David Bland:  

Life Hello All, How is life treating all of you in your respective worlds? Hope all is going well! Sorry I missed the 35th for those who were there. Hopefully I will make the 40th ("Lord willing and the creek don't rise" as they say in some parts). All is going pretty well in my life. Other than a few health things that seem to impact most people as they get older, things are good. Why is it when you get older, the things you'd like to be smaller, get bigger; and the things you'd like to have bigger, get smaller. Go figure! Anyway, I am still married to my lifelong sweetheart (34 years in July 2007). Now there are times when that may have been on shaky ground, but thanks to extreme patience on my wife's part, we're still here. We have two sons. The oldest is a nurse at the local hospital here in Bel Air, and the youngest is a freshman (actually guess a sophomore) in college. He is away this summer realizing his dream of playing the drums for a traveling music team for his college. We also have a granddaughter (8) who is an absolute joy. Wouldn't it be great if you could skip the kids and go s...Expand for more