March 2009 entry

Well things are still on track for the 2011 retirement party. We have had some ups and downs with the recent economic fall out but all that means is I need to find somewhere cheaper to live when we retire. Heather and I don't really need much to be happy in retirement. We recognized that owning a second home, or boats or three wheelers etc are not important elements of our life. All we really need is a good book and good friends.

I am playing on Sierra Vista's 4.0 mens team this year. This is my first organized sports since I was playing little league. Our first match was last Saturday and I played as part of the number 3 doubles team. My partner and I lost our match but we had a good time. We were competive and I enjoyed it. It makes me want to improve my game which I am sure I can do. Doubles requires more patience and more control in shot making to be successful.

Madison graduated from BYU last August (2008) and is living in Provo and enjoying life. Sloane is in her junior year at BYU and has changed her major 3 or 4 times in the past 3 or 4 months. Lochlan was elected senior class president at Cibola next year. She only ran since there class has had the same boy as president since they were freshmen and after he got caught smoking pot in the parking lot at school she felt that there class needed at least some other choice.

I toyed with the idea of taking a management position in Taiwan in Feb but in the end decided it was best to just stay here in Albuquerque. I have been serving as bishop of our ward for the past 3 years and am enjoying that.

This weekend I will be driving to SLC to see Madison and Sloane and see general conference with them (we have tickets to the Sunday morning session). Lochlan will stay behind this year since she needs to take the ACT test that same weekend. Lochlan has been doing alot of regular babysitting and making about as much money as she use to make working at the fabric store (she worked for Hancocks fabric for about 8 weeks from Oct to Dec 2008). She has been checking into going back east and being a nanny for a year between high school and college. This might be a good experience for her, we will leave that decision in her hands.

Heather started working about 4 weeks ago as a care giver for people on medicare. She worked for about 8 years before and just after we were married and if she works 2 more yeas she can qualify for some social security when she turns 65. She works about 30 hours a week and has lots of interesting experiences meeting lots of interesting disabled people.

I am getting ready to resurface my tennis court this spring. Will do it before it gets too hot some I can do both coats in a single day so I can do it on a friday and saturday and have it all done. Will need a couple of days to prepare the surface. Will order the coatings this week.

Thats all for now...