An introduction

     "Start a blog about Plum Island," they said, they being David, Dan and my wife, Day. So, here it goes, a blog about a concrete company, a foreman and his crew pouring concrete, which is difficult in and of itself, doing it in the winter, and doing it on an island.

     I tease my wife often about not getting to the point sooner, well my attention span is short, but she tells a good story. Maybe that same approach makes for a good blog. With that being said, I should say, when my wife and I built our home and her new kitchen, she was insistent on having a TV in her new kitchen. "I want to watch cooking shows, while cooking in my new kitchen." Me wanting to be the good husband, Day got her TV, and she watched cooking shows, I watched cooking shows. Rachel Ray became one of my favorites, but, she constantly would use the acronym EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) and then say, "extra virgin olive oil." There is no point in using an acronym if you then explain the acronym every time. Why am I telling you this, because from here forward I will refer to Pioneer Valley Concrete as, PVC, and not explain it every time.

     PVC is a medium size concrete company, specializing in commercial and industrial foundations and floors. They have been in business for 40 years or so, and I have been with them for 25 years, fifteen of which, I have been a foreman.  A foreman gets a set of drawings, a crew of men and a handful of tools and is expected to build a job correctly and make PVC money. In return, I get a paycheck and hopefully when the job is over, a new set of drawings for my next job.

     Well my next job, is Plum Island and should be interesting enough, to amuse at least, David, Dan and my wife Day, maybe a few employees of PVC.