Finally back home

Don't know where the time goes, but I have been on the road a lot lately and am glad to be at home(the last three weeks I have been working all over the place).  Two weeks ago it was off to New Mexico for a system start up.  I don't think I had ever been to New Mexico, but I would find that it could be described as dusty....and hot.

The drive to the job site was 4 hours and 2 of those were without any radio reception....not even AM. 

Lots of this around.  With it being so dry down here, nothing rots, but it just gets old and worn.

On the way home on Friday I took the longer way to the airport over the mountains.  This is the same area where Billy The Kid ran around and it was kind of cool to think of the area before there were roads.

I assume spring is the green time in the desert, but there was only little patches of green here and there.

When I got home Brenda and I drove to St Maries for the world Jetboat races.  They ran up and down the river in time trials.  It was pretty cool to see and a nice day to be out and about. 

Although it was pretty cool, I don't consider this a "must see" event.  It is basically fun if you want to grill out by the river and drink beer all day.

James liked it and it could not have been a more perfect day in northern Idaho.

James loves to ride the mower.  He sits with me on that thing for 3 hours at a time and does not even move once.  He loves to be out on the mower and that is a good thing, since this time of year I have to mow the grass twice a week.

Friends of ours gave James this dump truck.  It makes sounds and he loves to push the thing all over the house and out in the yard.

The trees are in full bloom around here and we love to be out in the yard.  The garden is going to be going in soon and we are ready for the summer

Political Rant to make sure this is not a "kid blog"

Happy Easter!!!  Just got back from dinner and games with Friends and thought I should update the Blog.  Last weekend we got a chance to go to the children's museum downtown.  That Museum is cool, but is more like a kids toy area than and educational museum, but we had fun all the same.

James loves to find new towns.

The ball table that makes the balls hover in the air was a huge hit with the kids....and me.

Toothy smile anyone.

Here we are this morning.  Both with ties and ready for Church.

When he work up this morning Brenda just had to put these ears on him.

Now it is time for a rant.

It is said that there are only two thing certain in life Death and Taxes, and the knuckleheads down at the Spokane county commissioners office are trying to make those of us who will reach the former vote about the latter after the former will occur.  Let me make it clear, that I intend to live beyond 2033, but now government is just getting idiotic.  We now had a special election that cost who knows how much, in which they ask if we would like to extend the increased sales tax that will end in 2033 and extend it to the year 2044...What are these morons thinking?  Hmmm let me guess....you want to spend that"future revenue" now?  This was the only item on the special ballot and I can't imagine why it could not wait till the November election except they are greedy goons, wanting the money now and waiting a few months would be out of the question.  Do yourself a favor and don't even bother asking me what is wrong with America. 

Small side note on what some are calling "Obama Care".  The supreme court has been making some arguments recently that I find are pretty pathetic if these are the smartest people in the country.  The whole question of making people buy and eat broccoli...WTH is that.  Health care is nothing like food.  Grocers are not required to give you food if you show up hungry, but hospitals have to care for you if you show up in the ER.  I don't like making people have to purchase health care as much as the next guy, but because we have decided that everyone should get emergency care despite their ability to pay we are screwed if we don't require everyone to have some sort of insurance.  You cannot have it both ways.  If we would decide that if you do not have health insurance then the hospital can turn you away....people would be more inclined to buy insurance and then the problem would be solved.  As it is, we have a rule that everyone should be "entitled" to health care so hospitals do not have a choice.  If they can't make there own decisions in a "free market" system, then why do we think we should be able to?  Something has got to give.