LOUISIANA

Moved again. A new city. A new apartment. A new place. Family is adjusting.

Starting Again

I feel one of the major wonders of this life is that you can start over when ever you like.....its finishing that has to be redefined. Why finish anything? Do we ever really finish? Should we finish? Why not a life of beginnings with no finishes. No lines to cross to show that anything is over. No need to have anything be over. To that end, another start to my blog.

Worked up a little of this google+ stuff....funny what gets your attention at 5:30ish in the morning. Couldn't login to my google account, and even though it seems I haven't logged in since late last year, it kinda pissed me off.....so I went through the hassle of getting back on. Once logged in, I did some setup stuff that I had always ignored. Yahoo, google, windows live.....never know which one to use. Lets try all of them...

My son is doing pretty good in his guitar. Got him an entry Epiphone....he seems to really enjoy it. Guitar is the one thing that continues to grab his attention. I don't think a day has passed since he got it that he hasn't played it. Very kewl. I wish I could say the same for me. Whether its writing blogs, learning an instrument, a programming language, something for work. Never can seem to finish....78^)>...then again....do I really need to finish....hehehehe.....

The joy of home ownership. Had a pin hole in the hot water pipe coming out of the water heater into the house turn into a water spout behind the walls of my master bathroom. After a days worth of work, I was able to find it and repair it. Of course, this was only after taking out the water heater, ripping out the wall board behind it, and checking up the pipe. This also showed that it had been a small leak over a long time, as the studs on the floor were black from rot and the wall boards in the bath were water logged and damaged. I ended up removing all the walls, replacing the bad wood, removing tile, etc. A leaky pipe has turned into a forced remodel of the master bath. Tonight (I hope), I will put the third coat of joint compound (watered down) on the replaced wall board out in the water heater space, paint it up, and put the water heater back in, restoring hot water to that side of the house. Then, I get to figure out what I am going to do with the bathroom.

Dogs

Got some dogs a couple of weekends ago, last week of August 2011 if I recall. The group HALO (some animal rescue place) had a "sale" as they were 17 years in business, so they were giving adult (older than 1 year) dogs away for $17. Went ahead and grabbed two of them, supposedly three years old each. Carlos picked out a white and black little short-legged male dog, similar to a Jack Russell, called Bing. I picked out a female brown/rust haired big chihuahua looking dog. Both are nice and quite, though Bing can get yippy when he wants something. The female is very stand-offish, possibly an indication of former abuse. We were told they were both strays. Nice dogs so far.

Nice and cool this morning. Not as dry. Not a cloud in the sky. Blue as far as the eye can see, at least my eyes. Still need to get going on the mini-farm, but the heat saps your strength/desire to do anything. Hopefully we should be feeling the first bits of fall/winter soon, then the days will get easier to cope with.

Arizona

I am back in Arizona. I have a house again. Seems like another beginning, as it did 10 years ago when I was here first. Also bought a house there. A little bit of new in my life.
Changes.
Carlos is starting high-school this year. Freshman. He's so tall. Size 13 shoe.
New career. Storage. Pretty kewl stuff. Getting the hang of it. Getting some good training.

Why do I feel like I am waiting for something.

Sitting in Connecticut, working from home. Have some kind of flu or something, congested, feel "stuff" in the head.

Just spent 10 days in Mexico City for work. Nice place, GREAT tacos and stuff. Good beer. Found this Cantina that had 2 x 1 Happy Hour from 6-10 pm. EXCELLENT. Good food, music, even had a hustler magician show up and work our table. Excellent!!! I'll be flying home this afternoon. Looking forward to hugging and kissing my wife and kid.