Here is an interesting word from today's SF Gate:
Scofflaw:
one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
Whats wrong with you? Were you raised by a pack of wolves? It must be you are a scofflaw.
The article in the Chron speaks of a person who owns a restaurant on the outer reaches of Noe Valley. He has accumulated many parking citations. The city allows these people to pay off their parking fines with public service. He is objecting to paying them off at the rate of 6 dollars an hour. The city's minimum water is over 9 dollars and hour and even more than that for non profits and others that do business with the city.. somewhere around 11 an hour. The paper identified him as a scofflaw.
Have a great day.. Pat
Friday, January 11, 2008
Friday 11th
Last night I came home and had a nap. The battle of the day was too tiring to stay awake. I got my meds refilled at the Walgreens. They used to be open 24 hours. The store is open 24 hours but the pharmacy isn't. From all reports its seems that it is too difficult to staff the pharmacy 24 hours a day. The pharmacy is the busiest Walgreens that I have seen. Usually there are two pharmacists and four to five pharmacy assistants working at that one every minute that they are open. I like to deal with them because despite their workload they have some handy customer support. I can order refills on line. I can check to see when was the last time I ordered a prescription and also how many refills I have left. They will call the doctor for authorization when the refills are out. They work with my insurance. The have a drive thru and its close to our house (one mile). They usually have the meds wee need. We can get them within two hours after sending the refill request.
Linzi is in the Caribbean today. She flew down there on Thursday. She joins some friends she knows form Chicago. They are renting a sailboat. She is getting certified as a a scuba person there. Its seems more fun to get scuba certified with an ocean dive the Caribbean then to dive in the cold Pacific with a wet suit. She will be there for 9 days.
We are looking forward to Heather coming to see us this weekend. We have a lot of work to do. Mostly it is digging it out of the boxes in the rooms and getting it in the right place.
The stove is ready to be picked up. Last night I saw that the back splash tiles were there. Still no drawers or doors on the cabinets.
Love Pat
Linzi is in the Caribbean today. She flew down there on Thursday. She joins some friends she knows form Chicago. They are renting a sailboat. She is getting certified as a a scuba person there. Its seems more fun to get scuba certified with an ocean dive the Caribbean then to dive in the cold Pacific with a wet suit. She will be there for 9 days.
We are looking forward to Heather coming to see us this weekend. We have a lot of work to do. Mostly it is digging it out of the boxes in the rooms and getting it in the right place.
The stove is ready to be picked up. Last night I saw that the back splash tiles were there. Still no drawers or doors on the cabinets.
Love Pat
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Its Done Its Finished.. and so are We
It was a tough day at the negotiation table today.
We talked together about teacher safety and realized it was about a 4 session topic. With the governor in crisis mode and everyone's calendar we thought that possibly we needed some more study to get to the heart of teacher protection.
So on we went to the main attraction. When money comes out, everything else gets scotted off the table. They wanted to know what we had in mind. Our E board thankfully had not set a starting position. We told them we didn't want to reindeer dance. We checked prior to that regarding their understanding that we were not coming from far from where we could settle. In sidebar fashion they signaled that they knew that we knew where the clasified had settled and that we were aware of the district's commitment to "fair share." (This in the past meant 80% of Cost of Living). We offered to settle at COLA across the board including health care. (The classified had not settled for any money toward healthcare). At the table they accepted our offer under advisement, and asked how committed we were to money on the healthcare portion. We responded that we knew they weren't going to give that back to the state if they didn't use it for us.. so we wanted it whether or not they put it on the healthcare cap.
They came back at the table with 3.90 and an offer to settle. They pointed out that our offer had a .70 cost from the medical. And that our offer was really a combination of the two. Our math folks figured the middle spot between the offers which was 4.56 and they said that if we offered that with signature spots, they would sign it.. We did and they did.. so we are through for the year. Lunch at Applebees.. Everyone except one is on a diet.. so only one beer was ordered and drank.
We all left exhilarated and exhausted.. we will face the eboard tomorrow and explain the end game. The president seems happy.. so that is the first step.
: ) Pat
We talked together about teacher safety and realized it was about a 4 session topic. With the governor in crisis mode and everyone's calendar we thought that possibly we needed some more study to get to the heart of teacher protection.
So on we went to the main attraction. When money comes out, everything else gets scotted off the table. They wanted to know what we had in mind. Our E board thankfully had not set a starting position. We told them we didn't want to reindeer dance. We checked prior to that regarding their understanding that we were not coming from far from where we could settle. In sidebar fashion they signaled that they knew that we knew where the clasified had settled and that we were aware of the district's commitment to "fair share." (This in the past meant 80% of Cost of Living). We offered to settle at COLA across the board including health care. (The classified had not settled for any money toward healthcare). At the table they accepted our offer under advisement, and asked how committed we were to money on the healthcare portion. We responded that we knew they weren't going to give that back to the state if they didn't use it for us.. so we wanted it whether or not they put it on the healthcare cap.
They came back at the table with 3.90 and an offer to settle. They pointed out that our offer had a .70 cost from the medical. And that our offer was really a combination of the two. Our math folks figured the middle spot between the offers which was 4.56 and they said that if we offered that with signature spots, they would sign it.. We did and they did.. so we are through for the year. Lunch at Applebees.. Everyone except one is on a diet.. so only one beer was ordered and drank.
We all left exhilarated and exhausted.. we will face the eboard tomorrow and explain the end game. The president seems happy.. so that is the first step.
: ) Pat
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Wednesday Night
We are making plans for Sue to go over and use the new tub..Yahoo!
She has been busy planning and measuring and rethinking what we need for window covering at the house. Construction is on hold until the doors of the cabinets are completed and the stove.. should have come into our local Sears this afternoon arrive.
Kids at school are working on people helping careers. Gerontology aide,barber, cosmetologist,occupational rehabilitation worker,social worker,family counselor,funeral director. We will be also studying the vocabulary that goes along with these jobs.
Tomorrow we are back at the table again.. this time for sure for money. The classified employees settled for state cost of living. This amounts to 4.54 increase. We are thinking that are settlement might be a little higher because we want the district to cover this cost increase in the health care sector too. There is also a possibility for a two year contract. With the state in the shape that it is that might not be practical. Our tax base has to increase.. I think and Arnie is not willing to agree to that.
Have a great evening.. sorry for not getting this posted this morning. I am fighting a little cold and the machine doesn't compute little cold in sleep apnea terms.
: ) Pat
She has been busy planning and measuring and rethinking what we need for window covering at the house. Construction is on hold until the doors of the cabinets are completed and the stove.. should have come into our local Sears this afternoon arrive.
Kids at school are working on people helping careers. Gerontology aide,barber, cosmetologist,occupational rehabilitation worker,social worker,family counselor,funeral director. We will be also studying the vocabulary that goes along with these jobs.
Tomorrow we are back at the table again.. this time for sure for money. The classified employees settled for state cost of living. This amounts to 4.54 increase. We are thinking that are settlement might be a little higher because we want the district to cover this cost increase in the health care sector too. There is also a possibility for a two year contract. With the state in the shape that it is that might not be practical. Our tax base has to increase.. I think and Arnie is not willing to agree to that.
Have a great evening.. sorry for not getting this posted this morning. I am fighting a little cold and the machine doesn't compute little cold in sleep apnea terms.
: ) Pat
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Smokin Barista
One my baristas at Starbucks has made a new year's resolution to stop smoking. I asked him if he had started today. No he had not. He was down to 3 packs. He did not want to waste the money they represented. He said that he was planning to do it cold turkey and later if needed to use the patch. His mom has done it that way. Because she was successful he felt that he had a genetic predisposition to be successful in the same way. He thanked me for my interest.
As my dad would say, the toughest door in door to door sales is your own. Unless you get out of your own door you are not going to effect change. This is true with most any habit. You have to do it. All the motivations in the world are not going to work unless you start.
Love
Pat
As my dad would say, the toughest door in door to door sales is your own. Unless you get out of your own door you are not going to effect change. This is true with most any habit. You have to do it. All the motivations in the world are not going to work unless you start.
Love
Pat
Monday, January 7, 2008
Back to Work Monday the 7th
Its back to work after a long Winter break.
I got my walk in this morning and checked on the cats. Nigel was there to meet me and triumphantly march me back to the old home site. Georgie was there ready to dive into my lap and get some morning pets. I looked over the newspaper. They are really going after it in New Hampshire. Its gotten down to the security the old vs the chance for change in the new.
Linzi and Sean were here to help this weekend. Mom worked on her book collection at the old house. She is two bags less of paperbacks she picked up at the thrift store that are not on the re read agenda.
It will be good to get back to the routine. We meet tonight to plan our next negotiation session on Thursday. I have a new student headed to my classes that someone finally figured out belongs. I also have a new referral from the alternative high school. Another stutterer.
After a half a week of rain, the paper this morning says we have 2 inches of rain accumulated.
Take care and have a great day!
Pat
I got my walk in this morning and checked on the cats. Nigel was there to meet me and triumphantly march me back to the old home site. Georgie was there ready to dive into my lap and get some morning pets. I looked over the newspaper. They are really going after it in New Hampshire. Its gotten down to the security the old vs the chance for change in the new.
Linzi and Sean were here to help this weekend. Mom worked on her book collection at the old house. She is two bags less of paperbacks she picked up at the thrift store that are not on the re read agenda.
It will be good to get back to the routine. We meet tonight to plan our next negotiation session on Thursday. I have a new student headed to my classes that someone finally figured out belongs. I also have a new referral from the alternative high school. Another stutterer.
After a half a week of rain, the paper this morning says we have 2 inches of rain accumulated.
Take care and have a great day!
Pat
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Happy Bithday Ken Brown
Today is Ken Brown's Birthday. He was born in Grants Pass Oregon.
He is 82 years young. He always takes on life with enthusiasm and inspires other to live their life in the same way. He is a photographic artist. He embraces photoshop. He is married to my mother, Wanda. They met and married at college. They share the same college background as my wife and I, Western State College in Gunnison Colorado. He enjoys fly fishing. And tying his own flies. His favorite fly is the orange asher.
He currently lives in Morgan Hill, California. He fought in World War 2. He was on the light cruiser,the Montpelier.
He taught in South San Francisco for 43 years. His main grade taught was the 5th grade. His students learned to sew, square dance and do many things that helped them to become more complete people in their later lives.
He is a lively guy who enjoys his backyard fruit orchard. I admire his knowledge and his engagement with life.
He has an older sister, Betty that lives in Southern California.
He has three children. Micheal Sue, and Kelly are my younger sisters. Kelly has an extensive blog that is referenced at the bot†om of this blog. All of his children are married and working. Kelly and I are speech and language therapists in the public school. Micheal Sue is employed by the Live Oak school district in Santa Cruz as their technology manager.
Dad has four grandchildren. Heather, Linzi, Cambell, and Acacia.
I think that dad's greatest enjoyment comes from family get togethers.
So here's to you on your birthday Ken Brown.. Happy Birthday!
He is 82 years young. He always takes on life with enthusiasm and inspires other to live their life in the same way. He is a photographic artist. He embraces photoshop. He is married to my mother, Wanda. They met and married at college. They share the same college background as my wife and I, Western State College in Gunnison Colorado. He enjoys fly fishing. And tying his own flies. His favorite fly is the orange asher.
He currently lives in Morgan Hill, California. He fought in World War 2. He was on the light cruiser,the Montpelier.
He taught in South San Francisco for 43 years. His main grade taught was the 5th grade. His students learned to sew, square dance and do many things that helped them to become more complete people in their later lives.
He is a lively guy who enjoys his backyard fruit orchard. I admire his knowledge and his engagement with life.
He has an older sister, Betty that lives in Southern California.
He has three children. Micheal Sue, and Kelly are my younger sisters. Kelly has an extensive blog that is referenced at the bot†om of this blog. All of his children are married and working. Kelly and I are speech and language therapists in the public school. Micheal Sue is employed by the Live Oak school district in Santa Cruz as their technology manager.
Dad has four grandchildren. Heather, Linzi, Cambell, and Acacia.
I think that dad's greatest enjoyment comes from family get togethers.
So here's to you on your birthday Ken Brown.. Happy Birthday!
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