THE BIG HOLE

So across the street from my office is the major building project that will replace the old ZCMI and Crossroad malls. as well as some new construction on Social Hall Ave. Right now all it is, is a huge hole that goes about 5 stories underground.
Next week they will finish demolition of the Deseret Book building and the ZCMI food court. (no more down town eating)
If you want to see a pretty well done action rendering of what the project will look like when it is done here is the link: City Creek Conceptual Tour. the whole project is messing up down town generally but it will beat the heck out of the gateway when it is done.

GIVE ME A STRAW

This is a major tragedy, if I came upon this mess on my way to work, I would have to get a straw out of the glove box, and take the day off.

KAREN'S BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday Karen.
So I did not post it on her birthday but that is because we were out. We took two days off work and left town. It was fun. we drove up Ogden canyon and then over to Bear Lake and down into Logan. We went to the Logan temple on Tuesday to witness the sealing of some kids in our ward, and then spent the night in Logan.
So Happy Birthday, to the best wife, mother and grandmother there is anywhere.

DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING

I read an article today in a magazine about digital scrapbooking. So here is my first attempt.
I know I have a long way to go before it looks like a real scrapbook page, but it was fun and did not really take very long.

SUNSET ON THE GREAT SALT LAKE

All the girls and Maddi all entered scrapbook pages in the State Fair and got all kinds of ribbons and accolades galore. I am so proud of all of them.
I was going to enter some photos but of course never go around to it. This one I took of Sarah last summer.

CAMPAIGNIN' TIME

I know that the whole family is ferociously political so I knew you would love this one:
Time for some Campaignin'
And turn up your sound, you have to hear it......

I MISS THESE GUYS

I really miss seeing these guys each week. It has been a long dry summer and even before that ,with the writers strike and all, it seems like it's been a long time.
FYI The new season starts on September 25.
and season 4 comes out on DVD on September 2

DANG

Dang......... just after I finally decide on a new car, along comes something better. If I had only waited.

TREE HUGGER

So now I am a true "tree hugger" we just bought a new car, and decided on a Honda Hybrid. So now I guess we join the ranks of the true environmentalist wakos.
Actually I just decided I would rather have a car payment again than to keep giving money to the big oil company's
So, happy day I have a new car.....

BLIND SERVICE PROJECT

So this may be one of those "you had to be there" stories but last night when I was telling the family it sure did seem funny.
We have a blind guy in our neighborhood. At least he is legally blind, so he can see shadows etc.
Well one day last week he drove his riding lawn mower down the street and around the corner to mow the lawn of a single lady that needed help. Then when he finished he is driving back home and a policeman drives by and thinks, "hey that guy looks like he's blind" so said blind man gets pulled over on his lawnmower by the local cops and questioned about the sanity of driving around blind on a lawnmower. After all you could run over an animal and not even know it.
A couple of years ago I saw this same guy riding a bike down the street with his white cane setting across the handlebars of the bike.