Our sales reps sure must have long commutes!
A customer called looking for our Georgia rep, thinking he would be in the office today.
(pause)
The office is in Minnesota. He is in Georgia.
Oi.
September 28, 2007
Commuting
September 26, 2007
Garage Sale!
9:00am to 5:30pm
Everything is priced to sell.
Come and take a look you never know what you'll find!
Precious Moments
Electronics
Furniture
Housewares
Clothes
Books
DVDs
Videos
CD
+ more
Location: 2306 Eastman Drive, New Brighton MN
Everything is priced to sell.
Come and take a look you never know what you'll find!
Precious Moments
Electronics
Furniture
Housewares
Clothes
Books
DVDs
Videos
CD
+ more
Location: 2306 Eastman Drive, New Brighton MN
September 25, 2007
About Dealing with Anger
Sometimes when you are angry with someone,
it helps to sit down and think about the problem.
...the pup definitely has the right idea...
it helps to sit down and think about the problem.
...the pup definitely has the right idea...September 24, 2007
September 23, 2007
A Funny Christmas Gift
So, I know someone who is actually getting this t-shirt for Christmas!!!!!
(but not from me!)
(but not from me!)
September 21, 2007
September 18, 2007
Talk Like A Pirate Day
LONDON (Reuters)
Put a parrot on your shoulder, strap on a peg leg, hit the rum and start bellowing "Shiver me Timbers" -- Wednesday is International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp is not the only over-the-top buccaneer allowed to have fun. September 19 is your once-a-year chance to don an eye patch, sport a ridiculously large hat and keep on saying "Arrrrr.
It all started back in the 1990s as a cult joke between two American friends -- John "Ol Chumbucket" Baur and Mark "Capn Slappy" Summers -- but really took off when syndicated columnist Dave Barry got to hear about their surreal festival.
"We tap into that need for whimsy in people's lives," Summers says of the 24-hour celebration of quirkiness when they urge all self-respecting swashbucklers to show "pirattitude."
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (TLAPD), which adopted Treasure Island star Robert Newton as its patron saint, now attracts fans from as far afield as Britain and Australia and even boasts a special Wikipedia site on the Internet.
The day even has its own unofficial anthem -- American Tom Smith has written and recorded "Talk Like a Pirate Day" -- and Canadian sketch comedy troupe Loading Ready Run produced an educational video on how to swashbuckle with the best of them.
Ol Chumbucket and Capn Slappy are bombarded with requests for TLAPD interviews and proudly boast on their own website that they are even now being immortalized in computer games.
"That's fairly cool and geeky," Ol Chumbucket decided.
Pirate fans around the world have rallied round, showing that surreal silliness is alive and well.
An American soldier stationed in Iraq promised that "to celebrate, myself and others will wear an eye patch all day." Sydney, Australia is staging a harbor cruise with "flagons of grog at pub prices and prizes to treasure for the dandiest of outfits." A bar in Venice, Italy is holding an olive stone-spitting contest for would-be buccaneers. A Brazilian fan even sent a letter of support in a bottle while one overjoyed Argentinian whose birthday falls on the same day said "It will be difficult to talk in Spanish like pirates but we will try."
Put a parrot on your shoulder, strap on a peg leg, hit the rum and start bellowing "Shiver me Timbers" -- Wednesday is International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp is not the only over-the-top buccaneer allowed to have fun. September 19 is your once-a-year chance to don an eye patch, sport a ridiculously large hat and keep on saying "Arrrrr.
It all started back in the 1990s as a cult joke between two American friends -- John "Ol Chumbucket" Baur and Mark "Capn Slappy" Summers -- but really took off when syndicated columnist Dave Barry got to hear about their surreal festival.
"We tap into that need for whimsy in people's lives," Summers says of the 24-hour celebration of quirkiness when they urge all self-respecting swashbucklers to show "pirattitude."
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (TLAPD), which adopted Treasure Island star Robert Newton as its patron saint, now attracts fans from as far afield as Britain and Australia and even boasts a special Wikipedia site on the Internet.
The day even has its own unofficial anthem -- American Tom Smith has written and recorded "Talk Like a Pirate Day" -- and Canadian sketch comedy troupe Loading Ready Run produced an educational video on how to swashbuckle with the best of them.
Ol Chumbucket and Capn Slappy are bombarded with requests for TLAPD interviews and proudly boast on their own website that they are even now being immortalized in computer games.
"That's fairly cool and geeky," Ol Chumbucket decided.
Pirate fans around the world have rallied round, showing that surreal silliness is alive and well.
An American soldier stationed in Iraq promised that "to celebrate, myself and others will wear an eye patch all day." Sydney, Australia is staging a harbor cruise with "flagons of grog at pub prices and prizes to treasure for the dandiest of outfits." A bar in Venice, Italy is holding an olive stone-spitting contest for would-be buccaneers. A Brazilian fan even sent a letter of support in a bottle while one overjoyed Argentinian whose birthday falls on the same day said "It will be difficult to talk in Spanish like pirates but we will try."
September 17, 2007
Life is Good
You have no idea how happy I am right now!! I have been trying to pay off all my bills and become debt free by the end of the year, but things have kept happening...
I have found that if I don’t keep strict records of my spending, I end up in the hole. Every week.
So, I’ve came up with a budget for myself that has helped immensely, but....October is coming! The month when I owe money for my Compassion International child again, have car insurance to pay, was needing to buy a new car (long story short: Oma was gonna buy mine so she’d have one in Texas).
In the past month I’ve been wondering how I’d make all this work, in addition to taking some mini-trips (MI to see Kristina, back to SD, Nashville, possibly NYC, TX to visit Opa & Oma), but after talking with my cousin and then Oma, I am greatly relieved to have the thoughts of having car payments again erased from my mind!
Maybe I will start a savings account...
Life is good!
I have found that if I don’t keep strict records of my spending, I end up in the hole. Every week.
So, I’ve came up with a budget for myself that has helped immensely, but....October is coming! The month when I owe money for my Compassion International child again, have car insurance to pay, was needing to buy a new car (long story short: Oma was gonna buy mine so she’d have one in Texas).
In the past month I’ve been wondering how I’d make all this work, in addition to taking some mini-trips (MI to see Kristina, back to SD, Nashville, possibly NYC, TX to visit Opa & Oma), but after talking with my cousin and then Oma, I am greatly relieved to have the thoughts of having car payments again erased from my mind!
Maybe I will start a savings account...
Life is good!
September 13, 2007
YOUR AGE BY EATING OUT
Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-but your waiter may know!
DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read ...
Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to go out to eat. (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1757...If you haven't, add 1756.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.
You should have a three digit number.
The first digit of this was your original number. (I.e., How many times you want to go out to restaurants in a week.)
The next two numbers are YOUR AGE! ------ (Oh YES, it is!!!)
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2007) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS
September 12, 2007
Keep Practicing
If you need me today, I'm afraid I will be unavailable.
I am going to be standing in front of a mirror practicing this look.
And once I have it mastered...
I should be able to get away with
I am going to be standing in front of a mirror practicing this look.
And once I have it mastered...
I should be able to get away with
ANYTHING!
September 11, 2007
LOL
A Somali arrives in
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says, "Thank you Mr. American for letting me in this country, giving me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks further, and the next person he sees he stops, shakes his hand and says, "Thank you for the wonderful America!"
That person puts up his hand and says, "I am from
He finally sees a nice lady and asks, "Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from
Puzzled, he asks her, "Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says..."Probably at work."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A married couple was in a terrible accident where the man's face was severely burned. The doctor told the husband that they couldn't graft any skin from his body because he was too skinny.
So the wife offered to donate some of her own skin. However, the only skin on her body that the doctor felt was suitable would have to come from her buttocks.
The husband and wife agreed that they would tell no one about where the skin came from, and they requested that the doctor also honor their secret. After all, this was a very delicate matter.
After the surgery was completed, everyone was astounded at the man's new face. He looked more handsome than he ever had before! All his friends and relatives just went on and on about his youthful beauty!
One day, he was alone with his wife, and he was overcome with emotion at her sacrifice. He said, "Dear, I just want to thank you for everything you did for me. How can I possibly repay you?"
"My darling," she replied, "I get all the thanks I need every time I see your mother kiss you on the cheek."
September 03, 2007
Retreat Photos
The lowdown on the retreat...in no particular order!
Frozen Go-Gurt was a success! We will have them next year.
They were powerful enough to make anyone who had one...happy.
Lots of people were happy.
of course, there were times when people were unhappy...
or just acted that way.
There were tons of bees. Especially around about the lemonade coolers!
Kristina kept showing up, although she was in Michigan.
Eric did not show up.
Cool Stuff
The boys had fun with, and fought over, the Cap't Jack stuff.
(funny...I believe all the gear is Caleb's, tho I didn't see him
wearing it all weekend! He is a good sharer!)
Many people tried to hide from the cameras.
(I was not the only one running around with one!)
(the gummy worms "go squish")
Sunday around lunch time, there was a water balloon fight,
which was organized the night before by three silly people.
(me being one of them, Janet being another, but it was Jeff's idea!)
...and there was tether ball
...and frisbee!
...and fire for Smores!!
There was the cutest puppy running around the camp on Sunday.
cute little kids who liked to pose abounded.
We made supper fun!
And that is the end...for now! I need breakfast!
Frozen Go-Gurt was a success! We will have them next year.
They were powerful enough to make anyone who had one...happy.
Lots of people were happy.
of course, there were times when people were unhappy...
or just acted that way.
There were tons of bees. Especially around about the lemonade coolers!
Kristina kept showing up, although she was in Michigan.
Eric did not show up.
Cool Stuff
The boys had fun with, and fought over, the Cap't Jack stuff.
(funny...I believe all the gear is Caleb's, tho I didn't see him
wearing it all weekend! He is a good sharer!)
Many people tried to hide from the cameras.
(I was not the only one running around with one!)
(the gummy worms "go squish")
Sunday around lunch time, there was a water balloon fight,
which was organized the night before by three silly people.
(me being one of them, Janet being another, but it was Jeff's idea!)
...and there was tether ball
...and frisbee!
...and fire for Smores!!
There was the cutest puppy running around the camp on Sunday.
cute little kids who liked to pose abounded.
We made supper fun!
And that is the end...for now! I need breakfast!
September 02, 2007
We're Back!
Made it back safely form the retreat - without killing anyone!!!
There were a ton of frustrations, but everything works out, and we are now planning for next year, to make everything go smoother! (If anyone wants to lend any tips, that would be awesome!) We did have an over abundance of most food, but for the 10 loaves of bread that were finished in 2 meals and the 2 dz that were pretty much finished the first morning!
I am now the proud owner of a passport! World, watch out! When I become independently wealthy (like Kristina) I will be there!! (LOL!!!)
Next time you see Zoe, ask her about Rice Krispies and wood. ;-) I will tell that story later, along with the water balloons and smooshing in a truck for a road trip with a crazy person (who we all know and love!) and some other stories. But for now i feel (much better after finally getting clean!) like going to bed or watching a movie, maybe going thru the 550 pictures I took this weekend and get them ready for Flickr...
There were a ton of frustrations, but everything works out, and we are now planning for next year, to make everything go smoother! (If anyone wants to lend any tips, that would be awesome!) We did have an over abundance of most food, but for the 10 loaves of bread that were finished in 2 meals and the 2 dz that were pretty much finished the first morning!
I am now the proud owner of a passport! World, watch out! When I become independently wealthy (like Kristina) I will be there!! (LOL!!!)
Next time you see Zoe, ask her about Rice Krispies and wood. ;-) I will tell that story later, along with the water balloons and smooshing in a truck for a road trip with a crazy person (who we all know and love!) and some other stories. But for now i feel (much better after finally getting clean!) like going to bed or watching a movie, maybe going thru the 550 pictures I took this weekend and get them ready for Flickr...
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