Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Wonderful Summer

We are having a great summer at the Salyer House:
  • Corey graduates and gets a job at Scott's Lawn Service.
  • Brandon gets a job at Abbott Labs and get engaged to Julie Barnes!
  • Tyler begins a new hobby and "smokes" his way to several awards. He also won an award at Memphis in May. (Scroll down to Founders Award.) Tyler and Rachel just got back from a cruise.
  • Angela has really developed a green thumb and has the prettiest flowers in the neighborhood.
  • I am just glad to be a part of it, I am so thankful for such a great family.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

What a difference a day makes

I am in Arizona where it is currently 109 degrees! Last night in Ohio I think it got down to the 60's. People that say it is a dry heat must forget so is an oven. This reminds me of Jackson, Tn, without the humidity.

Pretty eventful last 3 days. Sunday went to Buckeye Lake with Angela's sisters and their husbands. Just cruised around for a while, it was cool when the sun went behind a cloud. John thought he was being a rebel and went past the "No Wake" line too fast and got pulled over by Police!! We didn't know what to do, so we sat their quietly, no one had a camera or Officer Manley could have been in the family year end video.

As we were leaving the lake, we rode with Tammy. Now she has fancy new car with a back up camera in the hatchback door to see if anyone is behind you. As we were pulling out these alarms kept going off, I looked a the camera display (in the dashboard) and all it showed was the sky. I said, "Tammy shut the back door!" We had pulled off with the hatchback up looking at the sky. It was a nice view, but defeated the purpose.

As we got close to home, Heath, Ohio has installed red light and speed cameras and we all had to make Tammy slow down so she would not get a tickets. I think Gary (her husband) was enjoying it a little too much, if you know I mean.

Last night Corey took me to the Clippers baseball game for Fathers Day. He chose last night because it was dime a dog night. Brandon and Julie went too, we ate about 13 dogs between us. My old college roommate Ed was there with his wife, Mary Pat. He ate 6 dogs all by himself!!! The Clippers even won the game 8 to 1

Things here went fine today, 1st session over. Tomorrow go from 0500 to 1530 local time so will be a long day. Plane ride uneventful direct flight with no movie, glad I had my iPod. Heading hotel to collapse right now.

Pressing On!!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Busy weekend ahead

We've a busy weekend starting tonight. I have Choir Practice at the church for our Patriotic musical (I guess we delayed it a week to avoid the competition). Then Saturday is Charley and Abby's wedding, and then Sunday night is the Patriotic musical. Before the music at 4:30 is a cookout and kids fun events, then at 6:00 PM is the actual singing (I sing in a quartet, not to be missed) then afterwards there is ice cream for all. Check the church website for more details.

Going to be a hot weekend, hope it rains, my grass is getting brown.

Thoughts and prayers go to Mary Pat Helvey, wife of my old college roommate Ed. She lost her mom this week.

Nephew Blake recovering from burns due to an explosion. He doing something with black powder when it exploded. Lucky he didn't blow his hand off.

Facebook is still proving a useful way to reconnect with old friends from TN. Some people are spending way too much time on the website. Do not get why people spend time in yoville or farm town. I do not have time for that. I am too busy on Bejeweled. Only Facebookers know what these terms are.

In politics, it looks like the good guys are winning, and people are finally realizing Obama has spent way too much money. He already gave the Democratic congress $800 billion pork barrel projects called the stimulus bill. No cap and trade tax, no health care tax, no global warming tax, no more taxes at all.

Just read that one of the reasons the city of Columbus needs money and is proposing an income tax increase is due to an 11% increase in spending next year!!!! No wonder they want more taxes. Hope people vote it down. When will politicans realize people are tired of giving the government our money.

Wish when John Kasich gets elected Governor, you heard it here first, that he passes a law making it illegal for someone to have their income taxed twice. Right now I have to pay Newark and Columbus city income taxes!

News Flash: Michael Jackson's family is arguing over where to bury the body! He is still not buried yet. Prediction: Jackson family fighting will get worse before it gets better and MJ body will not be buried before Labor Day.

Worse crime of the century: Did you hear about the cemetery outside of Chicago where they dug up over 300 bodies, dumped them in the back of the property, and resold the plots? That is about as low as you can get other killing someone or hurting kids. They had to send in FBI agents who have worked with mass graves before to sort out all the bones they found.

Monday, July 06, 2009

Things I don't get - July 2009 edition

  1. Why have over a million people requested tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service? He may have been a great singer in the 80's, but what he turned into in the 90's was not good.
  2. Why was Steve McNair, football player who was killed over the weekend, living in an apartment with a 20 year old girlfriend, when he was still married?
  3. Why can't Sarah Palin get a break? When she runs for office, she gets slammed by the media, when she resigns, she gets slammed by the media. Can't they just leave her alone?
  4. Why do people think the government can run any thing. Look at all the entitlement programs and how expensive them have become. So why is the government running General Motors, Chrysler, and all the bad banks? Can someone name one thing the government runs that is on or below budget?
  5. Why are people surprised at the rising cost of health care? New drugs and equipment costs money, things like MRI machines and CAT scans were not around 20 years ago, so of course cost more now than they used to.
  6. Why do some people blindly follow preachers today without checking them out, and see if they are preaching biblical truth?
  7. Why some people think things like the Bible and the Constitution need to change with the times. These are two things that never need to change.
  8. Why some people think if they believe it that it is true?
  9. Why some people are doomed to make the same mistakes over and over again
  10. Why Jesus died for me, but he did!