Halloween

happy halloween to all of yous. i have to work tonight but they are having a costume contest at the casino so ill get to see all the great costumes that people wear. katie is going to go with the kids so she'll be able to see all their costumes. they should be pretty damn cute. Nothing else is going on so I guess that I will go. talk to you later Joe

Construction and Expansion Update

sorry about forgetting this, here it is: "The new monument wall is up at Turning Stone's main entrance, awaiting new signage for the resort. The old signage walls have been dismantled. Landscapers filled in the area behind the 200-foot, curved wall and have planted several white pine trees. A similar wall will be erected at eh intersection of the main boulevard and the road leading to the Shenandoah Clubhouse and the Lodge. Landscapers also have been busy finishing the area in front of the Winter Garden, planting trees and grass and installing a 'dry streambed' that meanders from the steam rock formation in front of the Winter Garden entrance to the boulevard. The streambed, lined with small, water-smoothed rocks and pebbles, leads to the origional 'turning stone' that used to rotate at the Patrick Road entrance to the resort. Inside the Winter Garden, work progresses on the under0floor stream leading to a sculpture between the twin waterfalls, recessed under its own skylight. Crews also continue working on the new expanded buffet area on the main floor and the site of the new Brazilian steakhouse on the mezzanine level. Most of the rooms in the Tower hotel are now ready for occupancy. Work continues on the top two floors, which will house luxury suites, private meeting rooms, and Club Two-One, the new private paid-membership restaurant. Crews also are putting the finishing touches on several of the corner suites on the lower floors, which overlook the Winter Garden entrance. The 17th floor, the last of the regular room floors in the Tower, shoudl be ready for occupancy this week. The event center hosted its first major business show last week and will welcome United South and Eastern Tribes this week for the organization's annual fall conference and expo. Work also is progressing on the second floor of the resort's executive and administrative offices. In Verona BEach, workers have been installing underground gas tanks for the new SavOn store on Route 13. Construction on the new building is scheduled to begin shortly, and the new store should be ready to open in the spring. The new store will have improved parking arrangements and more gas pumps to better serve patrons at the busy site." talk to you later joe

Shari Anne

name change, minor really. its now going to be shari anne, two names. why im still not sure but thats what kater wants, so thats what kater gets. anyways, katie felt the baby kick yesterday at work. she was in the middle of helping a customer and the baby kicked her, she dazed a little and the customer seemed a little confused and then katie jsut kept going like nothing had happened. she was so excited when she came home. i cant wait till i get to feel the baby kick. oh the joys of a parent ot be. anyways, nothing else is new so i will talk to you later joe FYI: "O" is the oldest letter of the alphabet, dating back to 3000 B.C.

Fridays are really sundays

if you didnt know it, but fridays are my sundays and saturdays are really my mondays, while wednesdays are my fridays. if any of you are interested in that. anyways i may be able to go to the bakery soon, seeing as they are moving into the new bakery on tuesday of this upcoming week (the actual tuesday, not my tuesday). and they will start baking on the very next day. so i figure that it will hopefully be within the next two weeks that i can start over there. ill have to ask jen tomorrow when i go back to work. I got a letter in the mail from the casino today informing me that they will not be giving out flu shots this year due to the shortage. you would presume they knew this already when they had started the sign ups. obviously not. oh well, ive been good up untill last year with out one, so i think i should be ok this year. ill start them again next year, and katie can join me with them, seeing as she will not be pregnant and we will both be dealing with a little one at this time next year. her first halloween, yeah. how exciting. anyways i digress. nothing else is new so i will let you go. jsut a reminder, vote on tuesday if you registered, if not register to vote for next year. talk to you later joe FYI: The world's first escalator was built in Coney Island, NY, in 1896.

Now its friday

hello all. once again i have had a few days without an update. and today may bring good news. i have heard that the bakery may open in the next two weeks. i can only hope. Jen said that they were probably going to move stuff into the new bakery next week, that they dont use often. she said she didnt have a training schedule for when they are supposed to come ina nd show how to work the new machines, and as soon as she has that then she will tell us what is going on. but hell, this is better than the hell if we know that i have been getting for the last three months. so hopefully soon. and it seems that at the forest most of the jobs have been filled. yeah so that means i can leave whenever they want me. and the other guy at work that is having a baby was told that they could have the baby in as few as 3 days and at the most a week. this is down from the 3 weeks that he was thinking even as of yesterday. well, nothing else new so... i will talk to you later. joe FYI: Vermont is the only New England state without a seacoast.

its monday again

hello all. how are we this morning? good i hope. i was just reading this article about bush and how he is trying to make it so some of the land that is protected as wilderness can be used for energy production, among other things like development. pardon my rant and sorry if i offend anyone, but what the hell is he thinking. is he really that money hungry. thsi wilderness is only about 3%, why in the world cant he use other land that we have already deforrested for energy production. windmills, solar energy what ever but why destroy what wilderness we have left. grrr. sometimes this man makes me angry. i am very sorry that i voted for him, i would have rather had gore in office. sorry about that he just pissed me off when i read that article. nothing else is new, just plugging along through the work week like everyone else. of course when everyone else starts their work week i am about half through. yeah for me. anyways, nothing else. i will talk to you later joe FYI: The biggest pig in recorded history weighed almost one ton. (damn)

hello all

nothing new going on here. just the typical saturday. unfortunatley i have to go back to work todya, damn i hate mondays. grrr. hopefully we will be busy tonight as opposed to wednesday where we all; just sat around doing absolutely nothing for the entire night. that really sucks. im going to be posting a link on this site tonight or tomorrow for free ipods all i need is for five of you to be referers so if you could help me out i can get a free ipod (its a music player, kinda like a walkman only a lot better, if you didnt know). it actually works, a tech show i watch and trust tested it out when it first came out three months ago and they finally recieved their ipods the other day so now i figured i would try it. so please help me. thanks for your support. hope you enjoy the other website i started. talk to you later joe FYI: The origional recipe for chocolate contained chili powder instead of sugar.

Construction and Expansion Update

"As workers complete the upper floorsof the Tower Hotel, the Events Center, and the Winter Garden, other crews are beginning to work on Turning Stone's new golf dome.The indoor practice and athletic facility will be located next to the cogenerationplant at the corner of Snyder and Patrick Roads, with the clubhouse entrance to the dome facing the access road that leads from Patrick Road to the parking garage. Site preperation work is scheduled to begin this week, and the facility should be open in early 2005. Although its primary purpose will be to help golfers improve their games over the winter, the dome is designed to accomodate a variety of athletic activities, such as running and softball. The new stone wall at the resort's main entrance is nearly complete, and landscaping behind the wall was scheduled to begin last week. The sandstone wall is 200 feet long, up to seven feet high, and two feet thick. It will form the backdrop for new signage at the main entrance, and the existing walls and signs will be removed. Landscaping work continues around the resort,and crews were working on the rock sculpture outside the Winter Garden entrance last week. The ground has been graded and some trees have benn planted along the drive leading to the entrance. The rock sculpture also will serve as a 'fountain' for the release of the steam that will be used to keep the brick driveway clear of ice and snow during the winter. The Tower opened several floors last week, with rooms now available through the 14th floor. Finishing work continues on the upper floors and in the corner suites, as well as on the third floor, which houses the pool and fitness facility. The Atunyote staff is slated to move into the new clubhouse this week. Last week, crews were finishing up the men's and women's locker and lounge areas. Hardwood floors have benn installed in the foyer and women's lounge; the foyer and men's lounge also each feature a gas fireplace. Work continues in the restaurant area, where workers finished installing ceiling molding last week and were preparing to lay carpet." talk to you later joe

New side blog

i have created a new side blog that is called JoesTown's Clicks and is all about links to things that i find interesting as opposed to putting them in my main blog. talk to you later joe

its finally time

i am finally remembering to tell you all this. just a quick note, go vote. i feel this is very important and that all of us should take part in voting. sorry about that but it needed to be said. nothing new going on here except that those damn Yankees jsut wont beat the sox. those little bastards. so many chances and then they jsut go and blow it. anyways, nothing of real import as of now so i will... talk to you later joe FYI: The Watersheds that supply water to New York City are roughly the size of Delaware.

interesting links

just links today: heres for the nostalgia in us all. watch out for those new TV's might have some univited guests. seems as though someone is finally doing something about the renewable energy thing, go FedEx. very amusing and somewhat tasteless ads that didnt quite make it to publication. want to have your own icon for your email. try this. a damn good thing for those of us that cant get broadband either because of expense or location. thank you US government. dont sing happy birthday or you could have to pay some money. talk to you later joe FYI: The height of the Eiffel Tower varies by as much as 6 inches depending on the temperature.

misc rumblings

well,last night was the last night for one of our sous chefs (kitchen supervisors) and they gave him a very messy goodbye. we had cake for him and then when he was coming back into the kitchen i grabbed him aside and as i started a pretend speech one of the other cooks came up behind him and stuck a whip cream pie in his face and then there were four more pies thrown at his face, some rainbow sprinkles and then chocolate and strawberry syrup. it was extremely funny and very messy. it wasnt too bad of a night. before this i was cleaning out the cooler with him, we took everything out of the cooler down to bare walls and cleaned it out. and after we had taken the cooler truck back to the convention center he took me on a tour of the new facilities. all the new restaurants, bakery and the events arena. all i can say is god damn. it was nice. i cant wait to get into the new bakery, it should be pretty darn fun. the events arena is gorgeous and gargantuan. well, i gotta go so... i will talk to you later joe FYI: Grizzly bears run as fast as the average horse

Thursdays freedays

The A-Team is back. i really dont understand why i had to go to an irish site to find this out but hey i found out. nothing else new for me here. just got my days off for this week. not doing very much with myself. a few prospects on the horizon but nothing right now. so... talk to you later joe

Construction and Expansion Update

"Guests at the Tower at Turning Stone are very pleased with the amenities there, patient with the construction still going on, and eager to see the finished product, according to front desk employees. The Tower opened five room floors Oct. 1 and welcomed about 40 guests its first night. so far, the comments have been positive; guests like the modern feel of the Tower and the spaciousness of the Winter Garden, andthe unique double rotating Grohle shower heads inthe rooms are generating lots of positive comments. Employees at the Tower are fielding lots of questions about when the new restaurants in the Winter Garden will open. Crews continue to work on the new and expanded buffet area, which will be housed on a terrace off the main floor of the Winter Garden, and on the new Brazillian steakhouse, which will be on the second floor. A new Opal's also will open on the main floor of the Winter Garden near the Smokin' wing of the resort. The connector between the parking garage and the Winter Garden is open to the public, and construction areas in the Tower and Event Center are hidden from public view with drapes and posters depicting the expansion. The escalators and elevators are open for guest use. Outside the Winter Garden, work continues on landscaping around the rock formation near the main entrance. Stone work on the exteriorcolumns under the port cochiere also continues. Flowers, pumpkins and gourds have been placed outside near the revolving door to celebrate the fall season. In the Event Center, workers are cutting a fast pace to prepare the facility for a MAINES trade show in mid-October and the annual fall meeting of United South and Eastern Tribes at the end of the month. Most of the work that remains is finsihing work such as painting. Crews are scheduled to begin applying a top coat of asphalt to all roads and parking lots around the resort this week. Curbing and and extension of the third lane at the resort entrance also is scheduled to begin this week. The new clubhouse at Atunyote is coming together, with more fixtures in the pro shop area, a gas fireplace installed in the dining room, and most of the tiling and fixtures installed in the locker areas. Crews are finishing the ceiling molding around the bulding and installing stoves and other appliances in the kitchen." katie said she heard on the news this morning on her way to work that the Tim McGraw show that is scheduled for the 5 of Dec was already sold out. not too much of a suprise there though. talk to you later joe FYI: Britian was the first country to register a patent on polyester

columbus day it is

Superman is killed by a heart attack at 52. another great figure has passed away. nothing else going on. talk to you later joe

the sunday weekly

nothing new today, at all. just doing the site redesigns mentioned before. just need to come up with something that i can put in that big black spot on the top left. ill figure ti out. i just thought that having all three colums made it look cluttered all at the top, when all i really want you to do at the top is look at the most recent post. so it will be as it is for the time being. till i figure something out that can go there. i have a few ideas, but nothing in stone yet. on other news katie got a 3% raise yesterday. yeah for her. well, nothing else is new so... talk to you later joe

the verdict is in

well, they arent entirely sure, only about 80 percent, but they think we are having a girl. so if it is then sheriannne is going to be it name, still not sure if we are going to have a middle name or not but the first name is going to be in there. nothing else is new.gotta go back to work today. damn. talk to you later joe

under constuction

sorry about the repeated content on the left but i am redesigning a little bit here, jsut bare with the little hiccups right now. thanks for your cooperation. talk to you later joe

Construction and Expansion Update for October 4

"Country mega-star Tim McGraw will perform the inaugrural concert at the new Events Center on Dec. 2. Entertainment Director Sam Madonia made the announcement last week, generating lots of excitement about the opening ofthe new facility. Finishing work continues at the Event Center, and it will host its first event, a MAINES trade show, in mid-October. United South and Eastern Tribes will hold its annual fall conference in the Events Center at the end of the month. Crews are wrapping up painting and will be installing components of the state-of-the-art cound and lighting systems in the coming days. Portions of the Winter Garden and the Tower opened tot eh public last Thursday. Most of the work remaining inthe Winter Garden is inthe restaurant areas. The driveway was graded and paved lsat week, and the interior water features were being finished last week. Crews also have been finishing the grand stairway to the mezzanine level, which connects the Winter Garden to the Events Center. Sidewalk installation around theWinter Garden and the rest of the property also continues. The gaming machines int he former Crystal's Diner area, which is adjacent to the Winter Garden, were removed last week to allow completion of that part of the expansion. The area should be ready to reopen with the machines in the next couple of weeks. The tower welcomed its first guests Thursday. About 40 people made reservations to be the first to experience the latest in the resort's lodging options. Four floors of the 19-story Tower are open to the public, while work continues on finishing the remaining floors. Vice President of Hospitality Robert McEleney said he expects the Tower to open four additional floors each week through October. The connecting walkway from the parking garage to the Tower also opened last week." talk to you later joe

three day weekend

I have a construction update for you guys this week too, even though the tower and winter garden have opened some of their features there are still more to come. and yet more projects that the casino has. interesting stuff to say the least. more on that later. well i found out yesterday that i am taking a three day weekend, as if the title didnt already tell you that. there was 5 of us scheduled for today and it being a wednesday there is not a reason for it at all. so i told mike that i could use my last benefit day for the year and take today off. it really doesnt concern me, in little over a month i get three more and two more weeks vacation, so no prob bob. so that is how i managed to have an unplanned extended weekend. yeah me. we find out on friday what we are having, getting really excited, from then on its an out and out war on what we will buy and what grandparents will buy, that is what they havent already bought yet. i think mom is enjoying the newq little addittion and she is as excited if not more than we are. anyways not really too much more to say. i promised the dogs i would take them for a walk at two so this means i need to go or they will attack me. they are currently out back relaxing, little brats. well i better go. the update will be later on. i got a couple of news items below. and as said, very saddened that we lost yet another comic. Medievil surgeons were advanced On a sad note, Comic Rodney Dangerfield has died, he was 82. The Ansari X-Prize has been won. talk to you later joe FYI: Wisconsin has pionts further east than parts of Florida

odds and ends

hey alll, a couple of things here today. nothing new really going on in my life otherwise. same stuff different day. got a bunch of stuff going up in this post so again here goes. you can wait and see with all the other folk, if you havent already, to see if Mt Saint Helens is going to erupt. they got a web cam up for all to see. take a few tests to see if you like bush or kerry, amusing if nothing else. if you have ever wondered how the zip codes were figured out or arranged in the US then this page is for you. once you get in there if you cant read the writing, just hit z and it will zoom in as you type out the zip code. i thought it was the neatest little thing. well, i guess thats all for today talk to you later joe FYI: The only continent without native reptiles or snakes is Antartica

hello wall

yesterday katie and i went to the wedding of my aunt susie to tom kessler. very nice, pretty dress and all that stuff. then we had the reception at twin ponds after ward. i had never been to twin ponds in my life and i absolutely loved it. when you drove into the place you came in through a gate and then up a long drive that had maple trees on either side. and i told katie this was the kind of drive that i wanted to lead to my house. it was perfect. but we got up on the hill and you could see a lot of things from there. the sky was bright with stars and all. very nice country club. the night was a smashing success. i got my grandmother and mother out on the dance floor for a dance, which was fun. all the guests had a good time too. good food and good entertainment. whoever the dj's were they were very funny. all and all it was a pretty darn good day. that and we got to see my aunt karen, uncle dave and the newest addition to our family bryce. (sp) dy the time our baby is born mister bryce will be a year old and the next time he is brought back up here my baby will be 6 mos old. about the same age as bryce is now. very adorable. we find out this friday what the sex of our little one will be as long as the baby cooperates. i cant wait. other than that nothing new so... talk to you later joe FYI: It is estimated that the world's oceans contain 10 billion tons of gold.

Welcome to the land of october

hope last month was good for all of you. this month has got even more going on. tomorrow i and katie have to go to my aunts wedding, my other aunt is coming up with her little one so we can see him again. we also find out hopefully what we are having for a baby, as long as it cooperates. that and i wont have to keeping using the it as a designation for the poor little baby. we got our bed a few days ago and it is soooooooooooo comfortable. ok onto the big news. for those of you that are not in the area or have been not listening to any news or reading any of the papers, Tim McGraw is going to be the opening act for the new events arena at the Casino on Dec 2. and we have another update for you this week, sorry its so late but i wasnt at work on wednesday to get it. so here we go. a little of a suprise for us when we read it ourselves. we knew nothing of this, and the rumor mill has proceeded to fail us in this littletidbit of news from the casino, but i digress...enjoy. "Tower and Winter Garden to Open This Week This is a big week for the Oneida Nation and Turning Stone Resort and Casino. On Wednesday, the resort will announce the first musical act to perform at the new 5,000-seat Events Center, and on Thursday(actually friday), the Tower Hotel and Winter Garden will welcom their first guests, Robert McEleney, vice president of hospitality for the resort, said most of the rooms at the Tower will be ready for occupancy this week, with the exception of the top two floors.The 18th floor houses seven luxury suites, and the 19th floor is home to the resort's new members-only restaurant. The lap pool and fitness area on the third floor also will be closed for a couple of weeks to allow proper curing of the floor tiles and final finish work. The Winter Garden also will open to guests Thursday, although the restaurant areas won't be ready for a few weeks, Robert said. Everyone is anxious for these lelments of the expansion to open , he sais, both within the Nation and outside. 'In mid-October, there's a stretch of about eight days where the entire resort is full,' Robert said. 'All the hotel rooms -- the existing hotel, the Tower, and the Lodge -- and the conference center and Evets Center are full, 100 percent capacity. 'We're getting a lot of repeat guests from all around New York, Pennsylvania, and other areas,' he ssaid. 'They cant find anything like what we have here, between the golf and the lodging amenities.' The Tower at Turning Stone The front desk for the Tower at Turning Stone is to the right as you enter the Winter Garden. LAst week, crews were putting the finishing touches on the lobby area, hanging drapes and chandelliers and preparing office space. Carpet installation, wallpapering and furniture setting continued on the upper floors. The standard Tower rooms have either on king-sized bed or two double beds with double pillow-top mattresses and box springs, set against cherry wood-and-faux leather beadboards. High-speed internet access is available at the desk or next to the bed in each room, and each room has a mini-bar and 'smart' lamps that aloow you to plug in your laptop, cellul.ar phone and other electronics without crawling under the desk. The closets are furnished with extra pillows and blankets, an iron and ironing board, and a safe for valuables. Most of the rooms have full-length showers with the same double 360-degree rotating Grohe shower heads found in the Lodge. Furnishings in the rooms are sleek and streamlined, similar to the furnishings in the Lodge. 'We really wanted the rooms to be clean and copntemporary when it came to eh furnishings,' Robert said. 'We didn't want it to look like just another hotel room.' Floors four through 17 each have a corner suite, with a plasma television in the living room and a panaramic view of the upstate NEw York countryside. The Winter Garden The Winter Garden, the new main entry to the resort, will welcome guests Thursday as well. LAst week, crews were installing one of the two massive revolving entry doors, similar to the one at the existing Hotel lobby, and finishing the grading for the semi-circular driveway. Under the port cochiere, the bricked driveway will be heated by a stream coil system, which will empty into a dramatic rock formation in front of the drive in a steam 'fountain' Inside, workers are finishing the grand stairway and the water features, including a 'river under glass' that will flow into an indoor fountain between the twin waterfalls in the center of the Winter Garden. The marble flooring is completed, and most of the trees and plants are in place. Work continues on the restaurant areas of the Winter Garden and will be complete in the next few weks. The new expanded buffet will be on the main floor of the Winter Garden near the waterfalls. A pastry and coffee shop, similar to Opal's, will be on the main floor close to the Smokin' wing of the resort. The new brazillian steakhouse restaurant will be ont he second floor of the Winter Garde. The Events Center Painting and other finishing work continued at the Events Cente4r last week. The marble floor and wall covering for the rotunda, which links the Events Center and the mezzanine of the Winter Garden, have been installed. The Events Center will host its first business meeting and trade show in mid-October, and the fall show of United South and Eastern Tribes will take place there at the end of October. Atunyote Clubhouse The Clubhouse at Atunyote also is scheduled to open this week, jsut as the golf course prepares to host ht Eastern PGA Championship tounrament. Paneling and wainscoating installation continued at a rapid pace last week. Carpet has been laid throughout the building, and tiling in the locker rooms was finishing up last week. The frame for the enclosed porch off the main dining room has been erected and is being finished, and crews are working on landscaping around the veranda, which overlooks the golf course." as you can see they are slowly completing this newest expansion. seems really neat. we are going to go check out the winter gardena nd part of the hotel this afternoon before break. i really cant wait, form what i was able to see yesterday when it was supposed to open it will look awesome. talk to you later joe FYI: Thomas Edison coined the term "hello" and introduced it as a way to answer the phone.