My buddy Nate explained to me how he knew God was a loving God, God made grass and weeds the same color. Now I am not sure that I agree with his theology but it did make me chuckle. It was almost 100 degrees again today. The air conditioning at work still does not work It has been tough this summer. I explained to my boss that I am sure they will fix the A/C by Fall.

I go in for arthroscopic surgery on my left knee this Thursday. I hurt it at my granddaughter’s birthday party. One year old girls can get pretty rough.

Ava spent Friday night and most of Saturday with us. What a joy she is. Ava is a blessing

I checked my power ball numbers this morning. I still have to go to work. sigh

My tooth has stopped hurting. The infection was into my jaw bone, even with the root cannel and the tooth all cleaned out I was still in pain. I woke up this morning and no pain. I have the day off so I am busy doing a bunch of house work. We are having a dinner party tonight and the bride is at work. She special ordered a vacuum cleaner with an oversized handle just to make sure that it fit me. We all know that the vacuum cleaner is ergonomically designed to fit a women’s hand. Women’s feet are smaller so they can get closer to the sink. The facts are the facts and all I am saying that it is just the way it is. ;-)

Worldnet daily sometimes has to be taken with a grain of salt. But here is a very good article on drunk drivers and their Immigration status

Oh my, I ended up getting a root cannel to morning. I left from work with my tooth throbbing, got to the dentist and the numbing shot was wonderful. I felt nothing through out the whole ordeal. Went back to work (my boss said she was amazed that I came back after a Root cannel) I have some stuff that is on a very short suspense and I was feeling no pain. About a half hour ago the shot wore off and I am feeling a lot of pain. I punched out and came home. I took some pills and should be feeling better here shortly. Man do I hurt.

My daughter in law is brand new to blogging. Maybe you could stop by and say hi.

It is going to be a warm one today. The forecast is for 101 degrees. This will be the twelfth day of 100 degrees or higher so far this year. I went out and did some much needed work in the garden. The sun popped up over the mountains and it got a little to warm for me. It seems Saturday morning is about the only time I can get out to do yard work. We leave the house around 5:30 each morning and get home anywhere between 4:00 and 6:00 in the evening. By that time we are too tired and it is too hot to do more then drag the hose around the yard. The great state of Utah is still on fire and there seems to be more fires all the time. Most are started by lightening. We get thunder heads moving across the state and they will produce the lightening but the rain does not reach the ground. It is to hot and too dry so it evaporates before it gets to the earth.

I thought about going fishing this morning but the bed would not let go. I slept in until 6:45. It felt great and I needed the sleep. The bride is still asleep and I am going to enjoy another cup of coffee. I love quite mornings like this, a little coffee and little prayer, a little yard work and hunting shows on TV. God is good and I am blessed.

San Diego is caving in to the pressure of the muslium community. What is not said in this article is the children are given a special room and prayer rugs provide by the tax payers of San Diego county. This prayer time is segregated for muslium only. I wonder what would be said if these were Christan kids wanting a bible club or prayer meeting. Oh wait they already tried that and there has to be separation of church and state. American had better wake up, these “prayer times” will soon need to be lead by a Muslim cleric that very likely will preach the hate that is coming from many of the worlds Islamic leaders. Trust me this will come back and bite us in the butt

It looks like the United States is not the only society with a left leaning agenda for school aged children

July 13, 2007
British schools cut Churchill from curriculum
Clarice Feldman
In a continuing move to suck the brains out of British schoolchildren, the curriculum board has decided to make teaching about Winston Churchill no longer mandatory to leave more school time for more "relevant subjects".
Britain's cigar-chomping World War Two PM - famed for his two-finger victory salute - was removed from a list of figures secondary school children must learn about.

Instead they will be taught about "relevant" issues such as global warming and drug dangers. Churchill's grandson, Tory MP Nicholas Soames, branded the move "total madness."

The decision to axe Churchill is part of a major shake-up aimed at dragging the national curriculum into the 21st century, it was claimed last night.

But the plan - hatched by advisers - angered schools secretary Ed Balls, who vowed to probe ALL the changes to the curriculum.

The proposals will see traditional timetables torn up, with pupils focusing on modern "relevant" topics such as drug and booze abuse, climate change and GM foods.

Churchill - voted the greatest ever Briton - goes off the required lessons list, along with Hitler, Gandhi, Stalin and Martin Luther King.

There will also be no need to mention the Wars of the Roses, Elizabeth I or Henry VIII.
With terrorists stalking the UK and Islamofascism threatening all of the West and its values, I can hardly think of a more stupid move than to replace teaching about Churchill with global warming and GM foods.

We got home from mom’s Sunday afternoon. We were able to get through the wild fire in the middle of the state. They had closed I -15 Saturday and open the road for a short period on Sunday. We happened to make it through; I -15 was closed again after we were safely on the other side. The fire is approaching 500 square miles. Just think about that for awhile.

I will have a chemically induce stress test tomorrow. These are not a lot of fun. They shoot you full of meds that raise your heart beat. It is the only way to get my hear beat to the level they need for the test. I think they are going to pump me full of radioactive dye and take my picture. Yep, it is nothing but fun tomorrow. What is really bad is no coffee for 24 hours prior to the test. No chocolate, no wine, no food after midnight, no nothing. Yes I will be living the dream come morning. In all honesty I don’t think it is all that bad. The meds suck but the rest in no big deal. I count my blessings, I am still alive and healthy for a broken down fellow.

I leave this afternoon for San Diego. The bride and I are packing up the dogs and going to visit mom. It will be a nice visit and we will get out of the heat for a couple of days.

My sister goes in for back surgery today. She has a cist growing out of her spine and pressing against the nerve in her back. She is in a great deal of pain. She almost did not get to have the surgery, she had an EKG just before the surgery and it was abnormal. It appears she has a slight blockage of an artery in her heart. She had triple bypass a year ago and she was freaked out. It came back 23% blocked so it should not be a problem.

I have been having some problems with my knees lately and I know I will have to get them replaced. I will wait until next year if I can. If I had them done now I would not be healed up enough for the cruise we are taking in October. That would be BAD!!

They have offered an early retirement at work and I have been thinking about it. If I put in for it and was accepted I would be unemployed by the end of September. I want to be retired but I don’t think I am ready for this “early out”. I am eligible for retirement in February. Then if they offer an early retirement I would not have to take any penalties that make a big difference on the bottom line.
I hope everybody has a safe and enjoyable 4th of July. See ya

My oldest son turns 32 today, I am not sure how that happened but I guess it did, Happy Birthday son. (none of my kids read my blog).

My youngest son and his wife spent the night last Saturday on the way to Sacramento. They joined up with her parents and went to visit an aunt. They left behind their three dogs. If my math is correct my two and their three mean I have five dogs at my house. My dogs are on the small side. We have a corgi at 25 pound and we have a Pomeranian mix that tips the scales at 17 pounds. The boy’s dogs are a basset hound, golden retriever, and a german sheppard. It has been chaotic to say the least; at least they all seem to get along (kind of). I went on the dreaded backyard patrol yesterday and was amazed at how much poop these guys can lay down. A snow shovel and a rake took care of the job.



My corgi digs all the time, she does not try and get out she just goes around looking for where she thinks a hole might be and takes out all the dirt until she finds it. She is very good at finding holes. While I was out in the yard yesterday Bruno (the Sheppard) decided he could find holes. I mean holes. There is a hole next to one of the supports of the deck that you could bury a Volkswagen. I fill this one in tonight.



It sounds like my buddy Nate has hurt his back. We had planes to go prairie dog hunting this Friday but I am sure he will not be up to it. So I am going cat fishing my freind Rickey. It should be fun and I enjoy smoked cat fish, and yes I know it is hard to keep them lit.

Ms. Malkin Has an eye opening look at human rights violations in Iran. It amazes me that this can go on and nobody seems to tell the story. At least not our main stream media.

I stole this from another blog

The next time you hear a politician use the word “billion” in a casual manner, remember that they are the ones spending your tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.

a. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
b. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
c. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
d. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
e. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in your brain, let’s take a look at New Orleans. It’s amazing what you can learn with some simple division.

Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, so what does it mean?

a. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.
b. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets $1,329,787.
c. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.

Washington, D. C. and Louisiana - HELLO!!! . Are all your calculators broken?? This is too true to be very funny.

Tax his land,
Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
If he cries,
Tax his tears.
Tax his bills,
Tax his gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax him until he’s good and sore.
Tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
“Taxes drove me to my doom!”
And when he’s gone,
We won’t relax,
We’ll still be after the inheritance TAX!!

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.

COMMENTS: Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and there was prosperity, absolutely no national debt, the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What happened??

I’ll tell you what happened. Liberalism happened.

I just had a very nice lunch with an old friend and coworker. He is retiring next Tuesday. We have been friends since we first met over 25 years ago. We both realize that we will not see each other very much after his retirement. He has been a good friend and I am going to miss him.

We talked a lot about what the after life (being retired) would bring. He has his airframe and power plant license and has been buying wrecked planes to rebuild and doing quite well with it. So he will be plenty busy. Me on the other hand I still need to figure something out. Looking at my calendar I have 252 days until I am eligible to go (not that I am counting). I have told the bride she will come home to a clean house, hot dinner, and me in nothing more then an apron. She told me to find a hobby. My buddy Dave seems to have fun driving a bus for kids. The only problem I would have with that is I don’t like kids that much. Grand kids are different, those I like.

I have thought about buying wooden furniture at yard sales and refinishing it. I am not out to make a lot of money but I am out to keep myself busy. I do believe I would have a pretty good chance to come back as a contractor, but if I have to work full time I might as well stay doing what I do.

I know this may sound weird but I would like to retire to spend more time with the dogs. The bride and I are gone at the minimum 10 1/2 hours a day. The dogs seem to have fun running up and down the fences barking at the neighbor dogs but I think they would like one of us home. Lot of stuff to think about.

Ms. Malkin has hit the nail on the head again. We could greatly reduce the illgal imagrant problem if the government would just do it's job.

Ava is one year old.

Liberal Quicksand This guy is an intersting read,. His lastest post about Hillary is thought provoking and scary

BobG Helped me out with the link thing. Thanks

I just checked my numbers. I did not win the power ball lottery. I guess I'll go into the office.