Thanks for stopping by - Haven't had much to say lately. Robby is running off road Parker - hope he does better than he did at Lalughlin. Focus on Olympics for next month LOVE SHAUN WHITE

Been awhile since I heard from you. Just thought I would drop by and see how you are.

Happy New Years Joan!! May the new year bring you much happiness!

Christmas was pretty quiet here as well....I spent nearly the whole weekend in bed sick. Yuck! So far all the snow has avoided us here. The forecast first called for rain/snow showers mixed today but the sky was clear, the sun was shining ....... and they were salting the roads like crazy! What's up with THAT????
Here's hoping for a better 2010 and a Dakar trophy for Robby!

OOoooo champagne!! One of my favorites!!! Glad Christmas was great. Here's hoping New Years will bring lots of great times to come!
Booo hissss on the snow! Hate the stuff!

Joan wanted to pop in to wish you and yours a very happy holiday season, had major back surgery so haven't been on much (2 rods, 6 screws.) but wanted to say happy holidays our friend.

Hey Sweetie! We got hit with the snow here too as it came from the South. Nothing happened here for the longest time, while areas around us were hit hard. The storm shifted and we ended up with about 18 inches total for the town. Everything was shut down. I got my cars dug out yesterday as the snow here was just like fluffy sand. Not good for snowballs or snowmen. I did some running around today, and it is melting at a pretty good pace. Bad thing is when nightfall hits as it will all be ice.
As for the meeting of the drivers, you must remember I have been into this since I was 6 years old. People thought I was strange girl to be into racing, but it always appealed to me. I finally got to go to the races in the 80's, and I knew I was hooked! In fact, my love for racing got me my job. I have been there going on 17 years. The boys had to hire a girl in the shop so they offered me the job as they knew I liked cars, didn't mind dirt/grease, and I wasn't afaid to be one of the guys. It was just me and 40 guys. One big family of brothers.
We used to get pit passes thru work all the time to so many races. It was nothing to hang out with drivers in the garage or the pits. Then commercialism kicked in, and people forgot how to treat the teams with respect. I still find most people don't recognize drivers w/out the team uniform on. Ask Mouse, I have tried to teach him to recognize them in plain clothes.
When Chevrolet shut down their corp. office in Charlotte in the late 90's, the good stuff went away. Even though I mainly do Toyota stuff now, my heart will always remember the good ol' days of GM.
Keep warm and be careful!!

I have met Tina and thought she was very nice. I always wanted to see Shawna Robinson or Patty Moise do more with their careers. Again, I wish Danica was approaching this on her talent (which is yet to be seen in the cup,nationwide series) vs the boobs and bikinis. If she can do that, I will get behind her and support her.
Of course we could not see Robby. I think the media, etc. doesn't realize how many fans the man has out there. If they did, they would showcase him better. Wishing him luck with Dakar!
Keep warm!!!

Hey Joan! I had heard about the #7 awhile back. Remember Robby runs the 7 in cup racing. She is not running in the cup series. Well at least not yet. Personally, I don't care for her. I would rather see her get in on her talent and not because her boobs make her marketable. I also read she and Milka are running ARCA at Daytona. I like Milka. I also like Sarah Fisher. Would love to see a female dominate or do a lot better than the ladies do now in one of the big name series.

My thoughts are with you on this project. Hoping they stick a little something extra in your Christmas card envelope if you know what I mean. After all of this, you deserve it!!

I bet you wished you could have taken that vacation in the Bahamas instead of all the doctors appts.
As for my envelopes, they arrive here at the end of Aug. I count them out into groups of 100 as it makes them easy to distribute. I have about 50 volunteers who help to address them. They have from mid Sept. to the beginning of Nov. I proof all of them and count them again as they come back in to me. (With address changes, etc. not everyone uses all of them or some need more) We got together on the 16th of Nov. to stuff them and then they were mailed the next day. BTW, this is for my local high school's alumni association. Now I sit back and wait for the dues to come back in to the treasurer. He gives me their forms so I can make sure the addresses have not changed. I also get the envelopes with the bad addresses as I mentioned before.
Hint on the envelopes in the printer. I find if I limit the quanities, then they don't seem to get jammed. It is a trial and error thing, but once you figure out how many you can do at a time, it is soooo much easier. ORRRR if you have the patience, you can feed them one at a time. It beats the labels and hand writing them. Guess it depends on the printer too.
Good luck on your project!!

Guess you won't be here much since you will be buried at work. Do you have to hand sign the cards or can you use a stamp, labels, etc. I hope so. That would help a lot!! At least you are getting paid for it! I just spent time getting out over 12,000 letters. I am in charge of this project every fall. Now I am sitting back and waiting for the ones with the bad addresses to come back. Shouldn't be many as I proof them all before they go out. Last year I mailed 11,837 and only had just under 800 come back. Got most of them back out as most had the yellow stickers from the post office.
Anyway, know you are in my thoughts!! Are you doing ok health wise? Hadn't heard anything for awhile.

Time does fly doesn't it. And I'm swamped at work too, bad economy so it seems everyone thinks that means they should sue their employer or former employer. But hey keeps me busy. Hope you're having a great day.

Sometimes my body insists it is time to wake up even though my mind says, "I don't think so!" Right now is one of those times. Just thought I would go around and posts 'good mornings' to some people here. Hope you have a great day!

Just wanted to stop by and say hi since it's been a while. Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

PM your email address and I will give it a shot. I personally am not a fan of any of the Hendrick drivers. I tried to be positive about Mark Martin as he is overdue, but in the end ol' JJ got it. Hoping Robby has a fantastic winter.

Well I could send you my address so you could overnight one! ;p Seriously, have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the treats!

Thanks for the update sweetie! I am glad to hear from you as well. Hope Robby has a great weekend. Would be nice to end the season on a high note! Take care!!

Stopping by to say hello and to see how you have been. Hope all is well your way.