December 22

Oh, the wayward wind is a restless wind, a restless wind that's born to wander. If your wind has been restless and has wandered off, don't worry about it. It's out here with us! I can't say for sure but I'm thinking there must be some kind of reunion in this part of Nevada for winds from everywhere. It seems kind of odd that you can feel it and see the results of it's passing but you can't see the wind. Does it pass or does it stay in one place huffing and puffing? If it passes where does it go? Oh, the wayward mind is a restless mind!

I was able to finish the book, 'Motion to Suppress', by Perri O'Shaughnessy yesterday. Then I started 'Reversible Errors' by Scott Turow. I think it is going to be a really good one! I can read better when Glenda isn't here because I don't have the TV blaring. Glenda needs a TV or radio on in every room that she might visit during the day. Here of course it is only the bed room and the living room/kitchen but it boggles my mind too much and interrupts my reading thoughts. Glenda hears very little of anything that spews from the TV or radio anyway so I don't know why she needs them on all of the time.

Glenda hit four deuces on a nickel machine yesterday for a $50 pot then came home with $11 less than she left with. I'd say she stayed out too long but I enjoy the reading time too much.

The newspaper says there are 10 people per hour arriving here. (It must be the wind blowing them in!) The story goes on:

The state added 92,564 people between July 2003 and July of this year, according to the estimates. That's more than 10 new residents every hour, or 7,700 a month.

Between the third quarter of 2003 and this year, the median value of a home in the Las Vegas Valley jumped more than 50 percent, from $184,300 to $283,200.

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Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with. ~Peter Marshall

The wind continues but I'm about blown out!