K.C. Wahe

The tags keep a coming…now I think they will stop…:)

1. I love my wife and kids dearly and thank God for them every second of my life. (Pray for my wife and the other zillion teachers who are loosing their jobs in California, I’m also so proud of our boys)

2. Thanks to the encouragement and support of some awesome friends, a couple of pastor types, and my lovely bride and kids, I am the first that I know of in my family to graduate high school, college, and graduate school…I was only 34 years old when I finished.

3. I was an extra in a Gary Coleman Cub scout movie in the early 80′s…hasn’t everyone whose grown in Hollywood been an extra?

4. I was in a March of Dimes photo shoot with Charles Bronson and his wife when I was in Jr. High. That dude was old!

5. As kids we used to climb up to the Hollywood sign before it was fenced off.

6. My mother is Dutch (Lelani Von Tellrop) and my biological father (Miguel Mascaranas) is Mexican-American, so am I Sputch?

7. My legal last name until about the year 2000 was Von Tellrop, not Wahe. New Jersey made me legally change my last name for my NJ License..Debbie & K.C. Von Tellrop?

8. My recent trip to Israel was the first time I’ve been out of the country other than leading Mexico mission projects in my youth ministry daze.

9. I’ve floated in the DEA SEA. (I had to put that one in, scroll down a post or two and you shall see a pic)

10. I used to deliver papers for the Herald Examiner before it croaked. I was the “throwing the paper dude” while the other dude drove for a car route I helped with and Eddie Van Halen’s house was a regular stop. (Thanks to a buddy, Van Halen was one of my first concerts I attended in my youth)

11. Deb, the kids, and myself attended the Rose Parade this year for the first time. (Thanks to a buddy)

12. Yes. I am a fan of Hootie & the Blowfish.

13. I saw RUSH (the BAND) for the first time in 2002 in Philly while living in Princeton…they kick butt even as old dudes.

14. I love coffee places that roast their own beans. (I miss small world in Princeton, NJ order their coffee online!)

15. I love Jesus, my wife, my kids, coffee, and my takamine and my martin guitars. In that order.

16. Greasy spoon breakfast over Denny’s breakfasts any day. (Come to the Antelope Valley for the best in Greasy Spoon cafes)

17. Grilled dodger dogs are the only way to go at Dodger stadium, In & Out Burger anytime of day, and tritip are the three foods that should be served at every meal. Okay…and really good Pizza.

18. I worked for the county of Los Angeles for a brief stint finding jobs for people who were over 55 years of age.

19. I thought I wanted to be a Forest Ranger at one time in my life.

20. Hollywood Blvd. was my playground as a kid. (We used to skate board up and down the blvd. We even used to go pool hoping in the neighborhood motel pools in the late 70′s to keep cool during the summer months, and as kids I think we sneaked into every movie theater on the blvd, that’s how I saw Chain Saw Massacre with my neighborhood buddies when it first came out and our baby sitter even sneaked us into Grease the movie, ugh!)

21. We loved living on the East Coast for three years in Princeton, NJ.

22. Before starting my work in youth ministry, one of my first jobs in the church was working as a church custodian at a real cool church.

23. When thirty something the television show was on in the late 80′s I wanted to be the guitar dude who would pluck the background music. (Cheesy but serious)

24. I love to cooooooook!

25. The only reason I like watching Tombstone the movie and the Matrix are for the fight scenes. (I’ll be your huckleberry)

This would describe how I’m feeling given several things I am trying to accomplish this week and on top of it a good ol’ fashion presbytery meeting that I need to attend.

ysmarko

Very cool. We have seriously pondered going to the other side. Forgive us almighty PC. Change is coming.

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I know I’m a few days late on the mother’s day reflections. Mom died a bunch of years ago. Some days I miss her. Others, she’s mud to me. Still grateful to God for her though. It makes me happy though that I get to plant seeds in the hearts of our kids that mom rocks and deserves more than just a day. Enjoy this little piece from the skitguy dudes.

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Now in my quest to becoming the lean mean machine I am I was recently driving through the good old Antelope Valley and noticed a sign that was advertising , “the four minute workout.” Now mind you I’d love to only workout for four minutes. I have lots to do every day. Its hard enough to get on the treadmill for at least thirty minutes. Now if you’re interested, you can even buy the machine for a little over $14,000.00. I think I will stick to my treadmill and to my snappy snap fitness work out facility with the cool snap fitness staff who make working out a blast.

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way cool!

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Living back east DD actually had better coffee than SB. I must say. Commercial cracked me up.

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I keep getting these side gigs at my wife’s school. Meet Geronimo Stilton…

Again, this is what happens when you’re married to a first grade public school teacher. The number of babies and kinder kids I scared was concerning. I did get some compliments and folks thought I was Arthur. Anyways, it’s for the kids! Of course T-bone was my escort and helped me walk around the school because I couldn’t see where I was going with the big mouse head. The coordinator said she was already thinking of my next gig and I told her that I’m getting an agent.

Served with a pastor way back when who I grabbed this high & low idea from.

My high for the day…

222.8 with socks on and 222.6 without socks

down from 236 with clothes on. hehe.

My low for the day…

We went to our first IB high school informational meeting for our oldest last night. Yes I’m thrilled that he will be in high school. And yes I’m counting the days until he leaves for college. But yes I am missing the days when I used to carry the kiddoe on my back in one of those, “daddy I can at least carry him on my back, back pack thingy’s.”

The kiddoe can carry me now.

Back to work!