back to the real world.. after a fun weekend in “bear country” with the Erickson team, its good to be back home! here are a couple of shots of the weekend.

I had been praying about this new job situation. I felt I was not living my purpose. I felt there was more that God had planned and I was just sitting waiting till it happened… Well we were out to dinner with one of our good friends Ryan and his girlfriend Jessica when he mentioned there was a position at his work that just opened. The company is called The reThink Group the position was going to be in mainly sales and then marketing. So I had a few interviews and a lot of praying to do. They offered me the position at the end of July and I took it! This past monday was my first day. I am so excited to be apart of a company that is involved making an impact on kids! www.therethinkgroup.org… check it out for your self!

Jared and I have been checking on the poor Canadian goose every now and then. Poor stubs. Do you remember the goose we talked about how it only had one foot… this is him. It made me sad when the other day we had a really bad storm. There was crazy lightning, thunder, and loads of rain. Stubby couldn’t get out of the rain… so he sat in the same spot like he does everyday until the storm went away. I wanted to pick him up and take him to a safe zone but a. I didn’t want to get hit by lightning and 1. he would probably not allow me to do that yet. we are just at acquaintances still..

and here is a picture of is poor leg

Totally Random posting today….

The New York Times has an interesting article on a newly redesigned milk jug that’s starting to be carried by some Walmarts and Costcos here in the U.S. The jug was created because of the inefficiency of the traditional milk jugs shape. Because of the way traditional jugs are shaped, they have to be transported in crates 4 at a time, while the redesigned jugs can be stacked on top of each other and put on pallets. By packaging and shipping them in this new way, it’s possibly to ship 50% more milk at a time. This means savings in a number of different areas including at the register, where the newly designed jugs have dropped in price from $2.58 to $2.18.

But what’s interesting is that the people who’ve used the jugs aren’t totally thrilled by it. In a demonstration given by a Costco employee, she suggests setting the jug on the table and then pouring. To me this just sounds like a poor design decision. Why the heck does the opening need to be THAT big? It’s looks like it’s almost 2″ across. I just think it’s funny that no one took ergonomics into account, they just wanted to ship out more milk faster and cheaper.

I also completely hate the shape, it looks like it was put together by an engineer, not a designer. More than anything though it looks like a detergent bottle, and the fact that I related the jug of milk to detergent is pretty gross. Someone should really design a milk container that’s not only practical in many ways, but looks sexy as well. Why shouldn’t milk be sexy?

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while… but just now got the chance! I’m in the starting process of creating a new site called IheartMyWife.org. I’m still in some of the planning process, but the goal will be to encourage “men” to love their wives. I’m just sick of seeing husbands portrayed as lazy, dumb, cave men that have wandering eyes and selfish desires. I think its time for us guys to step up, and be proud of our wifes and let them know that!

Secondly… I’m working on a update for Jared-and-eryn.com! time for a bit of a facelift! and transition from a wedding website to a everyday blog! stick around and we will keep you updated!

-J