Thank you JC Penneys

D-Dad went back to work yeasterday and they had a department meeting.
D-Dad does Phone tech work for penneys getting stores up and running when thier registers are not working or some other computer problem. There are quite a few in his department and they worked on a average - quota system. D-Dad always complained that the system had many flaws, and he would start fretting about not making quoto for the month, even before he really knew if that was true or not. D-Dad is a real worrier and a big "IF" man, meaning that when something isnt going well, he worries and worries and works up all of the "If" scenarios in his head. He gets really upset and quiet or angry and vents on me. I hate it, and I have had to deal with this for 25 years. It has been a real strugle and I have had to really lean on the Lord to let it go sometimes. I have had to be the rock in our marriage for quite some time.

Anyway, before I get off on a tangent too much, back to why I love Pennys....

Yesterday at the Company meeting, they are putting his Department and another Department together and changing the Quota system. They said they are going more "customer freindly". He was so happy, the quota system is being revamped and they said that it is not going to be as big a factor anymore. It was such a problem, that some member of his department would only take the easy calls, so they could close more calls. It was only hurting everyone, because that would make the average higher. D-Dad would complain and the higher up's would just say, the formula is correct. D-Dad, takes more of the more difficult calls that take longer and he was not making productivity as often as some of the others who were cheating.

Penneys is changing the system so that calls come right to the first person not on the phone (the way it should be) and if they can't fix the problem, they try and then pass the call on. Penney's is going to look more at the quality of the work, rather than the number of calls you take. Those that take more calls, are really not doing the job, they are just jotting down the problem, and passing the call on.

This new system will start next month, and Boy am I loving Penneys. Thank you Penneys, you just made my home time with my Darling husband less stressful for me.

Signed,
The sounding board (Wife)

Graduation crazyness

This was a really busy weekend. Graduation invitations had to be addressed and pictures of K in her cap and gown. She was beautiful, we took pictures in the yard around all of the greenery

I tooked them to the amazing machine at walgreen's where you stick your memory card in and then it allows you to take out the flaws, crop and charge up the color a little. You can change to black and white and it sends the info straight to thier printing machine and in an hour you have prints. I think that you can do it from home also, but I haven't tried that yet. I have been happier with thier prints, than w-mart, because you can fix them right there. Lets keep this our little secret, because I don't want to have to stand in line to do my picture magic.

I should have done this last week to save on the postage, but I couldn't get K to pose for pictures. I finally got her boyfriend to take her out and do them and she was happy to do it for him. They all turned out very good. No just have to get them to the post office. I have no time, no time.

Mothers day was special. D-Dad was home and he made breakfast YEA ME..., then we went to Mom and Dad's place for a fish fry, MMMMMM. Then K cooked dinner and I did not have to cook at all yesterday. But I did have to clean up the kitchen. That was a really good Sunday.

D-dad goes back to work today after being home for 6 weeks because of surgery. I am glad because he was starting to get anxious staying home all the time. That was hard on everyone else, because he was grumpy... I guess I would be too if I have been thru some of the medical procedures he has had to go thru.

Later.

Prom Pictures

This past weekend was the prom. At first K did not want to go, and Cman did not want to go. But I encouraged and they went, we spent 5 hours trying on dresses and K looked beautiful. We got up early on Saturday, she and I went and picked up her Cap and Gown for graduation, then we went to the beauty college and got K got an up-do and a pedicure. Mom got a pedicure also. Then we had to go pick up some things at the last minute. Went by the florist and got flowers, raced home to make wrist corsages. Had to pick up the Tux from the cleaners at 4:00, then went to pick up Fmans date, went to the botanic gardens for pictures and then dropped them off at the prom. They got there at 6:00 and called at 9:00 and said they were leaving.
What a lot of work for several hours, but I got some really special time with my Daughter and she had a fairy tale evening with her true love.

Later they all said they were glad they went, and had a really wonderful time.

Graduation next.

Spoke to soon

My last post talked how Fman finally got mobil - well that lasted all of 4 days.
He started driving on Monday, and we warned him that he is should really take it slow. He should only drive back and forth to school and to work, all fairly close to home right.

On Friday, on my way home from work, I got a call. Fman had an accident, he was driving on the FREEWAY!!!! He was in friday rush hour traffic and he had two friends with him. They had gone to a neighboring town, (about 10 miles away) to meet some girls (the horndog).

They were on thier way back and the traffic stopped and he didn't He ran right into the back of a trans-am. The guy was pretty cool about it, but Fman's truck is pretty smashed up.

When I got there, to help tow him home (I had the tow rope) and Cman was going to tow him. I really let him have it. He got really quiet and yes mam'd me quite a bit.

It was an ordeal getting the vehicle home. (The rope broke twice) But about an hour later we got home. Fman had to cancel his prom date, no car to drive.

We all knew that it was going to happen, because he is just not very experienced and he does not think things thru very well.

Some lessons must be learned the hard way.

Chow.