Without question, one of my favorite times of the year is Memorial Day weekend. Every year since I started college (except for one year – which is another story), I have ventured up to the Poconos with some of my closest friends who are originally from the Mount Holly, NJ area. The weekend has really become a retreat and fountain of youth for most of us. I could go on for a long time about this event.
Today, I had my company’s annual kickoff meeting at Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack. There were several positive messages from the day. All these messages seemed to point to the same thing – go the extra degree, go the extra mile, stretch a little more. We had a very good year as a district, but we have been encouraged and challenged to go from Good to Great. Here’s a video that was shown at our meeting that presses the point.
Until the next post, consider what is takes in your own life to go the extra degree…
Isaac and I went to see Ratatouille this afternoon. Disney and Pixar are unbelievable with their ability to make animation seem so real. We both liked the movie. I especially enjoyed the animated scenes of Paris.
The movie brought out some interesting themes. One of the primary themes emphasized that you can do anything you want to do. Remy, the star rat in the movie, longs to eat and cook the delicacies of France. He is inspired by a late hailed French chef who wrote a cookbook called “Anyone Can Cook.” (Now that’s a cookbook for me.) Disney does a great job demonstrating the power of positive thinking.
See the link below to enjoy some of the movie.
Until the next post…
Yesterday, I took Isaac to Hersheypark for the day together. We had a great time just the two of us. According to Map My Run, we walked about 4.23 miles – see the map above. We got to see three shows including the 3-D show which Isaac really enjoyed. Isaac tried out two new rides (with me) – the Tidal Force and the Roller Soaker. Isaac also tried out a few parts of the new Boardwalk water part of the park that was added over the winter. They did a great job with this whole area which includes several cool water slides, a few different water playgrounds, and a cool boogie boarding surf area.