US Postal Story

Too cute not to share.
~Jenn

>THIS IS A U.S. POSTAL SERVICE STORY>> Our dog, Abbey, died August 23, and the day after Abbey died, my> 4 year old, Meredith, was SO upset. She wanted to write a letter to> God so that He would recognize Abbey in heaven. She told me what to> write, and I did.>> Then she put 2 pictures of Abbey in the envelope. We addressed> it to God in Heaven, put two stamps on it because, as she said, it> could be a long way to heaven. We put our return address on it, and> I let her put it in the drop box at the post office that afternoon.>> She was absolutely sure that letter would get to heaven, and I> wasn't about to disillusion her.>> So today is Labor Day. We took the kids to the museum in> Austin, and when we came home, there was a package wrapped in gold on> our front porch. It was addressed to Meredith. So... she took it> inside and opened it. Inside was a book, When Your Pet Dies by Mr.>Rogers (Fred Rogers).> Inside the front cover was the letter we had written to God, in its> opened envelope. On the opposite page was one of the pictures of> Abbey taped on the page. On the back page was the other picture of> Abbey, and this handwritten note on pink paper:>> "Dear Meredith, I know that you will be happy to find out that> Abbey arrived safely and soundly in heaven. Having the pictures you> sent to me was a big help! I recognized Abbey right away! You know,> Meredith, she isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me, just> like it stays in your heart... young and running and playing. Abbey> loved being your dog, you know.>> Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any> pockets to keep things in. So... I am sending you your beautiful> letter back with the pictures so that you wi ll have this little> memory book to keep. One of my angels is taking care of this for me.>> I hope this little book will help.> !> Thank you for your beautiful letter. Thank your mother for> sending it. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially>for you.>> Signed,> God>>> This is a true story, I love that we have angels among us, some of>them even work at the Post Office!

Leeeaaving Onnnn A Jet Plannneeee....

Got word this morning that my friend Iggy flew out of Iraq today and will be home Sunday! I'm so excited to see him!!

Roll up the road..

I passed my roadtest today!!! I'm officially a licensed driver according to the state of New York. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cody

My friend Laura had her son Cody & then moved to Kansa a few days later and I haven't seen her in person since. This past Wednesday she stopped over while in town visiting her parents. This isn't the greatest picture but he's such a cutie. Here he is gnawing on the phone.

40 & Fab Club

Mom & her friends from work get together and call themselves the 40 & Fab Club, a few members are over 40 but who's counting?

Family Reunion

Mom & dad took Donald & Kari to the family reunion. This year was a celebration of Aunt Jimmy's 90th birtday. Not bad for an old lady! :)

Here's a picture of her and my grandfather.

Internal Campaign

Every year we run our internal campaign before running our big one in the community. This year we had a coin box decorating contest. Here's the winning box. That's my friend Caron in the background (tall blonde) and my assistant Katie off to the side.

For the secretary with a vision problem...

may I present the large print keyboard now available on QVC! I was shopping for a ring to celebrate paying off HIG today.... YEAH!!!!! This is too much fun. Jump on iqvc.com if you get a chance. It's only like $40.

Veet update

3 weeks hair free & smooth???? Hardly. It's been less than a week and I've already got stubble. So much for that. It should get me through my 5 day trip to Austin but anything longer than that and I'd have to seriously think of getting waxed before hand.

When does a 3-point turn become a 5-point turn?

..... easy, when I'm driving! My brother needed to go to the store on Friday and since I need to get time in before my roadtest I drove. Well, we met my parents at Old Man Rivers for dinner but on the way I pulled off to practice my 3-point turn. Well, 3 became 5-point and I almost took out a mailbox. After that, since we'd gotten to OMR before my parents, I was going to try parallel parking. "Not with a BMW behind you!" said my brother. Picky Picky! LOL

Yelp.com

Hey guys, I was reading one of my articles on CNN.com like always and saw one about a site called Yelp.com . It was started by a couple of college buddies and the best thing is, if you're looking for anything you can not only find it but leave reviews to! Check it out!!

April's Accident

Last night my best friend April called me and said she was in an accident and wouldn't be at work today. I was more worried about her than work at that point. A guy hit her on the drivers side door making an illegal turn and has totaled her car. Here's the scary part. I've always considered Jeeps to be a safe & great car. One of my dream cars really. As it turns our her airbags didn't deploy when she got hit, nor did they deploy when she'd been flung across the street and hit a pole. The worst part was that her seat belt failed and came unhooked. She ended up in her husbands lap and he was in the passenger seat. So far everyone seems fine, the car's totaled and she's waiting for the guy who hit her to file an accident report so that she can get a rental car. The ironic part? She was trading it in a few weeks from now to get a new one. Hmm... maybe Jeep should look into these cars a bit more.

Lighten Up UWBEC

Over the last few months I've been working really hard to bring the Lighten Up America program to my office. It's an online program that is Honor System based. You are teams of 2-10 people and can enter a Minutes of Activity division, a Pounds Lost division or for the ambitious, both. By running this 8 week pilot program here at work we're the first in NYS to do this particular program which I'm really proud to be a part of both aspects I won't ramble on too much but instead will direct you to the best source of information... their website! Check it out: www.lightenupamerica.org and see what you think. Just remember you saw it here first!

Waldfest 2007

As you know by now, my friend Chris always finds these great, fun things to do. I'm all about the beer and am even German but until recently, I'd never heard of Waldfest. A festival in the summer devoted to celebrating German heritage and the best part of being German, drinking beer. Not just any beer but GREAT beer. You of course can't live on beer alone - though many of us would like to - so here's a snapshot of Chris with a small beer and a bratwurst. Yum!! Pile on the saurkraut!!

Veet is Sweet

Lately shaving has just become a horrible experience. Not that I keep cutting myself but my skin has gotten so sensitive from my thyroid medicine that it's actually painful. When the hair grows back it itches like the devil in wool. After seeing a number of commercials for Veet - just slap on the cream, wait a few minutes then scrape it off with a bladeless tool - I decided to try it. Unlike it's counterpart, Nair, there was no real burning with Veet which I greatly enjoyed. I was afraid that I'd break out but so far so good. The smell wasn't too bad either. The question is, will it really last for 3 week? We'll soon find out. For $6 and a quick way to get rid of unwanted hair, stop by your local grocery store & check it out! Let me know how it works for you!

Princess Renita turns 51

Yesterday was my friend Renita's 51st birthday. She'd been saying she wanted to just have a "Princess Party" with her granddaughters. Well, after joking about it in our Monday staff meeting, she'd promised to bring our SVP - Karen - a crown and she actually did it. Funnier was that Karen actually wore it. LOL Well, she didn't want us to feel left out so she gave ALL of us in the department crowns to wear. We all donned our tiara with matching earrings and wore them all day. In fact, when I went to pick up her cake at Wegmans on lunch, I forgot I had it on and almost walked into the store with it on! Jean was actually going to let me go to! Geesh! There's friendship for ya!! LOL

Happy Birthday 'Nita!!!

Bariatric Buddies

Here's a recent picture of dad (down 58 lbs sinc surgery) and John C from work (down 75lbs since surger - 140 total.) Don't they look great!!

Happy Birthday Nicole!!

Happy Birthday Nicole!!! You look great................ for your age! lol

I know I'm a bit late with my post but Happy Belated 4th Everyone!

My brother was walking in our neighborhood parade so of course we went up to support him. Here's the thing, it had been raining off & on all day. It was a fairly light rain when we walked up to the corner to watch but by the time Donald & crew got to us, it was a full on downpour!!! At that point, umbrella's are useless and everyone was happily getting drenched. At that point, going with the flow is the best option.

Fireworks were big & bright as always and we drew a great crowd since so many had been cancelled due to weather.

All of my eMOM guys were on my mind and I hope a soldier, sailor, marine or airman was on your mind. Best of all, I hope you got to hug a veteran. It's like an extra Christmas present for them.

The weekend before last we had my cousin Jeff's little girl Brooke stay overnight with us. I love when she's over because she's so full of life & energy. The girls spent a good part of the second day in the pool and kept begging me to join them. I begged off saying I didn't like to swim, didn't want to get my hair wet or my suit was in the wash. The truth is, I just don't like the way I look in my suit. So here's the question I post to the cyber world, when you're trying to instill a positive body image in young girls, but have a poor view of your own, what's the best course of action?