Tony Brewer

My aunt has asked me to help her price shop for Connecticut insurance on her vacation home.  She’s easily confused by the Internet, so I offered to help her with some research on that topic to try to help her save some money.  I like websites like netquote.com that will help the consumer to do some comparison shopping between companies.  Being able to compare policies online is a great convenience.  I like doing things online – things get done at MY convenience and I don’t have to leave my own home to get things done!  Just fill out a few blanks, press submit and you are off and running!

Teri has been talking about putting up some screens in the basement to partition off a part of it to create an exercise room.  She has been on a “let’s exercise more” kick since New Years.  Yeah, it’s one of her resolutions.  Neither one of us needs to lose any weight, but she has decided that we don’t exercise enough.  I agreed to give it a try, as long as we had a television down there to watch while we were exercising.So we have spent several hours moving things around in the basement to make room for the equipment.   So now we are in the process of picking out some carpeting and screens to make the place a little bit nicer.  There is nothing enticing about bare concrete walls and floors!

I’m sure that once we get the samsung lcd tv, the Reebok exercise ball, the Proform elliptical, the treadmill, and the room divider screens up, the carpet down, and a small refrigerator down there (for cold water) it will look like a respectable exercise room.  I just hope she (we) stick to it.  I hate to waste the time, effort, and money to set up something that won’t get used!  I do know one thing, though, we won’t be able to use the excuse that we don’t feel like going out to the gym because of bad weather!

Last night I was working and Jim was talking to me about how hard he is looking for love. I advised him to stop looking so hard! I told him that the best thing that he could do is to just get involved in activities that he really enjoys and that love will find him. He had no idea what I was talking about! So I explained that if he joined some clubs, or maybe something like a bowling league and just went out and had fun that down the road he will run into someone who shares his interests and then love will find them.

That is one of the funny things about love – it is very elusive and you need to just enjoy life until love finds you. BUT, and this is a very important BUT, you cannot find love if you just stay inside the house! You need to get OUT of the house and DO SOMETHING! I think that there are a lot of young people that don’t understand how important that is!

Cheryl sent me an email, telling me that she wants to start looking for better deals on her insurance. Money is tight for her (as it seems to be for most people I know, including me!) and she was thinking that maybe she could save some money by changing her insurance. But she really didn’t know the best way to get started on her search for better insurance! Since she lives in Franklin, MA, I told her that the best advice that I could give her would be to use Google and try a few different keywords.

The keywords that I suggested that she use included Insurance Franklin, MA, Franklin MA Insurance, Auto Insurance Franklin, MA, Compare Insurance Franklin MA, and Homeowners Insurance Franklin, MA to start. I think that would bring up quite a few results for her to get started. Personally I like doing business with independent agents because they can compare lots of different companies and get you the best deal. Calling someone who is dedicated to just one company might not be the best way to find the best deal.

Teri and I have been talking about taking a long weekend and having a nice romantic getaway at one of the Myrtle Beach Resorts next month.  We’ve both been very busy with work the past few months and we sure could some time away together!  I’d like to reserve a condo at an Oceanfront Myrtle Beach Resort near a golf course so that one of the days we could play a round of golf. 

Ever since Teri’s mother gave her a nice set of women’s golf clubs Teri has been enthusiastic about playing some golf with me.   I’ve been promising Teri that we’d take a lesson from a pro while we’re at the Myrtle Beach Resort.  I think that adding to the day of golf we could take in a couple of shows and spend some time relaxing on the beach.

There are so many different Oceanfront Myrtle Beach Resorts to pick from, I’m sure that it will take Teri a few days to pick out which one she wants to go to!

Come to think of it, I think we’ll need to take a little bit longer than a long weekend!  Maybe we’d better plan on five days there instead of three.  That way we can get in a couple of more shows and really enjoy ourselves!  We deserve the break!