1. Take into account that great LOVE and great ACHIEVEMENTS involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

3. Follow the Three R’s:
– Respect for Self
– Respect for Others
– Responsibility for all your actions

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules, so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone every day.

9. Open your arms to change, but don’t give up your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go some place you’ve never been before.

17. Remember the best relationship is one in which your LOVE for each other exceeds your NEED for each other

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

• Yay, winter is over! Here in NM winter was no big deal, but the east took a beating this year.
• Here’s hoping that things even out and we all get what we need for the spring and summer months.
• Nice looking day in the forecast of today. Let’s hope she’s right today. Can’t believe a nice little Dutch girl would lie, but I think the occupation requires it.
• Erin leaves us today. I hope her bout of the flu is now over. She had a rerun of the 24 hour flu the next morning and yesterday it seemed to pass in the afternoon.
• Nina wants us to rent an apartment in Europe for a year after we finally sell this dump. Sounds like fun.
• I wonder if Erin will fit into the luggage still?
• Haboob? Who in the world would name a big wind a haboob? Must be some presidential muslim decree. Haboob my ass.
• Brother Carl heads to the Netherlands soon. Safe travels Carl.
• He and his son Zach are doing a river cruise from Amsterdam. Beth and Nancy made their trips sound so good that Carl had to try it.
• One of my favorite foods, for both breakfast and an evening snack, has been unavailable out here for quite some time. I checked on Amazon for them and found I could buy them in a case lot of 12 boxes, so I ordered a case of unfrosted brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tarts for about $30. DAMN they taste good!
• The best part about them is that no one else likes them and they’re all mine! Well, maybe Erin hasn’t tasted them yet, so I may have to share with her.
• The news parrots just spent around 5 minutes talking about team mascots and they expressed dismay that the NM school’s mascots ranked at some of the worst in the nation. Morons.
• I’m going to the doctor today for a check up and we’re going to pirate this last visit with Dr. Greene to get things for ML done too. I hate the fact the Greene is leaving the area because of some asshole’s healthcare mandate. Since the ACA was implemented, Dr. Greene has been subjected to serious abuse by the recipients of this new welfare perk. He found a off network group that can still pick and choose patients in Colorado that needs a new doctor and he’s headed there next month.
• I may have to travel to CO for care in the future. Hey, great excuse to buy a motorcycle! Right?
• Marylou will shit a chicken when she finds out that Greene is leaving the area and the reason for his leaving. Can’t wait for that conversation.

Have a great day everyone! Love, peace, and chicken grease!

A London lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by an Irish cop. He thinks that he is smarter than the cop because he is a lawyer from LONDON and is certain that he has a better education then any Jock cop. He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the Irish cops expense.

The Irish cop says, “License and registration, please.”
London Lawyer says, “What for?”
Irish cop says,”Ye did nae come to a complete stop at the stop sign.”
London Lawyer says, “I slowed down, and no one was coming.”
Irish cop says, “Ye still did nae come to a complete stop. License and registration, please”
London Lawyer says, “What’s the difference?”
Irish cop says, “The difference is, ye huv te come to complete stop, that’s the law. License and registration please!”

London Lawyer says, “If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I’ll give you my license and registration and you give me the ticket. If not, you let me go and don’t give me the ticket.”
Irish cop says, “Sounds fair. Exit your vehicle, sir.”

The London Lawyer exits his vehicle…. The Irish cop takes out his baton and starts beating the living shit out of the lawyer and says, “Dae ye want me to stop, or just slow down?”

Probably not. I’ve been watching the news and there’s been no mention of any fire, controlled or otherwise, mentioned by the news parrots. I guess that’s a good thing, but we are overcast in a way that screams FIRE.  Maybe it will burn off as the morning progresses.

Tori just arrived and the first words out of her mouth were, “Is there a fire?” Nina jumps in with the fact that it may be dust since it was mentioned on the news last night in reference to Las Vegas.

Electric Cars?

Tesla is tempting many states with plans to open a battery plant and NM is one of the states drooling all over themselves to woo the then here. They promise up to 6000 jobs, so it makes sense to make the effort to get the plant for the state’s economy. Also, Tesla just announced that they will soon offer an entry level car in their inventory soon. $35,000 + or –

They are also causing controversy with several states about their “dealerless” sales model. Three states have laws prohibiting or restricting  this type of business model. Tesla sells online mostly and they sell directly to the customer exclusively. No dealers or salespeople to deal with, just pay and go. The states are worried about sales tax loss, but if they were smart, they’d collect the tax at the time of registration like NM does. Texas, Arizona, and New Jersey are a few of the states. Wieners!

Would you buy an electric car? I know I wouldn’t, considering the limited range between charges.

• Erin, not Tori
• Low grade fever
• Vomiting
• Tired and cranky. (Tori, not Erin)

Tractor

• Also sick, not charging
• Leaking oil
• Bad muffler
• Given the fact that it’s 50 years old, I can’t complain.

General

I’m thinking of throwing myself another birthday party. Every 10 years ain’t too bad, is it? No presents, just be there. Hard to believe I’ll be 60 in June. Since the 11th is a Wednesday, I’m thinking the party will have to be on the 7th or 14th, or even the 8th or 15th. Those are Saturdays and Sundays for those of you that are calendar impaired. Arrow’s Ridge or my back yard for a B-B-Q? I guess I’ll let you know when I decide when.

I had to fix an airplane problem with our September trip. One leg of our flight was on a British Airways flight and I didn’t notice this. When I went to select seats, BA wouldn’t allow it. I made a stink and got reassigned on a AA flight like I prefer. Can’t wait for this vacation.

I’m thinking of an Easter trip east, but that’s still up in the air. My last trip east was cancelled due to snow, so I’m due. Of course there’s always the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab to consider.

Just a little tip from me to you; If your eye starts to tear when you’re eating Doritos, do not wipe the tear away with the hand that’s eating. the Doritos. Ouch.

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Catherine is back in town. Just for a month or so, but it was nice to see her this morning. Water heater issues it seems, but I fixed it.

Yeah, I know this is so wrong, but I doubt any of the families are reading my blog.

• Today’s Monday, so we go to the bank. Erin and I drive in the Jeep and Nina takes her car.
• Nina and Erin leave me after breakfast and head to Wally World for shopping for shit that we could get delivered by our regular supplier.
• Sure we pay more for it, but since our markup is percentage based, we’d make more money on the sales of that shit.
• Erin is a big help to Nina at WM. She spots all the people she knows and runs to them to say hi, leaving Nina to abandon her cart and chase after her.
• Navy Seals took control of a hijacked oil tanker recently. No one was hurt. Too bad, they should have executed the hijackers and set them adrift for others to find and tell the story. Good job though on retaking the ship.
• All told, I think the drought that we’re experiencing is easier to handle than the weather around the rest of the country, especially the east.
• Erin spent the night with us last night. Her and Nina snore in unison. It’s kinda cute.
• I need a vacation.

If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. If you pick it up it dies and ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.  ~~Osho~~

Nina and I picked her up after a breakfast at Tortilla Flats in Santa Fe. It’s been a while since we’ve been there and we both had the Tortilla Flats breakfast special. Very good!

It appears that Will was M.I.A. all weekend. I’m thinking that happens more than we know. Some father, eh?

We took Erin to BK for lunch and she had a great time playing with the kids that were there. An hour later we got to leave.

Getting buggy out here again and I’m going thru windshield washer fluid twice a week. Nice day though, clear blue skies.