Archive for 'Lori's blog'
The other side of order gatherers.
This is the side of order gathering that most people (except other florists ) will not hear about. It is really frustrating when we get these orders. This is just one example.
This morning I received a call from one of the wire services. They wanted to know if we could complete and deliver an order […]
Posted: March 18th, 2008 under Lori's blog.
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Gas prices
Good morning. Well, it was till I filled up my vehicle today. $63.00 later. OUCH!!! But it should last the week…. not. I get into work and the first thing I hear is that Exxon- Mobile posted the highest profits for 2007. 39.5 BILLION!!!! How nice. Today was the first day in 3 weeks that […]
Posted: February 1st, 2008 under Lori's blog.
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Commercials on the radio
     Most people listen to the radio while driving. I must tell you that I absolutely hate commercials that use car horns honking, tires screeching to a halt, the sound of a car crash and best of all police and ambulance sirens blasting. All of these things are quite disturbing and distracting as you drive. Sometimes […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2007 under Lori's blog.
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What are they thinking?
   This morning I was driving to work as usual. The road I travel is realitively busy. I noticed a group of joggers, not just 3 or 4, but 15 to 20, followed by another group of 10 or 12 and behind them is another group just as large. Not really a big deal, but these […]
Posted: September 5th, 2007 under Lori's blog.
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Round 2
Well, as you know we have new neighbors and we have a small problem already. It’s about a fence. Actually it’s not the fence it’s how the fence got there and why. Basically it’s a matter of principal.
My husband came home and we discussed the problem and the offer that the neighbor had made to […]
Posted: July 21st, 2007 under Lori's blog.
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New Neighbors
  Anyone who has a new neighbor move in next door can probably relate to the feeling of “What will they be like?”. Well we have new neighbors and it’s not starting out so well. They seemed like nice people, but guess we were wrong. They had mentioned to us that they were going to […]
Posted: July 20th, 2007 under Lori's blog.
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An American Pastime
The Fourth of July is a huge day of celebration in America. It is full of picnics, BBQ’s, parades, fairs, family get togethers and contests.
One of the biggest contests is the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. As you may or may not know the champion of this contest for the past 6 years was not an American, […]
Posted: July 7th, 2007 under Lori's blog.
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Got A Question For You.
Can anyone please tell me when they changed the meanings of the stop lights. I am very confused, you see it has been sometime since I took a driving test or looked at the laws regulating signs. I have been noticing a huge change in there meaning and afew other rules of the road.
1. It […]
Posted: June 19th, 2007 under Lori's blog.
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Warm weather at last!
The past week the weather has been just beautiful. The village of Huntington has come alive with people strolling and shopping. Kenji, the owner of the shop has started the “Name Game” once again. Much to the delight of the people who work and reside in the Village. What is the “Name Game” you […]
Posted: May 31st, 2007 under Lori's blog.
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Identity Theft Rant
We hear about it all the time and most of us think it won’t happen to me. Well guess what. It happened to me, or I should say my husband. He would never have known untill a check bounced or he couldn’t get money from an ATM, but his bank called to ask about suspicious […]
Posted: May 21st, 2007 under Lori's blog.
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