Carl Crossman Blog

With the price of gas still going up, driving my big pickup trick everywhere is getting to be expensive. Last time I filled up it cost me $70 and that barely lasts a week when I use the truck for everything. I’m thinking I need to get a small car that gets good gas mileage for all the local errands and when I don’t really need a pickup truck.

My buddy Mason has a little Nissan Altima that he wants to sell. He needs the extra cash and doesn’t drive it much, so I told him I’d come take a look at it. If its in good shape and we can come to agreement on a fair price, I’d probably better off driving that car and he’ll get some cash out of it. Sounds like a deal – hope it proves to work out that way.

It seems that everyone in the house is getting that old camping bug. Since the weather is getting warmer. The kids are itching to go on our annual camping trip. Our only problem seems to be deciding where to go. I always like going to the woods, but the kids usually want to go to the beach.

Maybe we can find somewhere that is a little of both. I guess time will tell. Anyway I hope to see you there.

Went to lunch today and bumped into a friend from back in the hood, Jenny. She actually had dated my brother for a few months, but mostly I remember her being on the school bus with us and seeing her around school all the time. She was never in any of my classes, but she lived just 4 houses down the street and we played together as kids, hung out at each others houses and had the same group of friends.

Jenny looks great! She’s married, has two little girls, and was just out running errand when she got hungry and decided to grab a sandwich. It was pretty cool to see her and have a chance to catch up for a few minutes. Good memories.

One of my favorite trips is to go to the library. While the internet has a ton of information, there is nothing like being in a room full of books. Libraries always seem to have that library smell and the quiet that goes along with it. It’s a great place to go.

We needed some tax forms and so we made the stop. Our library is across town and so we don’t get there to often. It sure is nice when we do.

Posted by Arden Wallace

In California, there is such a laid back lifestyle compared to where we used to live. Where we live now, everyone dresses a lot more casual and doesn’t seem to worry about things in general so much. They kind of go with the flow. I am not saying that everything in California is much slower to catch on to things. In fact the people out here seem to be on the cutting edge of everything. It seems like people in California get the newest fashions first, or any kind of new gadget or toy always seem to show up here first. I kind of like that about living out here. But as laid back as everyone is here, I still feel like we need to be aware of our surroundings and be on the lookout for crazy people who may not have our best interests at heart. Where we used to live we always kept all our homedoors locked all the time and quite frankly lived with the fear that someone may break in at any time. Out here it is way different, and I don’t feel that way so much. But to be on the safe side, we got a security system through home security California. At least I can feel comfortable and not worry about any intruders in our home even though it seems there is not that much to worry about out here.