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Don’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover

Donna — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:06:16 +0000

I am reading a book by Sybil Leek, “Diary of a Witch” The private life of one of the world’s most famous and colorful psychics. It isn’t the type of book that I would normally read, but I needed a book to stick in my purse the other week and just grabbed one off of the book shelve as I was running out the door. But I’m glad that I picked this book because it has turned out to be a pretty interesting read that I have learned a lot from it as well. When I read this part about Ben Franklin I knew that I had

The great American statesman, scientist, inventor and philosopher, Benijamin Frankin, wrote his own epitaph at the age of twenty-two. Carl Van Doren called “the most famous of American epitaphs.” Unfortunately, it was never used on Ben Franklin’s tombstone.

THE BODY OF B. FRANKLIN,

PRINTER,

LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK,

ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT

AND

STRIPPED OF ITS LETTERING & GILDING,

LIES HERE

FOOD FOR WORMS.

BUT THE BOOK SHALL NOT BE LOST,

FOR IT WILL AS HE BELIEVED

APPEAR ONCE MORE

IN A NEW AND MORE ELEGANT EDITION

REVISED AND CORRECTED

BY THE AUTHOR.

Around Here

Donna — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:01:33 +0000

I really like the new led lights that my son put on his dad’s truck for him today. I’m so glad that he his finally starting to show some interest in spending more time around here with his dad rather than running around town with his friends. The weather has been delightful and they have been getting a good amount of things taken care of around here this past week. Now if only I could get them to till the garden so I could get it planted. I really want it done by the end of April.

WHINEY DOG

Donna — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:02:17 +0000

Thanks for the post, Arthur Lawrence

I was on-line today using my clearwirewimax4g connection to do some research from home on a project that I am working on for work. When we don’t have clients scheduled or specific meeting that he have to be at, if we can do our work from home, our boss allows it. The only rule is that we have to always be available by phone and check our e-mail hourly. It is a pretty good deal to be able to stay home and do research for your job from the comfort of your couch and laptop. Today though, I was totally distracted. I usually take my dog for a walk in the mornings before I go to work and before I get in the shower. Today, I had so much work to do though, I decided that I would walk him later in the afternoon—big mistake! It was like he knew that we didn’t go on a walk when we usually do and he was getting fussy. By getting fussy he was whining, barking at me, and sitting looking out the window whining. It was so annoying I couldn’t focus on work. Finally, I had to break down and walk him for thirty minutes! I will not be doing that again. If I am staying home working, he is getting walked in the morning!

Maintenance Crew Trying To Maintain

Donna — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:02:47 +0000

This afternoon was kinda crazy due to the hydraulic hose busting on the street maintenance crew that has been working right across the street since the early morning hours this morning. There was twice as many vehicles out there that arrived to help with the mess and with the attempts to fix the damaged hydraulic hose that were depending on to complete their task at hand before up and moving on to another neighborhood that requires their expertise and time.

Video Teleconferencing

Donna — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:26:20 +0000

We got good news today at work, they are finally going to start offering video teleconferencing to several employees. No one is really sure who those employees are going to be as of yet. I really hope that I will be one of the “chosen ones” as does everyone. Video teleconferencing really is the wave of the future, it saves time and money for everyone all across the board. Just the thought of not having to deal with the daily commute, traffic and parking gets me excited.

We have been promised some more definite information come next week. Keep your fingers crossed for me out there.

Argan Conditioner and Argan Shampoo

Donna — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:36:10 +0000

Last night I finally tried the Argan Shampoo and Argan Conditioner that I received as a gift for Christmas through our Secret Santa party at work and I have to tell you that I am really impressed with the way this stuff makes my hair feel and look. They combine seaweed extract with Argan oil and Vitamin E so that it gently cleans and moisturizes the scalp and the hair and by golly it really works wonders. I’ll have to make sure and thank the co worker that drew my name, it is suppossed to be a secret but secrets are impossible to keep around that place!

Scrubs for Today’s Medical Professionals

Donna — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:14:10 +0000

It is good to see that the powers above for today’s medical professions have decided to allow their personnel to wear decorative scrub medical uniforms instead of those plain white uniforms of the past. I remember as kid spending some time in the hospital, man it was so cold and sterile like, it would have been nicer if the nurses had on some of kiddie scrub sets that you see so much of with the good folks that work in pediatrics. Would have brought a tad bit of warmth to the whole ordeal.

The main thing I remember about the stay, other than the crappy food that they tried to make me eat, is my doctor had a fake lizard on his stethoscope that used to help distract his patients with while he tried to examine them. Some thing as simple as that can make a big difference to a scared, sick kid. So seeing a nurse wearing Winnie The Pooh or Mickey Mouse scrubs can certainly make a kid feel a bit less freaked out with everything going on with them and around them. They have some good affordable quality medical uniforms at http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/Original-Scrubs/.

New Business Phone Systems

Donna — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:39:12 +0000

I got word today that I have been place in charge of finding the right business phone systems at the office, come the New Year. That is when a lot of changes will be happening around there. This is really good new all the way around, we will be getting a much needed business phone system and I’ll have the opportunity to learn a lot about what is out there these days for business phone systems and when I get us hooked up with a new one I’ll know everything that one would need to know to operate it. I’ll look like the hero in the office! LOL

Enclosed Bulletin Boards

Donna — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:46:54 +0000

It seems that the current enclosed bulletin boards are falling apart, so I have been asked to take charge of the situation and find replacement ones for them as well as keeping them maintained and filled with current events and information. Like I don’t all ready have enough to do all ready and now I’ve been given another responsibility to take on.

I spent most of the morning looking online at various enclosed cork bulletin boards and enclosed fabric bulletin boards. Man I had no idea that there would be so many variations on the good old bulletin boards that have been around for so long, But I think I have found a couple that my boss will like the look of as well as the prices that go along with them. I’ll know more by tomorrow or whenever he gets around to finding my paperwork in his all ready overflowing Inbox. Just hoping he likes what he sees and that we can get on with it.

The Fast Forward Academy

Donna — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:00:45 +0000

I have been contemplating taking a tax class and then take the much talked about tax preparer exam and then during tax season I could get one of those tax preparer jobs that so many people have turned to in order to generate some income into the household. With the economy showing no sign of letting up any time soon, actually it is looking like it just might get worse instead of better. The evening news is full of stories of all of the demonstrating taking place in New York City for the past couple of weeks and it now looks like those protesters are spreading and branching out to other major cities all across the country.

I like the fact that a tax preparer only has to work part of the year, so that leaves a lot of time left in order to do the things that so many working mothers need to take care of these days. I would love to be able to help friends and family with their tax questions and their tax forms at no charge, as well as learning a whole lot in order to get my taxes done with the best return possible. That would just be so worth it and so cool. I am going to start looking into this real soon.