I liked it so much I am sharing it with you. Enjoy!
that's The Brick Way...
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Healthcare reform explained?!
Check this out! Kaiser has found a way to explain Healthcare Reform so the average person will understand.
I liked it so much I am sharing it with you. Enjoy!
I liked it so much I am sharing it with you. Enjoy!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
So many places I have hung my hats...
Today, I was remembering a conversation that took place last Saturday with a few friends. I started listing in my head the multitude of addresses I have had and the numerous states they were in.
Forty-five years ago, it all started on Warren Ave in Chelmsford, MA. A few years later, my parents split and my mom and I moved to Royal Crest Dr in Nashua, NH. My dad goes back to his parents on Gage Rd in Cochituate, MA. This would be an address years later that I would call home a few times over the years. Time passes and Dad and his second wife (my stepmother Joan) move to Royal Crest Dr in Marlboro, MA. Shortly after, they have a baby (my brother Jeff) and they move again to Pierce St in Hudson, MA. Around the same time, my mom and I move to Lake Shore Drive in Lake Park, FL.
Up until that move to Florida, I was sharing residence with my mom and my dad on a weekly basis. This changed everything...
Weekly visits turned into summer vacations and winter breaks. The first of which was at my Dad's new house on Sycamore St in Hudson, NH. By this time Dad brought another child into the world ( my sister Suzanne). After that summer vacation, I returned to Florida, but this time it was to South Ocean Blvd in South Palm Beach. All of which happened before I was 12 years old.
My teens were just as mobile as my adolescence. Mom and I moved to 72nd Diagonal in Boca Raton, FL and the next time I would see my dad and his family I would have to go to Westridge Dr in Plano, TX. I actually stayed this time and went to school for a year before going to stay with Mom again who had already moved yet again. That residence was in Friendship Heights Center in Chevy Chase, MD. The following year I went back to Plano and the next summer when I went back to my mom's, she was already settled in our new place on Monroe St in Rockville, MD. Dad and his family stayed in Plano for several years. My mom remarried and we stayed in Rockville for almost 2 years. As my teens turned into attaining legal age, my dad and family moved to Cherrywood Dr in Reno, NV and my mom and family moved to University Blvd in Silver Spring, MD.
I am at this point, about nineteen. I hang my hat at and I spend a short stint back on Gage Rd in Cochituate, MA, then on Old Conn Path in Maynard,MA, then Hartford Ave in Framingham, MA followed by less than a year on Harding Ln in Natick, MA.
From Natick, I join the US Army and I am in Ft Dix, NJ for Basic Training and Ft Sill, OK for Advanced Training before heading to my duty station in Ft Belvoir, VA.
After the Army, I stay in the area. I was on Rockville Pike in Rockville, MD with my then girlfriend and then when that wasn't working anymore I moved to Hamlet Ct in Gaithersburg, MD. There was another place I lived for about six months in Germantown, MD but I can't remember the name of the street.
I moved back to my grandfather's on Gage Rd in Cochituate, MA for a short time, before joining my dad and his family in Reno, NV. After a short stay with the family, I ventured out and rented an apartment on Smithridge Ct in Reno and from there I moved into a place on Virginia Ave in Reno. After that I headed back to the east coast and found myself temporarily back on Gage Rd in Cochituate, MA.
I am well into my 20's at this point and I rent a house with a few other guys on Linden Ave in Malden, MA. A couple of years pass and I move-in with the girl I was dating on Spitbrook Rd in Nashua, NH.
After we break-up, I rent a room on Spalding Rd in Nashua, NH. I meet my future ex-wife and we move-in on Hollis St in Nashua, NH. When we realize we are expecting a baby girl (my daughter Rachel), we move to Essex Ave in Gloucester, MA. Right before my 30th birthday, the three of us move to Colony Rd in Rocky Hill, CT so we can be closer to my in-laws. A few more years and a baby boy (my son Matthew) and we buy a house on Cumberland Ave in Wethersfield, CT. Eventually the marriage ends and I move to Silas Deane Hwy, in Wethersfield, CT and then to Highland Ave in Vernon, CT. The next move is to a house on Wilcoxson Ave in Stratford, CT.
Just when I thought I was ready to settle down, I found myself moving again...this time to Georgia!
My first two years were spent living in a place on West Britt David Rd in Columbus. Currently, I am on Terrace Pointe Dr in Columbus, GA.
So, by my count, I have had 37 different addresses (only counting Gage Rd once) in 12 states. How many states have you lived in?
Forty-five years ago, it all started on Warren Ave in Chelmsford, MA. A few years later, my parents split and my mom and I moved to Royal Crest Dr in Nashua, NH. My dad goes back to his parents on Gage Rd in Cochituate, MA. This would be an address years later that I would call home a few times over the years. Time passes and Dad and his second wife (my stepmother Joan) move to Royal Crest Dr in Marlboro, MA. Shortly after, they have a baby (my brother Jeff) and they move again to Pierce St in Hudson, MA. Around the same time, my mom and I move to Lake Shore Drive in Lake Park, FL.
Up until that move to Florida, I was sharing residence with my mom and my dad on a weekly basis. This changed everything...
Weekly visits turned into summer vacations and winter breaks. The first of which was at my Dad's new house on Sycamore St in Hudson, NH. By this time Dad brought another child into the world ( my sister Suzanne). After that summer vacation, I returned to Florida, but this time it was to South Ocean Blvd in South Palm Beach. All of which happened before I was 12 years old.
My teens were just as mobile as my adolescence. Mom and I moved to 72nd Diagonal in Boca Raton, FL and the next time I would see my dad and his family I would have to go to Westridge Dr in Plano, TX. I actually stayed this time and went to school for a year before going to stay with Mom again who had already moved yet again. That residence was in Friendship Heights Center in Chevy Chase, MD. The following year I went back to Plano and the next summer when I went back to my mom's, she was already settled in our new place on Monroe St in Rockville, MD. Dad and his family stayed in Plano for several years. My mom remarried and we stayed in Rockville for almost 2 years. As my teens turned into attaining legal age, my dad and family moved to Cherrywood Dr in Reno, NV and my mom and family moved to University Blvd in Silver Spring, MD.
I am at this point, about nineteen. I hang my hat at and I spend a short stint back on Gage Rd in Cochituate, MA, then on Old Conn Path in Maynard,MA, then Hartford Ave in Framingham, MA followed by less than a year on Harding Ln in Natick, MA.
From Natick, I join the US Army and I am in Ft Dix, NJ for Basic Training and Ft Sill, OK for Advanced Training before heading to my duty station in Ft Belvoir, VA.
After the Army, I stay in the area. I was on Rockville Pike in Rockville, MD with my then girlfriend and then when that wasn't working anymore I moved to Hamlet Ct in Gaithersburg, MD. There was another place I lived for about six months in Germantown, MD but I can't remember the name of the street.
I moved back to my grandfather's on Gage Rd in Cochituate, MA for a short time, before joining my dad and his family in Reno, NV. After a short stay with the family, I ventured out and rented an apartment on Smithridge Ct in Reno and from there I moved into a place on Virginia Ave in Reno. After that I headed back to the east coast and found myself temporarily back on Gage Rd in Cochituate, MA.
I am well into my 20's at this point and I rent a house with a few other guys on Linden Ave in Malden, MA. A couple of years pass and I move-in with the girl I was dating on Spitbrook Rd in Nashua, NH.
After we break-up, I rent a room on Spalding Rd in Nashua, NH. I meet my future ex-wife and we move-in on Hollis St in Nashua, NH. When we realize we are expecting a baby girl (my daughter Rachel), we move to Essex Ave in Gloucester, MA. Right before my 30th birthday, the three of us move to Colony Rd in Rocky Hill, CT so we can be closer to my in-laws. A few more years and a baby boy (my son Matthew) and we buy a house on Cumberland Ave in Wethersfield, CT. Eventually the marriage ends and I move to Silas Deane Hwy, in Wethersfield, CT and then to Highland Ave in Vernon, CT. The next move is to a house on Wilcoxson Ave in Stratford, CT.
Just when I thought I was ready to settle down, I found myself moving again...this time to Georgia!
My first two years were spent living in a place on West Britt David Rd in Columbus. Currently, I am on Terrace Pointe Dr in Columbus, GA.
So, by my count, I have had 37 different addresses (only counting Gage Rd once) in 12 states. How many states have you lived in?
that's the Brick Way...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
First Quarter 2012 Gone?!
It is hard to believe that today is April 3rd. What happened to the first quarter? I blinked and I swear it vanished. I don't remember a quarter that went any faster as this last one.
Why? Was I so busy that each day blended into the next? I was no busier than I have been any other first quarter, so that cannot be the answer.
And on the subject of time, I find it rather interesting that I am still reading the biography of Steve Jobs, a book I find fascinating, and I have read a couple of other good, but not as riveting, books at the same time. Its like I don't want the Steve Jobs story to end.
Back to first quarter 2012; what happened so far this year, you ask? Our department at work saw changes in personnel and an alignment change from Sales to Marketing. And the Marketing Division itself is under a realignment which has a few months more to go before the dust settles. I started teaching in virtual classrooms which has cut down on my travel considerably. There goes my chance at Platinum Medallion with Delta this year. It is nice to sleep in my own bed a bit more regularly though. Ah the balance of life...
A lot of work got accomplished first quarter and we had a little fun along the way too. Here are my two favorite events of the first quarter...
We had the STC Conference in Atlanta. I was able to spend time with all my friends from the field. It was awesome and culminated with a great gathering of a few of our alumni at The Market in Columbus before they all had to scatter across the country to their homes or just their next events
Then there was this past team building event we did last Friday at Dinner Divas. An awesome experience preparing an entire meal for all of us to eat while requiring us to create it as a team. I learned a few new things just watching my peers. It was an awesome day!
Winning Entree goes to....
Food Force Development led by Chef Jeff
So as I look back at everything that took place; I understand now why first quarter 2012 is gone.
Why? Was I so busy that each day blended into the next? I was no busier than I have been any other first quarter, so that cannot be the answer.
And on the subject of time, I find it rather interesting that I am still reading the biography of Steve Jobs, a book I find fascinating, and I have read a couple of other good, but not as riveting, books at the same time. Its like I don't want the Steve Jobs story to end.
Back to first quarter 2012; what happened so far this year, you ask? Our department at work saw changes in personnel and an alignment change from Sales to Marketing. And the Marketing Division itself is under a realignment which has a few months more to go before the dust settles. I started teaching in virtual classrooms which has cut down on my travel considerably. There goes my chance at Platinum Medallion with Delta this year. It is nice to sleep in my own bed a bit more regularly though. Ah the balance of life...
A lot of work got accomplished first quarter and we had a little fun along the way too. Here are my two favorite events of the first quarter...
We had the STC Conference in Atlanta. I was able to spend time with all my friends from the field. It was awesome and culminated with a great gathering of a few of our alumni at The Market in Columbus before they all had to scatter across the country to their homes or just their next events
Then there was this past team building event we did last Friday at Dinner Divas. An awesome experience preparing an entire meal for all of us to eat while requiring us to create it as a team. I learned a few new things just watching my peers. It was an awesome day!
We definitely were fortunate to have a few chefs with us.
Of course some of us were goofing off, but we did manage to put together a winning meal! Even those not-so-chef-like types like me contributed to the success of the day.
Winning Entree goes to....
Food Force Development led by Chef Jeff
That's The Brick Way...
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