"Raising Money!"

If you think "raising money" for sponsorship in these hard times is fun.....guess what--it's not! I've been "mugged" so many times I think I'm surrounded! You can not imagine the horror stories I hear day in day out.
But you know at the end of the day, our product is at it's highest value in 15 years! Plus I've met some fantastic people along the way.
Take this morning for instance.I met a very pleasant lady from FNF Construction INC.. Deena was very pleasant , responsive and represented her company with great professionalism. I was pleased with the presentation and the plan is to come back for a second round with the decision makers. I look forward to it! I think we can work something out.

Wid
ps no complaints.....it's part of my job.

"Blue Monday"

I give up! As they say though , this too will pass!
I took the opportunity this morning to call all our present sponsors just to let them know how much I appreciate them in these tough times! I must say it certainly took the edge off "Blue Monday". We are very lucky.....what fine people!

Wid

"You've got to be kidding!"

Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Lehman Bros.,Merrill Lynch......what's going on?
I'm not happy and I'm sure you feel the same!
"You've got to be kidding !"
Wid

9/11

Osama bin Laden........where is this guy!?!?! He needs to disappear.

Wid

"Just Great!"

I received a letter from my mortgage company today that stated:
"We are writing to inform you that we recently became aware that a Countrywide employee ( now former) may have sold unauthorized personal information about you to a third party. Based on a joint investigation conducted by Countrywide and law enforcement authorities, it was determined that the customer information involved in this incident included your name, address, Social Security number, mortgage loan number, and various other loan application information."

"Just Great!"

Wid

"Surprise!"

"My youngest daughter, Punk, had the idea to have a surprise 30th birthday party for my oldest daughter Jessica......in Las Vegas! She's a dancer.
The plan took a lot of effort especially on the part of Jessica's husband, Jamie. All in all we had 9 family members sneak in to Vegas on a Thursday night for Jess's show at 10:30. We met at the airport, went at Sam's Club to buy food for the weekend, and had dinner.
We arrived at Baileys for the longest running show in Vegas (27 years), Jubilee, just in time to take care of a ticket snafu and take our seats in the front row, stage center.
The anticipation grew as the lights went down and we rushed to put on our masks, hats , and prepared to hold up our happy birthday signs. The curtain went up and there was my beautiful Jess doing what she has always done best...DANCE! A tear came to my eye as she saw us all acting goofy with our costumes and signs. "Surprise!" It worked...we pulled it off!
Jess was on" cloud nine" all weekend. A very deserving person in her dads heart.

Wid

"Only in America!"

If you didn't know who Sarah Palin or Barack Obama were, you do now!
"Only in America!' I think it's great!

Wid