Day 1

Well I have finally done it. I'm joining the world of blogging. I'll admit first thing that I'm addicted to blogs. I read, bookmark, forward all of the above. So you've been warned! I crack myself up sometimes, so now maybe someone else will find humor in my off handed wit. My head is swimming with creative ideas, tons of really odd questions and I need a way to get it out. So bookmark me, read me and comment as you wish. I promise to read them all.

So... of course I have something funny (in my mind anyway) that happened to me today... I was at lunch in one of my once-upon-a-time favorite restaurants in Germantown and couldn't help but overhear bits of the conversation at the table next to me. There were 3 older individuals who at first were all in disagreement on the menu and that there weren't many choices. I was completely fine with my choices so I read (Wicked) while I waited and listened.

One couple was apparently from out of town and were a little disturbed by the "Green" hotel that they were staying at in downtown Nashville. His gripes were that he had to have his key inserted in the "hole thingy" so that the lights would work. Now, I do agree it's a good thing to do. He also said that the AC unit didn't have an 'off' switch. It now said 'eco' and he didn't know what in the world that was supposed to mean. The final comment that even had me giggle to myself was the absence of the room coffee maker. He said there was now a "fancy smancy cappacino maker in the hall way that he had to share will all the other guests on the floor and had to have the bellman show him how to actually use it!" So despite the fact that my lunch was less than desirable, I still enjoyed listening to the lunch time conversation.

It made me think that as I am a newbie myself to go Green with everything (I love my reusable publix grocery bags), but that it really will take an effort on my generation and the coming ones to make this work. Yes that's my opinion.

I'll leave now with a final comment from my lunch companions. As I was leaving one gentleman said to the other... "so do you have a girlfriend now?" "Yes, I do and a wife too" WHAT!?!

I promise the rest won't be this long!

JC