New Words – New Shirt

Today is the Catholic New Year and also is the first day we use the new translation of the Mass. To celebrate this, we designed a new t-shirt and instantly sold out of them last week at NCYC. We are getting some more printed up, so if you would like one, check back next week (they are super soft).

I have to admit, I made a few mistakes at Mass today. I’m sure we will catch on pretty quickly.

Life on the Farm

We headed up for a few events to a state known for its bounty of agricultural goodness, Wisconsin.

We were hosted by our friends Andy, Syd, Jane, Ranger, Rocco, and Reagan who showed us how awesome life on a small farm can be. It was great! We collected eggs, spun honey out of the hive, checked up on the turkeys and chickens and rode unicorns.

We played music in Appleton and Cross Plains and had a great time. Unfortunately on this trip, I got a ticket for “following too closely” on the highway – which was a drag; but no doubt about it, the greatness of the trip trumped my driving woes*.

*We now only perform events we can reach by either boat or plane and don’t have to drive to (not really). Thanks to Andy for some of these great photos!

Get 20% off some cool shirts

I rooted through Facebook and pulled a bunch of pictures of us wearing PAL Campaign shirts. Everytime we wear them, people ask us where we got them. Well, our friends over at PAL Campaign have decided to offer a discount on shirts just for our friends. All you have to do is type in “popple” as a promo code on checkout and get 20% off your shirts. This is a great deal on some really cool shirts. You’re welcome.

Go to www.palcampaign.com now to check out their shirts.

National Donut Day

Celebrate with me!

New PAL Campaign Shirts!

Well, our good friends at PAL Campaign have done it again. The “Peace And Love” ambassadors have just posted two new shirts in their store. Dan got the “Follow Me” Shirt:

I was drinking my coffee this morning while wearing the “Word Made Flesh” shirt. Special thanks to PAL Campaign and their cool shirts. Be sure to check them out if you find your closet short of cool shirts.

Footprints . . . in the Snow

So, like much of the country, we have lots of snow here in Indiana. I have been trying to keep on top of things and shovel the sidewalks to keep them clean. Really, the only person that comes to our house with any regularity is the mail person (sometimes male, sometimes female). The person doesn’t change genders but … oh, you get it.

I like to keep things nice so he/she doesn’t have to tromp through 2 feet of snow. Apparently, the mail person doesn’t realize how hard I worked to clear a path just for him/her (right about now I am wishing I would have just made the person male for the whole story and been done with it).

I was looking out my window and watched my sidewalk being completely avoided as the mailman walked through the grass/snow.

After getting upset, I thought that is probably how God feels when he has this perfect path for us and knows how much easier our life will be if we just stay on His path. But there I go, blazing my own path totally oblivious that he is watching me and saying, “What the heck are you doing!!!!????”

Books are shipping

If you wanted a hard copy of Choosing the Right Urinal, they are shipping in various quantities. The more you buy, the cheaper they get. www.kyleheimann.com/urinal

Kyle’s Micro Book on the Radio

Monday will be the release of Kyle’s new book, “Choosing the Right Urinal.” Here is the cover of the micro book:

Kyle will be on Sirius/XM radio Monday at 12:20 EST. If you have the satellite radio, tune into the Catholics Next Door with Greg & Jennifer Willits.

Back Cover of Urinal Book

Monday will be the release day of my new book, “Choosing the Right Urinal.” Some exciting news will come with the official announcement so come back. Until then, here is the back cover and a little insight into the micro book.

Kyle’s new ukulele? new bass?

When I first heard that Kala (the brand of my ukulele and guitarlele) was making a bass-uke hybrid, I was intrigued. When I saw a few videos posted, I drooled a bit. So here are a few pictures of this amazing instrument that was delivered to me in December. I took a picture next to my tenor uke for size comparison.

The body is a baritone ukulele and it fits in a baritone uke case. The strings are fat silicone strings and although very short compared to a real bass, play the same octave as a full-sized bass. It is tuned the same as a bass guitar also (EADG).

Very fun. Lots to learn. Trying to figure out how it might fit into our set and how many instruments I am willing to take with me on a plane.

Hopefully I can record a video soon to demo it a bit.