The power of energyWednesday, June 25th, 2008 with No Comments »

We had a power shortage last week but luckily the generators kicked in and we didn’t have any down time in the office. Just goes to show how much we rely on power to get us through the day and how much we take it for granted. Makes you think how the cave men managed all those years ago. Think we need to think like cavemen and come up with a new source for power before its too late.


Investing in Pharma or not - The way of the futureWednesday, June 18th, 2008 with No Comments »

Over the years Ive looked at a variety of companies that I could invest in and without wondering about where I could find the cash , we figured as a business that pharmaceutical companies would probably be a good investment and that we could work our way around the business and diversify the business into something new. Im looking forward to getting involved soon!


Saving money and saving time with your homeWednesday, June 18th, 2008 with No Comments »

We have been living in our current house for more than 5 years now and have been with the same mortgage lenders for the same time , I thought many times about switching the mortgage but I never seemed to have the time to visit a bank and get the whole thing cleared up. The brilliant thing about being online is that you dont have to get out in the rain and look for parking! Im looking forward to actually saving some dollars now!


These shoes were made for walkingWednesday, June 18th, 2008 with No Comments »

Our sports and social club have organised a hiking weekend next month. I’m trying to find a local stockist of Merrell shoes. They’re the most comfortable hiking shoe I’ve ever bought. They also do casual shoes too. Really good value. I’m not sure if I’ll have them in time if I order them on line. I could probably do with the pair I have even if they are a little old. I’m sure it won’t be a very active weekend, more of a bonding exercise with a few beers thrown in for good measure. Bring it on!


Clean your insides to look good on the outsideSaturday, June 14th, 2008 with No Comments »

I was in the drugstore at lunch and saw this promotion claiming that I could lose 7lbs every 7 days with this Orovo detox plan. Its all about detoxing and cleansing the system, something I know I need to do without any promotion telling me! I’m going back to the store after work and I’m stocking up – time for me to shape up.


Fighting for the right to partySaturday, June 14th, 2008 with No Comments »

When I was a kid I loved getting party invitations. Now I’m older I love it even more but the invitations are a lot thinner on the ground. So I’m looking for a good excuse to host a party at work. It’ll be the boost we all need to recharge our energy levels in the office and to spend some of the social fund budget before it’s all spent on sensible things like movie tickets.


Second hand but not second rateThursday, June 5th, 2008 with No Comments »

One of the guys in the office is a huge vintage bike fan. I was talking to him in the canteen earlier and he was telling me he’d been looking at used Harleys with the intention of buying one as a 50th birthday present to himself. He’s crazy about bikes, his screensaver is a bike, his cell background is a Harley. Funny thing is, he’s the most untypical looking biker you could ever meet! Makes you wonder if you really know the people you meet at work everyday and what secret lives they have!


The writings on the penThursday, June 5th, 2008 with No Comments »

There’s a bit of an inhouse marketing campaign going on here in the office. We’ve all been given custom pens, custom post its and custom mousemats. The idea is that we’ll take our pens from the office, and, as all to often happens, accidentally leave them behind somewhere and that someone else will pick it up and find out about our company. No idea how much this has cost the company but I hope it didn’t come out of the social budget!


Keeping our young staff looking fresh and youthfulSunday, June 1st, 2008 with No Comments »

I overheard 2 of your young people recently discussion the whole idea of natural acne treatments and where they could find them. They were talking quietly about it but I thought I might be able to help , so did some searching online ,printed off some information i knew would be useful for them and i headed down to thier office. To say they were shocked and surprise to see me there was an understatement but at least they saw the funny side of it , i was doing them a favor!


Im still standing with my tvSunday, June 1st, 2008 with No Comments »

We’ve had problems in the past with a tv mount hanging in our reception and our engineers have worked to keep it up on the wall but we’ll have to price another one to keep all the staff happy with CBS on all through the day , our visitors have commented that they would like to see the news while waiting and because the original mount had problems we’ll be a brand new one at standsandmounts.com and we’ll be away then for good!