Published On: 12-31-2006 11:20 PM
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For staters: Happy New Year to All Who Read My Blog!
What can I say, this past year has been a real rollercoaster for me. I have been through a few bumps, received some bruises and had some great times, had new experiences and met some new people as well. Not all have been pleasant, some have been scary and others amazing experiences that I will never ever forget. I can't get into details, sorry but if you are a close friend of mine, you'll know what I'm talking about

I look forward to 2007, can't wait to see what it'll bring but the end of 2006 has been pretty good to me. See you all next year, stay safe and have a happy one!

Published On: 12-21-2006 01:48 AM
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Well for those of you who know me, know that I work in a women's clothing store at the mall. I decided to go back into the world of retail this year after a 5 year hiatus and have enjoyed it quite a bit. This is my favorite time of year though, especially these last few days before Christmas. The majority of our customers are male buying gifts for their wife, girlfriend, sister, mother, whoever. Some are pretty well prepared and come in with a newspaper circular or magazine picture with an item picked out saying "I want something like this! " Other's haven't a clue and it can be quite amusing. The best is though the majority have no clue as to what size they need something in and they're pretty determined to buy an actual item vs a gift card. I personally love gift cards but they seem to all say, "no, I can't give her that, she'd kill me!" I have no clue why. I always try suggesting adding a piece of jewlery with it, you should be safe but most won't go for it. I have several who say "You pick it out for me as she doesn't like anything I pick out" those are the hardest! I picture all these women coming back to see who it was that picked it out, lol .
Then we get to the best part, "what size do you need?" roflmao. I have decided the easiest thing was to say " Is she my size, bigger, smaller?" I have never had so many men looking at me before and I'm still embarrassed but, hey, what else can I do! I also try to convince them that if they're deciding between 2 sizes, go with the smaller, it'll cost them a whole lot less in the long run, lol. By the time Saturday and Sunday come, I'd say 80% of our customers will be men! Gotta love retail!

Published On: 11-07-2006 03:01 PM
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Well I finally did it, pulled off the breakfast fundraiser for the volunteer ambulance. We had a great turnout from both our club and the ambulance volunteers although we were a little light on the amount of patrons. We still made money and had a very good time. They really enjoyed this event and had decided that if I agreed to lead this event again next year, they would provide me a co-chair from their organization to share the work load and equally divide the responsibilities. :aktion033: I'd love to do it again under those circumstances.

My youth group came in shifts and provided face painting/temp tattoos for the kids, both young and young at heart as well. Two of the ambulance members made these jumbo, huge massive pancakes and decided to have a eat off contest between them, omg, I was just thankful the EMT people were there as I thought for sure someone was going to choke or get sick :P

I am so happy this turned out so well as I had only 6 weeks to get everything planned out from start to finish. Next year I'll have more time to plan it better as this was only a thought to do in early Sept. Only down thing was I have an awful head cold, made sure I stood away from the food :P , no kitchen duty for me today, hehehe.

Published On: 11-06-2006 01:38 AM
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Started to play around but feeling quite under the weather and exhausted, will have to play more when I have time. In the meanwhile I do have a semi-current blog at my own site: http://shihtzuchattertwo.sunlitesplace.com/forums/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=1&
Will help put you to sleep if you need help !