I'm Still Alive

Well it's been about eight months since I last posted on this my blog. It's a shame as I do have so much to say. Happy 2008 to any and all who read this. I had a great new year spending it with my family and two of our grand daughters. It was a blast.

I found out today that our oldest daughter, who has the two girls I just mentioned, is going to have a little boy this time. I'm happy either way but were excited to have a little boy this time and I know our son-in-law is happy as he was getting very outnumbered at the house.

Talked to my oldest (5) grandson Monday. He lives in Western New York State and unfortunately we do not get to see him or his little sister or their parents very often. I think that's the saddest part of my life these days, not getting to see all our kids and grandkids as often as we would like.

What a day today - oil is high, gold is high and the market is low. Living in Louisiana so many are happy that there is this great demand for oil and the prices are high but that really doesn't help you if you don't work in the oil field or have a business supported by the oil field. I am very happy for all the people doing well but I do see the minimum to average wage workers being left behind in the chase of the American Dream. I'm sure glad I'm not growing up and trying to get established today as it seems to get harder and harder to get started.

Louisiana inaugurated our new Governor Bobby Jindal yesterday (01142008). I hope he is up to the task of running our state and getting it right. It's not that Louisiana is the only corrupt state in the union - that is far from true. But if Bobby Jindal can break Louisiana away from the pride it takes in being corrupt, that would be quite a milestone.

It really is a wonderful state. I'm not a native but do call Louisiana my home and don't care to go anywhere else except for a visit. If our Gulf Coast area wasn't right at the mouth of the Mississippi we'd have some prettier beaches, but I like our coast too!(Grand Isle). The more areas of the state I've been able to travel through the more I like it. There are many different looks to Louisiana - flat, hilly, swampy, woods etc. Of course the best food is in Acadiana but you can eat well most anywhere that I've been throughout the state