Posted by pattya on February 25, 2009
When I first moved to my neighborhood, it was the quietest place in town. My house was way out on the outskirts, and even though my lot was a pretty average size, I had plenty of room because my neighbors all had the good sense to leave two lots in between theirs and mine when they bought.
Even though we were only about a twenty-minute commute from the city, everything was perfectly serene, which was nice for me since I came from the Midwest. I’d been a little nervous about taking a job in a big city on the West Coast until I found this area. The commute was the best part of living where I did. Sure, it was twenty minutes, but there was no traffic, no cops and no construction as far as the eye could see.
Over the years, though, the commute has gotten worse and worse. About four years, ago, people started moving into my neighborhood, which wasn’t so bad-I like having a good sized community-but the traffic to the city started getting a little bit heavier with each passing month. It was no rush hour, but it was getting a little crowded on the two-lane highway. Unfortunately, around the same time, people started moving out of the city and building out, and every few months the construction would creep farther out.
Now, they are building malls and condos all the way up to within a couple miles of my neighborhood, and they are widening the highway to accommodate the higher volume of traffic. Instead of open land as far as the mountains on my commute, the only view I have is of scaffolding, cranes, gravel screening machines, compost screens and various other construction machines and materials. The worse part is the bulldozers and portable screening machines on the highway going from one site to another that hold up traffic at all times of day.
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Posted by pattya on February 21, 2009
I just moved to San Diego with the woman of my dreams and although she doesn’t know it, I’m going to ask her to marry me. We moved from Phoenix about a month ago into a beautiful apartment real close to downtown. Now all the decorating is done and we are settled into our new jobs, I want to find the perfect time and place to get down on one knee and propose. Before I do though, I want to get a lot of financial type things in order. She doesn’t know it but I have paid our rent in full for the next year so there will be no month to month payments to worry about. The other thing I want to do is get some life insurance information so I can have all that paperwork filled out and ready to go as one less hassle for her. I know my girlfriend and planning the wedding of her dreams will be all she focuses on until the big day!
I guess I need to look into life insurance financing and figure out which is the best route to take. I heard something about premium finance making insurance a lot cheaper but I don’t really know. Once all the nitty gritty stuff is taken care of, hopefully in the next month, I want to take her to the beach and propose. I have had the ring for ages but wanted to wait for the right time. I think it is finally here as I can really see the two of us settling down in this beautiful place. Any advice on how to propose to make it original and romantic is always useful!
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Posted by SpecialBuzzr on February 16, 2009
I really believe that the importance of your work is not the specific job that you do but rather the way that you do that job. A lunch lady who always has a kind word for the students in her line may play a more important role than a nurse or doctor who is always distracted or harsh with patients.
Because I believe this, I always try to notice those people who are going above and beyond in their jobs. I remember one time when a guy named Jim really stepped up on the job at an office we were both working at. There was a big car accident in the parking lot of the office and a bunch of people flooded in trying to help but just making a big mess of things. Jim remembered that we had a jersey barrier in the basement and he used it to erect a temporary construction fence for crowd control. There was no reason for him to go out of his way to do this but it really made a difference in keeping the situation safe for everyone involved.
I admire those people who do more than just act routine in their work. I am trying to be more like those people myself although I find it hard to do so. You really need to learn to live in the moment in order to be able to give your all at any given time. I think it’s a goal worth striving for.
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