A Stolen Car & Safety Features

A car was stolen last week from our parking lot. It took just a second to start, then off they did trot. The owner has no wheels, and that car is now sought. Lock yours and hope it avoids their targeted spot.

Our Sample Receiving is a busy place, with customers and deliver trucks coming and going all day long. About 11 am when the FedEx truck was pulling in and others were coming and going, a white panel van pulled up. Someone got out, checked the door of a Honda, climbed in quickly, then proceeded to hotwire it. It only took a few minutes until he got it going. Soon the van drove off. The Honda backed out and followed it. The owner, was on the roof doing a repair and everyone was oblivious to the dirty deed. It's just not fair. The owner is a hard worker, with two jobs to make ends meet and now this happens. Our video surveillance shows it all going down, but the picture is grainy. The police were called and hopefully the car will be recovered, but it's not likely. Thanks to more protection on later model cars to help prevent this from happening. Be careful and lock your doors. That is the owner's mistake.

Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Gift to the World

Annually at Christmas the Mormon Tabernacle Choir does a spectacular performance. In fact they do four of them. The tickets are FREE, but there is a drawing. I never get chosen. I know some people that get in every year. Lucky them. The photo shows last years performers, which included the Sesame Street gang. It will be televised this year at Christmas on PBS. Be sure to watch it. Next year try for tickets. It is such a generous thing the Choir does every year and about 100,000 people are able to see it live. Thank you, Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Glad for Choices

My husband loves 2% milk, but I prefer 1% or skim. Isn't it nice we have so many choices. Whole milk, almond, soy, chocolate and more. Growing up, we had one kind, raw! Not pasteurized, homogenized or any 'ized'. With the three cows we milked twice daily, milk was a part of our diet and life. We churned our own butter, had cream for baking, whipping and delicious goodies. We could drink to our 'milk lover' heart's content. Now with milk at about $4 a gallon, we are more practical and choosy about what we drink.

It's That Time for Graduation

It’s that time for congratulations. High fives for achieving graduation! You must feel such exhilaration. Go have a super & safe celebration.

I love graduation time because I always remember my own or my children's. The pomp and circumstance music, the gowned youth trying to find their friends, the joy of finally being done with one part of life and ready to move to another.

Keep up the goals and great work.

Graduation & Grandmothers

Here's to all those graduating in the next few weeks or recently. Great job! You did it! An additional pat on the back to your grandmothers. Those who made quilts, scrapbooks, or gave you something special for your graduation. My dear grandmother, bless her heart, made a quilt with the colors she let me choose. It was presented to me it on my graduation day, forty plus years ago. Her goal was to complete a quilt for each of her grandchild. Unfortunately, she passed away a year later. Five of us were blessed enough to get quilts, out of twenty-four grand children. Many tops were completed that were quickly gobbled up by her daughters for their children. Thank you, Grandma Crane for your generous gift. I love it and have it still.

Debt Collecting

I am a debt collector. Years ago I worked for Discover Card calling people all day long, trying to convince them they needed to make a payment on their delinquent credit card debt. I did it for ten years. I really appreciated the people that made a payment and worked with us to get their accounts current.

Lately, I have been tasked with contacting companies that owe us money. Some owe or are behind thousands of dollars and other only owe $25. Instead of calling them, I first email to make a payment. Many times the people that ordered the work are no longer with the company. I have to find alternate emails or the accounts payable department. Many are not aware there are unpaid invoices. It is much easier to collect from companies. I am able to sound kind, tough, important or pushy to convince our debtors to pay up.

What to I ask for, a credit card payment is the best. "Thank you for responding so quickly," I like to email them. Then we get down to business.

ICU-Intensive Care Unit Is a Life Saver

One doesn't think about the ICU until they come face to face with it, as a loved one spends time there. The IV drips, bags, monitors and continuous checking to ensure the patient's status, vital signs and comfort are key.

All day and all night the board by the main desk keeps a list of the status of the rooms. A camera on each bed/patient diplays on a desk monitor 24/7, observing what is taking place every second. How grateful our family is for the hard work and dedicated service the ICU nurses render every minute while on the job. Walking them, changing sheets, draining bags, wiping up messes and much more is common. Thank you.