To Blog or not to blog.....yea, that's original!

I have thought about starting this for a long time, and so it begins. Let me introduce myself. I am a Desert Rat living at the base of the Goldfield mountains in Arizona, a blue collar Dad, Firearms instructor, and Government employee. Trying my best to scratch out a living in this crappy economy, but fear not, I am a survivor and always come out on top. I am trying to teach my kids to out think the life that is influencing them everyday, the path that the world is showing them is sometimes a lot more appealing than the one I am trying to get them to choose...such is parenting! don't expect perfect spelling!