Moving on Up...

We are moving to Millbrook on Friday so we can be closer to the restaurant. You never realize how much crap you have until you are packing it all up. Today also happens to be our anniversary. I can't believe we have been married for eight years. That being said, this will be our sixth house. Hopefully we will stay put for a little while. We do love NY and the Hudson Valley.

Big Changes

Dylan's restaurant opened yesterday and the numbers were pretty good, considering there was no advertising and no sign (the Millbrook) sign committee does not meet until the end of the month to approve the sign. Last night was my last night working at Brothers. I will miss the people, but I need to focus on Dylan's restaurant. We will be moving from Beacon to Millbrook soon. I am excited about the move, but I don't know anyone there. I will continue commuting to Beacon to work at TIGA. I really feel that for this restaurant to be a success we need to be a part of the community. The town of Millbrook is great and the new place has so much more room, so if anyone is looking to take a vacation, please let me know. I love having company. Plan your vacation for the fall because the foliage is amazing. There are three wineries within 10 minutes of Millbrook, so it could be quite the vacation. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. This is a wonderful opportunity for people to truly realize how talented Dylan is, of course I already know that.

The Economy

So it is pretty scary when banks are closing, the unemployment rate is up, companies like GM are cutting thousands of jobs, Starbucks is closing 600 stores, and the government has to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. What is even scarier is that Dylan is about to open a restaurant this weekend in the middle of these struggling economic times. The good thing is that the town the restaurant is in is a very affluent community. Hopefully the bad economy won't affect their decisions to eat out. On another note, my job is really stable, in fact we are so busy right now. But the economic situation right now is very frightening. So I guess you can thank my man Brian Williams for this little post. I love Brian Williams, always keeping me informed of what is going on each day.

It is amazing to me that so many people are so politically uninformed. I will admit that I voted for George W. Bush in 2000. In my defense, let me say that I was 21 years old. I was a young newlywed with a husband who was in the Navy. I was a full time college student, with no worries about health insurance, no impending wars, etc. I think that children are raised with their parent's political views, just as religion or traditions. My parents are not strictly Republican, in fact I can remember my Dad telling me as a child that you were supposed to vote for the best man for the job. Now when I am a mom I will tell my children that you vote for the best person for the job. I know some people in my life will be thinking "how can she be supporting Barack Obama?" Here is how that happened. I know that I have been in the position where I lost my job and my only hope for health insurance was $600 a month COBRA coverage. Pretty steep with no job, right? I also know that I was raised in a household and a church where I was taught not to judge. I really don't care what other people do in their life. To me abortion, gay marriage, etc. are a non issue for me as far as politics are concerned. I know what I would do in my own life and that is all I can be responsible for. What this all boils down to is that I would hope that everyone will vote this November, but only after learning where the candidates stand on each and every issue and then deciding who will do the best job for them. That is my little rant for today.