Good Summer 2012

We are in the fun city of Pattaya, Thailand. We're rested and over jet-lag from our eighteen hour California plane trip last week.  The weather here is nice today, around 90 degrees and the sun is shining.  We will rest here for a few more days and then travel north to our home on the Myanmar (Burma) border.

Pattaya has not changed much while we have been gone except for a little inflation.  I think that is the story all over the world.

We had a good summer making enough money to bring us back to Thailand for the next couple of months. 

Remember folks, the best thing you can do for your heating and air conditioning system is keep it and your air filter clean!


We were part of the celebrations of lots of birthdays this summer.  Some of us young folks enjoyed the cake, pony rides and bubble bounces. 

They would not let Ralphie or me on the bubble bounce or the pony.  Although we did eat lots of cake.

Some of us older folks celebrated birthdays, too.  I was happy to celebrate my emotional 24th birthday.  How I got that number is I started using mind altering stuff at age eight.  After Cub Scout Meetings some of us kids would sneak into the bushes and drink the whiskey we stole from our parents.  I stopped using all mind altering substances sixteen years ago and started developing emotionally again, alas age 24.

My Mom turned 91 years old in July.  My sister, Diane, arranged a big party at Flagship Health Care Center.  We eat cake, sang Happy Birthday and Mom had a great time seeing friends and opening birthday presents.

Daeng made her a beautiful picture tree with pictures from the last 90 years.

It really is a piece of art and took her over a hundred hours to make.

We visited with lots of friends to celebrate just being alive. 

We also ran into a few friends that we had not seen is a long time. 

Daeng wanted to see the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove before it changed hands.  It is my understanding that the church went bankrupt and the 40+ acre complex was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese.  It is kind of beyond my thinking but I'm not judging, I'm just saying. 

You can read more about what is happening at the Crystal Cathedral by CLICKING HERE.

Deang loved the music from the stately Hazel Wright Pipe Organ inside the Crystal Cathedral.  It is the most widely heard organ in the world today, made possible through the television ministry.

It was a good summer.  We plan on spending the next 62 days here in the "Land  of Smiles" and then back to the "Good Old USA" for the Winter. 

Just give us a call if you need your furnace or air conditioning fixed.  Just CLICK HERE for DIAL ONE Cooling, Heating & Plumbing, Inc.

We will try to keep everyone up to date with the interesting things that happen to us along the way.