Tony Brewer

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!

I’m usually up to trying different restaurants. Especially all-you-can-eat buffets! No, I’m not even remotely obese; I’m not the kind of guy who strikes fear in the heart of buffet managers! It’s just that if I go to a new restaurant that is a buffet, then I get the chance to sample a wide variety of foods that I might not otherwise order. After all, who wants to order a large plate of something that they’ve never heard of and might be something not to the diner’s tastes preferences?

I do have to admit, however, that even though I try to keep an open mind and try new foods, I still like my good ol’ American style steak and potatoes the best! Yes, with a big salad and some broccoli.

I can remember the summer that I decided to take a college math course.  I was in a big hurry to finish up my college degree, and the local college was finally offering the statistics course that I needed to take during a time frame that I could actually take it!  Little did I know that I’d be dedicating my entire summer to that course!  Every waking minute was studying statistics! I sure could have used some statistics help back then!

The only place that I could get free statistics help back then was to go to the University itself and sign up for a statistics tutor. That was all well and good, but it was almost impossible to find a mutually agreeable time to meet the tutor and get to work!

The kids in school now have it a lot easier; with the Internet at their fingertips they can use the Internet to get all the math help they need for free at the tutorvista.com website! I sure wish that site was available when I needed it!

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.