I know, I know I have not posted in a while but there have been other things on my list. I have been working on a lot. I did have a good Thanksgiving and Christmas. This has been another long year and there has been good and bad. This year I have lost two close friends this year. Tommy is now free from alcohol and Cindy no longer needs her insulin pump. Some of the others that were lost this year and will be missed are Ray Charles, Christopher Reeve, Ronald Reagan, Rodney Dangerfield, Marlon Brando, Julia Child, Jerry Orbach, Reggie White, Fay Wray, Tony Randall, Alan King, Pat Tillman, Jack Paar. Plus many of our U.S. Servicemen. This year I had a tenant move out but thankfully I had a new one move in shortly after. I have been trying to do some work or have some done on all three properties this year. I have had a septic system installed on my land. Rebuilt a retaining wall at my rental house along with some tree work. New roof put on my mothers house as well as trying to get the inside repainted. I also volunteered one day for relief work in the peeks creek community as there was a real bad natural disaster where 15 homes and 5 lives were lost. Let's us hope that 2005 will be better than any year so far. Please continue to support our troops and remember those who have lost everything in Asia. God Bless in 2005.