Life as we know it

I remember when I was young that if I was sick I could just stay home and sleep till I was better! People these days dont seem to want to do that they come to work sick. They would rather share the cold or flu that they have with everyone else that works with them. I generally dont have that problem as I work alone most of the time. However this is my plea to the masses the mothers and fathers who send their kids to daycare sick. Think about the others that will be infected. Not just about your sick days and who might feel miffed that you stayed home with your sick kid. I dont know how to ask this any better be considerate of your fellow families you might just start a revolution and be the trend setter but think how good you will feel knowing that you didnt spread the common cold!

jeremy

The morning after

Im always amazed at what my kids do! My 3 year old Hope is sick with a cold and hates it when I help her to blow her nose. So today she decided it was time for her to do it herself. I cant begin to tell you how happy this has made me and mom too. Growing up is a wonder and a joy to watch. For Christmas Santa got her a cooking set different from what she had. This one is all asian food and tools a wok and rice paddles and chopsticks. The food is rice and sushi and tofu. She loves to cook but now she tells us she is cooking Chinese food. I feel bad that we didnt get to any of the family functions because of the illness in the house. Vick is still down with the flu and we dont want to spread that around. I cant believe that the US dept of health relies on the brits to make our flu vaccine and that we could be left so open to this. I cant remember the last year I didnt get a flu shot and boy do I miss it now with the flu in my house. I was just out shopping for dinner and it was snowing. That was real nice to see, it is the right time of the year for that and it would be nice to go and play in the snow with the kids. Thats all for now

jeremy

Christmas in the trenches

Well its Christmas, also my birthday and we are still at home. My wife is sick with the flu thanks to the lack of flu vaccine. My daughter Hope has the cold from hell and my daughter Suzi is also not feeling 100%. So we are all making do, I made a nice crock pot stew for dinner and in a few min. Ill go and put a loaf of bread in the bread machine for dinner too. It put a bit of a damper on the day but I guess that you cant fight mother nature. I think that both of my girls still believe that santa came last night. It sure didnt hurt that some nice fellow flew a santa sleigh and reindeer balloon with a long string of red lights over the route 309 expressway last night. I had the best time pointing to it last night as the kids and I went to a christmas party. (no I didnt know that hope was getting sick) I was up till past midnight wrapping stuff but this moring it was all worth it. we had a nice Christmas morning and I think that everyone was happy with their toys and other stuff. I do hope that you all had a good christmas and were able to be with family too. Ill close for now with the prayer that all my friends near and far are safe and that the cold outside is matched by the warmth of this season. Love to all
jeremy

On The verge

Welcome to my next big thing. I have been working too hard for too long at trying to be the kind of person that I am just not. I am a slob,I love my job, I love my kids. I just want to be able to be happy with people knowing these things. I dont keep house well I dont play with others well either. I do cook I can play guitar and I want to spend less time trying to keep house and more time doing what I like and I think in the new year that will be my resolution. to be more ME. I will be 46 on Christmas and I think that at that age one is not going to do much more changing. I hope that anyone reading this will find it interesting that even after 46 years on this planet you can feel this way. My heart is feeling lighter as I write this because I know that Ill be doing the right thing.

jeremy

Its cold outside

Wow I guess that winter is really here. I cant help but wish for some snow and the chance to go skiing again. I was working for the local power company in our area Excelon. I guess that it is better to work then not, I am working on the emergency systems for nukes. I guess it is more interesting then working on a dull board room or something like that. I like the challenge. Last night for the first time this year I went out and the windows needed to be scraped. I found out that my old ice scraper is in need of replacement and that my old truck gloves are shot. I like the cold weather I guess it is my kind of world when the snow is on the ground and the sky is crisp blue. I like to walk better when Im not getting too hot and the reward of hot tea after my walk or when I get to work and sit down at my desk seems right. I went to school in amherst Mass. and was not sure why I chose the NE for school but I guess that something was telling me that I was a winter person. Dont get the wrong idea I love my time out on the motorcycle but I still ride when it is cold too. Im going to go and take my walk now. Its about 35 out and sunny cant ask for much better in the middle of December.

jeremy

The finish line

Im going to try and do the last of my Xmas shopping today. Ya right I have never been able to say that this early but it is true at least I think it is..... just depends on if they have what I want to get. I hate the retail shopping this time of year that is to say the people all in a rush and not bothering to look at what they bump into! As to other things in my life, I think that things are going well I have lots of work and no time to do it all but I feel like I have the new staff I need now. An old friend Dana is now working here as well as Jonie and Steve. I have never had 3 people working for me at one time in my history. And not being here alone all the time is great. I know that Ill have someone here to work with and talk to at least a small part of the time. You all have been great too. I feel like I have a new bunch of people to talk to. It makes me smile to see e-mail or comments or your names pop up on my buddy list. I have learned that I can ask for help and find it in all sorts of nice ways. Thank you all, I do think that I can make this a better year and a happier one too.

Jeremy

And the rat race is off and running

Christmas is always a hard time of year in my business. Many of my clients want to get work done at the end of the year to spend money that they still have in their budgets. The problem with this idea is that time no matter how much you may wish it is still a finite commodity and I cant make any more of it no matter how much they want to pay me. I find this very frustrating both to me and the people I want to do the work for. Oh well no use in grousing I hope that all my friends are having a good shopping season and that their kids are filled with the joy that children should feel knowing that they will have a week off school and many new things to play with. Im going to be with my parents this weekend to have chanuka dinner and my fathers latkas. Happy Chanuka and merry Christmas.

MY GIRLS 

My girls

I have been saying I would do this for a while so here you go . These are my girls hope and suzi and my 1970 triumph 650. The girls like to sit on it but both are too scared to take a ride.

Do you believe

I was working tonight recording a christmas concert and heard a conversation about beliving in santa. I dont know about santa being jewish but my wife wanted my girls to believe and so we set about letting them. after many years of milk and cookies I think that my 8 year old is on the verge of not beliving any more. Now we have a problem how do we make sure that she doesnt spoil it for my 3 year old. It is not something that you can just ask like "do you still believe in santa" do that and the whole thing is over and you cant say dont tell your sister that santa isnt real, she might still belive a little and then you lose that. So you see I have a problem. I just thought I would put it out there and see what you all think. Ill just sit here and watch my chanuka candles burn for 8 nights and wonder how to tell my girls when they ask that I never believed in santa. Goodnight all

JBGRINCH

jeremy's pic

I just wanted to learn how to put a pic in the blog Ill get a few pictures of my girls onto the blog later today
this is me after a long day at fest