Curve Balls and Hand Grenades

Life can throw you curve balls, hand grenades, road side bombs, and thermonuclear explosions. Depending on the day or month and the general situation that I am in the regular curve ball can turn into any of the above. I haven't had any nuclear explosions lately, but I have had some curve balls and hand grenades.

This past month we have been looking at houses. We have been looking high and low for the perfect house for our family. We didn't want anything to extravagant, but you can do pretty well in the San Antonio market.

Well we found our perfect house. It was big, had 4 bedrooms, a loft, a large kitchen, and two decks (one out the dining room and the other out the master bedroom.) It was a little older, and needed some work but we thought that we were up to the task. We made an offer and in time we were under contract and we had the house inspected. We found that both decks in the back were rotted through and needed to be replaced. Also the air conditioner was under powered for the house and was older. The inspector thought that it had about 2 good years left. Well this threw a wrench into our situation. We decided to get out of the contract (we had an option to get out and we took it.)

Anyway that was our little adventure. After that we decided that a new home would be nice. We are purchasing a home that is currently under construction. We are very pleased with it. So our little hit with the hand grenade pushed us over into a new direction. Only time will tell if it is a good one.

The Lazy Days of Summer

We decided to finally use our community pool today. When it gets to high 90's there is nothing else you can do outside. So we took advantage of Daddy being home. Samantha didn't know what to think. She liked the water but did not want to be in her floaty.



Charlotte is pretty wary of the big pool. She will splash in the kiddy pool or on the stairs. Unfortunately her dislike of water extends to baths and it is a chore to get her hair clean.



Caleb loves the water. He doesn't like instruction though. He thinks he already knows how to swim. He didn't want his picture taken either, so I'm not sure how this one will turn out.

Wishing for Money?

Well, well, well. Ever think "I may have some money hidden away somewhere and someday I am going to be able to find it" . . . or "there may be a rich relative somewhere that unexpectedly passes and will then pass a few dollars onto us." In our families it is only a dream as there are so many of us, and most of us are poor LDS families with lots of relatives. So even the Bill Gates of the family will only contribute a few pennies to our coffers.

I was looking at a Deseret News and they had a thing about unclaimed property that the State of Utah has in there unclaimed property division. (sounds like a fun job to me.) Being curious I linked to the website "http://up.utah.gov/UP_Start.asp" and did a search on the unclaimed property hoping something would pop up in my favor. I did a blanket search for Grindstaff and much to my surprise (or lack there of) I was not on the list. However, 3 individuals of interest did pop up: Amy Grindstaff, Scott A Grindstaff, and Margaret P Grindstaff. So there you have it. Go and claim your prize. I only charge a 10% finders fee plus expenses.

So for the lucky ones up above enjoy your little prize and let me know what your little windfall was. I still am rather curious.

Do you Wii?

I know Mathew and Barrett do. The Wii has become our families favorite pastime. At first all we had was the sports. We were practicing our Golf, Bowling and Boxing regularly. Now we have Mario Cart and car racing has become our favorite pastime. Charlotte has given up because she doesn't like driving around in circles. Occasionly she will help Sam or I race. Caleb is really into it and is getting better all of the time. We have two steering wheels for the controllers so we really get into it. When the Wii fit ever gets back in stock we will get one of those and at least I'll have a good reason to play video games. It definately is better than watching T.V.