Hey all it's a beautiful day :-) the sun is shining and its not too hot, there is a slight breeze blowing and the pigeons are singing in the parking lot ( can you just hear the symphony?) ok well it may sound like I had taken some happy pills or something of the sort, but let me assure you that is not the case. I actually got almost a full nights slep last night and my son , while being quite busy today, has been full of smiles and laughter. I know I can look at him when he is like that and be depressed because he is Autistic, has siezures and a hearing problem, but I don't. I just see my son; a beautiful, big, healthy, happy, active boy. I also found a truck that has really caught my attention, and at $3000 it is a bit more then I can afford right now (ok a lot more), but perhaps God will see fit to provide a way for me to get it. It is a 1977 4x4 Jeep military ambulance built on a jeep j20 platform. Now I am sure many of you probably hear that and scrunch up your foreheads and ask, " why?". The reason would be I look at it and I see possibilities, trips, adventures, not to mention it just looks cool :-). I have known people who only drive new cars and once they get 80,000 or so on them they trade them in even if they are running great. Now I like new cars too. The new Subaru Baja coming out brings a smile to my face as does many others, but, if you have an older vehicle that you really like and fits your needs, desires and lifestyle then just keep it. It doesnt matter how new or expensive a vehicle is if it doesnt "feel" right or can't do what you enjoy doing then what good is it? I remember doing a little off pavement driving a while back and saw a young couple in an inexpensive but nice looking Susuki Samuri drooling at a new Jeep Grand cherokee in the parking lot. I also saw the owner of said Cherokee totally snub the when they walked over and said hi. Totally blew them off didnt respond, got in his Jeep and headed on down the trail. Well a little while later I saw that couple drive right past a spot where the Jeep was firmly stuck and getting pulled out by a 4x4 tow truck ( imagine that tow bill) so if you see someone who doesnt have something as nice or new as you do dont snub them say hi and give them a smile what they have may work well for them and you can never have too many friends out on the trail.

Hello world! Or at least the very few if any of you out there who read this :-) Hows the weather where your at? it s really nice here :-) A little Humid today but still prety nice. it is suppose to be in the tripple digits the rest of the week though. Any of you out there running swamp coolers? ( oh i'm sorry the proper name is evaporative coolers) thats what this appartment has and they seem to work fine up to about 90 degrees. After that it is hard to tell it is even running. Not too much that can be done about that but what I have found works well at least for a short period of time is putting a block of ice in the cooler. it cools the water going to the pads and cools the air flowing past and thus the air coming into the apartment, but, unless you have a big freezer you cant make too many blocks at a time and it is expensive to keep buying them so it is best used at the hottest time of the day to give an extra bit of relief... this public service message brought to you courtesy of me :-)