Long road to recovery...

Just wanted you to know that it is worse than I though. This new challenge at work is not going to be easy or fun and will probably result in my hair turning mostly gray. I believe that there is huge potential in that building. They just need a lot of structure and guidance and support and with that it will be one spectacular place! It is going to take time and patience on both ends of the rope but it will be worth it in the end.

I am moving...

My DM summoned me to her office today. My hunches have been confirmed. I am going to Nashua BRU starting Monday. Yes, my last day in my beloved Manchester is TOMORROW! I am going to have a busy day making sure that everything is in order for my successor, Colin. I am having a bitter sweet reaction to this transfer. I have literally given blood, sweat and tears over the past year to ensuring that this remodel was a success. My store is my store and I have been so successful in my role in Manchester. I have loyal guests who come see me regularly and will miss everyone. The Nashua store is going to be challenging, and I am always up for a challenge. But, I will be missing my Manchester family very much.

Fishing!!!

James and I went deep sea fishing yesterday. I haven't been in a few years and James has never been. We had a wonderful time! The weather was not spectacular and it was rather icky when we first left. I was fishing in the rain for a bit. But, the day was great. I got to spend it with James, got to see some old friends, and Eric was there too!

I got the first fish on the boat! I reeled up a total of about 7 fish, 4 of which were keepers. James was able to reel up 1 keeper for the day... his only fish of the day. At least on his first trip he got something on the hook!

James giving the jig a try... seeing as the bait hadn't worked for him all day.

Reeling up a 9 pound cod that was just at 24", the keeper minimum size.

James' first cod... it was happy to see him too!

James didn't quite know how to hold up a fish for a picture. I guess this will do!

Dane Cook

I took James to see Dane Cook last Sunday for his 29th bday present. It was pretty good! Just a few pics to share...

Life is precious...

I am sure most of you in NH heard of the fatal car crash in Lee this past Saturday night. The young man that passed away in that accident is the husband of my friend's best friend. Though I have only met him a handful of times, this tragedy has affected me.

James was only 28 when he passed away. He is in the military so it is always in the back of your mind that something can happen while serving our country, but you never assume that your husband will not come home from going to pick up dinner. He leaves behind a wife and 4 beautiful children ages 11 to 2. The two year old was in the car too, and was the only survivor of the crash. She was properly secured in her car seat and was not injured. A huge blessing through all of this.

To all my friends and family, we tend to take our driving abilities for granted. Though there is not an answer to the cause of this crash, we do know that the other driver crossed the yellow line on a straight part of the road. Perhaps it was a medical condition, perhaps it was changing the radio station, perhaps reaching for a cell phone. We are all guilty of the latter two on a daily basis. Please, use your phone wisely. Use a wireless ear piece or don't use your phone at all while driving. A split second decision to make a call can cost you and a stranger your lives and can ruin the lives of those who you love. And always, wear your seat belt and don't speed.

Donations to benefit the Dixon children may be made to:

The James L. Dixon Memorial Fund, care of Citizens Bank, 875 Elm St., Manchester 03101, attention Anne Chouinard.

View James Dixon's obituary here.

This weekend's events...

This is a big weekend for us! Tomorrow is Mother's day and we have decided that it would be a good day for our parents to meet. So, tomorrow the parents are coming for breakfast. We are a bit nervous but overall we are excited.

This means we need to have the house clean before 10am tomorrow!

Comcastic!

We are switching to Comcast for our internet service today! I am so thrilled! We have been struggling with bandwith issues and reliability from Fairpoint and finally said enough is enough! He should be here between 1 and 3 to make our lives a little more fun. Yay!

Quarantined...

We are home! We arrived home on Friday night, as scheduled. We didn't want to leave the beautiful weather in Cancun! We had booked a trip to see some ruins and to go snorkeling on Tuesday but that was the first day that the Mexican Federal Government shut down all public gathering places... so we ended up staying on the resort the entire trip. This was an all inclusive resort complete with beach and pool drink and food delivery so we were pretty content! The weather was great, we got to relax with eachother, and I got to swim in the Caribbean!

We are staying home for a few days to make sure that the incubation period passes with out any ill effects and so that we can not infect anyone else if we do have the swine flu. As of right now we are feeling fine.

I think I have decided that I would like to go back to Cancun for 30Fest so that we can see the ruins and do some snorkeling and such. I will keep you all posted.

Here is a video I made of the pictures we took. I hope you can view it!