There may be a slight ringing in your ears...

Well, we are in St. George. We drove down with my Brother and are staying in his in-laws vacation home. It's really hot here. You could say "It's hotter than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest," but if you did people would no doubt look at you strangely.

On the drive down I learned something about my car manufacturer. For the record, we drive a Nissan (Pathfinder). I don't think that they understand that the dash warnings, and they associated sounds should reflect the severity of the issue that they are warning the driver of.

Take for instance your oil leaks out, probably should start flashing red and a scary alarm sound to let you know that you need to stop ASAFP!! But on the other hand, lets just use tire pressure just for kicks. Sure a warning light to let you know about it, but if any warning probably a quick quiet beep to let you know.

So we are driving...we are driving along and having a grand time. We are talking about this and that and laughing about that funny joke that Johnny Carson said last night....WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!! THIS HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL IS UNLEASHED WITHIN THE CABIN WHICH CAUSES ME TO JERK THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. When I catch my breath and get back on the road I notice that my tire pressure light has been lit. "Ohhh good, I thought maybe we were on fire" I thought to myself.

So we are driving along talking about how we almost lost our lives because of a stupid tire pressure wHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN ANOTHER 20 SECOND BEEP IS ONCE AGAIN INFLICTED ON ITS OCCUPANTS. It's a good thing that there is not one, but two ear piercing warnings just to make sure that the driver knows that they are in dire need of checking their tire pressure or they are taking their lives into their hands. Thank you Nissan, your foresight and judgment is truly an inspiration.

An overpowering thirst

I love my dogs. We have two of them. They bring so much joy on a daily basis. I cannot imagine living without them. Today my wife turns to me and says "Trixie is hilarious!" Apparently now I'm competing with my dog for my wife's laughs.


Everything is so simple with them. I'm hungry...I'm happy...I'm excited...I'm scared. Sometimes I wish things could be so simple.


Toby is on a diet so "I'm hungry" seems to occupy his his simple mind quite a lot. When we feed him his rations he scarfs them down in an amazing display of speed and graceful mess making. Often time pieces of food go flying from his dish from the frantic consumption and once he is done he has to go find them. Today Wendi fed him and I heard him scarfing it down, then I heard him drinking water. Not really an uncommon occurrence, but he kept drinking and drinking and drinking and drinking.


I looked over at him drinking wondering why he was suddenly so thirsty. Wendi pointed out that a piece of his food flew into his water bowl while he ate. I watched as he repeatedly lapped up water from the bowl trying to get that one tiny piece of food that he had pinned in the corner of his dish. With each lap he failed to successfully retrieve the tiny morsel of delicious food, which continued to float there as if mocking him.


It was as if he could only see that one tiny piece of food floating in his water. Finally Wendi had pity on him and she reached in and fished the food out of his water dish. He licked it up and it was gone as was his apparent unquenchable thirst. Maybe I need to look into my water dish and see what juicy morsel I should be pursuing.

A picture is worth...

So...if you haven't noticed I have been MIA lately. I guess I owe you a decent blog entry to catch up....or...

We had a pretty amazing storm blow through this afternoon so I ran outside and started snapping pictures...

I don't really fancy myself a photogenotographer or anything but I figured if I kept pushing the button the odds were in my favor.

So what's that now, 3000 words? In conclusion...