“New Year’s Resolution” – 01/20/2010

Corky stepped up to lead us in a New Year’s resolution meeting consistent with his strong belief in setting goals and writing a specific plan to achieve those goals. He even shared some colorful ones that various role players and speakers have made for 2010.

Our Rey of Sunshine was Table Topics Master pitching questions to Taline, Carol and Leif. Taline told us about her top two New Year’s resolutions. Now we know by the end of 2010, Taline will be back to tip top triathlon shape and rich in spiritual clarity after reading the Bible from cover to cover. We learned Carol once had a crazy New Year’s Eve dancing into the New Year with some friends until one was hit smack dab in the middle of the forehead with a champagne bottle cork. Turns out that New Year started in the emergency room. Leif then enlightened us with an analogy relating new fatherhood responsibilities to the drug trade – we all seemed to learn a little something in those 2 minutes.

Today’s speakers were Erin, Brenda, and Stuart.

Erin delivered her sixth speech focused on practicing vocal variety. Her speech was titled “Out of Tune” and was she ever! Through demonstrations and lively stories we learned and experienced Erin’s tone deafness, but unwavering enthusiasm and love for music. Her performance even inspired Albert to display his musical skills by serenading Brenda when he was evaluating her speech.

Brenda entertained us with her speech titled “Life”. She brought us through her experiences in finding her prince charming (our Toastmaster of the day, Corky) and the family she had dreamed of having as a child. Although the road she took to get to where she is now was not the road she envisioned, she has arrived and is blessed to be living her dream. It was a story to which so many of us can relate to in some way – you just can’t be quite sure how life will unfold, but with perseverance you can find your way.

Stuart got us all fired up about going on a Jamaican cruise with his fact-finding report, “Report on the Best Shore Excursions at Montego Bay, Jamaica”. Of little surprise, it seems many of our crew will be spending the majority of our time on the Appleton Estate Rum Tour before making our way to Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville. There are of course many many more options such as Dolphin Encounters, Dunn’s River Falls, and Chukka Canopy Experience. Overall, it was a thorough and informative report by Stuart.

Ribbon Winners:

Best Table Topic – Leif

Best Speaker – Erin

Most Enthusiastic – Erin

Best Evaluator – Amy

Best Humor – Erin