Tuesday, September 30, 2003


You probably noticed that I did NOT say anything about my bowling scores last night. Oh my gosh. I think that Justin , my 8 year old son would have done much better. It is a good thing I bowl for fun and not for the money because I would be a starving bowler about right now.

I was released out of my cage for the day to ride along with my mentor/trainer. I can not tell if this person is corrupting me or actually trying to train me. LOL... No , actually this person is good at what they do and they are doing their best to teach me something. Hopefully my business cards will come to me either tomorrow or Wed and they will set me free to try and go sell some security products and services in the greater Charleston area.   

The weather here in Duck Ditch is absolutely wonderful. It got up to 73 degrees today with clear skies. What a huge blessing that has been. The dog days of summer are over and FALL is in the air.



Monday, September 29, 2003


You have got to love training. Here I sit at the office wondering what to do next. I think that perhaps my mind works just a tad faster than they are used to here. I want to run out of the building, get into my car and drive down to Office Depot and get my own business cards and start making calls on small businesses. I understand that I am not completely ready to answer every single question that someone might want to ask but then again I wont be ready to do that for quite a few months from now. So, here I sit, waiting on the slow, tedious process of training to take place while I make a whopping 6.25 per hour. I know that I have to be patient and play the game. So, here I am sitting here in my monkey suit wondering if my boss will show back up at the office this afternoon to review my work. I finished that an hour ago. Yeah me!! Go team. Show me the money. LOL...

It is sort of weird being on the end user side of technology vs being the one responsible for making it work. I am listening to all of the old hands here whine about ADT going to using Outlook Web Access vs the users utilizing Outlook Express to get their email. I am sitting here just listening to them thinking about how wonderful it is that I dont have to try to console them or explain to them WHY the company chose to go this route or whatever. I can act like the dumb and ignorant and no one is the wiser. Yahooooo!

The lady in the shoe is getting her new shoe today. They are going to come back on Wed with the giant shoe laces to put her larger, more roomier shoe together. I asked my neighbor if she was packed yet and she laughed at that. I asked her if she was going to use the AIR FLOW method of moving where you get a LARGE fan and start throwing stuff in front of it and point it in the general direction of where you want it to land. Something was said about the dump and burn method of moving. I hope she does not do that with all of the critters that she has fenced in behind her current home. Poor ducks and chickens will NOT be happy about that.

When I get home later this evening I will let you know how good I did at bowling or how poorly I did. If I do not say anything and ignore the subject alltogether you know that I really had a bad night. However, if I break 100 every game and atleast get a 130 or above I will be pretty happy since I have a whopping 114 average right now. How sad is that boys and girls? I had a 157 average over at Golden Lanes in Greenville SC last year. Then again I bowled on 4 different leagues. They say practice makes perfect and whoever they are they are correct.

Okie dokie, the boss called me on the cell while I was beating this out on my keyboard telling me that he wont see me until the AM. That means that this mousie is outta here.

Have a great evening folks.





Sunday, September 28, 2003

Fly Baby Reunions in Mt Pleasant South Carolina

The highlight of this week for Katy and I was on Saturday evening when we were able to make a Fly Baby and Blogger enthusiast connection. Patty met up with us over in Mt. Pleasant SC which is about 35 min from Duck Ditch USA.



Patty and Katy together



James , Patty & Katy

The Fly Baby group (Katy and Patty) and I had a good time eating at Outback Steak House and talking about our interests. This was the first time for Patty to have met someone that she knew online. This will be our fifth or sixth time over the last 10 years. Patty told me via IM yesterday and today that after meeting us that she has been encouraged to do some of those Fly Lady "tasks" that really needed to get done. Its nice to know that I have had some kind of positive influence but I dont think I can take credit for it.



Patty showed us her bright yellow VW Bug and when you look inside you find the following fuzzy creatures. They are SO CUTE!!




The LARGE yellow Sun Flower was special to Katy and I because our Jessica was fond of them.





This is a recent picture of Kristina (on left) and Tanda on the right. These two are very cloes and go to the same school together.


Well, I would like to say more BUT it seems as if all the online IM critters are surfacing and since I have not been online much they are hopping all over for my attention. So, with that in mind I will leave you with this pictorial update and wish you a blessed, safe and productive week.

God bless