Completed the Fence

I have been working for the past couple of months on this fence in our backyard. There was a few storms a long time ago that knocked part of it down. Several places I called said it would cost about $1000 - $1500 to replace the whole fence. I then decided that I would just do it myself. So far I fixed the part that fell down (which is about half the fence), and it has only cost me about $100. Not bad. It only took so long becuase it seemed to rain every weekend. I also tore down a small wall around a mesquite tree back there and prepared the soil by digging up several small rogue trees. Now I need to just put up a new wall and mulch for that finished look. Special thanks to my pomeranian, Indi, for modeling the fence for me.

Big trucks people drive

Living in Texas, you see a lot of trucks. Extended cabs, quad cabs, extended cab/extended beds... then there is my all time favorite (which you see a lot in Texas)... the quad cab, 8ft bed, dually (I think I spelled that right) with the 4 tires in back. Although, as you see in this pic I took at our movie theatre nearby, sometimes the biggest isn't big enough... move over Hummer!!!!



This thing would be sweet for the high schooler. It's got the actual bed to sleep in too attached. I should have knocked to see if someone was home.

Fight Club, one of my all time favorites

My wife's cousin, Hope, borrowed my copy of Fight Club a long time back and has yet to return it (or even watch it). She lives in Austin, so it is a little hard to just run over there and get it, but I love that movie. Sure it is a little strange at first, but there are a lot of sub-plots and meanings going on in there.

Anyways, I am just mentioning this because that is how I have been feeling lately. Like life is just passing by. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy. Every day is the same thing. Every night is the same night. Thank God for Miller Lite.

Anyways, life was more interesting when I was in school and every day held a range of events. I knew so many people, had so many friends. Now I have the few guys at work, but we don't really hang out much (except for Jeff... shout out to ya!!!). I used to get together a lot with some of the workers there for happy hour, but I don't do that anymore. I still have my friend Noe, but he is just married and is now in the boat I'm in. How do you find time for yourself with other friends without feeling like your abandoning your family? So alas I have basically no friends to hang with. To quite frank, I feel the most happy when I'm playing video games. It makes me feel like the whole world disappears. Right now I'm playing Halo 2 and Fable. Lots of fun.

Valley Drivers Do Suck!!!

I had to include this post from my friend Noe (aka CodingMonkey) about drivers in the Rio Grande Valley being so horrible. It is so true. I don't even have to look at those stupid road signs that say "Edinburg 64 miles". Once you see people darting in front of you, driving on the shoulder (the whole time), and dragging those damn crappy used cars to sell down there, you know you've arrived. Please read his post and see the pic he took of some moron. He should sell that puppy on eBay.