Sunday ramblings

Ahhh the sweet smell of rain, finally. We have been in a drought situation for the entire month of May. Conditions became so bad that the entire Northeast section of Richland County was put on water rationing and a boil order. Not because of lack of water, but because of poor water pressure. Seems that the County and the developers have been moving way too fast and did not quite plan well enough for the demand that "they" created. Now officials are scrambling to put in new 48 inch water lines and a pumping station that can actually handle the demand. Little backasswards don't you think? And while we are on the topic of development, I attended my first public officials forum this week to discuss the traffic issue with the main artery that leads to our neighborhood. Again...developers and the County building homes, and apartments for families but not quite THINKING through the whole process of ingress and egress for the thousands of families that live out here and have to use the TWO lane road without shoulders! But I digress.

Big thanks go out to my Mom, Jan, for coming out to visit us in our new home. It took us moving half way across the country to get her out of the house but this is hopefully a trend we will see continue. I promise you more time in Charleston next visit as well as a little beach time! We had a great visit, the kids could not wait to see Granny Jan and she did her level best to spoil Jackson Patrick. I would have to say she succeeded.

Interesting supplement in The State (local newspaper) today. The official 2007 South Carolina Hurricane Guide...must say that is a first for me. At least we can prepare for these unlike the tornado's back in MO. Apparently the rain we have had this weekend it from the tropical depression off the coast. Should be interesting...

Our boy is now up to about 11.5 pounds according to my bathroom scale. Enjoy the latest pictures of him and Granny Jan when she came to visit. Tanner and Charlee had a blast making her sign.

Thanks for reading, Y'all tune in again soon.