Guess What??

Yep, L is going to get a sibling in September!! We are so excited! Grammy-hood is the BEST!

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Cute Boy!

This is one of my favorite pictures of my little grandson. His facial expression just warms my heart! He celebrated his 2nd birthday on Monday, and we were able to be there to share his birthday cake and presents. He is a great little guy, and we love him so much. Happy Birthday, sweetheart, from your Grammy...

Happy Anniversary

February 9, 1979: Young, adorable, naive, ready to do all/be all, dreaming of our eternal family.

Look at us now, 30 years later. Our family has grown to ten. We've had successes and failures,

great joy and heartache, laughter and tears. The temple is the symbol of our dreams.

We will be together forever. We count our blessings...and know that they are endless.

Happy Anniversary, honey.

I Love My Job!

Okay, how many people do you know who can say that??
I currently work part-time for a company called Voice2insight as a transcriptionist. I cannot tell you how blessed I feel to have this job. My office is downstairs in my home, so my commute time is about 3 seconds and eight steps. I am usually dressed in my fuzzy slippers and my comfy jeans. No one cares if I have makeup on or not. I don't have to talk to a soul, and if I need help I can "jabber" (chat) instantly with the folks at the office. The best part are the people whose voices come over my headset. They come from all across the country (and Canada) and from all different types of companies--manufacturers, financial planners, the medical field, sales, travel, etc. I definitely have my favorites: John, from a chemical company, who spells out every word (how else would I know how to spell ethoxylates and oleic acids); Adam, from a manufacturing company, who makes me laugh by talking more about his sister's boyfriend than the sales report he's filing; George, a financial planner, who never fails to say "thank you very much, transcriptionist"; Amy, a pharmaceuticals rep, who enunciates every syllable and speaks clearly; Jaime, who tells me when he wants a new paragraph; Virginia, a sales rep, who giggles when she makes a mistake and usually has music on in the background; Lance, who puts on a funny Texan accent when he gives the locations of his sales calls; and Kelly, who works right here in my home state. And then there are those who drive me bonkers because they talk too fast, too soft, never spell names or unfamiliar words (we do have a glossary, thank goodness), don't follow the report outlines, forget to tell me where the business is located (when there are 100 listings with the same name), and so on. There are times when I cringe to hear how much a client has lost in the stock market, or how business is dead for a residential contractor, or how the only interest shown to a busy salesman in a Lunch & Learn presentation was in the lunch; but other times I cheer when a big sale is made or a school is being retrofitted with energy savings lighting or 200 people showed up at the booth at a conference. All in all, it's a treat to sit at my computer and see a familiar name come up on the screen and hear his or her voice in my head before they even start to speak--they've become that familiar to me. And it doesn't hurt that I'm making more per hour than I have at any other job, and that my company is always quick to compliment and make me feel valued. How lucky can I be? Believe me, I know.