It looks like the majority of the brides health problems may be related to her thyroid. This would include her mini strokes. At least that is what the doctor said this morning. They have decided to “kill” her thyroid. She will take a radioactive pill and in a matter of weeks it will be dead. She will need meds for the rest of her life to take the place of what her thyroid produced. So there we have it, some answers and something we can work with. I thank God that this was all it was. I want to thank you all for your prayers and thoughts.

Headed out for breakfast on mother's day

This is the bride of my buddy and my bride (the one on the right)

This is an old cabin on my buddy's property

This is were I have been for the last eleven days. We had a wonderful vacation. I did not try and post anything from my buddy's computer, he still has dial up. I will post a few more pictures

I am putting some last minute touches on the house cleaning before we leave for vacation. I doubt that I will post anything until I get back. God bless and take care

Our friends have headed back to Mississippi and we had a wonderful time with the visit. I went into the office for only two hours this morning and I will be on leave until the 21st of May. I am looking forward to this trip as much as the bride is.

I ordered a 1000 rounds of Wolf .223 and it should arrive on the 10th. The lady that is dog sitting for us will be here to sign for the package. I am splitting the ammo with friend Nate. He does not have a gun that will fit this ammo but this will give him the incentive to go get one. That is how I got my first 45 ACP. Some guy gave me around 500 rounds of old WWII surplus ammo. I figured if I had the ammo I might as well get the gun that uses it. Anyway that is the rational I used with the bride and it worked.
It has gotten to the point to where she hardly rolls her eyes anymore when I come home with a new gun or a bunch of ammo.

She is feeling a little better, but still gets very tired. She has not had any numbness for over a week now. This can only be a good thing. I think I will go check the mail and take something for a head ache.

The bride was feeling a little poorly this morning. She has come into work for the past two days, and she came in today. I believe that she plans to go home at lunch. She says that she needs to rest, and I agree.

I spent some time on the phone last night talking with the Lockheed rep that works my conference. He was telling me that everything went well. I do appreciate the guys I work with; they really stepped up for me when I left Sunday.

The bride and I have plans to go visit friends in Pennsylvania this coming Wednesday. She stills wants to go. Most of the time when she accompanies me on the trip to PA it is go, go, go. We have been known to run up and down the eastern seaboard. This year she will sit around with Tammy (my buddy’s wife) drink diet coke and eat potatoes chips. My buddy Craig and I will spend most of the time fishing.

We have a close friend that will house and dog sitting for us. The house is no big deal I just don’t want to put the dogs in a kennel. We had gone for 11 years without any kind of pet and I was happy. When it looked like we may end up with the first dog I told the bride it would tie us down or at the least complicate our life. It did not seem to matter and we ended up with Foxy, then we ended up with Dusty. They have tied us down some and have complicated our lives but I would not have it any other way. There is not a day goes by that the dogs do not make me laugh out load. Dogs have to be a blessing from God.

I came home today a week early from my meetings. The bride ended up in the emergency room again last night. The same symptoms as last time only this time they were accompanied by a horrendous headache. She called me in California to say that a friend was taking her to the hospital. She was given morphine for her head and it did not help. The bride was released around 11:00pm when they could not find anything wrong. We talked on the phone for awhile and she assured me that she was okay. I was talking with one of my work associates this morning and when the bride called in tears saying that she was not feeling well and wished I was home. I gave my signature authority to the representative for the Air Combat Command and I caught the first plane headed home. She is asleep on the couch and I will be taking her for some test in the morning. I may show up at work for a couple of hours to take care of some business and explain to my supervision what is going on.
I will admit that I am a little worried

I have spent the entire morning in the emergency room with the bride. It seems while she was at work her right side went numb. It started in her leg and ran up her side, shoulder, neck and face. She drove herself to the ER and I met her there. They ran all kinds of test and scans, they found almost nothing. She is to follow up with our primary care Dr and a neurologist. Depending on how she does will determine if I go on my trip

This weekend will be spent getting ready for a two week business trip. I am planning on buying some new slacks and blue jeans, maybe a couple of shirts. I’ll leave Monday the 23rd of April and return Friday the 4th of May. The bride and I take off on the 9th of May and will be gone until the 19th. I just don’t travel as well as I use to but I am sure that I’ll have some fun on both trips.

I turned in my travel voucher for my last trip and was notified the voucher was paid. While I was looking it over I noticed that I had claimed my lodging twice. I was over paid by $310. I immediately sent an e mail notifying anyone who would listen I had been overpaid. I was instructed to go in and amend my voucher. I will receive an e mail with instructions on how to repay the money. I did something like this a number of years ago. I found the error and I reported it. I was sent a letter telling me to repay the money. The letter made it sound like I had stole the money and they had caught me. I am sure that the e mail will be along the same lines.

There is going to be a big gun show the weekend of the 28th. I really wanted to go pick up sound clips and ammo. I was going to spilt 1000 rounds of .223 with buddy Nate but I did not hook up to give him money. So Nate if you read this and you want to pick up the ammo from the outfit from Montana I am good for the coin. That being said if you find some 15 round G19 clips for around $20 I am good for a couple, maybe a couple of 25 round clips for the mini 14 or at least one 5 or 10 rounder.

I should be able to blog once in awhile while I am gone. I know all two of you will be waiting for my wit and wisdom. Nate don’t feel obligated it is no big deal there will be another gun show. Dave old buddy keep me in your prayers.

Massacre at Virginia Tech University, 32 dead for no other reason then some whacked out man decided to kill. It is a shame beyond belief.

The anti gunners have already started to raise their battle cry. “No Guns, guns are evil” I have even heard it is time to repeal the second amendment. What I saw in this tragedy was a microcosm of an unarmed society. Nobody at the school was allowed the chance to defend themselves. The University trumped state laws buy not allowing concealed permit holders to bring their weapons on campus. They violated their constitutional rights. They became no more then sheep herded into a slaughter house to be killed.

The crazed gunman did buy the guns legally. It has been reported that he ground off the serial numbers making the guns illegal, making him guilty of a felony. So because of the guns used in the crime the anti gunners want to repel the second amendment.

"University gunman left violent writings". It has been reported that the writing were so disturbing, hateful, and violent that the gun man had to go to counseling. Possibly the first amendment should be put on the chopping block. Why somebody should be allowed to foster and compound hatful thoughts that they may or may not act on. First amendment has got to go.

I am home, it took a little while to get here but I made it. I left Terra Haute Indiana yesterday around noon. The airport is in Indianapolis we had plenty of time so we stopped at the Indianapolis 500 motor speedway. It was a lot of fun we went through the hall of fame and even got to take lap around the race track. It was in a bus but still fun. The two gentlemen that were with me dropped me off two hours before my flight and life was good. We had heard reports of some weather related problems around the Dallas, Fort Worth airport (DFW). This is where my connecting flight was. I figured no big deal I would still get home. They (don’t you love “they”) slipped my departure time buy a half an hour. No big deal I had a three and a half hour lay over in DFW. We roll out from the gate and the pilot shuts the plane down. Explaining that we won’t be allowed to leave for a while and he is saving gas. So we sit for about half hour, no big deal I have a lot of time for my connecting flight. Soon we are off and flying heading south west 28,000 feet and making great time. About the time we are scheduled to arrive we are still flying and flying and flying. The pilot comes on over the radio and explains that there are a bunch of planes in a holding pattern. We circle DFW for about an hour when a flight attendant comes through and told us that DFW had been evacuated due to tornados at the airport and surrounding areas. I guess that everybody came back to the airport because we landed. My 8:50 pm flight was now scheduled for 10:15 pm, cool. I got to my gate and was waiting. They came up with a new time, 10:45 again cool. 11:15, 11:45, and 12:15 am, 12:30 and so on and so on. We were given the excuse that the flight that needs to connect with our air craft was setting on the tarmac and could not get to the gate. 01:30, 1:45 we boarded the aircraft. I got a blanket snuggled down into my seat and was ready to go home. Then it happens, the announcement saying that the aircraft had to have a “hail” inspection and the flight was canceled. We march off the plane and line up in the terminal to try and find out what is going to happen to us. It is almost 3:00 am before I get to the ticket counter and say “just get me home” I get booked on another airline for 8:30 am. No offer a hotel and I am turned down when I ask for a food voucher for breakfast I the morning. I toddle off to my new terminal and to look for a piece of floor to call my own. I find a nice chunk of floor right next to the window and the gate I need. I think I doze off around 4:00 am and I wake up about an hour later to a cold air drifting in form the window and the sounds of the airport coming to life. I grab a bit of breakfast and some coffee, board the plane around 8:00 and I am off for an uneventful flight home. I do manage to catch a couple of cat naps on the flight. That did help. I am home safe and sound, but I don’t have any luggage. I have had a tracer put on my bag and I just called the 1 800 number but they can’t seem to find my stuff. I am sure it will show up, and if it doesn’t I needed some new clothes anyway.

The hotel I am staying at has a compter and it is hooked up to the internet so here I am . This part of Indianna is very pretty and the folks are very nice. Talking wih some of the locals there is a lot of hunting and fishng to be done. The price of homes is cheaper then Utah (by half) and the property tax is a lot less. I was telling all this to the bride the other day and she asked if we were going to retire there. I said it was something to think about. Sometimes I think I would love to pull the plug and just move anywhere, other times I think that I really do like Utah and we have so many friends there. I am sure that is where we are going to stay. I will be glad when this trip is over. I will only be home for a week before I head out again.

I leave on a business trip this weekend. My plane takes off at 06:00 Easter morning. I am not crazy about this but it is just life, and I have 327 days until I can retire. I’ll be gone all week returning late Friday night. I expect to walk into the house around midnight.

I’ll be home for a week then be headed it for two weeks. This schedule is really messing up my spring fishing plans. Reading the fishing report (aka lying report) in the paper most of the local waters are having some great fishing action.


My youngest son is coming for visit today. It will be good to see him for a couple of days. His wife could not get off of work so it is just him. He has admitted that he is homesick. Living in the Denver area it is only an eight hour drive so we can se each other a couple three times a year.

The pastor of our church bought a new house. We went over to inspect the place and found it was beautiful. This is a brand new home they moved into in February. It is a rambler with a walkout basement. They are young couple with two small children and this house will be prefect to raise a family. The only problem I came across with the house is the bride now has a case of new house fever. The house we live in now will be paid for in thirty six months. I don’t think I want to start over again, but I will wait to find out how I really feel about this. I am sure that the bride will let me know soon.

The bride went to worship team practice last night. I clean the kitchen and watched “Are you smarter then a 5th grader” This is a funny show and the answer is “NO” I am not smarter then a 5ht grader. I am blown away by some of the question these kids answer. I would guess that if I was in school and studying the answers would be easier. They had a young lady on last night that had a 3.5 GPA in high school and collage; she could not answer all the questions. She did walk away with $100,000. Not a bad payday for someone that can’t hang with a 10 year old.

I am taking off early today so I will be able to watch Ava. I think she has fun with grandpa, I know I have a great time watching her.

I have been off work for the past two days. It seems I picked up a touch of the stomach flu. It has not been much fun. I am feeling better today although my stomach is still on edge. I thinking I will go back to work in the morning. I just don’t want to pass this on to others in the office. I get upset with people that think the world will stop if they don’t go to work and spread their germs everywhere infecting the rest of the staff.

Read this and pay attention to the bold print. Hello when does an illegal get to vote in this country?

Immigrants, supporters rally in downtown

By Anna Gorman, Times Staff Writer
11:59 AM PDT, March 25, 2007

Hundreds of immigrants and their supporters rallied today at the Los Angeles Sports Arena to push for immigration reform and an end to work site raids and deportations.

"The government has to listen to us," said Raymundo Aguilar, 40, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. "We aren't just a few, we are millions."

The event, which featured mariachi music and speeches by politicians, marks the one-year anniversary of the massive march in the streets of Los Angeles. It also comes just a week after legislation was proposed that would offer illegal immigrants a pass to citizenship.

Participants carried American flags and waved banners saying "We want immigration reform now." They chanted "Si, se pueda," or "Yes, we can."

Though the mood was hopeful, several said the rally lacked the same energy and numbers as last year's protests. They expressed frustration that immigration reform had still not occurred.

"We marched, we voted, and nothing," said Lida Vidal, 34, who came here illegally 17 years ago from Mexico. "I still don't have papers."

Another group was gathering at La Placita, the historic adobe church across from Olvera Street, before heading to the downtown federal building to protest immigration raids.

The planned speakers at the Sports Arena event include Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles) and Representative Hilda Solis (D-El Monte). A separate group of anti-illegal immigration advocates is scheduled to hold a counter protest downtown today.

I have made two fishing trips to Alaska in the past couple of years. I have had a wonderful time each time I have gone. Although I broke my ankle and tore my bicep from my shoulder this last trip I still had fun. The Yakutat Lodge is owned by Jill and Ken Fanning. I have some friends that have gone every year for the past 10 or 12 years. I have gone twice and we all agree that Jill was the one to keep the place running. We found out that Jill past away this past December she died in her sleep from a heart attack. She will be missed by everyone who met her; she was a very nice lady.

It seems that the place is starting to come apart at the seams. One of my fishing buddies talked with a long time employee of the lodge at the Sportsman Expo in Salt Lake City last week. It will be a shame if this place goes under. The price is fairly reasonable even though the accommodations are rough, and I do mean rough. Not very many women I know are man enough to stay at this place. I know a few guys that would have a hard time. One of the rooms has a sheet of plastic on the ceiling to divert the rain water from the bed directly under it. I have been told that the plastic has been there since the year 2000. I know for a fact that the plastic does not work every time. I was not the one sleeping under the plastic but I did get to laugh at the guy who did.

I have been pricing alternatives and I have been hit with sticker shock. The bride was taken back even more then I was. If she could just pull down this next promotion I am sure that would take care of the problem or if I could win the lottery. Either would work for me.

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE

1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.

3. Colt: The original point and click interface.

4. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.

5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?

6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.

7. "Free" men do not ask permission to bear arms.

8. If you don't know your rights you don't have any.

9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.

10. The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights reserved.

11. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?

12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.

13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

1 4. Guns only have two enemies: rust and politicians.

15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.

16. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

17. 911 - government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.

18. Assault is a behavior, not a device .

19. Criminals love gun control -- it makes their jobs safer.

20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.

21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.

22. You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.

23. Enforce the "gun control laws" we ALREADY have, don't make more.

24. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.

25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun
control.

26. "A government of the people, by the people, for the people..."



"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
Thomas Jefferson