The Begining of Summer...

When you live in Fresno California there is a very short window of opportunity to live without either your heater and especially your air conditioner running the majority of the time (I think 112 was the record last summer). Today was the epitome of these rare exceptions. Sandals were brought out, old furniture was moved, and all my windows are open. For those who live in the central valley we accept that the season known as spring is nothing more than a vile temptress, but today I willingly fell victim to her song.

A game of tug-o-war I didn't know I was losing...

I have been traveling around the country so much lately I had no idea how much it was affecting my brain. It wasn't until I was sitting down tonight to put all of the matters of our house in order that I realized how long it had really been. I love traveling but sometimes you just need to be home. I had that feeling to where the events of my life were running me and not the other way around.

Since I am not one to usually make a new years resolutions maybe I will start a new trend of spring resolutions. It takes about that long to figure out what you really need to resolve anyway.

Here is my resolution for tonight:
Go to bed at decent hour and wake up without the aid of coffee.

(maybe we should just start with the early bed time)

As Promised...

Here are the other pics of my nephew.

I am a proud uncle again...

Say Hello to my newest nephew Milo Cooper Hilscher born March 15, 2008 at 12:56am. 6lbs.13oz. 20" long.


This is a cell phone pic the rest are coming in a bit.

A Honky Tonk in Nashville...

If this is the house band on a Tuesday night I cant imagine Saturday. You can't tell from the video but the band is awesome and I cant tell you the last time that I heard a singer with pipes like that.

My Day so far...

Here is where I started the day:



This is where it ended for me:



Who really knows what the day will bring? The last time I was in Nashville there was a Tornado, now it is the biggest snowstorm in the last five years. I think I would rather brave earthquakes and overly inflated property values back home.

BTW- I have a new addition to the list of things that I don't like; Life threatening turbulence.

Visiting my Son's namesake...

My family and I took a quick detour to the Reagan Library on our way home from another business trip in southern California. It was really cool and it returned a long since remembered feeling of patriotism as I gazed upon the historical artifacts of the "Great Communicator".

PS- Walking through Air Force One really makes one long to be the commander in chief, if only for one day.