoor mall, which is supposed to be cool, but I bet most of this winter it is going to be cold and the summer will likely bring scorching heat which makes me not want to walk around especially carrying bags.

My thought on weather is that right now it would be nice to walk around outdoors and shop but a month ago I would be at the NWA Mall. I would also say a month or two from now It will be too cold most of the time to be walking around outside. Who wants to get there picture taken with Santa wearing your big think coat and gloves.

All that said, I plan on braving the crowd sometime during the first weekend they are open to check it out and see if my thought about the mall are true or not. The mall opens Oct. 4th.

So what do you think.
Any stores that look worthy of a trip?
Indoor or outdoor?
Will you make the trip the first weekend?
Will this be the end of the phrase Mall Walker?
Will the traffic ever be the same?
Will this be the end of the frisco station mall?

So many questions.

Shine on,
Tim

Free Stuff and the First Seeyabye Contest

I am a sucker for free stuff and here is my latest outlet.

It is a website that you can post things that you want to give away. For example, dogs, underwear, satellite dishes, coffee mugs, box of washers you know just the stuff you have that you don't want, but people like me do.

Once the items are posted people email you and you arrange for them to pick them up or for delivery.

You can also post things that you want. For example, waterbed plug, plus size women's clothing, child jumping seat, you know all the things that you need but are to cheap to buy.

You can manage the list in a couple of different ways:

Email, they email you once a day all the new posts

Manually, you go to the website every ten minutes to see if there is something you want

RSS feed, this is for the nerds. You can use a program like Bloglines to monitor the feed and it lets you know when there is something new.

It is called NWA Freecycle

You may be able to find a local Freecycle if you don't live in the NWA area by going to freecycle.org

Here is my contest, the first person to actually get something for free from this website wins a 24" blue toy ball with air already in it. Just so you know I am playing as well.

Shine on,
Tim

Goals and Such...

I decided to add to the descussion of goals. some of which can be found on Allen's Blog.

These are in no particular order and may or maynot refelct the views of my spouse.

Read at least one book a month
Be dilligent about paying off debt
Love my wife more and more
Be the best husband there is
Love God and know God more
Encourage people more
Find an interior for our bus
Learn to play the harmonica
learn my scales on the guitar and now harmonica
Spend, no, invest time into my marrage in the spirt of Family U


These are some lifetime goals.

Grow a santaclause beard... Read the debate here
Stay in a hotel with a heart shapped bathtub

Thats about all I can muster up right now, I guess that is why you should write them down. I do have some goals that Genessa and I wrote down, but I don't have that with me.

Shine on,
Tim

You know you can blog when...

You post your blog from an email just because you can.

This allows you more freedom especially when traviling or at work and you want to look professional.

For those of you blogger.com folks you can figure out how to do it here.

Also, If you know Jeff Brown, he has a new blog check it out here.

Looks good if you ask me.

Shine on,
Tim