You Capture – Sweet

A ninja photo of my sweet baby sharing her sweets with her sweet puppy in the not so sweetly clean living room:

The sweet orchid given to me by the office for Admin Professionals Day yesterday with a very sweet card:

And a rather odd choice, but fitting:

A dead robin I saw on the side of the road. Brings to mind Matthew 10:29-31:

²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

³⁰But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

The sweetness of God’s love for us is unsurpassed.

For enough sweetness to get a cavity just looking at it, visit Beth.

An Open Letter to Sales People Everywhere

Good afternoon, person who shall not be named,

You contacted me a few weeks ago to offer your company’s services in our office supply needs.  Let me point out, that you contacted me.

Actually, you contacted our sales department.  By email.  They forwarded you on to me to take a look at.

After asking for a price quote on information, you gave me some numbers.  In fact, that was all that was in the email that you replied with.  No greeting or salutation.  Just the numbers with item description and your signature.  Already losing points, even though the price was good.

Lucky for us, we had a local office supply store come out at the same time.  They came into our office.  Met him face to face.  He gave me some numbers right away and also took a list of our common products to check out.

His numbers were way better than even yours.  And not only is he local, but they have a paper sample option, free shipping no matter the order size.

Oh, and he got my name right.  In person.  Without seeing it written down.

You on the other hand, didn’t.  Even with my handy signature that has it written correctly.

That sealed the deal.  So thank you for giving me a blog post to write.  And also, I got to write a somewhat snarky email in reply to you that ended with this:

For further reference, I highly recommend that if you proceed to do sales by email that you take the few minutes to double check a name before sending it.  It shows a low level of respect and lack of detail, which just solidified us to choose to go with a different retailer.

Sincerely,

The person that apparently needs to change her name to Kelly

Happy Monday everyone!

You Capture – Comfort

This is going to be a little different than usual….

I find comfort in patterns.

My computer must be opened with the same patterns.  I find comfort in knowing which windows will be located where.  Not having to think as I move my mouse to click the window I want.

Every morning at work, I have my set pattern.  I put my purse and coat on my desk, grab my water bottle and go back to the break room.  I start my toast (bread or english muffin…sometimes a bagel) and fill the water bottle – three pieces of ice and to the top with water.

My lunch has a similar set pattern.

Each week has a comfort pattern too.  Which days I spend visiting family for dinners and which ones get to be spent at home.

The comfort I find in living with these patterns helps assault the randomness that come with life.  It’s my zone.  My shield.

Without the patterns, life can crumble.

I don’t mind change.  As long as I know it’s coming.

For more comfort (most of which is far less depressing than mine) visit the lovely Keli for the last week of You Capture there before it returns to Beth.

You Capture – Reaching

I’ll be finishing the Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes Love Letter tomorrow…

But until then, reaching.

I feel like I’m reaching sometimes.  Reaching for someone to hold me.  Reaching for a goal in my life.  Reaching for a purpose.

And then I remember.

I am me.  I am here.  I am AWESOME.

And even though I feel down at times….I can do it.  I can be incredible.  I can do a job I don’t love to make time to spend with those I do.

Suddenly, I don’t feel like I have to reach nearly as far.

Even without a computer until it arrives….I still can do it.

You Capture – Work

This is what has kept me occupied for the last week:

Printing

Stuffing

Posting.

Is it Saturday yet?

For more You Capture, visit Beth.