Job Opportunities

Tom has decided he wants to stay in the airline industry and has applied for a couple of jobs. One in Savannah, Georgia and one in Grand Junction, Colorado. Of course, we'd like to be able to just go to Grand Junction now (that's where we had wanted to retire to anyways), but it's not looking good for that job. He interviewed with Gulfstream in Savannah, Georgia and the posibility looks good for a job with them. We still won't know any details for a few weeks. It is possible that we will have to be in Savannah by the first part of December. We will keep you posted as we learn more.

Election Time is almost here again!

By now most of you, like me, are really tired of all the campaign ads on TV. Some of them are really irritating! I don't want to get on my soap box, nor do I want to endorse any candidate (we all have our opinions and I don't want to step on any toes). BUT... I do want to encourage EVERYONE to get out and vote for the candidate of their choice. IF you don't have a choice yet, PLEASE, PLEASE start paying attention and get knowledgeable! You also need to know who is running for your local office and know something about all propositions on your ballot! Your VOTE DOES COUNT!!!!

Retirement

Well... Tom has decided! He will be retiring from General Motors on Nov. 1. He is actually counting days. We don't know exactly what we will be doing, but we do know that Tom will have to find a new job as we can't afford to live on his retirement. SO.... Tom is looking for something new, but he'd still like to stay in the airline industry, if possible, and if the pay is right. It's been a busy couple of weeks trying to decide what is in store for the Fifield's. As soon as we know anything, we will let you all know.

Home Again

This is a bit late, but maybe better late that never?! We have been home for almost a week. We had a great time in New Hampshire. We enjoyed our time at the beach, as always. The weather even cooperated with us for those couple of days. I can't say that for the rest of the vacation though. It rained just about every day that we were in New Hampshire. Needless to say, it is nice and green and very humid there! Thank goodness, the rain didn't hinder any of our plans. We got to spend time with most of Tom's siblings, that was also great! We even got to meet our "first" Fifield niece! That was also cool, she is a beautiful little girl. We always stay at Fifield Inn when we are in New Hampshire. Tom's brother & sister-in-law are always gracious and let us come and stay with them (hence, Fifield Inn) and have lots of "sleep-overs", that's what their little kids call it. We also got to go see them at swim lessons and boy can they all swim. Puts me to shame, for sure! We also went to our favorite ice cream place. It's called Johnson's and do they ever have great ice cream. I never thought I'd only buy a baby size ice cream, but it is almost more than a person can eat. We really enjoy our trips to the ice cream place.

We also spent some time with some of Tom's cousins. It was great for me to meet them and Tom to see them after about 20 years. We enjoyed talking over old times and genealogy. We were able to add a bit more to Tom's families genealogy, which is always great! We really enjoy the trips we get to make to New Hampshire to see Tom's family. It is just hard being so far away from family, whether it's Tom's family on the East Coast or my family out West. There really is nothing more important than family.

Of course, it's always good to get home again! And it seems to take awhile to get back into the swing of things. Is that a good enough excuse to not have posted in almost a week? I'll be adding photos soon! I still have to upload them to the computer.

GM and retirement

GM has finally started announcing their plans for the future. It looks like they will be offering retirement packages to all salaried employees age 55 and up. Tom won't really have any details until Aug. 25. Decisions have to be made by early September, and he'll have to decide whether he'll take the early retirement package or try to stick it out for a few more years. They have been told they will be losing 2 planes and need to cut the work force by 17 more people. BUT, they haven't said what will happen IF they don't get the numbers they need. They have told all the employees (at Tom's work) that they will be cut down to 2 shifts instead of the 3 that they've had. Tom has no idea how the shifts will change. Anyone taking the early retirement package will be retired on Nov. 1. This is all interesting, but until Tom sees what the numbers are, he can't really make any decisions. Guess he'll be busy after we get home from vacation. We'll let everyone know just as soon as we know anything.

Vacation Again?!?!

We're getting ready to head out on vacation again. We're headed to the east coast this time. We'll get to spend time with Tom's side of the family. We are really looking forward to that. We'll also get to spend a few days at the beach! That will be awesome! As always, we'll also be doing genealogy. It is so great to get to see a part of the country that I just never in my wildest dreams I thought I'd get to visit. Many of my ancestors came from New England and it has been wonderful to seek out the places they used to live. Gas prices seem to be a bit stable in Michigan. We've actually had great prices lately..as low as $3.67, but when I was coming home today, it looked like the prices were headed up a bit...some stations were at $3.85. Hopefully the price will stay under $4.00 while we are gone! Hope all is well with all of you!
Love, Michele

Summer Vacation Photos

Here are some family photos taken from our Western Summer Vacation in July. We hope the family, especially, enjoys these photos. Thanks for spending time with us while we were out west this year! For those of you who may be wondering why there are photos of Mom(Grandma),Jason and the boys on the floor? It's a marble game that gets played by most everyone when they go to Grandma & Grandpa's house. It's fun to watch, and usually lots of people want to challenge the winner! Many hours of fun!
Love, Michele

Summer, where has it gone?

I'm just sitting here working on the blog and wondering where the summer has gone? It's almost the end of July, we have 1 more 2 week vacation coming up in August. Then when we get home it will almost be time for school to start again. Even though we don't have children at home, I guess my year still kinda follows the school calendar. I don't know how time flies like it does. We have had a good summer. We really enjoyed our Western States vacation. But for the death of Ernie, it was great! And I have to say...it was wonderful to see my family again, even if it was for a funeral. I learn more each day how precious my family is to me. They are all great and I do love them very much. But I don't tell them that very often! I also had to deal with a very close friend passing away on July 2. DFrank held a special place in my family's heart. We met him and his wife Marquretta in Arizona many years ago. They were always there for us and we enjoyed many fun times with them. DFrank has a huge wheat farm and we got to go there a couple of times, the boys learned how to cut wheat, boy did they think it was great getting to ride in those huge machines! It was a life changing experience for us all. DFrank we love and miss you! Marquretta, God Bless, we love you too!

Death of a brother-in-law

I got word from my dad this morning that my brother-in-law, Ernie, passed away last night. It is a shock as he was only 56. I just found out that the funeral will be Saturday, so we are headed back to Vernal on Wednesday and won't be home until sometime Monday. Please give your family members a hug and kiss and tell them that you love them....You just never know when it will be the last time!

Please Comment Here!

There really is NO place to put a comment except under a BLOG! SO....I thought I'd put this blog here....titled "COMMENTS" and if anyone wants to say something about ANYTHING on our blog that doesn't have somewhere to post a comment, please just POST it here! I'm going to keep this moving up so you can always comment here, if you want to. We would love to hear from you! Thanks for checking the blog! Love, Michele