Boy, do I love the blogs. I don't think the vehicle has any magic properties...what is the best is that everyone is using it and, as David says, it keeps us all in the loop on how everyone is doing.

Marnie, you are great! What many of you don't know is some of the details. She will be assisting with the marketing for this communications company. Her degree is in Communications with an emphasis on advertising so this job is right down her alley. She was telling me that one of the people that she met during her interview had been there just over a year and had already been promoted. As she hasn't had office experience yet, this gives her a great opportunity to get it in the same field that she studied. She interviewed along with two other women with far more experience. When she left, she was under the impression that those two would be having an interview with the president in the next few days. Marnie couldn't do that because of a final so they arranged for her to have the interview while she was there. The president must have been impressed by Marnie because they didn't wait for the other interviews...they hired Marnie that afternoon. As with any job, there are unknowns but I hope all goes well and it is a good initial experience. The $ is good, in the $30,000 range with full benefits. Not bad for a first entry level job! I'm sure Marnie will blow them away!

Well, believe it or not, I have an interview today. I got a call out of the blue from a resume I sent in in March... At the point that I am getting satisfied with staying home, this comes up. Of course, I don't have a job offer yet. I'm not sure that this can pay me enough to make it worth it. It is working for Kaiser as a supervisor in Membership Services. The bad thing is that it is not a manager title....However, I want to get into the medical area and this would give me some experience there. I have very mixed feelings so I won't feel bad either way.

Buffy, I hope you are feeling better. This is not good timing for the flu...but when has flu waited for good timing!!! Tracey, I watched Oprah...you are right that there were few views of the audience. I missed the first 5-10 minutes but recorded the rest so I may go back and study it and see if I can recognize the back of your head!!! Brooke can give more details but, when I talked to Mike on Mother's Day, I heard that Dayne was coming home from the hospital this week so things must be going well. David, I am printing up the blogs and putting them in a binder. This is really priceless!!! Anne, loved the pictures! In fact, I love it when any of you put anything in here!!. Brooke, I would suggest the Word option for your blogs...I am always so disappointed when you lose your longer epistles!!! That way when Ellyn hits it off, most of it will still be saved and you can just copy and paste it in the blog when you are done.

We love you all (speaking for me and Dad!!)

Mom