Marvelous Monday - 08/24/09 - late but for a reason

Last night I got to go to a Bunco party. It's the second time I've gone. They have their 12 people (all women from church) and I'm now in the ranks of substitutes. Several of the women are teachers and a lot had open houses at their schools to attend.

Bunco is simple to play and doesn't require much thought for those who do it regularly. They talk about anything and everything while playing and you have to count while conversing. I haven't gotten the hang of that so I resorted to tic marks to help me keep up. Worked much better than last time when I actually tried to keep the count in my head. It's just too crowded up there.

Anyway, it's fun and helps me get names and faces connected while getting to know people a little better. After two years at Northlake I'm still very dependent on the photo directory to keep people straight.

And Sammye and I decided we needed to take dominoes to the track in October.

Marvelous Monday - 08/17/09

Yesterday went well.

We had the dedication for our new worship center at NLCOC. The whole dedication service stayed almost on schedule, the singing was great, the speakers kept to the point, and lunch was hot and tasty.

After a short break at home we went to a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. It was a very pleasant way to spend the afternoon.

Good Quote

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

John Morley

Marvelous Monday - 08/10/09 - very late

I've been so busy this week that I haven't had time to blog. Now civilization will come to an end.

What's great this week? My sweet, adorable, beautiful grandson is ONE YEAR OLD!

And I missed it. No way we could go north this month. And his gift isn't finished yet. I've been working on it since Christmas and it's nearly done, but not quite.

Then again, if this life was perfect we'd have no reason to long for the next one.

Happy birthday, big boy.

Marvelous Monday - oops - Wednesday - 08/05/09

Busy busy week.

On Friday morning I posted an ad for an IT Technician. By the time I left at 5, I'd had over 100 responses. Yesterday afternoon I received the 215th response. When I left at 5, I had just finished reading the last response from Friday. I'm about to delve into Saturday's responses.

On the one hand, it's sad that so many people are looking for work. Some of them have 20 or more years experience and they've been laid off. On the other hand, it improves our odds of finding someone who will fit here.

I do need to tweak the ad to make it clear that:
1. this is not a network administrator position;
2. lots of technical lingo hurts your chances.

I'm the one who decides whether or not the resume goes to the decision makers. I'm relatively high on the technology knowledge scale so if I can't understand what you are saying, it's a pretty safe bet our customers won't understand what you are saying (training our customers is part of the job description.)

I'm not sure where I'm going with this. I think it has something to do with all the talent available in this country and the variety of approaches people take. Reading all these resumes gives me a different perspective. It's not just a collection of facts about the application. The facts they choose to include, the way they word it, and the appearance of the resume say a lot about the personality of the person. In an office as small as ours (currently 5 people) it's important to find personalities that will fit together.

Now, if you will excuse me, I have 105 resumes to read.