A little over a year ago I could never imagine that I would love this sport. Not even in my wildest dreams I could see my picture holding a shotgun!
Sporting clays shooting is one of our western traditions. I have discovered this wonderful sport and hope that with my competitive streak I will continue to get better. I hope to meet more interesting people, make many more good friends and spread the word about this great and challenging sport. 
atest home prices: Jan. - Mar. 2009
The national median home price fell a record 13.8% during the first quarter of 2009. Check how prices fared in your hometown.
NAR 1st quarter 2009 home prices†
| Akron | OH | $50,100 | -48.0% |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | NY | $184,500 | -4.9% |
| Albuquerque | NM | $182,600 | -4.1% |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton | PA-NJ | $218,000 | -8.0% |
| Amarillo | TX | $122,000 | -0.2% |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana | CA | $435,800 | -28.3% |
| Appleton | WI | $110,300 | -8.4% |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta | GA | $115,600 | -24.9% |
| Atlantic City | NJ | $219,100 | -21.0% |
| Austin-Round Rock | TX | $182,300 | -1.2% |
| Baltimore-Towson | MD | $245,800 | -9.1% |
| Barnstable Town | MA | $276,700 | -22.1% |
| Baton Rouge | LA | N/A | N/A |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | TX | $129,100 | 5.0% |
| Binghamton | NY | $110,300 | 0.5% |
| Birmingham-Hoover | AL | $130,400 | -14.9% |
| Bismarck | ND | $153,300 | -0.1% |
| Bloomington-Normal | IL | $153,800 | 1.9% |
| Boise City-Nampa | ID | $157,100 | -18.8% |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | MA-NH** | $290,700 | -18.7% |
| Boulder | CO | $328,400 | -7.7% |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk | CT | $347,400 | -20.9% |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | NY | $99,200 | 2.7% |
| Canton-Massillon | OH | $66,200 | -25.2% |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers | FL | $87,300 | -59.1% |
| Cedar Rapids | IA | $127,300 | -2.0% |
| Champaign-Urbana | IL | $141,600 | 1.6% |
| Charleston | WV | $188,200 | -6.6% |
| Charleston-North Charleston | SC | $119,200 | 2.1% |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord | NC-SC | $171,500 | -11.0% |
| Chattanooga | TN-GA | $117,900 | -5.8% |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet | IL | $185,600 | -25.6% |
| Cincinnati-Middletown | OH-KY-IN | $106,500 | -17.1% |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor | OH | $69,900 | -31.5% |
| Colordo Springs | CO | $180,000 | -13.8% |
| Columbia | MO | $152,600 | 6.0% |
| Columbia | SC | $134,300 | -5.2% |
| Columbus | OH | $118,300 | -10.4% |
| Corpus Christi | TX | $126,300 | -7.7% |
| Cumberland | MD-WV | $114,900 | 21.1% |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | TX | $135,700 | -4.7% |
| Danville | IL | N/A | N/A |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island | IA-IL | $100,300 | 13.8% |
| Dayton | OH | $79,700 | -20.7% |
| Decatur | IL | $77,100 | -2.9% |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach | FL | $128,700 | -26.7% |
| Denver-Aurora | CO | $192,900 | -13.7% |
| Des Moines | IA | $137,300 | -7.2% |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia | MI | N/A | N/A |
| Dover | DE | $201,000 | 1.0% |
| Durham | NC | $171,500 | -3.8% |
| El Paso | TX | $77,100 | -6.4% |
| Elmira | NY | $132,800 | -0.8% |
| Erie | PA | $85,900 | -11.1% |
| Eugene-Springfield | OR | $210,800 | -7.3% |
| Fargo | ND-MN | $134,100 | -2.0% |
| Farmington | NM | $191,200 | 0.7% |
| Florence | SC | $98,500 | -15.7% |
| Ft. Wayne | IN | $80,600 | -9.1% |
| Gainesville | FL | $160,300 | -14.9% |
| Gary-Hammond | IN | $92,000 | -25.8% |
| Glens Falls | NY | $156,600 | -4.0% |
| Grand Rapids | MI | $72,000 | -30.0% |
| Green Bay | WI | $138,400 | 1.0% |
| Greensboro-High Point | NC | $129,700 | -8.9% |
| Greenville | SC | $142,000 | -8.1% |
| Gulfport-Biloxi | MS | $132,800 | -4.5% |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg | MD-WV | $167,100 | -13.3% |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford | CT | $222,300 | -10.1% |
| Honolulu | HI | $570,000 | -8.1% |
| Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land | TX | $138,500 | -6.7% |
| Indianapolis | IN | $94,600 | -11.8% |
| Jackson | MS | $122,600 | -0.8% |
| Jacksonville | FL | $154,100 | -17.0% |
| Kalamazoo-Portage | MI | N/A | N/A |
| Kankakee-Bradley | IL | $116,600 | -2.3% |
| Kansas City | MO-KS | $126,600 | -9.2% |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco | WA | $159,300 | -2.7% |
| Kingston | NY | $194,300 | -18.3% |
| Knoxville | TN | $138,600 | -5.1% |
| Lansing-E.Lansing | MI | $65,600 | -29.1% |
| Las Vegas-Paradise | NV | $155,300 | -37.3% |
| Lexington-Fayette | KY | $133,800 | -3.7% |
| Lincoln | NE | $132,400 | -1.2% |
| Little Rock-N. Little Rock | AR | $125,400 | -1.4% |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | CA | $303,500 | -34.1% |
| Louisville | KY-IN | $121,100 | -8.0% |
| Madison | WI | $208,500 | -0.04 |
| Manchester-Nashua | NH | $215,700 | -12.0% |
| Memphis | TN-MS-AR | $96,100 | -13.3% |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach | FL | $206,000 | -35.4% |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis | WI | $201,500 | -1.4% |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington | MN-WI | $174,100 | -12.9% |
| Mobile | AL | $127,900 | -1.5% |
| Montgomery | AL | $122,500 | -8.4% |
| NY: Edison | NJ | N/A | N/A |
| NY: Nassau-Suffolk | NY | $216,500 | -15.3% |
| NY: Newark-Union | NJ-PA | $150,800 | -4.0% |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro | TN | $374,500 | -16.0% |
| New Haven-Milford | CT | $429,900 | -12.8% |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner | LA | $320,900 | -11.3% |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | NY-NJ-PA | $376,700 | -18.6% |
| New York-Wayne-White Plains | NY-NJ | $358,200 | -12.5% |
| Norwich-New London | CT | $199,600 | -18.5% |
| Ocala | FL | $108,600 | -25.4% |
| Oklahoma City | OK | $129,900 | 4.0% |
| Omaha | NE-IA | $129,000 | -2.9% |
| Orlando | FL | $154,800 | -33.3% |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville | FL | $114,300 | -28.0% |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent | FL | $137,200 | -12.2% |
| Peoria | IL | $109,800 | -7.7% |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington | PA-NJ-DE-MD | $206,000 | -6.7% |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale | AZ | $129,200 | -41.9% |
| Pittsburgh | PA | $103,400 | -7.3% |
| Pittsfield | MA | $180,000 | -16.9% |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford | ME | $192,100 | -17.9% |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton | OR-WA | $248,600 | -13.3% |
| Providence-New Bedford-Fall River | RI-MA | $202,400 | -23.0% |
| Raleigh-Cary | NC | $223,000 | -2.2% |
| Reading | PA | $145,200 | -2.2% |
| Reno-Sparks | NV | $209,800 | -26.0% |
| Richmond | VA | N/A | N/A |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | CA | $172,500 | -39.9% |
| Rochester | NY | $105,600 | -2.7% |
| Rockford | IL | $100,000 | -13.2% |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville | CA | $169,300 | -34.5% |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North | MI | $30,300 | -53.7% |
| Saint Louis | MO-IL | $100,900 | -16.9% |
| Salem | OR | $200,000 | -8.5% |
| Salt Lake City | UT | $230,100 | 1.9% |
| San Antonio | TX | $148,300 | -1.0% |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos | CA | $323,200 | -29.6% |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | CA | $402,000 | -42.7% |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara | CA | $450,000 | -42.3% |
| Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice | FL | $155,200 | -40.8% |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | WA | $315,200 | -15.3% |
| Shreveport-Bossier City | LA | $136,000 | 3.4% |
| Sioux Falls | SD | $95,500 | -29.8% |
| South Bend-Mishawaka | IN | $61,800 | -23.6% |
| Spartanburg | SC | $109,100 | -16.3% |
| Spokane | WA | $180,000 | -2.7% |
| Springfield | IL | $111,400 | 3.9% |
| Springfield | MA | $170,100 | -14.1% |
| Springfield | MO | $116,300 | -3.8% |
| Syracuse | NY | $113,700 | 3.1% |
| Tallahassee | FL | $156,000 | -10.0% |
| Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater | FL | $135,300 | -26.7% |
| Toledo | OH | $65,500 | -27.0% |
| Topeka | KS | $106,500 | 3.1% |
| Trenton-Ewing | NJ | $252,500 | -12.4% |
| Tucson | AZ | $176,400 | -20.2% |
| Tulsa | OK | N/A | N/A |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News | VA-NC | $201,000 | -8.2% |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria | DC-VA-MD-WV | $279,400 | -25.0% |
| Waterloo/Cedar Falls | IA | $97,300 | -6.4% |
| Wichita | KS | $108,700 | -3.5% |
| Worcester | MA | $189,600 | -23.6% |
| Yakima | WA | $143,500 | -3.3% |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman | OH-PA | $51,200 | -0.244 |
| U.S. | $169,000 | -13.8% | |
| NE | $235,500 | -15.9% | |
| MW | $132,400 | -6.8% | |
| SO | $146,600 | -10.8% | |
| WE | $237,600 | -19.8% |
For the last 18 days we had only one day without a single drop and that wasn't even for a whole 24 hours...
Is going FHA really the best way? 
