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I've been spending the last few days taking a break from life, vegging out, and catching up on some much needed personal time.  Tonight I burned through several back issues of Business Week, in fact it was so many issues that the covers changes from regular old Business Week to Bloomsburg Business Week.  The new format looks more professional, but the type is significantly smaller, making it more difficult to read.   I also think the articles are shorter, which bugs me a bit, but my subscription ends in June, and I'll likely not renew.  Also in my pile of periodicals was the most recent issue of Fortune, in which Alan Sloan suggested 6 ways to "really" fix wall street.  It was a decent article geared towards non-financial professionals and many of his ideas make sense, though not all are practical.

Still on my list of reading for the night are two issues of National Geographic (may save these for later), and the rest of the book on St. Francis.  I made a bit of progress through it the other day, but still have 2 or 3 chapters to wrap up.  I'm big on starting multiple books at the same time and not finishing any of them, as evidenced by the ever growing library on my dresser next to the bed. 

Going to experiment with changing themes on the blog now, so if its missing again tomorrow, you'll know why.

-Nate

Spent this afternoon mowing for a very good friend and her father (95).  Wow, what a yard.  Took a solid hour of trucking back and forth with the pushmower while Brian ran the WeedEater.  If the average person walks at 4 miles per hour, that means I mowed a 4 mile strip of grass tonight...  okay, maybe 3, but still a long way to push a mower.  It was well worth it though... We got the chance to talk about changes in our lives and our friend bought dinner to say thank you.  Nice evening...

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of listening to Jerry Storch, President and CEO of Toys R Us.  I was surprised to hear Jerry talk about what's important in life and to include humility on the list.  While he was here, the BR "leadership team" (i'm just a consultant) put their heads together and decided to ask for a donation to help Rob reach his goal of collecting soccer balls for Haiti.  It was a fast paced effort to get a grant proposal together, but it got done, and Jerry was polite enough to give Rob his personal email address with which to follow up.   Anything they donate will be bonus and I'm confident they'll come through for him...

Coming up this weekend, its all hands on deck as there are a few people intensive jobs going on at the same time.   Originally scheduled is the car wash and flea market that was rescheduled from April at the Living Waters Church in Olean.   Simultaneously, Pete and the CYC crew will be camping at Allegany State Park for a work weekend cleaning trails and doing maintenance.  It is my hope that people will turn out to help, though we shall see...  I'll post on facebook and perhaps someone will get the urge.   From the perspective of the recently converted, if you try it once, you'll want to keep doing it.

-Nate