The Yellow Huntress

A little spider I found at work the other day called the Yellow huntress, not a great pic (taken with my camera phone, also with a very shaky hand) but it was about as big as a child's (or Kendras) hand. Good times. Oh wait after further surching i found it was a Arizona wolf spider or Tonto Spider

I Love Lightning, beauty eh?

Here are a few pics from a lighning storm we had last night, might be some more tonight as well.

Bermuda Has one

And come to find out Phoenix has one too. A mysterious triangle that causes all manner of auto, plane, truck, to crash inexplicably. For example on my way home today (and yesterday, or any other day for that matter) I saw, with my own two eyes, Five auto crashes. One of which involved a big rig. But for another strange reason, no one was hurt. How in five crashes did no one get hurt? Well after very little thought I figured it out. No one was hurt because the average speed of the crash was 2.36 MPH. Because during rush hour people forget that the break lights in front of them mean that the person is A. Slowing down B. Stopping or C. Stopped. Much to difficult to figure out, their bodies spasm and right peddle becomes left peddle and whamo. But the number of cars also puzzled me. (For a nano sec). Each one in their own turn is accelerating (spazzing) faster than the one in front, causing a reverse pile up. One of the best road signs I have ever seen is one on the 51 north (yes Kate and all of Indy I just said "the" 51) it reads "Minor traffic accidents move to the side of the road if possible". Uhh okay, so does that mean if I get a flat tire I shouldn't change it in the fast lane? Oh wait that's another thing, there is no fast lane slow lane here. Which I might add includes the big rig drivers as well. As soon as the rigs cross over Dysart Ave, they fan out and race smokey and the bandit style. And not to be out done, because we live next to an Airforce base we have the bi-yearly "Military jet carrying 4 bombs..."
which, as stated, is not the first time. The new metro system is breaking ground soon, lets all hope and pray they ship the drivers in from ________ (insert good driver state here) as to insure the masses make it to work safely. JR had a post about traveling buddies, mine are any with an out of state plate on their vehicle. Here is to safe passage through the triangle.

Movie Going

Okay so Kendra myself and James Jackson (Zondas husband), went out to the movies last night. We went to see Crash (great movie, makes all of us think about how we treat each other racially. Has groups of foul language and a brief scene of the nudies, but a solid movie.), and as the movie progressed and scenes of violence or stressful situations came up the kids in the theater would act up. Yes that's right I said kids, one was complaining, very loudly I might add, that his little sister was taking all the pop corn. Another cried out when a man was getting shot, and her mother, caught up in the movie as the rest of us were, simply carried her to the isle and stood there. I am sure all the while thinking to herself that now the rest of the people could no longer hear her child's scared cries. This says nothing about the mayhem in the lobby and outside, as all of the parents in the phoenix area dropped their kids off with a 20 and kiss and told them to have a good time. That they did, I realized one could spend all night at the movies flowing in and out of the screen room exits, just so long as your friends sat in the front row and could let you in. One of my pet peeves is talking in theaters, I paid 9+9 to see the movie +7 for the soda and Hot Tamales =25 not to sit and strain to hear the soft aside monologue being had on the screen in front of me. Keep the young kids out of the R rated movies, keep your comments on the clothing style of the supporting actress to yourself for after the show, turn off you cell phone, (which is another thing, I am going to invent a device that automatically powers down cell phones at the lobby of all theaters and churches world wide, not just mutes because people still answer the vibration, but powers down. If you cant wait 2 hours without talking on the phone then your life is far too important to be spending it on such trivial matters as movies.) Sit back sip your drink, laugh cry, scream, sob, clap how ever you want to emote, just be quiet, have some respect, and enjoy the show.

Happy Birthday to you!!!

James Rohl, brother of mine happy freaking birthday. I had a strange thought the other day about my brother. I thought, "can it be possible that I have grown closer to my brother after he moved , then when I spent the past 27 years with him?" Yes, I have,. Strange but true. I have never been so proud of my brother then now. Living in a strange land, away from all that is familiar. A wife, new family, no friends to new friends. A job at a bar and grill, to an investment firm. To investing in his and his families future by going back to college. A baby on the way, to a eerie sense of, "was it all real in the first place?" To shopping the local housing market to fill with children in the future. I know that whatever life, God, and the weather, (not that they all aren't already connected), throw at my brother, he will press on. Grow and learn, and be better for it. But what is familiar is Kate, strong and sweet. Smart and goofy. Independent but trusting in the Lord and her husband. Happy birthday Goober. I am excited for you and your wife. And I hope you will be working on your golf game cause bro, you need the help!

From the hands of a true craftsman. A project started, but more importantly, finished. Well done Dad. 

Look at the blondies now. 

Life in Arizona

Well, its been exactly one month since we moved into our home and it's been filled with family, friends since the moment we walked through our door. The day after we got our keys we had 7 people staying in our house, which was awesome! Bing, Debbie, James, Kate, Robin, Linsey and my mom were all here to help us move, unpack and just be together, it was such a blessing. On Friday night Bing Mark, James, Chuck and 6 of our friends here unpacked the truck in record time. I think they pulled up at 7:00 with the truck, it was unloaded by 8:00 and we were eating a delicious home cooked meal that Debbie prepared for by 8:30. Since that weekend, the family hasn't stopped coming and we couldn't be happier. So far we have had a total of 15 people stay with us since we moved in and we currently have Zonda's husband James staying with us. We are so thrilled because James, Zonda and their 3 beautiful kids will be moving here next month! James is here job hunting and he already has several irons in the fire and he should be employed within a week. I think that brings the total to 15 adults and 15 kids and I wouldn't be suprised if the people just kept on coming. Its been pretty hilarious telling people about the caravan of folks that have moved out here. I have had people ask if we are part of a traveling troup of entertainers (I think they are inferring that we are some sort of circus show, not to far fetched I guess) all the way to, "are you some sort of religious cult"? Whatever you want to call us, we are having fun and we would love for you to come out and visit our commune any time :)

Who the heck are these blond people? 

Welcome to the Rohl Inn

As this is the first post I will make it short and sweeeeeeeet. Kendra and I have purchased a home in Goodyear Arizona. And with the help of our family and friends we are slowly making it into a home. We dont have a home phone number yet but our old cell phone numbers are still good. Our new home address is 2502 S. 156th Ave. Goodyear AZ, 85338. More sweet news to come. Thanks for wisiting. Peace out.