I ran for Governor!

2009-01-16T09:26:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! 2009 is looking to be a fasinating year. I bought a restaurant last June so I have not had a free moment since. The absolute worst time to buy such a business... so if I make it through these times and the begining of socialism.... maybe I'll be ok. Maybe. Trying to stay positive here.

2008-05-10T18:57:00.000-07:00

I've been working on getting www.devasbar.com website changed- should be up soon!

2008-03-24T11:09:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile- I know. I think this may be one of the busiest times in my life right now with regards to business. More on that as it develops.

Nothing like a little quote in the OC Register on a Monday morning to get myself motivated again:

<a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/obama-percent-cox-2003847-last-county">

2008-02-18T00:06:00.000-08:00

What a year! This must be one of the craziest times politically. I want to blog and then everything changes before I can type. Then it just seems out-dated before I can hit the key board.

I do have to say that I have received some e-mails from people in Ohio that concern me. My friends are under the impression that they need to go out and vote "against Hillary!" in the primary. Hello! We need Hillary ( excuse me.....Senator Clinton) to get the Dem's nomination-- for a reason. Republicans are not going to be motivated to vote "4 McCain" at this time. They will, however, be encouraged to vote against her. If Obama (nobamba.com) gets the nomination, Repubs may just be inclined to sit this one out. Not good.

2008-02-12T17:08:00.000-08:00

As I promised...........

"Hi Lynette!"

Hope you are having a great day!

2008-02-05T11:43:00.000-08:00

Super Tuesday is here and believe it or not I have just decided who to vote for a few days ago. Glad I didn't vote early absentee- it would've been a wasted vote. I was surprised to see Rudy on the Jay Leno show last week. I still think he would've been our best choice to beat the Democrats. Now that Rudy is backing McCain I was going to support his choice. Well I do support his right to suck up to his old buddy and hopefully get cast in a top role should McCain actually win.

Our beloved Govenor Arnold, whom at one time I did support ( on national TV being blind sided by Bob Gibson on "The Big Show"......... if I had only had a clue about politics then,)turned out to be a major dissappointment. At least for Republicans, the Democrats have pajama parties with him up in Sacramento. A pillow fight is about the most we can expect out of the Jolly Green Giant. Which is exactly why we need to vote NO on 93!! We do not need several more years of Nunez and Perata. If anyone reads the LA Times ( yeah, I know, the opinion section is great for lining a bird cage,) they would learn how much trouble this dynamic duo is actually involved in.

Okay, back to my point. Romney is the best choice for true conservatives at this point. Never thought I'd type those words. These are very interesting political times, last Presidential campaign was pretty cut and dry. I didn't quite understand what the big deal was during the convention where each states delegates were announced for Bush. That may be the only moment that I actually yawned during my 10 days in New York. Now I get it. I also get the idea of conservatives actually sticking to the conservative candidate. If we keep electing "Arnold's" when we should've backed Tom McClintock we are losing the values that make us conservatives. I say conservatives because there seems to be so many candidates with an "R" next to their name that liberals embrace. Arnold is backing McCain, Arnold's wife is backing Obama. Big shocker there huh?

Personally I don't want to live in a socialist society. I went to France and it's lovely, I want to visit there again. "Visit" being the key word. I want to work for my living in a system that rewards that hard work. Otherwise what is the point of efforts to be successful? If you want everything handed to you go live in that form of society! Even the homeless get a monthly salary in France so they can buy wine and sit in their tents in the park brushing up on their writing & painting skills. Lovely for them if that's what they want. The problem is that France is figuring out they cannot sustain this system forever, there's only so much you can collect in taxes from the few people that are actually successful.

I'm voting YES on 94,95,96,&97.
I like playing slot machines. I don't like having my taxes increased! So, it just makes sense to me to vote Yes. If the state is going to get my money anyway, I might as well have fun giving it to them via the Indian tribes:)

2008-02-04T13:18:00.000-08:00

I ran out of time completing my last post so here are the highlights for now:

Vote NO on 93!

Vote for Mitt Romney! (Yeah, I know.... more on that later.)

Check out this website: www.hillarythemovie.com

I went to see the movie Saturday night, it only re-affirms what a socialist she really is. I did run into John Ziegler at the screening. I believe he did some research for the movie. I must say he's looking much less stressed these days. He had a piece in the OC Register on Friday.

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/talk-immigration-radio-1971006-illegal-rush

2008-01-28T09:27:00.000-08:00

Check out this ad running in Florida for Rudy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNxOcKVw9vE

Go Rudy 2008!

2008-01-24T23:18:00.001-08:00

The weather is really crazy for California right now. I took some pictures of rainbows today because we don't see them very often here. I'm pretty sure this is the first time a full rainbow appeared over my house:) I don't like the rain, but I can appreciate the sky.

2008-01-15T11:36:00.000-08:00

Remember talk show host John Ziegler? He was on KFI from 7pm-10pm Monday thru Friday before " mutually agreeing" to quit towards the end of last year. Apparently John & Ken are evil and contributed to the derailment of Ziegler's career. More on Ziegler later, but check out his new website:

http://www.therealkfi.com/index.html

2008-01-13T13:22:00.000-08:00

What a gorgeous day today, about 78 degrees:) I find that gazing at the moon in January is best done in bright sunlight. It may be only a sliver of the moon, but nonetheless refreshing considering I've been trapped inside attempting to stay dry most of last week.

I attended funeral services on Friday for George Stewart. He wrote for the Tustin News for 18 years and had a weekly column, "Two Cents." Just another reminder of how short life can be, he was only 57. George was very nice to me in print when I ran for Governor. He was really into writing about politics and not afraid to call politicos out when he smelled BS. I guess I got lucky being that I knew little about either at the time. I didn't know him real well but I have friends that he was close to. Most of those friends congregated at Kelly's Men's Shop in Tustin. They spoke of what a great friend they will miss dearly. They are fun bunch of cigar smoking, red wine & whiskey drinking, philosophers of politics and history. It was a nice gathering at Kelly's after the services of which, as George always ended his column........ "It's to Laugh."

I wanted to share his words as printed on the back of the program:

Self- Sacrifice

by George O. Stewart

I hope the repercussions of my life resound
Forever in the hearts of those
Whom I have moved,
Like the fading ripples caused
By the movement of my slowly sinking flesh.

I, who only sat with faith
And sacrificed my power to be kind,
Dare to want to linger here
Through that which I achieved.

In the drowning of my body die my thoughts,
Yet death of this so briefly thinking me
Means only that which I have done.

And so I'll die as I have lived,
Hoping that my dying cries
Will echo in some other
Hopeful, dying hearts than mine.

2008-01-10T12:34:00.000-08:00

Absentee ballots are being mailed out in California for the Feb.5th primary. Here's some help for the California voters:

Vote for Rudy!!

2008-01-10T12:24:00.000-08:00

Thinking that I had no New Year's resolutions........ I was wrong. I resolve to keep my blog updated this year. The next step is to actually get my website up to date. I'm pretty sure that there is a tech-conspiracy against me. I got a new phone and a new Garmin recently, both prove to be frustrating at best! My myspace locked me out just like my website did. My new myspace locked me out for a good month. W! Or WUV I'm told is the proper "Whatever" spelling. WUV!

I think I need my own personal IT geek. Hmm... another resolution in the works.

2008-01-08T11:55:00.000-08:00

Here's a little help for the East Coast...... Vote for Rudy!!

2008-01-08T10:16:00.000-08:00

Ahh... a New Year! I just spent the first week watching the History channel til 3am, sleeping til noon, and oblivious to the outside World. In otherwords, I've been sick in bed. I'm feeling much better finally, I just needed a week to recover from 2007. The Holidays really took it's toll on me. I stood still for a few minutes on the first and everything caught up with me. I didn't have time to relax at the end of 2007, so I guess it worked out ok:)

As for the TV aspect, at least Jay Leno came back on the air. The History channel is very interesting. A big asteriod will destroy the earth in 2029, the Universe started as less then an atom before expanding,the ice-age killed off the dinosaurs- caused by the asteriod that crashed into the earth thus causing fires that blocked out the sun, which in turn caused the ice-age. That about covers it. Oh, except now I need to buy that miracle saw that won't cut your fingers but will cut through pipes. And worm holes will be used for time travel....... as soon as we can find one, or prove that they exist..... by finding one?

2007-12-31T14:02:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! Bring on 2008!

2007-11-19T11:13:00.000-08:00

2007-11-19T09:52:00.000-08:00

My Dad would've been 66 years old today if he had not passed away back in 1991. I miss him everyday- still.

"Happy Birthday Dad! I know you're always watching over me somehow."

I just got back from Paris ( yeah, the one in France.) Surprised? Me too....... I thought I was going to Vegas. That will teach me not to nod off on an airplane! Okay, just kidding:) Anyway, for some reason I was not able to blog in Paris. Every time I switched blogger to the English version it just froze up. Weird.

I was certain I would not like Paris. I don't speak French, I didn't care to learn, and I certainly had enough encounters with French tourists here in the OC to not want to visit them in their own country. I couldn't have been more wrong! It was cold , rainy, windy, yet beautiful. I had dinner at the Eiffel tower. I stared in disbelief at the works of Van Gogh, Monet, and Cezanne at the Musee d'Orsay. I photographed the wondrous sites floating down the Seine river. Did you know that Notre-Dame isn't just a football team? The flying buttresses were amazing! I have to go back when it's warm to see more of the city, it's history, and the amazing architecture. I didn't get to visit the Louvre because the train workers went on strike. Apparently people don't want to work there, at least not over 35 hours a week, with 5 weeks minimum vacation, and not after they turn 50. Guess they just want to walk around the beautiful gardens and paint.

"Au revoir!"

2007-11-16T00:09:00.000-08:00

There's half a million people in France that decided to make it difficult for me to see the "Mona Lisa." Sarkosy has his hands full, and I just wanted to take in some culture. Whatever!
I'm certian this may be the worst jet-lag ever.

I did manage to get great pics of the tower:)

Much more later...

2007-11-09T23:59:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY USMC!

Happy 232nd
Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!

2007-10-31T14:36:00.000-07:00

For those of you with a lot of free time, here's the link to a copy of the actual unsealed indictment of Corona & Gang:

http://www.ocblog.net/ocblog/files/carona_indictment_paper.pdf

2007-10-31T13:17:00.000-07:00

It was a long morning reading all the dirt on sheriff Corona in today's OC Register. What a mess! Talk about a scary Halloween day! How many black cats must have run across Corona's path while he was walking under ladders, holding an open umbrella inside!? He isn't stepping down without a fight apparently. Great, we are a County with a sheriff that had to take his wife and assumed long-term, married, girlfriend ( ok, the term was "mistress," whatever,)and turn themselves in to federal authorities this morning. Basically he needed to arrest himself! All this looks so bad, it doesn't help things with our local OCGOP either. I was an alternate on Central Committee for Tim Whiticare when the big endorsement flap was going on. One meeting they voted to not endorse Corona because of the once-upon-a-time rule of not endorsing one Republican over another in a primary. Then the next meeting they suspended the rules to go ahead and endorse Corona. Tim stood up against the endorsement, even filing a lawsuit against the OCGOP! He took a lot of heat for standing on principle. Now we can understand why Tim worked so hard to get Lt. Bill Hunt elected as Sheriff. I think he'd make an excellent choice to fill in if for some reason later down the road Corona feels the need to step down:)

Supervisor John Moorlach said Corona should resign. Actually John has had quite the year battling the sheriff's unions over pensions and retirement issues. Then his replacement for OC Tax Collector( I think he preferred Treasurer...again, whatever-I know who's name was on my property tax bills!!), Chris Street, came under fire for a bunch of crap I don't care to get into. Politics are such an interesting soap opera. I like John, he was an excellent speaker two years ago at our TARWF (Tustin Area Republican Women Federated)annual fundraiser. He knows what he's talking about and is trying to prevent us from becoming like San Diego, or "Enron by the Sea" as he put it.

Our speaker this year is Tom Del Beccaro, Vice Chair of CA Republican party. If you haven't been to his website yet, I suggest you check it out:

www.politicalvanguard.com

He has a book coming out "The New Conservative Paradigm" on Nov. 13th. Just in time for our fundraiser:) I've had the pleasure of hearing him speak on several occasions and he does a great job educating, explaining, and offering solutions on keeping our Republican party headed in the Right direction. You can request Tom as a speaker for your event through his website.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2007-10-30T16:20:00.000-07:00

It's time to dive back into the political scene again. So much is going on here in Orange County. Sheriff Corona was indicted today on several charges including taking cash & gifts. I think his wife and girlfriend were as well? This is where I get to insert a huge "I TOLD YOU SO!" That's why I supported Lt.Bill Hunt for Sheriff in the last election. Bill is a great guy that deserves to be our Sheriff. We had a dart tournament fundraiser for him at my bar, he is such a down-to-earth guy. It was so disappointing on election night when the results came in. Corona immediately demoted Bill for speaking out against him! Now the bumper stickers make even more sense "Restore Integrity And Trust!"

The wealthy Don Haidl was funneling money into Corona's campaign. Haidl's son, Greg, is currently serving time for raping ( and they video-taped it... a new standard for stupidity,) a woman in 2002. It gets better, Haidl was an assistant sheriff to Corona. Oh, and another assistant, George Jaramillo, is sitting in jail after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion and mail fraud back in March. Corona fired him in 2004 because he was being investigated for among other things..... interfering with the sexual assault investigation involving Greg Haidl. Nice circle of friends huh?

I don't personally know any of the bad guys in this story. The only person I met was Don Haidl's personal Chef and assistant, Marshall ( at least that's what he said he was,) at Chat Noir. He saved me from being hit on by the old men at the bar:)

Is anyone working on the screenplay yet?

2007-10-28T20:25:00.000-07:00

The following are a few pics from Los Cabos, Mexico. The One & Only Palmilla resort is soooooo nice! The seagull and iguana came by every morning for fresh watermelon and pastries-really! The first pic is my b-day dinner table on the sand:)

2007-10-28T20:15:00.000-07:00

2007-10-28T20:08:00.000-07:00

Spent the day cleaning up ash in the back yard. We finally got some real sunlight today:) I'll have to try washing my truck tomorrow, good thing it's already gray!

I have to get some of the pics up from my trips this summer before it actually turns into 2008. As we get older time just can't be caught up with- why is that? I remember the last time I was actually BORED. It was in Ohio in the summer sometime in the 80's! I guess that means I need to slow down. Well see on that one...

2007-10-25T12:47:00.000-07:00

2007-10-25T12:42:00.000-07:00

The fires are really bad out here! I'm not in any fire danger where I live and it's like living in an ashtry! I can't imagine how the people closer to the fire are coping. All the homes lost and people evacuated, it's so sad to see. I hope they catch the idiot arsonist that set the canyon fires! What an evil person!

2007-10-02T19:19:00.000-07:00

2007-10-02T19:12:00.000-07:00

Obviously I have been out of the country this summer. I can't believe my last post was almost a month ago in Hong Kong! As soon as I have a chance to go through the 5,000 pictures I took on my trip I'll have them posted as well. Hong Kong was a fun place, the JW Mariott is a gorgeous hotel! From there we went to Beijing, and then on to Tokyo. In July I went to Los Cabos for a week in Mexico and I still haven't caught up from that trip! More later...........

2007-09-03T21:25:00.000-07:00

2007-09-03T21:05:00.000-07:00

Po Lin Monastery

A few buildings I spotted the other day. The really tall one in the middle was featured in the movie "Tomb Radier"

2007-09-03T21:02:00.000-07:00

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2007-06-11T19:04:00.000-07:00

A really fuzzy picture of Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle giving Rudy a Stanley Cup Hat from the Ducks.

2007-06-11T18:21:00.000-07:00

Okay, so it's June already! Some global warming, I barely have a tan. I even had to go to Laughlin to get it! On top of that, it wasn't that warm there either. Ahh...... back to my outlet for whining.
I went to the Flag Day dinner last night in Irvine, along with 1100 other Orange County Republicans. Rudy Guiliani gave a speech that convinced me that he should be our next President! Well, now Rudy can relax since I'm on his side:) If you weren't there, you need to watch some of the video clips from the OC Register's website.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1725243.php

He talked about what's really important, illegal immigration and our security. Oh, and as a bonus....... he had a plan. An actual plan for stopping illegal immigration. Of course, building the already-authorized fence and enforcing the already-made laws made too much common sense. So he went beyond that and talked about a plan implemented in NY that significantly reduced crime. Then he spoke of how we could use that plan to stop the illegals from continuing to pour over the border. Simple. Yeah, yeah, I know...... sounds good if he means it. I think he does.
I bought a great picture of Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall, it even has his autograph in the frame. It was a great night, five hours went really quick. I felt bad for Steve Poizner, our Insurance Commissioner, he had to try speaking after Rudy and through dinner. John Kobylt from KFI AM 640 was there, he's so funny! I knew I could count on him to yap long enough for a restroom break.

2007-01-28T20:46:00.000-08:00

Okay, I can't believe that January is almost over already. Halloween thru Superbowl just seems to fly by every year! Time to start adding up the tax stuff now that the year end stuff is out of the way. Maybe around March I'll get the 2007 files started. Right now that's just another box on the office floor. I need a personal assistant!
I had to get away so I flew to Laughlin last week for a couple of days. I had never been there in the winter, and now I know why. It's cold! I prefer to lay in the 115 degree sun on a lounge chair drug into the 55 degree river. Instead I was stuck inside a freezing casino full of smoke. I still hit my blazin' 7's though, so I can't complain too much:)
Well, back to the piles of paperwork!

2007-01-13T12:45:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

This blog entry is for the people ( Terry) that are complaining I haven't updated recently. Basically someone is complaining that I'm not complaining enough. Perfect!
What can I say? I found out the $34k for my surgery is now $35k and that's just a "facility fee" which doesn't begin to cover any of the surgery or Doctors. Lovely. The ambulance ride turned out to be $747. I was driven about a mile. Insurance pays $250 maximum. I'm realizing that my insurance sucks. It would probably be cheaper if I had no insurance and just paid the "cash" rate. If I didn't have a job, a home, citizenship, responsibility...................... I guess then it would be free. Something just isn't adding up. Gee, I wonder if the ArnoldCare will fix all these problems? Oh, wait, I'm an employer that will have to fire people to keep my employee count to under 10 to avoid paying 4% of my recently minimum-wage-increased payroll so that everyone will have healthcare. Meanwhile, I'll be working more hours to pay 20-50% of a bloated hospital bill because of a useless organ! I would really like to have a talk with the salesman that sold me my insurance 8 years ago. At almost $500 a month for coverage I should not have to pay the price of a small vehicle for a one night stay in the hospital! Well, at least I am alive and well. I can't afford to dead yet:)

2006-12-01T22:08:00.000-08:00

Friday night and I'm watching TV still recovering from surgery. I can't believe a week has gone by already! I must have watched over a dozen movies this week, several of them filmed in South Africa? The "Constant Gardener," and "Duma" were among my favorites. Except now I want a pet cheetah. Honestly, who can stand to watch any of the day time TV shows? Anyway, I started researching appendix on the internet and came across this extremely helpful site:

http://www.louisck.com/appendixremoval.htm

Check it out, it's funny!

2006-11-27T12:46:00.000-08:00

I found out that having an appendix is unnecessary and potentially excruciatingly painful! I am home from the hospital after having an emergency appendectomy. Just the fun I had hoped for over the Thanksgiving weekend. A nice turkey dinner with friends, a little Texas Hold'em, and a 4am wake up call the next morning from what feels like a knife in your stomach! I did get to ride in an ambulance for the first time, the EMT's were kind of cute. All day in the ER was not a day I wish on anyone. Everything looked fine after several tests and the doctor left it up to me if I wanted to do a CT Scan. A few banana milk shakes later ( minus what I immediately returned to them via the little pink trays,) I was off for a scan of my insides. I was sure they would spot some sort of alien trying to dig it's way out of my stomach. Another couple of hours went by when a doctor dressed in a nice suit showed up and asked me to point with one finger to where it hurt. A few pokes later and I was on my way to surgery. Next thing I knew I was in recovery looking at a lovely picture of a balloon-like object that was about to become organ confetti had they waited much longer. Guess I'm lucky! That would've required at least a couple weeks in the hospital provided I didn't die.
The "lucky" feeling did start to wear off when the hospital called today and demanded a payment of $1,000 towards the so-far bill of $34,000. Maybe I should've turned down that one vicodin pill at 5am, I should really start cutting out unnecessary items. Oh, wait....... that's exactly what I did:)

2006-11-11T13:21:00.000-08:00

Here we go again.............. I picked the football games again this week in place of Randy. He gave up after getting beat by my intricate, complicated, well-thought-out process whereby I choose winners based on color and mascot. Well, at least this week.

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sports/columns/article_1351441.php

Had a great time last night celebrating with all the Marines! Semper Fi!

Happy Veteran's Day!

2006-11-10T11:59:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday USMC!

2006-11-06T19:04:00.000-08:00

I actually won the football picks against Randy in the OC Register, or so I was told by a customer of mine today. The Lions even won:) I did a lot of research on that pick. ( I like cats.)

I was wondering why I hadn't received my mail today when I got home after 4pm. It's not a holiday, the mailman didn't skip my house, gee........... why the delay? Well, I just went out to check the mailbox and I should've known. It's the big Election tomorrow! I already voted absentee last week but that doesn't stop the influx of last minute slate, smear, irritating voter guides. I received 45 campaign mailers just today! 45! Please! I also received one very nice, precise, clear flyer from a gentleman running for City Council, George M. Collins. It stated on the flyer that he would not be adding to the mess created in our landfills by all the political propaganda mailers and yard signs. I did get a chance to hear him speak at a meeting last week and was impressed by his intelligence and abundance of common sense so lacking in the other politicians. The fact he's not sending out mailers or using yard signs leads me to believe that besides wanting to save the environment, he also has no money. Too bad, seems like a good guy.
Check out his website:
http://www.collins4council.com/

Unfortunately I haven't been able to help out with this election like I had planned. I'm still trying to recover from the car accident 2 years ago. There's good days and bad days. I did have a great couple of months this summer though! ) I still need to get those pictures uploaded before the year is over.) Anyway, let's just hope for the best tomorrow. That is, let's hope the Democrats stay home and the pissed off Republicans realize that they don't need to make grudge votes!

Well, back to work. I cannot turn on the TV right now with the ad blitz. One more commercial with Cruz Bostonian's saying how fat he used to be and I'll scream! What does being fat have to do with being the Insurance Commissioner? Go back to being a butcher Cruz!

2006-11-04T10:49:00.000-08:00

My "diehard" Angels pic that wasn't included in Randy Youngman's article:)

2006-11-04T10:43:00.000-08:00

Okay, I am no expert on football and here's proof in today's Orange County Register:

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sports/columns/article_1344283.php

How else was I going to make it into the sports section?

2006-10-12T13:01:00.000-07:00

2006-10-12T10:41:00.000-07:00

I'm sad today. I had to put my cat to sleep yesterday evening. I had my guy for almost 16 years. It's such a difficult thing to do, but I didn't want him suffering any longer. He had some form of cancer that prevented him from absorbing nutrients from his food. He turned his nose up at the sirloin steak and chicken and opted for Friskies as his last meal. It's so hard to lose a pet that's so loved. It was almost exactly a year ago that his companion met with the same fate. She was 18 years old. At least they lived a long life and kept me company all those years. Just another reminder that time everything changes with time and we only get so much. Make it count.

2006-08-15T15:18:00.000-07:00

2006-08-15T14:57:00.000-07:00

Last month was a great Birthday month! The Summer of '06 is rockin'! Let me go back and play catch up while I have a few minutes. Had a fun party at the bar for me & Christi's birthday, pictures to follow!
I went sailing out of Dana Point a few days later which was awesome! We gaffed a TV floating in the middle of the ocean. I think someone was upset over the World Cup Soccer game, there was a big crack in the side. Too funny! Then we cruised through Newport Harbor and had pizza delivered to the boat. We were really hungry! That was so sweet of those boys in the Duffy boat to go get us food:) Of course the Harbor Patrol got a call when we decided to go swimming. How did I know you're not suppossed to jump off your boat in the Harbor? In our defense, it was really hot and someone could've gotten heat stroke. Anyway, the Patrol only drove by smiling after we were already back in safely. Ahh.............. saling is fun! Oh yeah, and then we drank Almond Champagne out on the open sea where we actually used the sails. I made sure no one threw the bottles in the ocean............. you're not suppossed to do that without a note in them, right?
The next day it was OC Fair day! I have so many pics I need to upload. The TANGO is the best ride ever! We went on it at least 10 times! Fun!

More to follow.................

2006-07-19T13:27:00.000-07:00

Today is my 10th Anniversary........................ of my 29th Birthday! I can't believe I'm this old! I refuse to grow up anyway, so it'll be okay. Next year though I may have issues:) It's a perfect day so far. I washed my car for a few hours, layed out by the pool, and my phone just caught up with me. It apparently wanted to stay in Georgia without me. Try going a couple of days without one......... not good. I had to borrow phones from complete strangers in Atlanta, only to realize I don't have anyone's number memorized. I won't be lettin' that phone out of my sight! I don't think I even layed eyes on a pay phone, do they even still have them at the airport? I did get home just in time to avoid the power outage which caused all the planes to be grounded yesterday. Planes weren't allowed to land for hours, I got lucky there. Arnold wants us to conserve energy by turning down our air conditioning to 78. I don't even have air conditioning! It's hot, so I'll just go jump in the pool!

2006-07-17T13:05:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I've seen a good thunderstorm, and last night that's just what we got here in Georgia. They needed it though, everyone's lawns are dying. They're on restriction here right now and can't water or they can get cited and/or their water services cut off. Wow, and thought California was bad. Then again, where I live we don't do left turns through people's yards, leave the house unlocked and deliver beers to our buddies boats via golf cart down on the river. Oh, and they have "go" cups here! The things we give up to be in SoCal:)

2006-07-16T12:44:00.000-07:00

2006-07-16T12:39:00.000-07:00

2006-07-16T12:35:00.000-07:00

I'm down here in Georgia on vacation and it is beautiful! It's like a step back in time, no worries, no stress, just relaxing. I've been told it's "God's Country." I'll upload some pics and you be the judge.

Now I gotta git back to doin' not much of nothin'!

2006-06-06T12:19:00.000-07:00

Get out there and VOTE today!

Helpful local tips for June 6th Primary:

Vote for BILL HUNT Orange County Sheriff

Vote for ROSEMARIE "ROSIE" AVILA U.S. Congress 47th District (NO More Loretta!!)

Vote for MICHELLE STEEL State Board of Equalization 3rd District

Vote for NANCY PADBERG Superior Court Judge Office No. 4

Vote for REVA RENEE RENZ* Republican Central Committee Member 69th Assembly District
(I'm actually first on the ballot........... yeah!)

NO on 81
NO on 82 We don't need the "Meathead Tax"

YES on Measure "A"!

* Candidate personally known to me that is highly qualified:) She also appears on at least two different Voting Guides in the local area.

Now, go vote!

2006-05-04T15:49:00.000-07:00

Monday was such a nice day despite the protests. I actually drove to work without hitting any traffic! It was business as usual at deva's. The only difference being that no one was in a bad mood because of the freeways. Maybe that's not a good thing, they may have drank less?

Well, tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo and I have the nachos & cheese ready. It's also International "No Pants Day!" Maybe that holiday was invented by all the tequila & Corona's consumed becasue of the other holiday? Party at deva's!

2006-04-07T13:03:00.000-07:00

Last night I attended a fundraising event for Rosie Avila at he Disneyland Paradise Pier Hotel with "deva" bartender, Christi. We heard from several OC Supervisors in support of her campaign, along with MC, Tim Whitacre. Rosie is running for Congress against that Sanchez person in the 47th District. My district, where I am repeatedly forced to open those hideous Christmas cards from Loretta and her cat every year. Good to know a Congress person has that much free time to do a photo shoot with her pet. There is another Republican, Tan Nguyen, that used to be a Democrat running for Congress in the 47th as well. I'm not sure if his affiliation changed due to a dramatic increase in his IQ or because we have a large number of Vietnamese Republican voters? I received a mailer from his campaign that includes pictures of people stealing his signs along with their license plates asking people to call 911 to report them. Maybe it's just me, but is that really legal? We need to support Rosie and get rid of Loretta!
http://www.rosieavilaforcongress.com/

Hey, I even got a mention in the "Orange Juice" political blog:
http://o-juice.blogspot.com/

2006-03-28T14:12:00.000-08:00

I have neglected this blog for way too long now. I am definitely in need of some serious venting.

First of all I will report that I am running for a position that I could actually win..... Yeah! I am on the June 6th, 2006 ballot running for Republican Central Committee in the 69th Assembly District. A little too much Cherry Pie at Antenellos after the Central committee meeting in February and there I was signing up to run again. Okay, so it's not exactly the same. There's no campaign fundraising, no piles of paperwork, no much of anything . So it's completely not the same as running for Governor. Baby steps. I'll be at the end of the ballot, among a list of candidates with the instructions directing the voters to " vote for no more than six." Of course there are only seven of us, it's going to be an uphill battle:) Really, it mostly depends on where your name appears on the list. Well, at least I get to vote for "me" one more time. The way Arnold's handling things lately I am glad I voted for myself in that race. A lot of people I told to vote for him are regretting it now. I don't think the alternatives are even close, so Arnold it is hopefully for a few more years until someone like Tom McClintock can step in and win. Here's an article regarding his opponets, Tweedledee & Tweedledum as the author describes them:
http://paradisepost.com/columns/ci_3646510

Closer to home, there's an extremely important race heating up. All the rumors, backstabbing, and dealing going on. Who told me politics are boring? They haven't a clue! I'm talking about the Orange County sheriff's race. The Central committee meeting I went to in January of this year was full of energy as the primary campaigns were in full force. Lt. Bill Hunt was in attendance, a heck of a nice guy in my opinion. I have no personal opinion of Sheriff Corona because while I've heard him speak on several occasions, I never have actually talked with him face to face. One of his faithful followers was ripping up Bill Hunt's bumper stickers while I was trying to collect any that were left on the tables ( it's funny to see "big time" political people acting like little bratty kids). I've spoken to Bill several times, even met his wife, Debbie. They are such nice, down to earth people. I think Bill Hunt would make a great Sheriff for Orange County. That's my well- sought- after opinion, but Corona does have some major issues being played out in the newspapers. Everyday it's something different, this guy is taking a beating in the press. Corona lost the GOP endorsement at the last Central committee meeting on Monday night by one vote. I didn't go because I was feeling under the weather plus the meeting was mysteriously absent from the OCGOP events calendar?? I'm just an alternate at this point so I couldn't have voted anyway. It did sound like an interesting evening though.
Check out Lt. Bill Hunt's website:
http://billhuntforsheriff.com/index.asp

2006-03-17T09:15:00.000-08:00

I finally finished my taxes, located the bottom of the top of my desk, and I am starting to catch up! I'll be back venting on a regular basis soon, I know many people miss my constant whining:)

Now, I better go figure out if the 25lbs of corned beef I'm learning to cook is ready or not for the big night of corned beef tacos and green beer.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

2006-01-19T14:53:00.000-08:00

I woke up this morning to find that someone stuck some type of razor blade in my car's tire and broke it off. If the person that is responsible for this is reading my blog........ thanks so much. I guess just sticking the screws in my tires last month wasn't exciting enough for you. At least the nice people from Fletcher Jones came out and put a spare on for me. Gee........ I wonder who could be doing this? How weak.

On a positive note, I've just been sworn in as an alternate on the Republican Central Committee:) Senator Dick Ackerman did the swearing in. It's going to be an interesting election year. Orange County Treasurer & Tax Collector, John Moorlach was there in his usual jovial mood. He does have a great sense of humor. I guess you'd have to with your name on that oh-so-welcomed envelope that finds it's way into your mailbox once a year covered with deadlines and late fee charts. I'm surprised that the number of people paying early this year is up, while people paying late is as well?? I think the reason may be in the fact that if you can afford to live here it's a little easier to get that bill off your desk and be done with it, versus all those people that bought way above their means and are now trying to figure out where to come up with an extra $12,000. Anyway, Mr. Moorlach is running for Orange County Supervisor and you need to vote for him ( this guy knows what he's doing.)

http://www.moorlach.com/

2006-01-14T15:54:00.000-08:00

We had a party for 70 Marines yesterday at deva's! Guess I bought the bar about 20 years too late. Apparently back in the day when my bar was called Safari Room, Marines three deep vying for a cocktail was the norm. Too bad the Tustin Marine Corps base is gone:( It was a lot of work and we all had a great time. I need to go relax.

Semper Fi!

2006-01-03T13:05:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

2005-12-25T16:10:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

2005-12-21T16:35:00.000-08:00

I tried to post a lovely little Christmas poem but for some reason it won't publish?? Maybe I'll figure it out later, something to do with the HTML tags. Figures.

2005-12-15T13:09:00.000-08:00

Christmas is coming way to fast this year! I never got a chance to get my lights up outside this year. I did buy an animated polar bear for my front yard and someone stole it, extension cord and all! They must have been drunk because they left one of it's legs behind. Now I'm on the lookout for a three legged bear. It just so happens that my neighbors had a big birthday party that day and it disappeared when they were all leaving. Nice. At least this time I didn't find broken tequila bottles in my palm trees.

I received an e-mail today from my friend Shonda in Ohio:

I was on my way home from work today, listening to the Findlay radio station, WKXA. They announced they were going to do a sixty second flash on sports. To my surprise it was about your dad. The man that was talking was the one who spoke at his funeral at the high school. He mentioned sitting with your dad while he was in the hospital and seeing a lot of your dad in Rick. I was in tears by the time I turned into my driveway. It was a wonderful tribute to a great man.

Rick is my brother who happens to be a basketball Coach like my Dad. It's nice to know his memory is still alive. What a good way to start the day:)

2005-12-04T14:19:00.000-08:00

Let me catch up here quickly. November 18th we had our fundraiser for Tustin Area Republican Women Federated. John Moorlach, Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector, was our surprisingly entertaining guest speaker. I didn't expect to laugh so much as he explained the situation that Orange County faces along with many other counties around the state. Let's just say we're doing better than San Diego right now. It was a nice evening, no big event, and I'm sure we raised a bit of money to keep our club going.

I cooked a couple of turkeys for Thanksgiving and dropped them off along with all the fixin's to deva's before going to enjoy a nice dinner with close friends. Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving as well.

December 1st the Orange County Federation of Republican Women had their Biennial Convention which I attended. Dr. John C. Eastman, Professor, Constitutional Law, Chapman University, spoke about Religion and the Law. Quite interesting, I never put so much thought into the history of how our Country was formed and what they were thinking so long ago. I'm not a history buff, put it this way.............. I never took history in High School except half a semester of Civil War. I never had to take Geography either. I'm not sure how I missed those two subjects, but now I wish I would've had those classes. One of the first things I ended up buying when I moved to California was an Atlas so I could look up where all the countries were when I would meet somebody new. I did luck out on taking Spanish as my foreign language, we had a field trip every Friday to Taco Bell. I'm not kidding, that was the only Spanish that existed when I grew up in Ohio. Anyway, enough about my school days.

So here we are in December and it's only 3 weeks until Christmas. I've been sick for about 5 days now, trying to get rid of this horrible cold, flu, whatever it is. It's the most time I've had to relax, too bad it's under these circumstances. If I take any more Vitamin C I think I'll turn into an Orange.

2005-11-22T11:59:00.000-08:00

Stress, stress, stress................. 'tis the holiday season! It's always a "blink" from Halloween until Superbowl Sunday.

There are a few recent articles about deva's in two different local papers, check them out:

http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/06/07/best-tustin.php

http://epaper.ocregister.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=T0NXVHVzdGluTmV3cy8yMDA1LzExLzE3I0FyMDM0MDA=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-ocr

Basically they point out how deva's is a mostly Republican bar, that's fine by me. OC Weekly, a very liberal paper called me "hot" so how could I be angry? I'll have to read the paper more:) Besides you need to read what the other side is up to. How else can you stay informed if you only read what the people you already agree with have to say?

Gotta go thaw out that turkey.........

2005-11-11T14:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Veteran's Day!

Thankyou!!

2005-11-10T13:56:00.000-08:00

Happy Marine Corps Birthday!

Semper Fi!

2005-11-10T12:07:00.000-08:00

I just ran across this blog today with a few nice words about me and a link to my blog. I may not agree with everything Jeff Ellis stands for but he did just jump ship recently to become a Republican thanks to Cindy Sheehan. Who knew she'd actually do any good?

http://jeffellisonline.blogspot.com/

Well, as you all know by now Arnold's propositions failed miserably in Tuesday's Special Election. That's great to know that in my state the majority of the people prefer to not want to know if their minor daughter has an abortion, they want the state to spend more money than we take in, they enjoy giving their hard earned money to the Unions to attack the Governor, and they want to leave all the districts unchanged to ensure that no seats ever change parties. Oh, and in San Francisco they voted to ban guns. Apparently they've had too many shootings. The solution: forcing all law bidding citizens and business owners to turn in their weapons. I'm no crime expert, but wouldn't that leave all the guns in the hands of the criminals and the citizens without any protection? Then there's the added bonus that the criminals would know they don't have a gun. Hmmm.
Okay, so now Arnold is forced to go back to Sacramento and sit down with the legislators and try to work something out. Hopefully this works and is just an expensive lesson on how to deal with the people that voted for Arnold in the Recall, but don't want change to affect them personally. How could the average person not really interested in politics vote against teachers, nurses, and firemen? My polling place was at a High School where the students covered the fences surrounding the school with messages like " Save Our Schools Vote NO," and "S.O.S. " with a drawing of a teacher being choked. Nice. They even had signs next to the door of the polling room, nevermind that it's illegal. I wonder why they bothered to put up the "100 feet to polling place" sign on the way in? Anyway, we didn't lose anything.................... but nothing has changed. I guess we'll have to wait until the state is bankrupt and our bonds are junk. The Democrats will start crying to raise taxes again. I'm sure Rob Reiner already has his next "sin tax" speech ready to go. Of course the first place they look is to tax anyone enjoying themselves.

2005-10-25T12:54:00.000-07:00

I received a "FareWatcher" alert from Travelocity today. It's only $241 round trip from LAX to Cancun, Mexico. Hotel rooms are as low as $33.33 a night. Wow, what a deal! I can only imagine that trip......... I guess you'd have to sky dive out of the plane since the airports are closed and camp out under the downed power lines littering the streets. Doesn't anyone check this stuff before they e-mail it out?
Great! My cat just brought me a present, now I'll be cleaning up bird feathers for a week again. In his attempt to adjust to the death of his companion of 13 years he has decided to meow constantly while following me around. Earlier I made the mistake of giving him turkey for breakfast to shut him up. When he didn't get it for lunch, he started biting my feet, jumping on my desk, and now bribing me with his kill. Such the great hunter! So anyway, I had to give the little monster some more turkey to get the bird out of his mouth. Guess he's not stupid.
Well, back to work.

2005-10-20T10:53:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time, I know. Too many things happening all at once, life does get overwhelming sometimes. Just trying to get everything organized and take care of business. I am determined to see the bottom of my desk before the end of the year. Maybe then I can start on the floor, I know there's hard wood under there somewhere:)
Something so sad happened a few weeks ago, I had to put my cat to sleep. I watched her mother give birth to her over 18 years ago and I was there comforting her through tears as the vet gave her the injection. I thought the vet was going to cry. I think I used the entire box of kleenex in his office. She stopped eating for 2 days and I was expecting to take her in for medication or something, not to be told her kidneys were failing. At least she didn't have to go through the pain. The poor thing couldn't even drink water on her last day. I miss my Ciara.

2005-09-27T12:19:00.000-07:00

There's just not enough hours in the day. I know, an understatement. I think I've run out of space on my calendar it's so full. The fact I have to keep bartending ( babysitting) because no one seems to want to work anymore doesn't help. So I gimp around the bar all day being entertained by the patrons. Mostly it's a lot of me yelling at people to pay their tabs. My customers have figured out a great way to obtain credit; run a a tab and then run out the back door when the bartender isn't looking. Sure, they pay the next time they come in........... sometimes. Welcome to the Bank of Deva. I should be there right now but I'm just too tired to drag myself over to the bar after getting out of bed at the crack of noon. The no sleeping cuz my back is killing me thing gets old, at least I may have caught up on a few hours this morning. Anyway, the Health Department is coming today to check on my "Food Handler's Certificate" to make sure I know to put the raw chicken on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, while the salad goes on the top to prevent cross contamination and thereby avoiding serious outbreaks of salmonella bacteria. Which is great knowledge to have when you're prohibited by the same Health Dept from serving any food. They even made me take out the popcorn machine several months ago. that's regulation for you! The only really handy information I received from attending the 4 hour class followed by an 80 question exam ( I did score a 96 percent:), is that you should drink the sake when you eat sushi because the alcohol will kill any worms that the restaurant may have not removed from certain types of seafood resulting in Anisakis. Nice to know, personally I rather just drink the sake and avoid any raw sea creatures at all costs. Give me a some steak and potatoes. Which by the way if it's a rare roast it needs to be cooked at a minimum internal temperature of 130 degrees and held at a minimum of 121 minutes at that internal cooking temperature. Terrific, my head is filled with more useless knowledge.

2005-09-20T13:24:00.000-07:00

New Orleans last year, I hope it looks even better when they rebuild.

2005-09-20T13:22:00.000-07:00

It will be amazing to watch them fix all the roads back there. New Orleans

2005-09-20T13:21:00.000-07:00

New Orleans.

2005-09-20T13:20:00.000-07:00

New Orleans trip last summer.

2005-09-20T13:18:00.000-07:00

New Orleans last year.

2005-09-20T13:17:00.000-07:00

Driving into New Orleans last year.

2005-09-20T12:31:00.000-07:00

It's actually raining here in Sunny California today. I'm saying put at home, all those crazy drivers are even worse when there's a little H2O on the road. With my back the way it is I'll be tensing up every minute on the freeway!
I haven't said much about Hurricane Katrina, it's all just so devastating and depressing. I can't imagine being in such a horrible situation. I went to New Orleans last summer for the first time, I'll have to look up some of those pictures and re-post them. Anyway, I received the following e-mail today and thought that this Preacher sums it up pretty accurate:

David Millican is a retired preacher in McComb, MS.

To my friends and family:
What I have seen since Katrina:
The poor and the wealthy hurt by the storm Black, white, hispanic, oriental and Indian all hurt by the storm. Christian people giving, giving, giving. Churches going all out to minister in Jesus' name Neighbors going door to door helping one another Thugs and hoodlums going door to door looking for someone vunerable. Ice and water being fought over as police tried to keep the peace. People coming up from New Orleans taking over empty houses because shelters are full Out of town volunteers coming with food and staying for now a week still serving it. The Churches all over this part of the country doing what Christians do in a crisis. Fema doing a wonderful job in getting help to us The Red Cross doing a great job in the shelters The Salvation Army doing a great job in the community Four Hundred crewman from everywhere bring back the power to our homes,churches and businesses. Lines at service stations a block to a mile long National Guardsman patroling the streets of Mccomb along with Kentucky policemen protecting us from the hoodlums and thugs of McComb, Pike County and New Orleans (the most dangerous city in the world before Katrina.) Drug dealers working outside shelters Doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel working tirelessly, evening sleeping the hospital to do the job God called them to do.

WHAT I HAVE NOT SEEN:
The ACLU setting up a feeding line. People for the American Way helping in the shelters The NAACP doing any work whatsover The American Atheist organization serving meals in the shelters. Jesse Jackson directing traffic at the gas stations I could go on but you get my message. Its the Christian people with loveand compassion who do the work. The gripers in Congress should come ondown and get in line to pass the water and the ice. Are you listening Hillary, Chuck, Teddy, and all the sorry loafers we call Senators and Congressmen. They don't have a clue as to what this life is all about there on the gulf coast. Boy, I feel better now.

David A. Millican

2005-09-13T07:50:00.000-07:00

http://www.calltothenation.com/

September 17th: National Support Our Troops Day!

2005-09-07T16:38:00.000-07:00

The Sheriff Dept. was out in full force on Wave Runners, the girls had to wear their pasties!

2005-09-07T16:34:00.000-07:00

Training at Front Sight.

2005-09-06T15:28:00.000-07:00

Wow, summer is going way too fast again this year. Seems that there's just not enough hours in the day to get anything done. I've been out in the desert way too much lately. I went to Front Sight out by Pahrump a couple of weekends ago. Nothing like baking out in 115 degrees, port-o-poddy's, dust, and a Glock holstered around your waist all day long. Give me another Gatorade! That is a great place to go and learn weapons self-defense training. The instructors are wonderful people that really make sure you understand what you are doing while keeping you safe. I would highly recommend it to anyone that owns a handgun:

http://www.frontsight.com/

2005-08-23T11:25:00.000-07:00

Okay, there's just a few things bugging me today and I need to vent. First of all I can't believe the Mexican Presidential campaign will be kicking off this fall right here in Southern California. What are they going to promise to do for the Mexican people living here? It makes you wonder just how many Mexican people are actually living here. Apparently enough people that their votes could affect the outcome of the entire country of Mexico. This should be interesting to watch.
Secondly, I am really sick of hearing about Cindy Sheehan. Many people have lost loved ones in Iraq and I'm very sorry for them and her. But for her to keep camping out in Texas and crying to the media about how she just wants to speak to the President to tell him to bring home the troops, is annoying. She already spoke to the President once. She only wants to call attention to herself to promote her anti-war, anti-Bush, it's all-America's-fault, liberal agenda. Stick Cindy, Jane Fonda, and Joan Biaz on a bus and let them tour Iraq and explain to all those people over there that they would prefer them to be terrorized and murdered by an evil monster rather than to be liberated with a sense of hope and a future.

The people at Move America Forward aren't sitting around:
http://www.moveamericaforward.org/

2005-08-22T09:43:00.000-07:00

It's Monday again, time to stress. I guess it will even me out from a weekend of trying to relax:) I can't believe it's been over a year since my car accident and my back & neck hurt just as much as they did when it happened. Go figure? Anyway................ Happy Monday!

Latest sign on freeway: "When your dreams turn to dust......... vaccum."

2005-08-16T14:27:00.000-07:00

I went to the Gypsy Kings concert at The Greek Theatre up in L.A. Sunday night. I try to see them every year when they come to Southern California. They just sound the best at that venue, it's so beautiful up there surrounded by all those trees. They are such talented musicians! I've actually had their "Gypsy Kings Live" CD in my car for the last 14 years. Well, okay, I guess it was a tape 14 years ago............ there I go showing my age again:)

http://www.greektheatrela.com/

2005-08-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

I just received this poem in an e-mail and thought I'd share:

French Poem written by an American Patriot....
Eleven thousand soldiers lay beneath the dirt and stone,all buried on a distant land so far away from home.For just a strip of dismal beachthey paid a hero's price,to save a foreign nationThey all made the sacrifice.And now the shores of NormandyAre lined with blocks of white:Americans who didn't turnfrom someone else's plight.Eleven thousand reasons for the French to take our side,but in the moment of our need,they chose to run and hide.Chirac said every war means loss,perhaps for France that's true,for they've lost every battle since the days of Waterloo.Without a soldier worth a damn to be found within the region,the French became the only landto need a Foreign Legion.You French all say we're arrogant.Well hell, we've earned the right--We saved your sorry nation when you lacked the guts to fight.But now you've made a big mistake,and one that you'll regret;you took sides with our enemies,and that we won't forget.It wasn't just our citizens you spit on when you turned,but every one of yours who fell the day the towers burned.You spit upon our soldiers,on our pilots and Marines,and now you'll get a little sense of just what payback means.So keep your Paris fashions and your wine and your champagne,and find some other market that will buy your airplanes.And try to find somebody else to wear your French cologne,for you're about to find out what it means to stand alone.You see, you need us far more than we ever needed you America has better friends who know how to be true.I'd rather stand with warriors who have the will and might,than huddle in the dark with those whose only flag is white.I'll take the Brits, the Aussies,the Israelis and the rest,for when it comes to valor we have seen that they're the best.We'll count on one anothe ras we face a moment dire ,while you sit on the sideline with a sign, "friendship for hire."We'll win this war without you and we'll total up the cost,and take it from your foreign aid,and then you'll feel the loss And when your nation starts to fall,well Frenchie, you can spare us,just call the Germans for a hand,they know the way to Paris.

Please forward to all Americans, so they will not forget...

2005-08-11T16:09:00.000-07:00

Jodi & her man with their"kids."

2005-08-11T16:08:00.000-07:00

Entertained by Cindy's son,Jonathon, at the Family Picnic.

2005-08-11T16:02:00.000-07:00

Well, here are the pictures from my trip back to Ohio. It was so good to see everybody! Sometimes you need to go back to where you're from to see how far you've come!

2005-08-11T16:00:00.001-07:00

We did have a great time at the reunion!

2005-08-11T16:00:00.000-07:00

The more they drank, the more they acted like they were in High School! (I don't know what's up with the date??)

2005-08-11T15:58:00.000-07:00

Class of.............. I'm not saying what year!.

2005-08-11T15:54:00.000-07:00

Me & Vicki, she sure stayed gorgeous! We had so much fun in school together. Congratulations Mrs. North Carolina! ( The date must be a camera malfuntion??)

2005-08-11T15:44:00.000-07:00

You can't see them too well, but some crazy guy is trying to grow Palm Trees in Ohio. Good Luck at first frost!

2005-08-11T15:43:00.000-07:00

Driving back to the airport....... this has always been siting there in the middle of nowhere. Strange huh? Growing up I had no idea what it was.

2005-08-11T15:39:00.000-07:00

Playing ball with my brother, neice, and nephew. That was just how I grew up.

2005-08-11T15:35:00.000-07:00

Me & my baby brother.

2005-08-11T15:34:00.000-07:00

Chad played basketball for my Dad. He's running around Ohio State now somewhere!