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I bet God looks down on us and laughs/cries at our perspective on things sometimes…certain things we think are so important; or maybe even more comical/dramatic are things that are of monumental importance that get pushed aside or are forgone for something we deem as more valuable. I pray that He gives me the eyes to see what is truly important in my life and relationships.

I have been sick the last couple of days and been praying for healing. It is funny how I only seem to get sick on really big weeks at work and personally. He has been gracious and healed my body much faster than it usually takes for me to run the common cold. I was realizing it this afternoon as I was working around the house. I also realized that I had not thanked Him at all for the swift healing. Mind you I am still coming out of it but it is easy to see that His hand has been on my healing when you are looking for the fingerprints. It is just a matter of perspective.

Robert comes through again! He has turned me onto this video and I was rolling. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDUQW8LUMs8[/youtube]

Thanksgiving was an unusual mixture of turkey, family, sorrow, and enjoyment. The turkey was amazing; the family was crazy (but awesome); the sorrow was because it is most probably the last time we will be in our house as an entire family period, much less the last Thanksgiving; and enjoyment because regardless of the location, if you are with my family you can’t have a bad time!

I am hoping to have pictures up soon…

UPDATED: The Pictures are up from thanksgiving! Click Here!

I came across this video @ Collide. It is a great example of what we can do with the gifts that God gives us when we apply them to the glorification of the the one we love.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCiThCeY2Uc[/youtube]

Mrs Claus came early this morning! Actually, it is Ms. Nancy Newton but it was a great moment regardless. This is what I love about working with the children’s ministry: we still have that childhood sense of fun!

One of the things I dread most about upgrading wordpress (and actually the thing I least like about wordpress over all) is the actual deleting and uploading of the upgraded files.

However, with the new MacFusion (which uses MacFuse from Google) it is super easy to mount an FTP site through an SSH connection. Now mounting an ftp drive in the mac finder was not a big problem; being able to write to it was: Finder will mount an FTP site but it is read-only. Until now it was all a matter of hunt and delete to find the right files to delete; sometimes certain files in a folder needed to be deleted while others needed to be left alone. Needless to day, it was a huge pain! But now sunny days have come and we are all able to grab hands, sing, and dance all the day long…or something like that… So here is how to have the sunny days arrive…

It goes without saying (but I will say it anyway) that you should have EVERYTHING (MySQL, Wordpress, etc) backed up. This cannot be expressed to severely. Check out this post for more information on how to back up you wordpress site.

First, you will need a few downloads:

1. MacFusion (and MacFuse)

2. ChronoSync (or some other type of folder sync program)

3. the newest version of Wordpress

Once everything is installed and unstuffed, go ahead an run MacFusion and mount your webroot/ftp site.

Next, start up ChronoSync (or your sync program of choice). Then select the unstuffed, upgraded version of Wordpress that is on your local computer as the master folder (or the one which is the basis for the sync). Next select the wordpress folder on your remote ftp site. NOTE: Be careful to not hit the sync button at this point. You could erase all your posts and content if you do.

Now comes the really important part: setting up the rules for the sync.Basically you need to set a rule up for each file that should NOT be repalced by the new upgrade. There are 5 or 6 folders/files that should not be upgraded depending on what kind of installation you have and how you use Wordpress. Those files are: wp-config.php file; wp-content folder; (Special Exception: the wp-content/cache and the wp-content/plugins/widgets folders should be deleted.); wp-images folder; wp-includes/languages/ folder–if you are using a language file do not delete that folder; .htaccess file; robots.txt file.

This is a screen shot of the rules that I use in ChronoSync.

Pay special attention to the logic in the rules. I set it so the listed files are not included in the sync from the local folder;

another-wards they are the only files that are not replaced.

Once you have all the rules set up (and have saved the sync settings so you don’t have to go through all this the next time an update comes out), if your sync program allows you to, do a trial sync. Check the output log and make sure that none of the files that are replaced are the ones we have listed above as exceptions.

Finally, double check that you are all backed up and hit the sync button. The program does all the rest of the work and next time you have to upgrade it will but just a few clicks of the button (assuming you saved the settings) and you will be good to go.

Don’t forget to go to the ../wp-admin/upgrade.php file in order to install the upgrade once it is done syncing/uploading.

Ok, so we might not get into our kilts at Thanksgiving… but we should!! Actually, I just can’t wait to see my boys (Dad, Drew, and Ian) again. There will be turkey and football etc…but by far the best part will be us jack-spratting around while mom gives us (meaning dad) that look….you know, the look that says “Michael, you are not 20 years old and you should set and example” even thought it is the same look she has been giving him for 20 years to begin with!

Dad! Soldier surprises sons at school I saw this when I was watching the news this morning. All i could think about is how I can’t wait to run in to my Heavenly Fathers arms when I get to heaven and yell “Dad! Is it really you??!!”

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Ephesians 6:12 (New International Version)

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

Ephesians 6:18 (New International Version)

I have been relying heavily on these scriptures lately it seems…over the last couple weeks my car has been broken into, I have been sick as a dog, we have had some huge techinical issues at work, all during one of the busiest weeks of the Prestonwood year (Fall Festival on the 31st). But, God has been increasingly grascious in pouring out in His blessings on our efforts with Wrights Direction. I will go into more detail later but I gotta run shoot.

Got it all upgraded…it was touch and go to say the least there for a little while…the site has had some issues outside of Wordpress… Anyway, it finished and it is working except for a little glitch on the domain side that changes the URL from dailymirror.us to www.lifebloodproject.com/wordpress. Ahh well….