Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Books Bought at Oh Goodie A Book (Houston) on 7/6/24 - 19 (Finished 14)

"Catholic Texans: Our Family Album" by Steve Landregan
"Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military" by Matthew Lohmeier
"K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches" by Tyler Kepner 
"Spalding's World Tour: The Epic Adventure that Took Baseball Around the Globe - And Made it America's Game" by Mark Lamster
"The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation" by Sally Jenkins

"A Game of Extremes: 25 Exceptional Baseball Stories about What Happened on and off the Field" by Roy Lingster (Finished August 5)
"AMON! The Ultimate Texan: The Amon Carter Story" by Dave Lieber (Finished July 9)
"Drunk on Sports" by Tim Cowlishaw (Finished August 8)
"Game of My Life: 25 Stories of Aggies Football" by Brent Zwerneman (Finished May 23, 2025)
"Lessons from a Third Grade Dropout: How the Timeless Wisdom of One Man Can Impact an Entire Generation" by Rick Rigsby (Finished October 18)
"Mark McGwire: Home Run Hero" by Rob Rains (Finished July 16)
"My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past" by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair (Finished September 13)
"My Life in and out of the Rough: The Truth Behind All That Bull**** You Think You Know About Me" by John Daly with Glen Waggoner (Finished July 28)
"One Dream: The NFL" by Woody Falgoux (Finished January 31, 2025)
"Safe at Home: The True and Inspiring Story of Chicago's Field of Dreams" by Bob Muzikowski with Gregg Lewis (Finished September 2)
"Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics" by Richard Hoffer (Finished August 4)
"The Games Do Count: America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports" by Brian Kilmeade (Finished September 29, 2026)
"The Red Zone: Cars, Cows and Coaches: The Life and Good Times of a Texas Dealmaker" by Red McCombs with Mickey Herskowitz (Finished September 24)
"We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel" by Herb Frazier, Bernard Edward Powers and Marjory Wentworth (Finished October 13, 2025)

Books Read in 2026 - 78 (60 Regular / 18 Kindle / 0 Internet Archive)

"Kindle Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading
"Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Location

"Tommy Bowman:  Answering The Call" by Chad S. Conine (Finished January 7) - Amazon.com
"Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War" by Peter Harmsen (Finished January 8) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports" by Cyd Ziegler (Finished January 12) - Amazon.com
"The Cost of Colors: A Coach's Story" by Ronnie Mitchem (Finished January 12) - Humble Half Price Books
"My Bat Boy Days: Lessons I Learned from the Boys of Summer" by Steve Garvey with Ken Gurnick and Candace Garvey (Finished January 14) - Humble Half Price Books

"Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference" by Cal Ripken, Jr. with Donald T. Phillips (Finished January 15) - Oh Goodie A Book
"The Sacred Acre:  The Ed Thomas Story" by Mark Tabb with The Ed Thomas Family (Finished January 20) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Courtly Love:  A Profile of Coach Marsha Sharp" by Nancy Laine Price (Finished January 20) - Pearland Half Price Books
"Speak with No Fear:  Go from a nervous, nauseated, and sweaty speaker to an excited, energized, and passionate presenter" by Mike Acker (Finished January 21) - Amazon Prime
"Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration" by Don E. Albrecht (Finished January 22) - Amazon.com

"Native American Major Leaguers" edited by Rob Daugherty and Bill Nowlin (Finished January 26) - Society for American Baseball Research
"Wards of the League:  The Untold Story of the First NFL Team in Dallas" by Mike Cobern (Finished February 2) - Amazon.com
"A Moment in Time: An American Story of Baseball, Heartbreak, and Grace" by Ralph Branca with David Ritz (Finished February 3) - Humble Half-Price Books
"Mornings with Madden:  My Radio Life with an American Legend" by Stan Bunger (Finished February 19) - Christmas Gift
"Henry Aaron" edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks (Finished February 22) - Society for American Baseball Research

"You Got To Have Wa" by Robert Whiting (Finished February 24) - Humble Half-Price Books
"The Astronaut Wives Club" by Lily Koppel (Finished March 5) - Personal Collection
"How to Win One Million Dollars and Shit Glitter" by Luke Stoffel (Finished March 10) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church" by Rachel Held Evans (Finished March 13) - Houston Westheimer Half Price Books Outlet
"Concussion" by Jeanne Marie Laskas (Finished March 16) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women" by Zoe Vendizotti & Claire Mitchell (Finished March 17) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"One More for the White Rat: The 1987 St. Louis Cardinals Chase the Pennant" by Doug Feldman (Finished March 24) - Amazon.com with $75 Gift Card from Work
"In Chocolate We Trust: The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped" by Peter Kurie (Finished March 25) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"Team of the Century: The Greatest High School Football Team in Texas" by Al Pickett (Finished March 25) - Humble Half Price Books
"Swerve Or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing" by Kyle Petty and Ellis Henican (Finished March 30) - Southlake Barnes & Noble

"Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda" by Jean Guerrero (Finished April 6) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"Devaney:  One of America's great football coaches tells his own story" by Bob Devaney (and friends) (Finished April 12) - Pearland Half Price Books
"Michael And The Whiz Kids:  A Story of Basketball, Race and Suburbia in the 1960s" by John Christgau (Finished April 22) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"The Story of the Trinity: Controversy, Crisis, and the Creation of the Nicene Creed" by Bryan M. Litfin (Finished April 22) - Barnes & Noble
"1978:  Baseball & America In The Disco Era" by David Krell (Finished April 22) - Amazon.com with $75 Gift Card from Work

"Thin Ice: The Complete, Uncensored Story of Tonya Harding, America's Bad Girl of Ice Skating" by Frank Coffey and Joe Layden (Finished April 24) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"In the Great Quiet: A Novel" by Laura Vogt (Finished April 27) - Kindle via Amazon First Reads
"The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible" by Chanan Tigay (Finished May 6) - Bedford Half-Price Books Outlet
"A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey" by Kevin Murphy (Finished May 8) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water" by Daniel J. Boyne (Finished May 13) - Half Price Books Humble

"Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World" edited by Leila Sales (Finished May 14) - Amazon.com
"The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church" by Sarah McCammon (Pages 266-270) - Barnes & Noble Conroe
"The Making Of A Winner:  Robert Brewer Quarterback University of Texas" by Creath Davis (Finished May 15) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Stories from Texas: Some of Them Are True" by W.F. Strong (Finished May 17) - Houston Westheimer Half Price Books Outlet
"Billy Olson:  Reaching Higher" by Billy Olson with Carlton Stowers (Finished May 17) - Mansfield Half Price Books

"Strangers:  A Memoir Of Marriage" by Belle Burden (Finished May 22) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game" by Ron Seybold (Finished May 26) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 1)" edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd (Finished May 26) - Kindle via Society for American Baseball Research
"Theology Simplified: Volume 2" by Bob Yandian (Finished May 26) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"10 Lies & The Truth" by Robby Crihfield (Finished May 27) - Amazon.com

"More Than A Season:  Building A Championship Culture" by Dayton Moore and Matt Fulks (Finished May 30) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem" by Adam Hamilton (Finished June 2) - Houston Westheimer Half Price Books
"Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 2)" edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd (Finished June 2) - Kindle via Society for American Baseball Research
"Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World" by Admiral William H. McRaven (Finished June 8) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Lone Star Splash From The Past:  The History of Competitive Swimming in Black High Schools of Texas 1955-1967" by Thurman W. Robins, Ed.D (Finished June 8) - Murder by the Book

"Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player" by Willie O'Ree with Michael McKinley (Finished June 9) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands
"The Jonathan Effect:  Helping Kids and Schools Win the Battle Against Poverty" by Mike Tenbusch (Finished June 12) - Christianbook.com
"Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 3)" edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd (Finished June 13) - Kindle via Society for American Baseball Research
"Summerall:  On And Off The Air" by Pat Summerall (Finished June 19) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Fear No Evil, True Stories of the Mighty Eight" by Charles D. Hamlin (Finished June 29) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 4)" edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd (Finished July 2) - Kindle via Society for American Baseball Research
"Chamique: On Family, Focus, and Basketball" by Chamique Holdsclaw with Jennifer Frey (Finished July 7) - Mansfield Half-Price Books
"Terrific Five Star Customer Service: Learning About Excellent Service From Special People" by Stan Toler & Keith Hawk (Finished July 12) - christianbook.com
"How To Be Like Mike:  Life Lessons About Basketball's Best" by Pat Williams with Michael Weinreb (Finished July 12) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"The Question That Never Goes Away: Finding Meaning in the Midst of Suffering" by Philip Yancey (Finished July 14) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"What Remains Of You" by Kimberly Hensle Lowrance (Finished July 25) - Kindle via Amazon First Reads
"No Retreat, No Surrender:  One American's Fight" by Tom DeLay with Stephen Mansfield (Finished July 27) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"When God Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life" by Squire Rushnell (Finished July 27) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Playback" by Richard "Cactus" Pryor (Finished July 30) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"UNDEFEATED UNTIED UNSCORED UPON: The Perfect Season: The story of Pennsylvania's 1957 Cass Football Team" by Jim Droskinis (Finished July 31) - Amazon.com

"The Balance:  My Years Coaching Simone Biles" by Aimee Boorman with Steve Cooper (Finished August 7) - Amazon.com
"Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 5)" edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd (Finished August 11) - Kindle via Society for American Baseball Research
"The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot" by Naomi Wolf (Finished August 11) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"When Faith Is Forbidden: 40 Days on the Frontlines with Persecuted Christians" by Todd Nettleton (Finished August 13) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"Gods of Tin:  The Flying Years" by James Salter (Finished August 14) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"Arnold Palmer" by The Editors of Golf Digest Magazine (Finished August 18) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"God Meant It For Good" by R.T. Kendall (Finished August 20) - Amazon.com
"Reload Love: Transforming Bullets to Beauty and Battlegrounds to Playgrounds" by Lenya Heitzig (Finished August 23) - Christianbook.com
"Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete" by William C. Rhoden (Finished September 2) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad" by Kinky Friedman (Finished September 7) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"And Then the End will Come: The Completion of the Great Commission and Nine other Clues That Jesus is Coming Soon" by Douglas Cobb (Finished September 7) - McKinney Half Price Books
"Beyond Fast: How a Renegade Coach and His Unlikely High School Team Revolutionized Distance Running" by Sean Brosnan with Chris Lear and Andrew Greif (Finished September 29) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands
"The Games Do Count:  America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports" by Brian Kilmeade (Finished September 29) - Oh Goodie A Book

Daily Reading Efforts - September 2026

9/30/2026 (10 pages)
Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk (Pages 88-97) - 326pp

9/29/2026 (49 pages)
Beyond Fast: How a Renegade Coach and His Unlikely High School Team Revolutionized Distance Running (Pages 274-279)
The Games Do Count:  America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports (Pages 299-326)
You Can Change: God's Transforming Power for Our Sinful Behavior and Negative Emotions (Pages 13-33) - 219pp

9/28/2026 (66 pages)
Beyond Fast: How a Renegade Coach and His Unlikely High School Team Revolutionized Distance Running (Pages 234-273) - 279pp
Love in the Face of ISIS: Seven Prayer Strategies for the Crisis in the Middle East (Pages 130-141) - 154pp
You Can Change: God's Transforming Power for Our Sinful Behavior and Negative Emotions (Pages vii-viii, 1-12) - 219pp

9/25/2026 - 9/27/2026 (106 pages)
Beyond Fast: How a Renegade Coach and His Unlikely High School Team Revolutionized Distance Running (Pages 128-233) - 279pp

9/24/2026 (23 pages)
Beyond Fast: How a Renegade Coach and His Unlikely High School Team Revolutionized Distance Running (Pages 105-127) - 279pp

9/23/2026 (54 pages)
Beyond Fast: How a Renegade Coach and His Unlikely High School Team Revolutionized Distance Running (Pages 65-104) - 279pp
The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness (Location 6501-7234; 42 (14 pages); Kindle)

9/22/2026 (64 pages)
Beyond Fast: How a Renegade Coach and His Unlikely High School Team Revolutionized Distance Running (Pages 1-64) - 279pp

9/21/2026 (34 pages)
Love in the Face of ISIS: Seven Prayer Strategies for the Crisis in the Middle East (Pages 119-129) - 154pp
The Games Do Count:  America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports (Pages 288-298) - 326pp
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 260-271)

9/20/2026 (48 pages)
24 Hours That Changed the World (Pages 44-75) - 152pp
The Games Do Count:  America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports (Pages 271-287) - 326pp
The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness (Location 5598-6486; 48 (16 pages); Kindle)

9/19/2026 (43 pages)
Love in the Face of ISIS: Seven Prayer Strategies for the Crisis in the Middle East (Pages 104-118) - 134pp
The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness (Location 4594-5586 ; 53 (17 pages); Kindle)
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 249-259) - 271pp

9/18/2026 (57 pages)
Fathers & Daughters (Pages 182-186) - 203pp
The Games Do Count:  America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports (Pages 246-270) - 326pp
The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness (Location 3425-4581; 57 (19 pages); Kindle)
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 241-248) - 271pp

9/17/2026 (78 pages)
24 Hours That Changed the World (Pages 29-43) - 152pp
Love in the Face of ISIS: Seven Prayer Strategies for the Crisis in the Middle East (Pages 50-103) - 134pp
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 232-240) - 271pp

9/16/2026 (67 pages)
24 Hours That Changed the World (Pages 7-28) - 152pp
Fathers & Daughters (Pages 164-181) - 203pp
The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness (Location 2804-3408; 39 (13 pages); Kindle)
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 218-231) - 271pp

9/15/2026 (66 pages)
Daily Devotions for Die-Hard Fans:  Texas A&M Aggies (Pages 6-7) - 201pp
Fathers & Daughters (Pages 155-163) - 203pp
Sports Stories and the Bible (Pages 36-39) - 184pp
The Games Do Count:  America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports (Pages 237-245) - 326pp
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 201-217) - 271pp
Two Outs, So What!: The 2001 Seattle Mariners (Location 2879-3712; (51) 25 pages; Kindle)

9/14/2026 (53 pages)
The Games Do Count:  America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports (Pages 216-236) - 326pp
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 184-200) - 271pp
Way of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in the Americas (Pages 12-26) - 111pp

9/13/2026 (20 pages)
Fathers & Daughters (Pages 135-154) - 203pp

9/12/2026 (34 pages)
The Games Do Count:  America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports (Pages 182-215) - 326pp

9/11/2026 (10 pages)
The Baseball Astrologer and Other Weird Tales (Pages 125-126) - 302pp
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 176-183) - 271pp

9/10/2026 (56 pages)
Fathers & Daughters (Pages 90-134) - 203pp
The Games Do Count:  America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports (Pages 171-181) - 326pp

9/9/2026 (34 pages)
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 142-175) - 271pp

9/8/2026 (26 pages)
Playing With The Best:  One Man's Journey Through The Golden Age of Sports (Pages 32-43) - 203pp
William Marsh Rice and His Institute:  A Biographical Study (Pages 34-47) - 112pp

9/7/2026 (60 pages)
And Then the End will Come: The Completion of the Great Commission and Nine other Clues That Jesus is Coming Soon (Pages 204-214, 223, 225)
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 172-218) - 218pp

9/6/2026 (73 pages)
Playing With The Best:  One Man's Journey Through The Golden Age of Sports (Pages 2-31) - 203pp
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 149-171) - 218pp
Two Outs, So What!: The 2001 Seattle Mariners (Location 2232-2863; (40) 20 pages; Kindle)

9/5/2026 (32 pages)
Playing With The Best:  One Man's Journey Through The Golden Age of Sports (Pages ix-xi, 1) - 203pp
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 121-148) - 218pp

9/4/2026 (50 pages)
Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk (Pages 72-87) - 326pp
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 87-120) - 218pp

9/3/2026 (73 pages)
A Rock Between Two Rivers: The Fracturing of a Texas Family Ranch (Pages 1-53) - 187pp
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 122-141) - 271pp

9/2/2026 (81 pages)
Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete (Pages 244-270
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 38-86) - 218pp
The Baseball Astrologer and Other Weird Tales (Pages 120-124) - 302pp

9/1/2026 (41 pages)
Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete (Pages 203-243) - 270pp

Monday, September 28, 2026

Miles and Miles - 9/25/26 to 10/24/26

September 25 - October 24 - 0 miles running - 4 miles walking - 7.8 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 0 meters rowing (0 of 4 days) - 0 minutes elliptical (0 of 4 days) - 26,593 steps - 0 of 4 gym days
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September 25 (Friday:  Day 1) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,460 steps
September 26 (Saturday:  Day 2) - 2.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,583 steps
September 27 (Sunday:  Day 3) - 2.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,063 steps
September 28 (Monday:  Day 4) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 1:02:46.00 / 15:41 - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 10,487 steps

High School Sporting Event Appearances - 2026-2027

Cross Country
08/08/26 - Kingwood Park 2 Mile Kickoff (Kingwood)
09/05/26 - UIL Region III Preview (Huntsville)
09/26/26 - Nike South Invitational (College Station)

Football
08/12/26 - (Scrimmage) Tomball Christian Homeschool at Houston St. John's School (Houston)
08/13/26 - (Scrimmage) Houston The Kinkaid School at Houston Lutheran South Academy (Houston)
08/21/26 - Beaumont Monsignor Kelly Catholic at Houston Northland Christian School (Houston)
08/27/26 - Montgomery at New Caney (New Caney)
08/30/26 - Dallas HSAA vs. Cincinnati (OH) Landmark Eagles (Arlington)
08/30/26 - Conroe Northside Lions vs. Purcellville (VA) Harvest Covenant (Arlington)
08/30/26 - Tomball Christian Homeschool vs. Lenexa (KS) Christ Prep (Arlington)
09/03/26 - Alief Elsik vs. Spring Dekaney (Spring)
09/04/26 - Fort Worth All Saints Episcopal School at The Woodlands The John Cooper School (The Woodlands)
09/10/26 - Houston The Kinkaid School at Houston St. Thomas (Houston)
09/11/26 - The Christian School at Castle Hills at Conroe Covenant Christian School (Conroe)
09/12/26 - Fulshear at Jersey Village (Houston)
09/17/26 - Magnolia West at Klein Forest (Houston)
09/25/26 - Rockwall Heritage Christian Academy at Greenville Christian School (Greenville)
09/26/26 - Houston Emery/Weiner School vs. Richland Springs (Rockdale)

Volleyball
08/18/26 - Tomball Rosehill Christian School at Spring Founders Christian School (Spring)

Churches Attended and Visited in 2026 (33 of 38 weeks)

January 4 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
January 11 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
January 18 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Stephen Trammell)* - 1
January 25 - Houston's First Baptist Church cancelled in-person worship due to winter storm

February 1 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
February 8 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 2
February 15 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Leon Brooks III)* - 3
February 22 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

March 1 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
March 8 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brandon Ayers)* - 4
March 15 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
March 22 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 5
March 29 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)

April 4 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 - Saturday Easter Service (Greg Matte)* - 6
April 12 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 7
April 19 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

April 26 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Dr. John Piper)
April 26 - Attended Houston's First Baptist Church The4 - New LBS Class (Chad Chambers)

May 3 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 8
May 3 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
May 3 - Attended Houston's First Baptist Church The4 - New LBS Class (Chad Chambers)
May 10 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. service Online - Greg Matte)
May 17 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 9
May 24 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 10
May 31 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Ethan Schifelbein)* - 11 

June 7 -  Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Dr. Bill Blocker, President, College of Biblical Studies, Houston)* - 12
June 14 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (John Wethington, Senior Pastor, New Day Church, Houston)* - 13
June 21 -  Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Dr. O.S. Hawkins, Chancellor, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)* - 14
June 28 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. service Online - Daniel Ritchie, Southern Baptist Convention) - 15/25

July 5 - Attended Grand Oaks Church 9:30 a.m. (Kirk Godkin) - with Waverly for Mom and Dad's 60th wedding anniversary
July 12 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 16/27
July 19 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
July 26 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

August 2 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 17/30
August 9 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 18/31
August 16 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 19/32
August 23 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) - Chapel* - 20/33
August 30 - Absent (Homeschool Football Classic) - Chapel* - 21/34 (7 - 16 - 21 = 44)

September 6 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m.  (Brandon Ayers)* - 22/45
September 6 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4* - 23/46 (7 - 16 - 23 = 46)
September 13 - Absent (Toughest 10K Kemah)
September 20 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
September 27 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Miles and Miles - 8/25/26 to 9/24/26

August 25 - September 24 - 4.257 miles running - 35.397 miles walking - 35.11 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 8,096 meters rowing (2 of 26 days) - 297 minutes elliptical (9 of 30 days) - 124,619 steps - 9 of 30 gym days
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August 25 (Tuesday:  Day 1) - 2 miles walking in Hannover Forest Subdivision - Fern Lacy 2-miler (31:12.96 // 15:36) - 0.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,584 steps
August 26 (Wednesday:  Day 2) - 2.313 miles walking at Knox Junior High Track (35:33.96 / 15:23) - 0.257 miles running at Knox Junior High Track (2:43.69 / 10:38) - 15:01 rowing for 3,062 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:23/500m) - 0.33 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,941 steps
August 27 (Thursday:  Day 3) - 2 miles walking in Hannover Forest Subdivision - Fern Lacy 2-miler (31:26.79 // 15:43) - 0.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,130 steps
August 28 (Friday:  Day 4) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,868 strides) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,673 steps
August 29 (Saturday:  Day 5) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 393 calories; 6,018 strides) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,756 steps
August 30 (Sunday:  Day 6) - 3.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 7,971 steps
August 31 (Monday:  Day 7) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 1:02:25.77 / 15:37 - 2.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 13,954 steps
September 1 (Tuesday:  Day 8) - 0.24 miles walking (Apple Health) - 599 steps
September 2 (Wednesday:  Day 9) - 0.44 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,139 steps
September 3 (Thursday:  Day 10) - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,191 steps
September 4 (Friday:  Day 11) - 1.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,913 steps
September 5 (Saturday:  Day 12) - 5 miles walking (Apple Health) - 11,477 steps
September 6 (Sunday:  Day 13) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,840 strides) - 2 miles walking in Hannover Forest Subdivision - Fern Lacy 2-miler (31:40.39 / 15:50) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,082 steps
September 7 (Monday:  Day 14) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 1:03:46.92 / 15:57 - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,589 steps
September 8 (Tuesday:  Day 15) - 2.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 6,390 steps
September 9 (Wednesday:  Day 16) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 1:03:46.92 / 15:57 - 0.5 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,043 steps
September 10 (Thursday:  Day 17) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,218 steps
September 11 (Friday:  Day 18) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,645 steps
September 12 (Saturday:  Day 19) - 2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,990 steps
September 13 (Sunday:  Day 20) - 1.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,739 steps
September 14 (Monday:  Day 21) - 2.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,595 steps
September 15 (Tuesday:  Day 22) - 4 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:01:02 / 15:16) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,886 strides) 
September 16 (Wednesday:  Day 23) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 387 calories; 5,900 strides) - 3.084 miles walking at Knox Junior High Track (47:42.98 / 15:28)
September 17 (Thursday:  Day 24) - 
September 18 (Friday:  Day 25) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 391 calories; 5,970 strides) 
September 19 (Saturday:  Day 26) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 391 calories; 5,986 strides) - 25:01 rowing for 5,034 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:23/500m)
September 20 (Sunday:  Day 27) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 394 calories; 6,020 strides) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 1:02:55.22 / 15:44
September 21 (Monday:  Day 28) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 1:02:33.12 / 15:38
September 22 (Tuesday:  Day 29) - 4 miles running along The Woodlands Waterway // 45:34.75 / 11:24
September 23 (Wednesday:  Day 30) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 387 calories; 5,894 strides) 
September 24 (Thursday:  Day 31) -