10 Questions with my Dad

It gives me great pleasure to have the first "10 Question" Feature on my blog be with my dad, Steve Mousetis. 1. What is your name? Steve Mousetis

2. How old are you? 55

3. What do you do with your life? I try to serve the Lord at a local church and with international teams.

4. What is your favorite activity? Having fun with my family and coaching certain sports.

5. Who is your greatest role model? The Lord Jesus Christ

6. What is your greatest fear? Finding out that my life wasn’t very pleasing to the Lord.

7. What are you most passionate about? The Lord and His desire to seek and save the lost.

8. Where do you see yourself one year from today? Probably in pretty much the same place I am now, though I wouldn’t be surprised if big changes are coming.

9. Who is your favorite person? Why? Jesus! How can you top Him? God in the flesh who became a servant and obedient to the point of death on a cross. He loves us and I love Him, but I’m also in fearsome awe of Him.

10. What is your favorite quote? “But God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”-Romans 5:8

My dad is an awesome, amazing man of God. He has been to almost all of Europe, Russia, Mongolia, Indonesia and all over the United States telling people about the love of God. The best thing about my dad is that he doesn't just tell people about God's love he has shown it his whole life with the way he treats his wife (my mom), his kids, family and friends. He rides his bike to work most days, drive a 1985 VW Vanagon, which he plans to keep until he dies and has ran over 20 marathons. He is awesome.

10 Reasons why you should read "Crush It"

I just read Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk - and here are my 10 reasons why you should read it. 1. It's easy to read. I am not a reader and I finished it in 4 days. 2. Gary is funny. 3. It will get you fired up to pursue your dreams. 4. If you currently own your own business it will get you re-fired up to keep going. 5. It actually has practical steps on how to get stuff done through social marketing. 6. Gary has been using the techniques he talks about in his book and they are obviously working for him. 7. Gary will speak to your entrepreneurial spirit. 8. The book uses the word "hustle" a lot and that is one of my favorite words. 9. If you are already doing well in business it will inspire you to help others do the same. It's inspired me to help my father-in-law with his businesses. 10. This quote says it all "If there's any message I want you to take away , it's that true success-financial, personal and professional-lies above all in loving your family, working hard, and living your passion. In telling your story. In authenticity, hustle and patience. In caring fiercely about the big and small stuff. In valuing legacy over currency."

Overall, I loved the book and bought two copies after I read it, one for my dad and one for my father-in-law. Brooke is also reading it and she loves it. I think the reason I loved the book is because it not only speaks to the entrepreneur inside of me but also speaks to me as a Christian. If I work as hard on expressing my faith through love and sacrifice, like Jesus did, as hard as I work on creating a great brand, how many people would come to know his love, grace and forgiveness? Why aren't more Christians using all the tools out there to reach the lost? I don't know if Gary is a Christian, I sure hope he is. Because it's guys like him that I want talking about Jesus.

10 Questions with T.J.

I am starting this new feature on my blog called, "10 Questions with T.J." I am going to be asking people in my life the same 10 questions about their life to paint a mini bio of who they are and what they are all about. I figured that before I start asking people I should do it myself. So here are my 10 questions and answers. If you want to be featured on the blog with ten questions then you should contact me: 1. What is your name? Theodore James Mousetis

2. How old are you? 24, but I turn 25 a week from today

3. What do you do with your life? I own and operate walk in love. clothing, Brooke Courtney Photography and sixtysevensouth.

4. What is your favorite activity? That would probably have to be hanging out with my super cool wife.

5. Who is your greatest role model? My parents. My dad has really taught me how to live a life of faith and love. My mom has taught me how to be straight forward and how to get things done.

6. What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear is to fail and to not be able to provide for my wife and someday kids.

7. What are you most passionate about? I always say that I am passionate about three things-Jesus, Brooke and my family. But I am also pretty passionate about selling shirts, taking pictures and watching the Lakers/Dodgers

8. Where do you see yourself one year from today? I see myself in my wonderful house with my wife in the middle of wedding season and festival season

9. Who is your favorite person? Why? Obviously my favorite person is my wife Brooke. She is my rock and is the one person who can always keep me going.

10. What is your favorite quote? Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.-Theodore Roosevelt

*That is a picture of me as a baby.

Welcome to the new blog!

I am T.J. Mousetis.

I am a Christian and I try to glorify God by the things I do, say and wear I am a Husband. Above is a photo of my wife, Brooke and I. She is the love of my life, my better half, soul mate and business partner. I am a photographer and want to share the beauty that I hope to capture through the lens of my camera. I am a lover of t-shirts. I own a clothing company and own a lot of t-shirts!

Things you can expect from this blog: My life as it happens. Christian thoughts and advice. Business Advice. Awesome Photos. Awesome T-shirts. Awesome Stuff.

What I do with my life: