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Hopefully Paul and Kevin can give us an update from Guatemala, I see they are lurking on the blog!

Rednecks in New England?

Well since my post yesterday went over so well, I figured I would try again today!

Mom forwarded us a cute e-mail this morning that I thought that I would share with everyone...

Forget Rednecks... here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about New Englanders...

(1) If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in New England ..
(2) If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in New England .
(3) If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New England.
(4) If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in New England .
(5) If "Vacation" means Maine or Cape Cod - and only Maine or Cape Cod, you live in New England.
(6) If you measure distance in hours, you live in New England.
(7) If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in New England.
(8) If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you live in New England .
(9) If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England .
(10) If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you live in New England .
(11) If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in New England.
(12) If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in New England .
(13) If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in New England .
(14) If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in New England .
(15) If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England.
(16) If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in New England.

HAPPY NATIONAL PIGS-IN-A-BLANKET DAY!!!

Did you know that April 24th is National Pigs-in-a-blanket day? Neither did I, until today.

Now how many people are changing their dinner plans? Enjoy!!!

And get ready for tomorrow - National Zucchini Bread Day... MMM MMM MMM

Media Coverage of Virginia Tech Massacre

Does anyone else find the pictures released yesterday of the Virginia Tech killer very disturbing? Is there really a need to publish all of these pictures, especially the ones where the gun is pointed at the camera?

Just curious how people are feeling about that...I am disturbed!

Rain Rain Go Away!!!

What a lovely day we have today! Can you believe New York City got 8 inches of rain yesterday....absolutely insane! How is everyone handling this horrible weather?

Andrea - must be nice to be in sunny California!

Relay for Life too

I guess Andrea beat me too it, but I'm doing Relay for Life too, so if you wanted to send half her way and half my way that would be cool. My website is not all done up yet, but I'm going to work on it. I'll be walking the night of April 20th, so wish me luck (my team is really small so I'll be walking a lot). Thanks in advance, and I'll be emailing a lot of you soon as well because I know not everyone checks this blog.

My website is:
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=206270&supid=119979814

Happy Birthday Tina & Teddy

We hope you both have wonderful birthdays. You should make everyone take you out this weekend for drinks.

Most importantly, have fun!

Relay for Life - Donations Welcome

Hello everyone -

It's that time of year again! I will be walking for a Relay for Life out in California with work and would appreciate any donations big or small. Here is the link to my site....

http://www.acsevents.org/relay/ca/morganhill/andrearobillard

I know I sent it to some peoples e-mails but I lost a lot of peoples so I figured this would be the best way to speard the news. If you do not feel comfortable making a donation online you can print out a donation form and send it in. Also, please check with your company to see if they do matching gifts for donations that you make. It is a great way to double or triple your donation!

Thanks for all of your support! Love and miss you all!

Take a few minutes and watch this it is awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M4_IlbaZ

Happy almost Easter!!!

Pegatures sent us a cute e-mail that I thought I would share to get everyone in the mood for this weekend....And I was tired of looking and not seeing any new posts! Enjoy!!!!!!!!

And want did everyone give up for lent this year?

Free Lunch at Gus & Paul's

So when I was on jury duty I ate at Gus and Paul’s one day and put my business card in the fishbowl to win a free lunch (that is basically all I use my business cards for haha – this is the third thing I’ve won!).  So I guess I blew the surprise with that last sentence, but I won the free lunch for up to 15 people at Gus & Paul’s downtown.  The Ameritrade financial advisor, Tom Zimmer, that provides the lunch and 5 minute talk on what he does is a Cathedral grad one year back from me, which may have influenced my chances of winning (Niiiiiiicce (Borat style)).  I don’t think I will be able to make it back to use the lunch so if anyone wants it let me know.  You could even make it a Robillard blog party lunch (like “block party”).  Hahaha.  OK let me know

 

ROCK ON!!!

 

Paul Bordua

Shawmut Design and Construction

560 Harrison Avenue

Boston, MA 02118

p. 617.622.7444

f.  617.622.8444

c. 617.592.2350

pbordua@shawmut.com

 

Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die. This is so priceless, and so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today. A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and then added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00, now is somewhere around $60.00. A family member placed a call to Citibank:

Family Member:"I am calling to tell you that she died in January."
Bank:"The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply."
Family Member:"Maybe, you should turn it over to collections."
Bank:"Since it is two months past due, it already has been."
Family Member:So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?"
Bank:"Either report her account to the frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!"
Family Member:"Do you think God will be mad at her?"
Bank:"Excuse me?"
Family Member:"Did you just get what I was telling you - the part about her being dead?"
Bank:"Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor."Supervisor gets on the phone:
Family Member:"I'm calling to tell you, she died in January."
Bank:"The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply."
Family Member:"You mean you want to collect from her estate?"
Bank:(Stammer) "Are you her lawyer?"
Family Member:"No, I'm her great nephew." (Lawyer info given)
Bank:"Could you fax us a certificate of death?"
Family Member:"Sure." (fax number is given)After they get the fax:
Bank:"Our system just isn't set-up for death. I don't know what more I can do to help."
Family Member:"Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing her. I don't think she will care."
Bank:"Well, the late fees and charges do still apply."
Family Member:"Would you like her new billing address?"
Bank:"That might help."
Family Member:"Odessa Memorial Cemetery, Highway 129, Plot Number 69."
Bank:"Sir, that's a cemetery!"
Family Member:"What do you do with dead people on your planet?"

 

My life lately

Hey everyone,

I never write on here anymore, so I thought I would let you all know that I'm still alive and well. I just got back from Spring Break playing Ultimate Frisbee in Savannah Georgia. We stayed on Tybee Island outside of Savannah and it was gorgeous and sooo much fun! I'm sad to be back at school, but Spring is finally here, so it'll be ok. Only 6 more weeks until the end of the semester and then I get to go to Vegas for a vacation with my friend's family and then enjoy the summer working (I don't know where yet).

Guess who's coming to speak at my school in May . . . the Dalai Lama! Isn't that crazy? I still don't understand why, but Smith and Hampshire students and faculty are the only people who can go, so I'm going to get to see the Dalai Lama and listen to a speech. I just thought that was cool and thought I would let you all know.

Love you all,
Julie

P.S. I won a free round trip ticket to Boston today, maybe I'll visit Paul soon :)

Congratulations Nicole!

On Sunday, Nicole will be inducted into Psi Chi Honor Society.

Great Job Nicole! We know how hard you are working in school and we are so proud of you!

Congratulations!

Robillards in Guatemala

Kevin and Paul will be traveling to Guatemala for the last two weeks in April.  We are meeting some friends there who operate a non-profit school near Antigua.  We’ll be checking out much of the country, including Tikal, a major Mayan city with a ton of ruins to check out. 

 

Guatemala ended 30 years of civil war in 1996 and has been steadily developing ever since.  This is part of the reason that their school system is not the greatest and why my friends joined Los Patojos – www.lospatojos.org if you want to check them out.

 

I’ll post some more stuff about Guatemala when I get the chance. 

 

PS – this blog is starting to become less frequented with new material.  LETS STEP IT UP ROBILLARDS!!

New e-mail

Just wanted to share my new e-mail address - arobill1@lfsus.jnj.com


Also, who is going to be around next weekend??

another joke form T.E.C.W.A.E.

Flynn staggered home very late after another evening with his drinking buddy, Paddy.   He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife, Mary.
 
 He tiptoed as quietly as he could toward the stairs leading to their upstairs bedroom, but misjudged the bottom step.   As he caught himself by grabbing the banister, his body swung around and he landed heavily on his rump.   A whiskey bottle in each back pocket broke and made the landing especially painful.
 
 Managing not to yell, Flynn sprung up, pulled down his pants, and looked in the hall mirror to see that his butt cheeks were cut and bleeding.   He managed to quietly find a full box of Band-Aids and began putting a Band-Aid as best he could on each place he saw blood.
 
 He then hid the now almost empty Band-Aid box and shuffled and stumbled his way to bed.
 
 In the morning, Flynn woke up with searing pain in both his head and butt and Mary staring at him from across the room.
 
 She said, "You were drunk again last night weren't you?"
 
 Flynn said, "Why you say such a mean thing?"
 
 "Well," Mary said, "it could be the open front door, it could be the broken glass at the bottom of the stairs, it could be the drops of blood trailing through the house, it could be your bloodshot eyes, but mostly.....it's all those Band-Aids stuck on the hall mirror.

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Attn: Wet Dog or Cat Food Eaters

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/17/petfood.recall.ap/index.html

 

Worst Travel Luck EVER!!!

So it is official...I think I have the worst travel luck ever!

Last time I tried to come home from California was around Valentines Day. Dad and I almost got stuck in Charlotte and when I flew out the next day the airline "lost" my bag for 3 days, just to find out that it was at the Atlanta airport the entire time!!!!!

This time I am flying back for 2 weeks for training for my job. My class (about 50 people, including Internationals) have had plans to go out in NYC for Saint Patrick's day since July!!! Everyone has been really excited all week. This morning I checked my flights several times and everything seemed good to go so my car picked me up and away to the airport we went. In the 30 minutes that it took us to get to the airport my flight got cancelled. I was a little disappointed but figured I could get out tomorrow and still make SOME of the party but unfortnuately I was wrong again!!! I offered to fly out of 3 different airport, into 5 different airports, and this gets me in on Monday night.

To save some money I decided to take a shuttle back to my apartment from the airport instead of the car service. I made friends with my 7 van mates, heard about how one woman teaches english as a second language and used to live in a wigwam, and got a 2.5 hour tour of the Silicon Valley before I got back to my apartment. Needless to say I won't be doing that again any time soon!

So I think that this makes it official...WORST TRAVEL LUCK EVER!!!!

Dan Snider is Challenging You to Men's Tournament Challenge on ESPN.com

This message is from Dan Snider who is challenging you to play Men's Tournament Challenge on ESPN.com.
Game Description
Get in the action now:
http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/group?groupID=84211&password=pinehurst
Game Front: http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/frontpage

Group: Robillards
Password: pinehurst

Good Luck everyone!!!