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Cabin in Pigeon Forge Tennessee

August 8, 2008 on 11:04 pm | In Family Health, travel | 3 Comments

Last month, we went to Tennessee and, along with my family, rented a 4 bedroom cabin in Pigeon Forge. There were also 2 living rooms, each with a queen size sleeper sofa. It was a great place for all 10 of us to stay. The only issue I had was the size of the shower 4 of us were using in the downstairs bathroom. I am not a large person, 5′7″ and my weight is average. I’m telling you, I felt like I had to perform ballet maneuvers to make any movements in the shower. Just reaching for the shampoo could cause me to bump the shower walls. If I were a larger person, that shower would have made me seriously consider looking for a lap-band doctor.

Sometimes I think builders of rental properties and hotels need to look to places like JourneyLiteSM for design plans. All of these places need to be designed with comfort in mind, comfort for everyone, no matter what shape or size. Wider hallways and bathrooms would be a great start. I had to haul my luggage up and down a flight of very skinny, steep stares and it was a bit scary. Our bedroom was very soothing, although, it was a tight squeeze to walk around the bed.

We really did enjoy our visit, even with the tiny shower!

2008 Beijing Olympic Games

August 8, 2008 on 9:52 pm | In Some of This Some of That | Comments Off

Are you watching the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympics?  It’s absolutely breathtaking.  Each and every “act” of the beginning ceremony involved 2008 individuals performers.  Even scenes that we assumed were done with computers or computer graphics, were actually humans.  As the NBC newscasters stated, it is as if the ceremony director had a vision and the stadium was built to accommodate his vision.

The March of Nations is going on now.  That is also interesting because usually, the nations come in to the stadium alphabetically, but there is no alphabet in Chinese, so the nations are entering the stadium according to the number of strokes it takes to write the Chinese symbol for that country.  It’s also fascinating to see the uniforms of each of the different countries, although, I can’t say I was overly impressed with the Ralph Lauren designed outfits of the United States, in particular, the hats.

If you’ve missed the Opening Ceremony, I highly recommend you find someone who tivo’d it!

Web Development and Design

August 8, 2008 on 12:59 pm | In Some of This Some of That | Comments Off

In today’s business environment it’s so important to have a presence on the web. Even if you’re not selling via the web, many consumers look to the web to locate services and business. The yellow pages of old are going into the history books. I know that the first place I check to find a contractor or business is the internet, how about you?

Whether you’re looking for New York web design or Seattle web design, 352Media is a company worth looking to for web development. With offices around the country, they utilize a team based approach to web design.

Not only is it important to have your business on the web, it’s important to have a good design.

Crossing the Mississippi River

August 8, 2008 on 10:18 am | In travel | Comments Off

My daughter and I left home on July 13 to drive east through Tennessee and on to my sister’s house in eastern Kentucky. I mistakenly chose Memphis as the half way point. While this was half way as far as mileage was concerned, it was much less than half way as far as driving time. You see, once we got into the mountains in the east, going up through Virginia and Kentucky, the speed limit was greatly reduced and the roads were quiet windy which slowed us down.

We did spend the night in West Memphis, Arkansas though. We arrived early enough that, after checking in to our hotel, we took a little drive to see some of the area. We crossed over the Mississippi River into Tennessee before heading back and spending the night. This second photo is one I took, while driving, and I sort of like it, even thought it’s not the photo I intended.