I won the election. Wow! I am still amazed that the membership wants me to sit on the Board of Directors.
I only hope I live up the expectations of the voters.
and now as Imelda Marcos said. "After we win the election we go shopping!"
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
A Bit Hasty?
Okay, so maybe I was a bit hasty with my comments about the election. I am actually looking forward to it, really. I think it will be a worthwhile and interesting path to take in my life.
I was pleased this weekend to help the Legere family raise money to benefit their son who was so badly injured in a fall this summer. Now, a quadrapalegic, Cory was at the fundraiser with his beautiful wife Cory ( yes, they share the same first name).
Lots of enthusiatic bidding on the donated articles and I don't know for sure but I think enough money was raised to help purchase at least one of the important things that Cory needs, like a bed, a lift, or a chair.
It was so heart warming to see so many people show up, in a lot of ways, with their wallets, their time and their energy. Everything was donated including the spaghetti dinner and the wine and the wonderful desserts. (Yeah I did taste a couple).
NOTE: I am now down 15 lbs. No refined carbs. AND I am sticking with it for 1 more month...or life. If I can stay off bread.
I was pleased this weekend to help the Legere family raise money to benefit their son who was so badly injured in a fall this summer. Now, a quadrapalegic, Cory was at the fundraiser with his beautiful wife Cory ( yes, they share the same first name).
Lots of enthusiatic bidding on the donated articles and I don't know for sure but I think enough money was raised to help purchase at least one of the important things that Cory needs, like a bed, a lift, or a chair.
It was so heart warming to see so many people show up, in a lot of ways, with their wallets, their time and their energy. Everything was donated including the spaghetti dinner and the wine and the wonderful desserts. (Yeah I did taste a couple).
NOTE: I am now down 15 lbs. No refined carbs. AND I am sticking with it for 1 more month...or life. If I can stay off bread.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Pork Barreling, Stumping, Shaking Babies and Kissing Hands
Day one of my new political career.
There is a 3 week voting period beginning today and the voting is all done by a coded response on a private web site. Not hard and not inconvenient, in fact an easy process if you are a techie nerd. Admittedly you need a pic and shovel to get to the bowels of the Board web site to find the right link.
This morning, I decided to sent out a little note to my old and new office collegues informing them of how to and for whom to vote. I got back a flurry of supportive emails. By 10 am I had replied graciously to about 25 of them, taking the time to thank each one, even inquiring to the health of some of the senders.
Through the auspices of the election committee at the Board I was sanctioned to send a letter via the IT department to the entire membership of 5000. By 11 am I had another flurry of a 100 or so emails that came as replies. I tapped out grateful and pleasant reponses and encouraged them to tell everyone they knew.
By noon the bing, bing, bing of incoming e-mails sounded like machine gun fire. Some of them wanting my stance on issues I had never heard of. I spent another couple of hours responding in the most light hearted and gracious manner I could muster under the constant racket of incoming e-mails.
I began to see a trend in my responses to what I saw as outrageous demands and self serving complaints and I became aware of a certain level of animosity in my answers. I was, as they say, quite at home to Mrs. Tetchy.
By mid afternoon I began to lose my patience and I stopped responding when my replies became terse and churlish.
Tomorrow another flurry of e-mails will come in as the Board won't send all 5000 at once and will torture me with a constant trickle.
I think I will create an automatic response which will respond to other automatic responses to an automatic mass e-mail.
Ahh politics, such a touchy feely business.
I have had a taste of it now and I hope my worthy opponents win.
There is a 3 week voting period beginning today and the voting is all done by a coded response on a private web site. Not hard and not inconvenient, in fact an easy process if you are a techie nerd. Admittedly you need a pic and shovel to get to the bowels of the Board web site to find the right link.
This morning, I decided to sent out a little note to my old and new office collegues informing them of how to and for whom to vote. I got back a flurry of supportive emails. By 10 am I had replied graciously to about 25 of them, taking the time to thank each one, even inquiring to the health of some of the senders.
Through the auspices of the election committee at the Board I was sanctioned to send a letter via the IT department to the entire membership of 5000. By 11 am I had another flurry of a 100 or so emails that came as replies. I tapped out grateful and pleasant reponses and encouraged them to tell everyone they knew.
By noon the bing, bing, bing of incoming e-mails sounded like machine gun fire. Some of them wanting my stance on issues I had never heard of. I spent another couple of hours responding in the most light hearted and gracious manner I could muster under the constant racket of incoming e-mails.
I began to see a trend in my responses to what I saw as outrageous demands and self serving complaints and I became aware of a certain level of animosity in my answers. I was, as they say, quite at home to Mrs. Tetchy.
By mid afternoon I began to lose my patience and I stopped responding when my replies became terse and churlish.
Tomorrow another flurry of e-mails will come in as the Board won't send all 5000 at once and will torture me with a constant trickle.
I think I will create an automatic response which will respond to other automatic responses to an automatic mass e-mail.
Ahh politics, such a touchy feely business.
I have had a taste of it now and I hope my worthy opponents win.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
My significant birthday
On the weekend I was treated to a wonderful 'surprise' party for my significant birthday....sorry you will have to guess which one.
B took charge and contrary to all of my beliefs he pulled off a great party. He invited my family and friends, and he had it catered right down to the cake forks.
He hired "Nicole' if you ever need a caterer, hire this person...a party genius. The food was magnificent and it all fell within my food program, did I mention that I have lost 14lbs?
B took charge and contrary to all of my beliefs he pulled off a great party. He invited my family and friends, and he had it catered right down to the cake forks.
He hired "Nicole' if you ever need a caterer, hire this person...a party genius. The food was magnificent and it all fell within my food program, did I mention that I have lost 14lbs?
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