Crikey !!!

 

 

 

Edition 246 Monday August 11th 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi,crikey happy birthday Fletcher Jones where did that two years go?I can honestly say there hasn’t been a more important or monumental twenty four month in my life! Game and life changing to say the least where I have finally met my soulmate, had another precious child and got married to name a few moments of truth in that time!Wow enough to keep me young(and a little bit weary eyed!!) J.

A strategically planned long weekend gave Christine and I time out on Monday to celebrate her birthday in style spending all day together while Fletcher was at daycare!! It was a cool day full of quality time and fun, well worth taking and making time to do specially….yay.

Fletcher says; he is glad his Mum went for the ‘large’tramp birthday option and that it fitted into the backyard at 48 (just)…..dont be surprised if he charges neighbourhood kids to use it!(see attached).

A cool party at daycare mid week and a low key family day on Saturday stretched Fletchers second birthday out as far as the abundance of chocolate mud cake and cupcakes would go!...hip hip hooray!

I can remember going to the Civic theatre as a young and not so young kid and always looking up fascinated at the stars twinkling on the ceiling in a startlingly realistic imitation of the real sky.I can also remember travelling away up North selling all sorts in my early sales days and always staying out at Ahipara on ninety mile beach just so I could hear the west coast surf as I fell to sleep and again when I woke up! Now I count my blessings that I can experience both these amazing things every day at our home on the west coast with my new wife and our family!

We know we are lucky for this privelege and for so many other things like our health and our happiness so we think it is important to take time out with each other making the most of our lives. I hope you make time to do the same because it is simple to do and well worth it.

Have a great time with family and friends and a big week ahead…….…… Cheers Jonesey!

 

Harry and the Hendersons reckon they should be allowed on the tramp…no fee or question!

 

“Precision in dress is the neurotic refuge of the perpetually insecure.”

G.Bruce Boyer

Thanks for the feedback about last weeks article on dress……it was good to hear that you feel the same way about business dress standards and that you also make an effort to ‘buck the trend’!

Now something that may not thrill you but could revolutionise your thinking is that often we run out of time and don’t get to iron a shirt to wear to work! Now this has the potential to create havoc however I have been experimenting and can confirm that if you put an unironed shirt on at 7am by 9am you will not be able to tell the difference. Most of us in Auckland have approx a one hour commute so we only have one hour to survive before no one will notice. Think of the time saving slaving away on Sunday afternoons with the iron,yes you heard it here first in the trend setting sizzle!

Whilst on the subject of dress and appearance we are currently recruiting and I am less than impressed with the standard of dress candidates are presenting themselves in!

Crikey if ever there was an opportunity to dress to impress surely this is it?....but alas not in my most recent encounters/experiences.

Let me say that if you are thinking of applying for a new position that you need to take a pride in how you present yourself if you are lucky enough to interview for that position!

Another piece of advice if you are looking and currently have a job, don’t resign until you have secured a new position. I have met a number of people lately who have left their jobs in the belief that they would secure new roles quickly but havent! I have learned it is tough out there even getting an interview so be careful and if you do get to first base make sure you are well dressed and prepared, it is competitive out there and you need to be the best you can be…believe me!

 

"The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one." – Oscar Wilde.