This restaurant always had good food.  They have tables overlooking the bay which adds to the relaxing environment.  We may encounter some heavy traffic in the way home since it is the start of leaf peeping season.

There is always a ton of work to do in the fall at my house.  Cleaning up the garden, home repairs and lawn maintenance all has to be done.  I am going to try to plan a fall trip with Janice as well to go check out the leaves.  As much work as they are it is worth it because they are so beautiful.

There is going to be a large group of vendors present.  This means some interesting good to browse as well.  I also heard that there is going to be a beverage tent.  This will certainly draw the crowds!  I am planning on bring my absolute favorite girl with me and we are going to probably sing our hearts out, foolishly of course!  She loves the band as well and told me she was going to wear a cowgirl hat.  I laughed but think it will be cute.

As for me I was hoping to obtain some cowboy boots before the concert however, I was shocked at the cost of such an item!  They can be really expensive.  My girl says I will have to wait until my birthday for such a purchase.  Either way we will be quite a sight to see in our John Deere tee- shirts! Yee- Haw!

Leaving your house to a couple of people who you may know but not truely know their everyday living rituals is not easy.  While away I will not worry about my house but I will be anxious to see what state my house is in upon return.  Not everyone has the same cleanliness manners as I do.  I have a very neat and somewhat anal retentive personality but I feel their is nothing wrong with these traits.  Everyone is different but having the personality I have means the daily prevention of disorder and chaos.

Everyone deserves a vacation once in a while.  Some people I think deserves it more than others however, that is not for me to decide.  Some people just seem to work harder than others and therefore tend to be burnt out quicker from everyday life.

The biggest part of getting away on vacation is being isolated from everyone in my everyday travels.  Seeing new people and experiencing new things is going to be awesome!  Not having to actually go to work for a few days will also be very nice.  I can do whatever I want it do, when I want to do it and I won’t have to report to anyone!

There was one episode in particular that caught my attention and that was on the use of illegal substances.  In many parts of the
world the use of substance that that considered illegal in the U.S. are completely legal for other counties.  One country in particular is Amsterdam.  Nearly anything a person could want to escape reality is available in Amsterdam.  South America is another
example.  There are a lot of plants that grow naturally in the rain forest which can be used to make substances for medicinal use.  Some of these medicines are extremely rare and can only be found in these regions.  The flip- side is that although these plant uses could be extremely beneficial for many ailments in the United States there are far too many consequences for the FDA to approve them.   Perhaps someday we shall see their arrival in the U.S.

Another element to this annoyance is that this co-worker is way over the retirement age and has health problems, making him a liability.  My boss doesn’t see anything wrong with this man and thinks that it is perfectly ok for him to abuse his co-workers because abuse is exactly what is going on.  If my boss would personally take one of this guy’s shifts when he calls out then I might reconsider the level of fairness, but he doesn’t.  I do not know how much more I can stand this ridiculousness.  I think that this man needs to retire or take a vacation to recover from whatever his problem is and start being a little more conscious of how his call outs affect his job.  Unfortunately, I think respect and awareness of one’s surroundings is a thing of the past.

During this time of year it becomes very difficult not to spend as much time as possible outdoors.  One important factor that that many people forget about is the weather.
Snow, the dreaded four letter word in the springtime is an entire possibility.  If we do see any snow it will melt and usually quite quickly.  So, one might be asking what the problem is then if people want to do yard work knowing that should snow fall it will melt?

While snow in the springtime is considered “poor man’s fertilizer” it can also kill precious plants that have been uncovered by the rake.  It is best if people limit their yard work.  Those that insist should maybe think about shoveling dirt off their lawn or start looking at repairing any damage from the winter on your house.  Activities like these are safest until the threat of snow is gone.

All of the quakes have been around a 7.0 on the Richterscale.  They showed a lot of pictures on the news of the events caught on tape.  The video footage looked really scary. One shot in particular showed some people in an office setting.  There were filing cabinets swaying everywhere, not to mention lots of paperwork flying.  One man was grasping onto his desk with a true death grip.

One part that is even scarier is their nuclear power plant.  According to the news Japan’s current power plant is now at the same risk level as Chernobyl in 1986.  This was one of the world’s worst disasters.  Millions of people were affected by this radioactive accident.  Deformities were prevalent not only in the living but the unborn as well.  Plants and animals were affected too.  I truly hope that none of the horrific things that happened in 1986 happen in 2011.