I remember working at an office back when I was nineteen. My boss walked in wearing a new pink shirt and I complimented him on how nice that pink shirt looked on him and I was told by another office employee that I should never say that a man wears anything pink, that I should refer to it as a “light red” shirt.  LOL

Anyway, it seems that there are more and more breast cancer awareness products being offered to the general public and I would love to find something that I could feel good about wearing to help support this worthy cause. Good thing I look good in pink!

When my sisters and I would play in the woods behind the house I would always pretend that I was an Indian princess – I would try to walk as quietly as I could. Every time I went to the library I would check out a book about Indians. I used to romanticize their lives, but from all of the documentaries I’ve seen as an adult I can see that the modern day Indian has many challenges that are not romantic at all.

Anyway, back to my sister. Our neighbors that lived next door to us when we all still lived at home, had the most wonderful Adirondack Chairs on the side porch. The same porch that they called their sleeping porch, which I always loved the idea of and lord knows we all spent many nights sleeping on that same porch with their kids when they had sleep overs, and I know darned well that my sister was there on numerous occasions as well, but for some reason she does not remember the furniture what so ever, which is a shame, because apparently they made a big impression on me!

My hubby has a very distinctive New England accent – he pronounces his “r” more like a “w.”  We went to order some milk shakes, and my hubby ordered his as a “lawge” shake.  The guy behind the counter was one of the recent immigrants who barely speak English at all; his native language being Spanish.  He could not, for the life of him, understand what “lawge” was.  My hubby kept repeating “lawge lawge lawge” and the counter boy kept saying “what?”

Finally I leaned into the counter window and interrupted the comical scene by saying “BIG – you know GRANDE!”  Then the kid said “OHHHHHH!”  and my hubby gave me a really dirty look, but he got his large shake!

Guess we’ll have to come up with a new tradition. I know most people use E-file now and don’t even mail the returns. Where is the fun in that? Everyone standing around the computer cheering when you press the send button just doesn’t get it for me.

But today’s children are spoiled with many more channels, with special channels for sports, other channels for movies and two channels of nothing but cartoons and children’s shows 24 hours a day. And although I am not a fan of some of the cartoons that are shown to children today, I can see the value in having something on for children, even late at night, for the nights when kids might be sick and restless, or for the parent who work second or third shift and only get to see their kids at late hours.

My girlfriend in Reston has Direct TV and she agrees with me about the cartoons. She has watched them with her grandchildren when they come to visit on the weekends. The new ones are questionable about their content being suitable for small children. But we have been able to find some of the cartoons from back in the day, like Tom & Jerry and Woody Wood Pecker shows. Those were the good ones!

She was the sweetest woman – always something nice to say and never a mean word about anybody. I miss her kindness and gentle soul – there’s never been anyone like her in my life.

Dad would say, “Advertising doesn’t cost – it PAYS!” and I think he was right about that. Although he didn’t work with an advertising agency, there are a lot of things that a good agency can do for small business that many companies just can’t afford to do for themselves.

An advertising agency is not just for the really big companies that run commercials on TV during the Super Bowl. It makes sense for a small business to use an agency instead of hiring full time talent to do the same thing.

I have worked with an advertising agency for a print campaign at a health care company. They knew the right way to word the brochure content, which pictures to use, and how to get good prices on the printing job. There is no one on staff at that company that would have known all the things our agency knew, and they handled it quickly, professionally, and the brochures were very well received. I know for a fact that the brochure we distributed at several health fairs resulted in new patients. And that was the whole point!