Where is Alex?

Well another week is upon us and I figured that I would let you know where I am this week. I assume you care since you are reading this to begin with.

On Tuesday I flew to Orange County, CA to meet with a customer and am currently in Scottsdale, AZ. While California is nice, I have to say that Scottsdale, at least where I am fortunate enough to stay is very nice.

While I am not able to use the services that the Westin provides on this trip, I have been fortunate enough to use them in the past and must say that they are quite nice.

Luckily I will be flying home Thursday afternoon and can't wait to see Alayne and Tia...

Until next time...

GE Crotonville, NY

So as many of you know my job has me traveling a fair amount. Well this week I am in Ossining, NY at the world renowned GE Crotonville. I am attending a CFO Day being sponsored by GE. There are approximately 40 customers and their GE reps attending this day. I am here witha customer of mine who is the CFO of Arby's and another CFO that is here with the Franchise Finance group is the CFO of Big o Tires. It started Wednesday evening and will conclude Thursday evening.

Here is a brief description about Crotonville:

GE Crotonville

Today, the focal point of GE's global education program is the 52-acre Crotonville campus nestled in the Hudson Valley of New York. It is here, in classrooms such as the main auditorium called The Pit, that everyone from recently hired college graduates to the Chairman (thousands of people each year) come together to identify opportunities and debate the issues facing GE around the world. They have a handful of classes that can take up to 2-3 weeks so the accommodations they have here are very nice. Everything is "taken care of", including food and beverage, along with a gym, mountain bikes, telephone/long distance and this is for everyone attending, customers and GE employees.




Due to the time it takes to travel here to Ossining, NY I had to get here a day early. That left me with some extra time this afternoon. We decided to go get lunch and explore the area a little. So for lunch we ended up in a town called West Point, and had lunch at a local pub. We then continued on to a town called Montgomery, NY and went by their showroom and took a look at a few of their bikes. There were actually a handful of tourist in taking pictures and signing guest books. We didn't do either, but did have a great afternoon. It is beautiful country especially this time of year.

So this weekend I am going to stay here in NY and spend some time with my brother Peter and visit the town of Saratoga Springs, NY, where his friends Jasper and Beth own a local restaurant. Unfortunately I won't have Alayne and Tia with me, but please now how much I miss you both.

Until next time....

Our first posting

Many of you may be wondering what has happened to aajohnson.com ; it used to be such a easy place to come and see pictures of Tia (when we got around to updating the pictures). Well, we are hoping that this blog makes it easier for us to post new pictures of Tia and easier for you to see Tia and keep up with what the Johnson's are doing. If you are new to blogging you are not alone. I have a close friend who is now a master blogger and my personal IT Support, and he is how I got the idea to start a blog.

So here is how it works. You come to aajohnson.com just like you always have and now there will be little tid bits of info/updates and pictures for you to see. Nothing new so far, right? but with the "BLOG" you get to add comments.

This is the beauty of a BLOG, you scroll down to the bottom, click on comments and WA-LA your comment is there for all to see. INCLUDING US. That way we know who has been visiting us and who hasn't. But please do add comments that is what makes it fun!!!

Here is the other part that will hopefully work. I am going to teach Alayne how to post new blogs and new pictures of Tia. This way we should get updates on a more frequent basis.

So Grandma and Grandpa Richert and Momo and Papa hopefully this site will help you guys see Tia a little more often and also give you a chance to say hi to us via the web.