One Year Anniversary

It's our one year anniversary. No, not mine and Karen's. It has been exactly one year since I joined the blogosphere! Happy anniversary to me and my blog!

Priceless

This was a good weekend. On Saturday Karen and I went to see Firewall with Harrison Ford. After church on Sunday we decided we would go driving around and explore some of the roads we never knew existed. Eventually we found ourselves at Lake Purdy which supplies most of the drinking water for Birmingham. It was pretty cool because it is a 1,050 acre lake with no houses on it...you can even rent boats! After driving around looking at enormous homes, we ended up at Barnes & Noble where I wasted a completely good hour reading the dumbest book (see pic...don't ask). Once we were done there, we went to Aldridge Gardens in Hoover and it is beautiful. To sum up our lazy Sunday - "Driving to nowhere in particular: $10 (gas). Exploring a lake you have never been to: $0. Reading America's dumbest book for an hour: pointless. Sitting in duck *#$!: smelly. Having your wife tell you that you have helped her gain lost joy: priceless."

Farm Country

Recently I went to Fort Smith, AR. We flew into Oklahoma, which is definitely the brownest state I have ever flown into (see pic). We then drove 2 hours east to Fort Smith, AR. I have never seen a succession of farms like I did during that drive. It must be where 80% of the cows in the U.S. are. I even saw a dead one getting its eyes plucked out by a buzzard (sorry, no pic). One random bit of information: the speed limit on the turnpike there is 75 mph. Has anyone ever seen a higher speed limit? Fort Smith is an interesting little town, especially the Ozark Mountain Hemp store. I got a buzz just driving by. It was definately the farthest quickest trip I have ever made (hope that makes since). We left on Monday at 8 a.m. and were back by Tuesday at 3 p.m. It was pretty crazy!