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.