Happy New Year - 2011

The last half of 2010 was a difficult year for me job wise. I was laid off from the May Institute as of 1 June. Loosing a job in this economy and at my age was/is rough. So for the last six month I have been collecting, looking for work that could use my job skills. After many resumes and job interviews, think it hit me that I'm old, yes it's true I am old but still have a lot of skills that I could bring to a new job and a fun personally to make the job interesting. Thought I would have worked till I was in my 70's. This this past Holiday season I have been working part time at the Pottery Barn in Mashpee Commons in Mashpee, Massachusetts. It's been fun and some people there think I'm too nice to everyone. I only work a few hours each week, not making much money, just a bit over minimum, now who really does make money in retail I ask you, but the discount is amazing 40%. I just wish I could stop spending. I'm sure my Mom is watching me, telling me to go for it, making her proud that I'm spending, I just know it.
Okay now your asking with all this time on my hands why wasn't I writing every day. I really can't say. Looking for a full time job seems like a full time job. If you haven't tried looking for a job try it sometime, it take a lot of your time.
There was a wedding at my house in August it was a very nice affair. Karyn and Robert were the bride and groom. The day couldn't have been better. If yo want to see picture I'd be more than happy to post them for you to see.
They use Casual Gourmet, cupcakes from Cup Cake Charlie's instead of a wedding cake, a sundae bar for dessert and a DJ for music and the Flower by East Sandwich Florist (their work is on par with Winston's of Boston) amazing job. by everyone.

Plans for our trip to NYC

Made the reservation for a round trip from Rt 128 Westwood to Penn Station NYC. We going on the Acela - love that train.
Reservation at the Hotel Affina 50 for three nights
Friday we'll go shopping at Century 21, in the financial district, Macy's, and Lord & Taylor's.
Play that evening, Next Fall and dinner at the Bryant Park Grill.
Next day we meet the girls at Grand Central Terminal,
Drinks at Ciripani the get them check in at the hotel. We'll have go to Chelsea Market, The Hy Line, the we're seeing the play Enron, the musical then dinner at Becco on Restaurant Row.
Next Day is a busy one breakfast at Amy's Bread, then Top of the Rock, then lunch uptown, then off to the Metropolitan Museum, drink on the terrace the dinner at Circle Rouge and off to Jazz Standard to see Paula West
Monday morning breakfast on Second Street and we'll get lunch to go for the ride back home.

Another rainy Day here on the Cape

It's been raining here on the Cape since yesterday, Saturday. Last night the wind was howling and blowing like a hurricane oh ya, it poured like crazy too. The lower part of the back yard is flood as well as the street. The flooding on the street looks like three large ponds. We probably won't dry up till next week.

Seems like things have changed on here

Guess it has been a while since I've been on here, seems the format has changed

Buoy Wash Ashore in Sandwich

Here the US Coast Guard doing a great job getting this buoy that wash ashore over the New Years Day weekend storm from the Cape Cod Canal.

I'll post another picture of Michael hanging from the buoy plus some great pictures of the flooded areas from high tide from the storm this evening.

A day of shpping with great friends

Michael, Robin, Val and myself went out shopping today, we hit Pier 1 in Hyannis, instead of going to Homegoods in the same plaza as Pier 1 we drove over to Falmouth. We find there is a difference between the Homegooods in each town. On the way we stopped at Mashpee Commons in Mashpee, the Pottery Barn there was having a sale. How could we go by without stopping in to see what they had.

Here are a few pictures of Mashpee Commons. There use to be a mall here but the dead mall was torned down maybe 10 - 15 and Mashpee Commons was built. It a nice place to go shopping and dinning at. It's like going to a small village, with sidewalks, on street parking, small shops plus a few stores like Gap and Pottery Barn, plus different restaurants.

It was kind of a rainy snowy day.

Barnstable Harbor New Year's Day Swim

Michael, Valerie and myself went to Barnstable Harbor for the New Year day swim. At least this year the water was in the low forties and the air temperature was at 35. Nice day for a swim don't you think.


Here's the crowd of swimmers and watchers on the beach waiting for the start of the swim

The swimmers running in

Here they are running out.

It was a fun time, there was a DJ playing great music, a vendor selling food and beverages, also the organizers of the swim were selling chances and all proceeds would be going to a charity on the Cape.