Tony Brewer

As we were taking down the Christmas tree ornaments, Teri and I were talking about our New Year’s resolutions.  One of the resolutions was to try to spend more quality time with our respective families.  Yes, I mean as a couple; I don’t mean that she goes to visit her family alone, and me visit mine alone.  I mean together.  Teri has a large family scattered around the country, and I like to travel, so that’s fine with me! 

We are planning to visit one of her aunts on the Jersey shore this coming summer.  We like to go there in the summer for a variety of reasons.  First of all, it’s cooler up there than down here in the summertime.  Taking a Jersey Shore beach vacation on the Summertime is also a great time to visit the top New Jersey attractions because you don’t have to worry about being too cold to enjoy yourself, and more attractions are open.

One of our favorite attractions is Morey’s Piers.  Their water parks are a lot of fun!  When we go up to that area we use their website to find hotels in Wildwood because it is so convenient to find them that way.  Teri went to their website today to check out the hotels and found out that that they are currently running their annual holiday sale on discounted tickets to their water parks until January 9.

Today Teri and I took down the Christmas tree and stashed it back in the basement until the next time.  It’s kind of a sad routine; taking off all of the ornaments and wrapping the delicate ones so they don’t break.  It’s also a huge challenge putting them all back in the boxes so they fit!  Rather like a game of Tetris!  I don’t know how Teri manages to remember which ornament goes back into which box so that they all fit!  Me, I’d like to just dump them all in a jumble in one big box but Teri would have a fit, telling me that they will get broken or scratched or fibers pulled and ruin them all.  So I just humor her and help as best as I can!  Tomorrow we’ll work on taking down the house decorations and packing them away too.

I am always hearing or reading about people or businesses that encounter some kind of disaster and have no insurance coverage to help bail them out of the financial mess that comes from such disaster.  Just last week I was reading a local newspaper about a local family whose house burned down Christmas Eve, and had no insurance.  It seems that I read a story like that every Christmas season!  And of course the community tries to rally around and get donations to help the people, but it is never really enough to help as much as the family needs to recover from the fire.

And then of course there are people who start businesses and think that there is no reason to get any kind of insurance, and then end up being sued and losing their homes.  Always a very sad story.  I find those stories a little bit more irritating, though, because I think that businesses should be savvy enough to get some kind of insurance coverage to cover their potential losses if something bad did happen!  There are so many different kinds of insurance out there, that I find it hard to accept the excuse that there isn’t the right kind for the business!  There really is a huge variety of insurance out there, from tool insurance, HGV insurance, courier insurance, and general umbrella liability.  Anyone who is thinking about running a business needs to get good insurance!  If you are thinking about getting insurance, and live or work in the UK, check out the different kinds available from the autonetinsurance.co.uk.  It will get you pointed in the right direction!

I just glanced out of the window a few minutes ago and noticed Teri was sunbathing in her bikini on the deck.  It’s only 54 degrees outside!  Is she nuts?  I had to go outside and ask her what in the world does she think she is doing?  Well, I have to admit that the way the house wraps around part of the deck, and the way the sun is beating on the deck, that the temperature out there was a balmy 74 degrees!  Maybe she’s not so nuts, out there enjoying such a nice day!  I think I’ll be joining her in a few minutes!  I’m not going to be in my bathing trunks, though!  But I think I will grab a book, or the Sunday paper and join her and enjoy the nice weather while it’s there!