It's nice to know I will be missed

I never have thought about how many of the same customers I have been dealing with all these years. Since the news of me leaving mid July has started to come out I have had so many "well wishes" and "good lucks". Just in the short time that the news has been out I have lost count of how many customer's have said I will be missed. And also some of the other people I deal with in town daily. I even had a customer want to know where we were registered so that she could go and buy us a wedding gift. Now how nice is that? It feels good to know that I will be missed and it feels better to know that I am wanted even more in another place.

Big Changes

Wow it has been a really long time since I posted anything. Many of you know I have allot of big changes getting ready to happen in my life.

We are almost at the one month point until I get married. The wedding is set for July 17th in Gatlinburg TN. And a one week honeymoon to follow in Pigeon Forge at a Majestic Mountain Vacations Cabin Or at least they call these places cabins I am not so sure they should be called cabins. More like a self contained resort ie. the one we are staying in has a pool right in the cabin.

As if the marriage was not enough after we are married I am moving about 650 miles away from my hometown and my folks to Georgia. We will be living in Griffin Georgia depending on where I get work that may or may not change.

Speaking of work the biggest stressful factor in all these changes is the fact that I am moving so far away and will be unemployed. I gave my boss / friend (I have worked for him for about 12 years now) notice about a month ago so he would have time to make changes if he needed too. But I am walking away from a perfectly good job that for the most part I like. The last time I walked away from a job and did not have another one lined up I was about 24 years old I believe. Yes it is true my new wife will be working and I am sure we will be ok if I am with out work for a little while. However from a mans point of view it is very emasculating to think that my savings may run out before I find work and I might have to depend on my new wife for support. My hope is I will not be with out work of some type for more then a month. I remember my days of flipping burgers and I am sure my wrist can still handle that type of work if that's what I have to do. But in this great economy we have you never know.

On the bright side of things I will be spending allot more time with the woman I love and her son. We have a beautiful little house with a HUGE yard for me to take care of. I am sure her dad will be glad to see me get down there so he can let me do the grass mowing and stop doing it himself.

I am pretty well stressed and feeling overwhelmed but I am also looking forward to getting on with a "family life" at almost 40 years old I never realized how much I wanted a family I must say I like the thought of it and am looking forward to it with excitement!

I'm out for now I will keep you posted how things are going!

Dan

So The Question Is....

Now that this huge "entitlement" health care bill is passed. I have a question or two and an observation. How is this bill now that it is passed going to immediately help me to pay my health insurance premiums that I pay every month? And how is this bill going to keep my health insurance premiums from going up another 35% next year and the year after like they did last year?

The answer that I have come up with after all my reading is this........ It won't help me pay my insurance premiums. because here is a news flash for allot people if you work for a company that employees fewer then 50 people THEY STILL DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE!

Second there is nothing in the bill to limit cost!

So once again thanks for nothing! I hope I am wrong but only time will tell!

Warrning Political Post

Sorry I can't go with out saying something about all this health care mess. So this is a political post so if you don't want to read it turn off your computer and walk away.

Ask your self this question:

Why would the Senate want to try and pass some kind of health care bill with out voting on it? And that's all I am going to say about it you make up your own mind as to if passing this kind of thing with out a vote is right or wrong....

Interventions

Ok I am sure I will step on some toes with this post but hey it been bugging me for some time and I feel like I need to talk about it. I have been watching this A & E show "Intervention" From the shows web site:

Intervention™ is a powerful and gripping television series in which people confront their darkest demons and seek a route to redemption. The Intervention Television series profiles people whose dependencies on drugs and alcohol or other compulsive behavior has brought them to a point of personal crisis and estranged them from their friends and loved ones.

Most people know that I have a long standing hatred of anything to do with therapist, Physiology, or anything where you pay some pinhead that sits behind a desk to listen to you and then to tell you what is wrong with you and how to fix it.

But with all that said for some reason I have gotten hooked on this show I watch it every week with out fail. But you know what I am watching for? I am watching because at the end of each show they tell a little bit about how the person is doing after there 90 day treatment program or what ever the case maybe. AND GUESS WHAT!!!! I have not seen one person yet that has not had a relapse or gotten a divorce. It is insane! if a regular doctor had that kind of failure rate they would not be able to practice anymore!!! My therapy is being able to vent on this blog sometimes and hey guess what its FREE!

Anyway can you tell I just watched the show tonight? I guess if it works for you great..... But I would love to hear a happy ending to one of these stupid shows just once! And no a happy ending does not include a relapse or getting a divorce or not speaking to the rest of your family!

THIS IS INSANE!

I have not said anything in the blog political in a long time but this can't go with out some venting.

From Fox News:

Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.

"No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers of such restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the premises of such restaurant or off of such premises," the bill, A. 10129, states in part.

The legislation, which Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, introduced on March 5, would fine restaurants $1,000 for each violation.

"The consumer needs to make their own health choices. Just as doctors and the occasional visit to a hospital can't truly control how a person chooses to maintain their health, neither can chefs nor the occasional visit to a restaurant," said Jeff Nathan, the executive chef and co-owner of Abigael's on Broadway. "Modifying trans fats and sodium intake needs to be home based for optimal health. Regulating restaurants will not solve this health issue."

Nathan is part of the group My Food My Choice, which calls itself a coalition of chefs, restaurant owners, and consumers, called the proposed law "absurd" in a press release issued on its Facebook page.

What the hell are these people thinking? This country has gone off the deep end. You can't legislate health!!!! Its peoples choice what they eat and drink!

Just a thought

Saw this today and thought I would post it here Please note who said it at the end :)

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.... See MoreYou cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

~ Abraham Lincoln

Hello!

Hello everyone well as you know it has been for ever since I have posted anything. I suppose with all things considered things are going well. There are ups and downs. I think life always seems to balance it self out what I mean by that is I am content about different parts of my life now then I was say 2 or 3 years ago. My happiness has shifted from one part of my life to the other. This last year to year and a half as far as work has pretty much sucked. I did my 2009 taxes and as it turns out my income for 2009 was as low as it was in 1996. I know I know don't look a gift horse in the mouth be thankful you have a job well and I am. But that will only get you so far. When taking into account for inflation I am making far less then I was in 1996. And to be very frank I don't see things with this economy getting better anytime soon the administration for sure is not helping things.


There is an up side in all this negitive talk..... There is a marriage coming this summer I am very much looking forward to spending the rest of my life with the woman I love I could not ask for a better woman. We also just got back from a vacation to Georgia and then to Florida to spend some time with my mother and father. And although in Florida it was COLD! We still had a good time and it was nice to be able to relax a little bit.

And while we were in Georgia we had some pictures taken some of you have seen them but I thought I would post a link here take a look if you are so inclined. Amy's sister in-law is a professional and has her own studio.

Amy and Dan's Pictures