I happen to have a few minutes, so I figured I would let you know I am still sucking air. Haven’t had a lot of spare minutes, so as always the blogging goes away first.

I had been cutting spline for a wood contract – that finished with a whimper. It’s all cut, and ready to go, but the delivery date got moved – again. I had finished the spline, and was slicing up the last board I was using to put some extra pieces in the order (I’m cool like that) when the motor on my table saw retired. Great timing. Anyone with a spare 1 1/2 horsepower electric motor they won’t need, let me know.

The office manager has been on vacation this past weekend, so most of the pre-BlackFriday preparations are being done by the owner and myself. The preparations consist of Kate telling us what needs done, and then me supervising and facilitating the process. Since this is my first job in retail, and consequently my first Christmas in retail, I’m learning a lot of things very quickly.

Gotta run – time to get going, since I need to stop by the warehouse on the way to the store – which is not a new thing, but this time of year we start siphoning off all the merchandise we have been storing up all year, so I pull up at the warehouse empty and leave loaded, a reverse from the rest of the year.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

In Honor of all the veterans who have made this day possible to still be celebrated – thank you.

In your travels today, make sure you thank at least one veteran in person. It’s the least we, as citizens of this Great Nation, can do.

Happy Birthday, my fellow Marines.

Bob Parsons, the founder of Go Daddy and a Marine, sends his greetings:

USMC 235th Birthday Tribute

And, of course, a secret message to all my brothers (and sisters) in arms: Yut yut, devil dog, ooh rah, semper fi!

Well, having left (several) messages a the number provided, and still not having heard anything back or even gotten a message back, I am beginning to wonder just how acute the need for donors is.

It is still weighing on my heart, so I will not completely shut that door. Maybe close it most of the way to keep the draft down.

If you are a friend on Facebook, you have probably seen my plaintive appeals to help vote Kidstop Toys as the Best in the Valley. We keep falling behind, so if you could help out that would be great. Just follow the little linky thing back where I typed “Best in the Valley”. Thanks.

and, by the way, if you happen to be in the neighborhood of 69th Street and Shea Boulevard in Scottsdale any time soon, stop on by and I will personally give you a tour of the store. With McGuire and Murphee’s permission, of course.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

I have been considering something very deeply lately. I have always been one to donate – mostly blood – to those in need. Since 1980-ish, while I was in the Corps, (i think i was trying to ‘bank’ against the possibility of needing an infusion) I have been donating blood to various organizations (Red Cross, United Blood Services) on a regular basis. That has fallen off lately, with a lack of time right now, but it will be picking up again soon.

As I said, I have been considering something lately. I have felt as if I needed to do something a little more, a little beyond the norm. You could say that I felt led to take another step.

An article in yesterday’s paper sealed the deal.

Back in another lifetime, I used to listen to Bob Mohan on KFYI. Sometime I agreed with him, sometimes I disagreed with him. He always got me to thinking about the WHY behind the agreeing or disagreeing, though; as opposed to today you have the right and the left with their talking heads and precious few people willing to think out their positions and actually be able to defend the stance they take.

I’ll be calling the Mayo Clinic on the way to work tomorrow, to find out the details.

I will keep you all updated.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

UPDATE:

Left a message at the number provided. We’ll see where this goes.