Bad habits 101

         

 

 

Edition 184 Monday May 6th 2013

 

Hi,we love wet and windy weekends at home hunkered down braving the elements totally fortified by cupboards full of comfort food!!! Add to that a never ending supply of sport and movies on the telly and the outside world may as well not exist! The secret is to have enough of everything to not have to venture out!! Any break in the weather has to be reserved for dog walking and golf ball hunting!! Its times like these  that you don’t mind your wheelie bin going out more than you do !!

From the Fletcher file; Mr Jones junior joined a local Play centre last week taking the intro to the locals in his stride as well as everything they had in the fridge to eat !! To say him and his Mum enjoy the time out is an understatement. That toothy smile is infectious on the local girls that’s for sure!

I am a little disturbed by Christines enrolment at a local gym in their boxing class although they say the punch that gets you is the one you wont see!??, I guess I will have deserved it if it does happen!

As my Global Exploring son Mark prepares to set off on the European leg of his never ending OE I find myself reflecting on how much I am going to miss him and regretting not doing more with him. Crikey being a parent is tough on the emotions and the top two inches no matter what age kids areL.

The lesson here my friends is to always make quality time to spend with the people most important to you. There are no medals or thanks for being the last to leave the office.On that note I hope you have managed to spend the weekend with the people closest to you and found the time to tell them you love them. Have an awesome week ahead and don’t forget Mothers Day Sunday,Cheers Jonesey.

 

Harry and the Hendersons reckon dogs are the only thing on earth that loves you more than they love themselves! ,they certainly seem to be the Grumpy mans only friends!! :)

 

“You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out” Warren Buffett

 

I wasn’t caught swimming naked by the tide but I felt just as exposed when two Directors of our company asked to ride in my car to an appointment we were all attending last week.

 

For one reason or other I had not cleaned my car for some time and it was in a shocking state.

As someone who prides thereself in the appearance of self and vehicle I was mortified at this request.

 

I quickly tried to shake the carpets and brush the dog hair off the seats whilst emptying the previous weeks worth of accumulated business and private crap out of every parcel and door tray!!!

 

Unfortunately the notice was too short and the trip commenced badly with our principal shareholder finding a half eaten baby rusk embedded in the seat of his newly pressed trousers. As if this wasn’t bad enough the windscreen and passenger windows were so badly smudged with dog saliva and west coast sea spray that he and his fellow Director had trouble seeing out of the vehicle !

 

As if the physical appearance of the car wasn’t bad enough the Director sitting in the passenger seat in front with me felt threatened enough to grab the steering wheel as we moved off from the lights with two lanes going in to one as I finished a text I had started whilst stationary at the lights!!

 

Crikey what a bad experience, enough said, lessons learnt; Always have car clean enough to take Directors and Customers on tour. Sweep for baby food and dog hair post weekend, don’t text or email whilst driving. Bad habits 101,simple to do hard to rectify but something to always be “better” at !!

 

“Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.” Warren Buffett

 

(This weeks quotes have nothing to do with the story bit I thought they were cool anyway enjoy!!!)