Im this busy ass 50ish fellow that does his best to stay reasonably healthy. Since moving to the Phoenix area I've changed (some would say reverted back) something habits in my life. I was a somewhat serious vegan for seven and half years while living and growing up in the Houston, TX. I've started back eating meat-funny cause some ask "did you see or feel a change in your taste when you started back eating meat" and my answer is "no". Maybe some have or did, but I didnt.

I live in the Sunnyslope area of Phoenix, and I luv it here. I enjoy the fact that I can just walk out my back gate and hike and mountain bike my ass off. Of course the summer months are fairly brutal, but it seems worth it in the winter and fall seasons.

At present I've the designated president of my HOA at Villas Sunrise. (laughing) I remember some of my neighbors were saying "J, just run, its not that hard or demanding", yea right! There are lots of projects that need be addressed with our community, that in this tough economy appears to be difficult to achieve. And the only way to "git er don" is to raise the HOA monthly fee. The thing that gets me is that none of us will do some some sort future projection to see if by arbitrarily raising the HOA fees that this alone will get us where we'd like to be in the next couple of years. By saying "where we want to be" is a reference to having our neighborhood look and appear valuable and this entails, repairing our streets, repairing out stucco wall that surround the community, building repairs, grounds-keeping,etc. So, until we have some hard numbers written down to show we're heading in the right direction, what's the use?