I'd Wear This

Way To Go, Me

Yesterday at our company-wide Christmas party, I received my pin and certificate for 25 years of service to the company.  Yep, I've been at Zoeller for 25 years.  25 long years.  My actual anniversary is on the 18th, but they gave me my service award a week early.  

I'm not meaning to brag, but in this day and age when people job hop so much, it's very rare to find someone that's worked at one company this long.    At times it feels like 125 years, and at other times it feels like it was just a few years ago.  

I'm just thankful that I have an awesome bunch of coworkers who are great and loyal friends.  It makes the days bearable.  

Way To Go, Presentation Academy

Last night, I had the pleasure of attending Presentation Academy's annual Christmas Program.  At the start of the show, the principal said a few words, and said that 98% of the school's students were singing in the program tonight.  That statistic blew me away.  That meant that 2% of the students didn't want to sing in any of the choirs.  

I didn't know what to expect, with this being my first time seeing Presentation's Christmas program, but it was great.  One of the first songs they sang was one of my all time favorite Christmas songs, "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming."  I could have left after that song and been totally content.  

Thanks to the choir director and the many others that helped make this program an awesome success.  And many thanks to all of the girls that want to sing.  You rock.  

Count This

We're deep in the midst of year-end inventory at work right now.  The past three weeks have been a blur.  We'll be working a full day on Saturday to count and make adjustments, and then Monday afternoon the auditors will be in for the Big Count.   As Prissy sang in "Gone With The Wind", "A few more days to tote the weary load."  I guess I should change that to "count the weary load."  

Back To Normal?

Things are back to quasi-normal this evening at The Compound.  This morning, our couch and two recliners were delivered.  Today's delivery completes the Family Room Renovation Project At The Compound.  

For the past month, we've been cleaning, painting, and re-doing the family room there at The Compound.  And for the past month, we've been without a couch and recliners, as we got rid of the old ones to prepare for the new.  It's been slightly uncomfortable, especially for Dad, but Mom and I have adapted pretty well.  But tonight, the 'Rents will be sitting in the utmost comfort in their new recliners, and I will be lounging like Cleopatra all sprawled out on the new couch.

It's dark now and the lighting would be terrible, so I will wait till tomorrow afternoon when I get home from work to take pics of the new furniture to show you.

Thanks to Winner Furniture for having such an awesome couch and recliners, and thanks to your delivery guys that brought them to us today.  They were awesome.  

Way To Go, Aaron Rodgers

TWIT would like to congratulate Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on his 100th start in last night's game.  He had 293 yards passing in the game against Atlanta, which means he has more passing yards than any player in NFL history over his first 100 starts.

While he's not my favorite NFL quarterback, he gets my vote as one of the most handsome quarterbacks.  

Keep up the good work, Aaron.  And please don't get into trouble with the law like so many of the NFLers that you play against.  

Thank You, Target

Thank you my local Target store for having such awesome popcorn in your concession stand/snack bar.  No trip to Target is complete without getting at least one bag of their awesome, freshly popped pop corn to take home.  We enjoyed our bag tonight while watching Monday Night Football.  Keep on popping, Target.