First Quarter 2010

It's been a busy first 3 months of the year. Of course, the highlight was my cruise (see below and in the right hand column).

Work has been VERY busy. The stimulas package and other initiatives have driven A LOT of community college grant work! It's job security!!!!!

The Disney "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" project put a major workload on my Project Linus volunteer efforts. That is slowly winding down and will result in many new long term volunteers and over 700 blankets for our chapter to donate to children in traumatic situations. See Project Linus Blog (link in right hand column near bottom of page). Our volunteers are wonderful and have done so much to support this effort!

I'm doing fine. Already planning another cruise for next year with girlfriend Donna from Cleveland, OH. We've been close friends since college. I'm staying very active with Project Linus, work, friends and more. I had tickets again this year to the UT Lady Vols. It was a good season but sad to see them lose in the Sweet 16.

The dogs continue to be well, too. Tasha (Shepherd) is blind in one eye due to a cataract. Surgery is not as successful on dogs as it is humans. I'm hoping to avoid that as long as her other eye stays good. Pebbles (beagle mix) has had numerous health problems, but now doing well - seizures are controlled by medicine and it looks like a number of problems she was having are now fixed with the removal of an absessed tooth.

Spring is here - I mowed for the first time yesterday and have already removed one tick (from ME not the dogs). The trees are starting to bloom and early Spring flowers are in bloom. I'm getting anxious to get out on the boat and start enjoying the lake.

Hope this update finds everyone well!