Well, I've been on little mission of sorts lately. I have made it a point to talk to my neighbors and get to know them. The other day I met Janine, she is a grandma that lives alone. She was a very nice lady. Two days ago I met some other neighbors. A.J. Had been crying and I didn't know why so I took him outside to walk around. We stopped by our neighbors house because they were trimming their trees and I thought I would ask if they needed any help and they also have Puppies so I thought A.J. would like to see them. A.J. was just crying the whole time. They were really nice. They have lived in their house about the same amount of time we have in ours. A.J. was in really bad pain and I started to smell a stinky diaper so I took him in the house and found out that his little butt was burned. It looks like he is cutting another tooth. Poor kid. I got him bathed and changed and he was feeling much better. So yesterday I went back over to the neighbors and brought my branch trimmer and started talking with the neighbors again. They are from Mexico like a lot of people in our area. They were super nice. They gave me some tamales to try and they were awesome. They invited me into their house and we talked about their business. They rent out the big blow up trampolines. These guys are quite the entrepreneurs. Last year they were going up to Park city for the yard sales and then they would bring the stuff down and sell it on Redwood Road and make a profit. They are hard workers. I wish we could change the laws so that the people that want to come here and are willing to work hard and participate in our country could get legal status with more ease. They have nothing and are willing to work for everything. Unlike our own people that demand that the Government pay for everything, while they sit on their lazy butts and complain. I feel like yelling at them "GET TO WORK!!" There are just too many able bodied adults out there doing nothing except collecting a check from the government. Anyways, back to my mission. I have enjoyed getting to know the people around my neighborhood. I have made it a point to say hi to everyone I see while I go on my walks or as people pass by my house while I'm outside. It feels good to see someone's face light up when you say "hi".

Either my posts are so boring that nobody want to say anything or else no one has any comments. I think it's the first one. I guess they can be pretty boring. I did write some stuff on here that I'm sure someone would either agree with or disagree with. Not a peep from anyone.

Well, we celebrated Sophia and AJ's first birthday on Saturday. It was fun. They seemed to enjoy themselves. We gave them each their own little smash cake to destroy. Sophia is the more aggressive one. She tore into that cake and demolished it and then helped AJ out a little with his. It was funny.

Today is AJ's first birthday. I can't believe he is already 1 year old. Last night he was climbing up on our rocking chair and slipped and hit his chin on the seat and put his snaggle tooth right through his little tongue. Poor little boy, but he only cried for a few minutes and then he was OK. He is a pretty tough little kid.

This weekend I sold my Jetta. It was a sad day. I just didn't have the time and money to get it working properly. Today I got an email for the person I sold it to and he says that he has it running like a champ. I'm glad someone is enjoying it. Now my search for a truck begins.

Today we are going to get our picture taken. I hope I don't look too dumpy. Next week AJ will be one year old. I can't believe that it's already here. He's growing so quick.

Here is a picture of what our house looked liked before we put in our lawn and xeriscaped part of it.

I finished my Project today. After 8 bags of rocks 4 bags of topsoil and two trips to get big rocks from the neighbors house. Plus add a few plants and ba da bing! New rock garden.

So I've been watching hours on end of news about Hurrican Katrina. I'm saddend by the loss and by the thought of helplessness that these people must feel. Yet I am angered at the same time. Not at the government like the majority of people that are shown on the news, but at the people that demand that the government solve everything. I'm tired of the media complaining about how slow the government is to respond, yet they do nothing themselves except use these poor people to create greater ratings for their television stations. Now if they were realy concerend they would use the multi-billion dollars they make off us to send in their own planes with food to be dropped off instead of just complaining that nothing is being done. This relief effort should be taken care of by us (the private sector). If we want something done we should be doing it ourselves instead of just sittin around on our aces and expecting the government to do it, then complain and criticize now matter what they do. We have a country full of spoiled brats! Take, take, take take, take. It makes me sick. Also, the only thing I have seen on the TV about the private sector helping out is when a celebrity drops a dime or two or just makes an appearance. The media gets all excited about that, yet they fail to mention that there are private orginazations that are doing alot to help these people. I have yet to hear about the 16 trucks full of relief supplies that were sent on day two from the LDS church. I have yet to hear from the Media about the gathering of money from people in states no where near the south. I only hear about Texas and maybe Florida. The efforts are being made and no one is acknowledging them, at least not in a loud enough voice to hear over the complaints. Utah has planes ready and places for a 1,000 people to stay, yet they have not given them the ok to come down and bring supplies and get them. Here is where I find fault with Government. The lack of communication. I personally dont' think we should be just waiting around for them to ask us to come down and get people and bring supplies. We told them that we (the state of Utah) could accomodate 1,000 people, well let's get our litte behinds down there and do it!

Ok, now that's out of my system I feel a little better. I have got to turn that blasted TV off!