Grandma's thinking.....Silly Boy!

The ferns are gorgeous and the bunting is very pretty!!!!!

I enjoy them too, Cloudy.  These are really wonderful; what a beautiful smile, TM.
Your home looks really great; always have liked porches a lot.  They are welcoming and add warmth to a home IMO.  Pretty flowers!

Ah people are funny aren't they. It's what makes each of us tick. It's what makes the world go around. It never ceases to amaze me just how thin skinned some folk are. You say one little thing and they are crushed.Woe is me, I'll just leave. And then there are those who just have to get a dig in whenever they can. The second something isn't right they are compelled to shout it from the rooftops all the while wrapped up in their own self worth. The know it all's, the too timid to speak.

 Not sure where I put myself in this little story. I'd like to think somewhere in the middle but then I wouldn't be the best judge of that.

 I like having all types around but I still get amazed.

And now it's time to take the kids out to dinner, just don't know where yet. Later Gators.

How about the Dari Dine?  Is it still there? Have a good time wherever you all end up.

Dari Dine is still here but I haven't ate there in 20 years or better. We went to an Italian buffet. Cintenellis or something like that. Pretty nice place, pretty good food. And they are pretty proud of it $$$. 95th and Metcalf

Well we made it as far as Knoxville, a little over two hours left. Since we don't have to be there till 2:30 that shouldn't be much of a problem.Roads were a lot worse today just south of Paducka. One lane clear but the other was snow packed. Several more in the ditch and quite a few big rigs down on the side of the road.

Sorry I haven't been around much folks, life is throwing some pretty hard punches right now. Part of me wants to get on here but most of me doesn't want to go off on a tangent. Then another part wants to go off on a tangent. And before things get started, it has nothing to do with any person here. Some of it has to do with people who were here at one time or another and are now gone in one way or another. It mostly has to do with a client that I have to have to survive who I want to tell to kiss my ass.

A dangerous time for those who venture here. Some won't hear what they want to hear.

To be honest there is probably be only about 3 people even read it.

Sorry Peeps, I'm down right now. The bus I was thrown under was bigger than I thought.

So sorry TM, sure hope all the issues you are dealing with will be resolved quickly so life gets back on track for you.  

I just have to step back, knuckle down and keep doing what I do.

Refresh your system and get back in the ring    

Things are still very touch and go in the business world. Cerner has gone crazy and two of the three that I could be open with are transitioning. The "lady" I had so much trouble from at HIMSS is taking over for one of them. They are so far saying they will not pay any mark up on out of pocket expenses. In other words I pay 5000 to get a project done in hotels,travel and such and in two to three months when that invoice is paid, I get 5000 back. These are people who have degrees in business and they really think people are going to do that. Up to now I've got a 30% return on that money which made it worth it. My answer is going to be that I need a 30% deposit on what I project the cost will be.

Flip side, DSI, another local exhibit company will probably give me a job the day I leave Cerner. It wouldn't pay quite half of my current but I would have no headaches either and benefits. If pushed too hard, there is a path in sight.

But prayers would be appreciated, I'll keep you posted.

Sorry TM,I just saw this.Don't you just love how the big companies can change their mind?Even with a contract they do what they will and dare you to question them.They change their turn around time on invoices at the drop of a hat and don't really give a crap if you eat or pay your bills.We have someone who is interested in buying our company,and we are starting to rethink it.We want to get the heck out of here
and go south.Tablerock Lake will be taking bids on the new visitors center soon,so we will bid.If we get it we will sell out here and with a five year contract,that would Chuck close to retirement.
Theres a lot to be said about benefits,paid vacations every year(which if you are like us,haven't seen those in years)no freaking quarterlies!!!!!!and all the other government garbage.Not worrying about people that don't show up to work,or that apply for jobs with a criminal record a mile long!!
You got my prayers buddy!!!

Strange things going on for sure. We were supposed to have a meeting Friday to go over the "scope" of the work I do so that we can restructure the contract/SOW. "Okay I say and just so you can get a small view of a typical day, I'm going to send you the weekly logs I started turning in right after HIMSS. "

Thursday night Friday's meeting is cancelled.
Cerner:" Would you be available on Thursday or the following week ?"
Me:"Yes, of course." 
Cerner; "Great ! I'm going to send you a new SOW tomorrow (Friday) so that it can be signed and we can get it finalized."
Me: " I don't understand how we can finalize a SOW before we have the meeting that is going to help us restructure the SOW."


 No response, new meeting invitation sent.

Proceed with caution.I bet they don't want your input.Take two pair of glasses with you and read it twice!! 

I think they were trying to back away. Just get the contract signed and forget there was going to be any meeting. I'm not going to let them. We will meet. This time I take the SOW to an attorney and let him read it. What I want to know is what are they going to do if we don't agree, tell me to stop working ? I have two guys leaving for a three state tour over the next two weeks. Do they really want me to bring them and my truck back home ? I'm going to DC on the third on a 20x40 booth that no one else has even seen. Shall I stay home ? Really ? I have shows in San Diego and Nashville on the 3rd. Who pulls that ? They don't know which pods they are even asking for. Who calls for a truck ? They don't know who we use to carry what or what the process is to make it happen and get it there on time and back.

They've kind of pushed me into a corner and well, that usually doesn't end well. One of the ladies that I disagreed with said the last time we talked, screamed actually " What do we pay you for ? " She may well find out it is a huge amount of stuff that she doesn't see. She will see it and hear about it when the show doesn't go on.

 Sounds like she plans on leaving a shoe print on you on her way up the ladder!!!!!Kick her ladder!! 

There's no perfect job, but sure seems like you are coming up against some corporate bean counters without a good understanding of what it takes to pull off what you do.  Maybe too with the tremendous expenses they will have with their huge future growth in facilities departments from within were probably told to cut a certain percentage of expenses.  Not uncommon for really good salesmen in a company to all of a sudden have the percentage of commission lowered. Talk about dumb!!  But corporations deal and run their businesses to improve their bottom line with as few people and expenses as possible.
Doesn't help in this economy that there are so many looking for work they like to think they are in the driver's seat and will try to get the same results while on their end putting out less.

UMMM, TM...CT asked me to post this to you in a PM because you would be mad at me for doing it...I decided to post it out in the open so others could see she has her moments just like the rest of us do...I don't think you will be mad at me for posting a note of prayer for you no matter where it comes from...If it does upset you please PM me and I'll not do anything like this again...BTW she already knew you were having trouble at work when she asked me about it...I told her someone was wanting to not pay you what was billed...
I asked her if she wanted me to tell you what she said because I don't want to make ANYONE mad...but I thought you wouldn't be mad.
She has asked several times about Water too and I tell her if she asks how he is doing...she already knew about Water's stroke from somewhere else, too.



Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:57 pm
OK.   I guess you can tell TM I"m sorry to hear he's having problems and that I'm praying for a speedy resolution to them.  I know that he works hard and does a very good job at what he does and it's not fair to him that people want to play games that affect his livelyhood.    Of course, you know he's going to get ticked off at you, so better tell him in a pm.   

Tomorrow is my party.   Going to go have a great time.  I know a couple of retirees that are going to be there.   YES.   Good friends.

Only Islander that know I retired is TNT and P.  P, I just told.  TNT knew when I announced it.

You read Tuesday's KC Business Journal , TM?  You may already know the info, but thought I'd mention just in case there's anything new for you.

Hope CT will enjoy life as a retiree, and able to do things she may not have had the time for while working.