I couldn't remember many of the commercials this year--maybe the Fed Ex commercial about 'package not make it.' I only heard a little bit on ESPN Radio this morning --Mike & Mike mentionednone about a lizard giving birth, that they didn't understand. I didn't see that one. Anyway-happy to see Pittsburgh win, but Seattle really blew it, in many different ways. Now to work off that pizza (and I did get wings, too--thanks Patty!)
Back from New York City. Wonderful evening with MH and Mark D. We met at Vino, a wine store in NYC on 27th (Pk and Lex). Tasted some wines from Fruli (near Venice) and some Brunellos. Then went across the street to one of our favorite restaurants, owned by the same guy as Vino, called I Trulli. The name is from stone huts in the countryside in Puglia, the boot of Italy. Appetizers of braised scallops, octapus, and salad. Entries of Bronzino (like sea bass), rolled Veal, and dumplings (small like pasta) and Shrimp. Great time! sat. night we two went to the Opera at Lincoln Center and saw La Traviata. Wonderful performance.
Thank you everyone for our anniversary greetings. We are enjoying this happy day with Chuck and Anne. Tonight we will go to dinner at The Lighthouse, near the causeway with a jazz band. Hope you are all having a happy day too. Congratulations David on your swimming records. Good luck. Love to all. Grandpa and Grandma
Hi everyone, I am getting ready to graduate soon, in August, and join the masses in earning my keep. This semester is pretty taxing, we are doing 12 hour clinical rotations at New York Presbyterian hospital in the city. The people we are working with have so many chronic illnesses and sometimes it is a little overwhelming. But the gratitude and hope I see in their eyes reminds me why we fight every day...to live one more day...to love one more day...because of our family and the people whom we care for and who love us in return. Take care everyone...love and hugs to all.
I'm finally able to take some time and join the world of blogging. The past 3 weeks since Sam and I got back from the Virgin Islands all I've been doing is working. We just finished up our Rollout 2 data loads at the pharmaceudical company where I'm currently working. They are doing a three phase SAP implementation. For those of you not familiar with SAP its computer software that many large corporations use to run their businesses. During Rollout 1 we implemented the sales and distribution module of SAP. Rollout 2 is to implement purchasing and manufacturing for a plant in Virginia. Rollout 3 will be to implement purchasing and manufacturing for all the other plants.
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We love you very much! We have indoor hockey and the Super Bowl at Teresa's to look forward to this weekend. I will also go to a childhood friend's mother's funeral on Saturday, Margaret Campchero.
'morning all. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad. We Love You. I see Patty's on line. Nice blogging with Kara. She'll probably help some of us with our motivation. I like the JCC a lot. It's open almost every day and long hours, and is directly on my route home. It's family oriented and I get lots of "Hi Doctor Woods" when I'm there. Very nice exercise room, a full gym, olympic pool, hot tub, sauna, and steam room. Susan and I are into NYC this weekend to see La Traviata. When there we usually get to the Met Museum as well.
Well, I'm not a Woods or a (full) Davidson, but someone has to represent our distant (Smith) corner of the family ;-). I've returned to the University of Tennessee after working an engineering internship in Augusta, Georgia last semester. I worked at a nuclear power plant; it was a great experience--I learned a ton about the industry. There wasn't much to do in Augusta, however... I describe it at length at my Xanga weblog. Most of my classes now are about obscure chemical engineering stuff, but I'm also taking Technical Editing and Organic Chemistry. Joy. It's actually one of the easiest semesters I've had yet... Again, more here.
We get checked in every Wednesday here and have an opportunity to meet with a Dr. At other points in the week we meet with our Behavioral Health and Nutrition specialists individually. The check-in (and weigh-in) have been serious positive motivators. There's always a worry that you're not working hard enough or that for some reason the fat is gonna just refuse to come off. But I've been very satisfied so far. Some of my friends are finding it more difficult since the first week, and the loss of all our water weight, to keep losing, because of physical limitations when working out, or menopause...some things really slow down your metabolism.:) Being young and having a relatively high resting metabolic rate are helpful in this case.