Road Warrior

Sorry for the non-existent Blogging. My excessive travel has been draining my desire. Let's look at my schedule:

Last Week: At a CIO Summit at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

This Week: In Toronto with our Xyron Execs doing a business review on our new systems.

Next Week: Will be back to Toronto with our CEO to review business issues and problems caused by the new systems.

Week After: Will be in Scottsdale Arizona with my Boss (CIO) working on a "secret project" and meeting with the Xyron folks.

Week After that: I will be back in Toronto with my Boss (CIO) doing a business and operations review with the Canadian business.

These trips are usually Mon-Thurs so it's not all that bad. Normally I don't travel this much but it's not something I can avoid and still keep my high profile job (haha). Heather is not thrilled with me either so I am getting the usual "things go better when you are not around anyway" or "I guess I don't really need you". I'm kidding of course, she is supporting me fully. The only upside is the hotel in Toronto is situated right next to a brand new Stadium Movie Theatre and I got to go see "Fly Boys" and "Fearless" earlier this week. I highly recommend Fly Boys, it is a really good movie based on a true story from WW1. Fearless is another one of those subtitled kung fu movies, also good if you like that stuff. Talk to you soon.

Filing Americas Goes Hollywood

It’s a take! Pendaflex has made the final cut as one of the corporate participants in an episode for the TV show “The Office”, a top ten sitcom on NBC which just recently won the Emmy for best comedy.Over 30 companies were invited to participate in the episode, which revolved around the main characters attending a trade show... a concept we are quite familiar with. The trade show, which takes place in Philadelphia, serves as a setting for the main characters to scurry around for free giveaways.We were selected to have booth placement along with other great companies, including International Paper, Sharpie, Cingular, Herman Miller and Hewlett Packard. Mike Austin, Regional Manager for the West Coast and Sharon Mann, Public Relations Coordinator in Melville both participated in the filming and were part of a background scene demonstrating product. Banners were prominently placed on both sides of our booth giving Pendaflex it’s deserved moment of fame.The episode will be airing on Thursday September 28, please check your local listings for time.

Throwing a curve ball at Curves

Heather has had a membership at Curves for over a year now and, believe it or not, she actually goes there and exercises pretty much every day (except sat and sun). The only problem is, they don't open up the doors until 7am. She used to drop Isabelle off to school every morning and take Aubree with her and it worked well because Aubree was a cute baby and the owner loved to watch her. Since early this summer they changed ownership. Now that school is about to begin and Aubree is a bit too wild to take to the gym, Heather came up with a brilliant solution. She bent the ear of the owner and convinced them that she would be the perfect person to open the gym at 6:30am giving Curves an early niche and all she would require of them is to waive her monthly dues. This weekend she finalized the deal and now has a key to the gym and started this morning. So big congrats to Heather for coming up with a unique solution to her problem and having the guts to push it through. Now she gets to go early and exercise every morning and doesn't have to pay for it, and I can get to work on time.

On a side note, I was informed by my loving dear wife and daughter this Sunday while conducting Sacrament meeting that my face is getting noticeably "plump" and that I need to start an exercise program before I look like a pumpkin head for Halloween. Sheesh...

Certain Dri - miracle product

This falls under the gee-wiz category. Several months ago my body decided it had had enough of anti-perspirant and went on strike. Litterally overnight my system became imune to anti-perspirant and my armpits would swet and my shirt would be drenched, much to my dismay. I'm not a swetty person, so while this was annoying, not the end of the world. So I started trying out different brands to see if that helped and settled on Michem which had the highest level of the anti-perspirant chemical, otherwise they are all the same (just read the ingredients). Nothing worked. I could slather on the stuff an inch think and my pits would ignore it! So one day in Kmart I think, I found this anti-perspirant that had a different chemical in it so I thought I'd try it out. The interesting thing here, you roll it on in very small quantities just before going to bed and it stops all armpit swet for three whole days! It actually works! So if your anti-perspirant ain't cutting the mustard, pick up a bottle of this miracle drug and you will be amazed how well it works. It cured me! Amen.

My Cool Dad - by Isabelle

My Cool Dad
By Isabelle Adams
Dedicated to my cool dad

In my family I have a little sister, a mom, a dad and a pet dog. The person I look to for help is my mom. The person I look to when I have nothing to do is my sister. The person I look to when I am alone and scared is my dog. And the person I look to when I am feeling down is my father.
The title fits in because every one in my family has a meaning to me. My mother is kind. My sister is there for me. My dog understands love. And my dad is simply a cool dude.