Hey Gals!
I thought I should check in since it seems like it's been awhile....yep- it looks like it's been a little over two weeks! I passed my broker/agent licensing exam- and I'm soooo relieved! I was studying night after night for that thing, and had serious doubts of passing (since I failed all but one of the practice tests! ;-p). That whole thing just kinda wiped me out for awhile. Last weekend we cleaned & took more stuff to storage & spent Sunday reorganizing the storage unit. We pulled his son's stuff out & we're driving it down to him in Fresno tomorrow. I'll be on the ex wife's turf then....lol! Hmmm.....what else....oh yeah, work has me held hostage again. It's renewal time for a big bread-winning group of policies (which are brokered by a preferred broker, meaning that they are just a *little* important). Here's the thing: they're all manual processing (I'm working off of 4 different programs) which means it takes a lot of time just to do ONE renewal quote, and I have 53 of them to do still (I've only gotten about 20 done this week- most is 7 in one day). Here's the kicker: there are four of us that are responsible right now. The underwriter went on maternity leave, my supervisor has been out twice this week (incl. today), and my manager was out all week. So....that leaves me to deal with the 100+ manual 4/1 renewals. Needless to say I'm a bit peeved which is why I'm doing this right now instead of working on the renewals ;-) This broker has talked about service issues with my manager, but when I've been given this book of business, PLUS all of Riverside, San Diego, Ventura & Orange, plus another preferred broker....gee, I wonder where all my time goes?? OK- enough of that.**steps off from soapbox**
I've caught Todd a few times this week in the AM before I go to work. Fox decided to throw a curve ball & repeat Fox Report instead of Cavuto (only I didn't catch it until it was almost half over- which is about what I saw yesterday when we got home from work). BUT.....I *did* get to see Rick's report about the speed detector things. It was good to see him on again, it's been awhile. I haven't been able to catch him all this week and I don't know what tapes have what on them anymore so I haven't set the VCR. I think I have some shows from January that I still need to watch yet (from when we were on vacation). LOL, pathetic, huh? ;-) Anyway....I didn't set it today, and I'm sure he'll be on a lot today with the anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq & all. I'm bummed I haven't caught him so much (since he's been on while I'm at work!) but at the same time I'm too pooped to give it too much worry. I *am* thinking I picked a bad weekend to go to Fresno, though.....I'll be there's going to be a lot of coverage & past footage highlighted from last year. You gals will have to post about it and that way I can experience it even if vicariously. I wrote Rick an email some time ago- oh!- it must have been on last time I posted- 3/2, 'cause I know it was the day he was on Fox & Friends. I'm sure he got a ton of email and probably had to read & (do whatever) with it instead of replying. He's one of the best though with replies, but I've heard Mike Emmanuel is also very gracious with replies. It sounds like Studio B was really good yesterday!
Teri! At long last the care package got here (yesterday)! :-) Thanks much!
Ellen- I think I tried checking out the Baghdad Cam a couple of times but it wasn't working for me. Keep meaning to go back & naturally, keep forgetting to.... You can lurk sometimes! :-) God knows I've done that more & more lately. I haven't forgotten about ya'll, it's just been hectic & sometimes I'm just lucky enough to be able to get in & read what's happening. Give my congrats to Jamie on her new baby! I like the name she chose and he sounds cute! Congrats on the Rick reply! I agree, I rather like the 'lowercase leventhal' nickname- it's just not the same with the caps in the right places, lol! ;-) I think it's so nice that he takes the time to reply as he does.
Jan- Hmmm...now that you mention it, maybe I've been lazy as well as busy. I think busy just ends up making you lazy at some point- or at least that's my theory.
Jayel- As always- thanks for the ratings info! Fox is *still* on top! :-D It always feels good to know how Fox is doing in comparison to the 'others'. It sounds like Rick probably took a well deserved 2 weeks off after he got back from Iraq. Can you imagine how much it takes for anyone over there (our troops, reporters, etc) to decompress when they come back? That reminds me, they had Rich Galen on the morning radio talk show yesterday that we listen to on the way in to SF. He's over in Iraq doing something with the State Dept. I *think* (my memory isn't so great these days)- he's been there awhile and took a break home & went back again. He said that you learn to look for things out of the norm- unattended suitcases on the street, even a Tide box is suspicious. He said that as they were driving, his son told him that he doesn't need to look up at the overpasses, that no one was going to do anything. He never even noticed that he was doing that until his son told him. I'm sure being there for a time & coming back here makes you look at things a *lot* differently. Rich Galen was there when that 1000 lb bomb went off, but he said his hotel was about two miles away. I was hoping he'd make an appearance on Hannity & Colmes (as he has done in the past)- he knows his stuff. I LMAO about the thought of Rick baking- not in a *bad* way, it's just that the image doesn't quite fit. It was ironic that you mentioned Geraldo talking about the news in Pakistan- he *did* show up on Hannity & Colmes last night talking about it. I know Geraldo's intelligent & risk taking, but I just wish some of the other Fox guys (ahem, Rick, Todd, etc) would get a chance to discuss these things too. I'm sure there's extenuating circumstances as to why Geraldo seems to get the stories- it could be that the other guys have other stories going on or stuff in their personal lives and may not be able to just take off at minutes notice. He also has a lot of seniority- not that I'm becoming a Geraldo fan, but just giving some reasoning (benefit of the doubt). It's been nice to see that Todd has been able to cover the Iraq situation. I would imagine that he'll be coming back Stateside before too much longer.
ah- I haven't seen The Passion yet, but it definitely sounds like it touched everyone who has seen it.
Nan- It sounds like we're going through hostage situations- I think we need to be liberated. Bring on the Fox guys! (Namely Rick, Todd, Shep -for you!). :-D It's funny, every job seems to have its "hell time". For you it's tax time and for me it's the end of the year & March/April, but not for tax reasons- massive renewals. I *think* I'll be passing near your area (I'm ashamed to admit that I can't recall where you live :-s) BUT, I *will* wave hello to you in the general area! I haven't been in Fresno for 10 years- and that was just passing through it. That's great that you got to meet Sean, if he was closer to SF, I would have gone. Since he was in San Jose, it was just too far to go. I think it's great that he's been able to do the book tour and to meet his fans.
OK- *really* need to get to work. I'll try not to be so much a stranger, but know that I will at least get to check in & read if nothing else. ;-p
Take care, everyone!!
I thought I should check in since it seems like it's been awhile....yep- it looks like it's been a little over two weeks! I passed my broker/agent licensing exam- and I'm soooo relieved! I was studying night after night for that thing, and had serious doubts of passing (since I failed all but one of the practice tests! ;-p). That whole thing just kinda wiped me out for awhile. Last weekend we cleaned & took more stuff to storage & spent Sunday reorganizing the storage unit. We pulled his son's stuff out & we're driving it down to him in Fresno tomorrow. I'll be on the ex wife's turf then....lol! Hmmm.....what else....oh yeah, work has me held hostage again. It's renewal time for a big bread-winning group of policies (which are brokered by a preferred broker, meaning that they are just a *little* important). Here's the thing: they're all manual processing (I'm working off of 4 different programs) which means it takes a lot of time just to do ONE renewal quote, and I have 53 of them to do still (I've only gotten about 20 done this week- most is 7 in one day). Here's the kicker: there are four of us that are responsible right now. The underwriter went on maternity leave, my supervisor has been out twice this week (incl. today), and my manager was out all week. So....that leaves me to deal with the 100+ manual 4/1 renewals. Needless to say I'm a bit peeved which is why I'm doing this right now instead of working on the renewals ;-) This broker has talked about service issues with my manager, but when I've been given this book of business, PLUS all of Riverside, San Diego, Ventura & Orange, plus another preferred broker....gee, I wonder where all my time goes?? OK- enough of that.**steps off from soapbox**
I've caught Todd a few times this week in the AM before I go to work. Fox decided to throw a curve ball & repeat Fox Report instead of Cavuto (only I didn't catch it until it was almost half over- which is about what I saw yesterday when we got home from work). BUT.....I *did* get to see Rick's report about the speed detector things. It was good to see him on again, it's been awhile. I haven't been able to catch him all this week and I don't know what tapes have what on them anymore so I haven't set the VCR. I think I have some shows from January that I still need to watch yet (from when we were on vacation). LOL, pathetic, huh? ;-) Anyway....I didn't set it today, and I'm sure he'll be on a lot today with the anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq & all. I'm bummed I haven't caught him so much (since he's been on while I'm at work!) but at the same time I'm too pooped to give it too much worry. I *am* thinking I picked a bad weekend to go to Fresno, though.....I'll be there's going to be a lot of coverage & past footage highlighted from last year. You gals will have to post about it and that way I can experience it even if vicariously. I wrote Rick an email some time ago- oh!- it must have been on last time I posted- 3/2, 'cause I know it was the day he was on Fox & Friends. I'm sure he got a ton of email and probably had to read & (do whatever) with it instead of replying. He's one of the best though with replies, but I've heard Mike Emmanuel is also very gracious with replies. It sounds like Studio B was really good yesterday!
Teri! At long last the care package got here (yesterday)! :-) Thanks much!
Ellen- I think I tried checking out the Baghdad Cam a couple of times but it wasn't working for me. Keep meaning to go back & naturally, keep forgetting to.... You can lurk sometimes! :-) God knows I've done that more & more lately. I haven't forgotten about ya'll, it's just been hectic & sometimes I'm just lucky enough to be able to get in & read what's happening. Give my congrats to Jamie on her new baby! I like the name she chose and he sounds cute! Congrats on the Rick reply! I agree, I rather like the 'lowercase leventhal' nickname- it's just not the same with the caps in the right places, lol! ;-) I think it's so nice that he takes the time to reply as he does.
Jan- Hmmm...now that you mention it, maybe I've been lazy as well as busy. I think busy just ends up making you lazy at some point- or at least that's my theory.
Jayel- As always- thanks for the ratings info! Fox is *still* on top! :-D It always feels good to know how Fox is doing in comparison to the 'others'. It sounds like Rick probably took a well deserved 2 weeks off after he got back from Iraq. Can you imagine how much it takes for anyone over there (our troops, reporters, etc) to decompress when they come back? That reminds me, they had Rich Galen on the morning radio talk show yesterday that we listen to on the way in to SF. He's over in Iraq doing something with the State Dept. I *think* (my memory isn't so great these days)- he's been there awhile and took a break home & went back again. He said that you learn to look for things out of the norm- unattended suitcases on the street, even a Tide box is suspicious. He said that as they were driving, his son told him that he doesn't need to look up at the overpasses, that no one was going to do anything. He never even noticed that he was doing that until his son told him. I'm sure being there for a time & coming back here makes you look at things a *lot* differently. Rich Galen was there when that 1000 lb bomb went off, but he said his hotel was about two miles away. I was hoping he'd make an appearance on Hannity & Colmes (as he has done in the past)- he knows his stuff. I LMAO about the thought of Rick baking- not in a *bad* way, it's just that the image doesn't quite fit. It was ironic that you mentioned Geraldo talking about the news in Pakistan- he *did* show up on Hannity & Colmes last night talking about it. I know Geraldo's intelligent & risk taking, but I just wish some of the other Fox guys (ahem, Rick, Todd, etc) would get a chance to discuss these things too. I'm sure there's extenuating circumstances as to why Geraldo seems to get the stories- it could be that the other guys have other stories going on or stuff in their personal lives and may not be able to just take off at minutes notice. He also has a lot of seniority- not that I'm becoming a Geraldo fan, but just giving some reasoning (benefit of the doubt). It's been nice to see that Todd has been able to cover the Iraq situation. I would imagine that he'll be coming back Stateside before too much longer.
ah- I haven't seen The Passion yet, but it definitely sounds like it touched everyone who has seen it.
Nan- It sounds like we're going through hostage situations- I think we need to be liberated. Bring on the Fox guys! (Namely Rick, Todd, Shep -for you!). :-D It's funny, every job seems to have its "hell time". For you it's tax time and for me it's the end of the year & March/April, but not for tax reasons- massive renewals. I *think* I'll be passing near your area (I'm ashamed to admit that I can't recall where you live :-s) BUT, I *will* wave hello to you in the general area! I haven't been in Fresno for 10 years- and that was just passing through it. That's great that you got to meet Sean, if he was closer to SF, I would have gone. Since he was in San Jose, it was just too far to go. I think it's great that he's been able to do the book tour and to meet his fans.
OK- *really* need to get to work. I'll try not to be so much a stranger, but know that I will at least get to check in & read if nothing else. ;-p
Take care, everyone!!
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