Blogs from San Jose, California, United States, North America - page 4

Our 15 seconds of Fame Anyone who's been following Dudley Dawson's Worlds' Worst Cubicle Contest in the San Francisco Examiner (or read my previous blog on this subject) knows that we submitted two entries (#22 and #23) and that #22 was in the lead. I got the news that we WON the contest (was there any doubt?) and we've been awarded a gift card. If you want to see all the entries and results, go to: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-3040-Life-in-the-Cubicle-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Connie-Finch-wins-the-2009-Worst-Cubicle-in-the-World-award (copy and paste into any browser). You'll die laughing! But that's not the end of the story! When Dudley asked me what I was going to do with the winnings, I mentioned my charity work and that I would be buying toys for the orphanages in Romania, Moldova and The Republic of Georgia. He asked me more questions and ... read more

I leave in a couple hours for the airport!!! My first stop is Barcelona and I will arrive there around 11 AM tomorrow morning. I have along night of flying ahead but hopefully the on-board cocktails will help with that! I love you all and will see you July 21st for G-fest '09 baybay! I am going to try to update this as much as possible to keep everyone up-to-date with whats going on!... read more

Before returning to India, we made a stop in Northern California where most of my direct family lives. We visited my mother Margaret for a few days in San Jose where she lives with her roommate Debbie. My sister Peggy also lives in San Jose with her boyfriend Ray and her son’s Frank and Joe. Peggy gave a Saint Patrick’s Day party to celebrate our visit and she invited our family and many friends from childhood. My sister Jenny showed up with her husband Dave and her son Keagan. My father Dave showed up with his wife Jan and his grand-daughter Torrie. Friends from my childhood that stopped by included Tony, Tracy, Laura, Debbie and Sean, among others. My mom, Jenny, Kim and I drove up to San Francisco for the day to go sight seeing. ... read more

After graduation I worked for 2 years as an engineer for the insurance company and in an unexpected turn of events I was helping out a neighbor with her insurance claim and remembered how much I loved the challenge of working insurance claims. Shortly after that I transfered from Engineering to Claims within the insurance company and began two years of working the most amazing claims ever. I cut my teeth on $100k claims. And worked my way up from there. I worked a fire in San Francisco. I worked a pier collapse in San Rafael, CA. I worked an arson fire in Porterville, CA. I worked a building collapse in Denver CO and Littleton, CO. I worked a contamination claim in Santa Clara, CA. I worked with another adjuster on a claim in a molybdenum ... read more

In May 2006 when I finally left Louisiana I decided to take it easy heading home and stopped to see the sights. The first time I had ever done that. I stopped in San Angleo to visit my ex-father in law. I stopped in the Painted Desert at sunset. I stopped for 2 days in the Grand Canyon, decended to the depths in the Grand Canyon Caverns, drove across Hoover Dam and stayed in Las Vegas (my first trip) for 2 nights. Then a quick trip through Death Valley and a run around the bottom of the Sierra Nevada mountains and a quick dash up Interstate 5 to get home in time to drop the cat off and fly back to Southern California to see a friend graduate after nearly 8 years of going to night ... read more