I am sitting here enjoying the peace and quiet this morning. It is hard to believe that there are nine people in this house. I know that it will not be long before it becomes very hectic around here. But for the moment I am enjoying the peace and quiet.
I really enjoyed watching Zaye get a baking lesson from Michelle yesterday. It was quite obvious that they were both enjoying themselves. It was really cool to watch the interaction between them. He is very eager to learn.
The flight across country was very beautiful and I enjoyed it alot. I found that most of the time I was looking out the window watching all the beauty go past. I was amazed when I was able to see the windmills that dotted the land in the midwest. Very surprised when I realized that I was actually able to see the blades turning in the wind. I am sure that in the next decade there will be more of these magnificant giants than we can even emagine now. I see them as the wave of the future for electricity generation.
I am so used to living in an area where your neighbors are right next door that I was very surprised when we flew over an area where you would see farm sitting out in the middle of a vast area of nothing, except fields and the closest neighbor was at least a mile away. I guess I expected that everywhere in the country was as populated as we are in Oregon.
Then when we landed here in Florida I discovered that we are in an area where it is a carpet of people for as far as you can see. One guy told me that the greater Tampa Bay area has a population of 2.2 million people. I believe it. Laurie told me that I would find it hard to believe how clean it is in Florida and she is right! We went to Clearwater Beach yesterday and the first thing I noticed was the lack of garbage. Sure there were a few things here and there but everything is amazingly clean. Even the public restrooms at the beach were clean. I guess I expected to see all sorts of graphiti and such but you do not see that here. I have not seen even one building defaced with graphiti the way they are in Oregon.
About Me
- Grandpa Larry
- I am 52 Years old, I grew up in the construction trade and started working at age 10. I completed high school and started some college but never graduated. I have done more types of jobs then I care to even think about but those jobs and the experiences in them have helped to make me the person I am today. I work in the Apartment Management Industry and I am an active board member for Oregon AHMA (Oregon Affordable Housing Management Association) I am also an instructor for maintenance personnel, generally teaching them about the Fair Housing Laws and how they are affected by those laws. I feel I have led a rich and fulfilling life. Life is what we make it. No one promised the road of life would be an easy one, but it can sure be an interesting one.
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