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Snow! Snow! And More Snow!
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Twin Cities Minnesota Blizzard December 11, 2010
This video was taken through the windows of our home in Rosemount, Minnesota, showing the blizzard that closed major freeways and highways because of the snow and the wind. Storm total snow accumulation of 12 to 17 inches and tonight it will get down to -9 F (-22 C).
Forcasted for today was going to be snow. Snow started at midnight this morning. It will continue this afternoon and it will snow into the night. Catriona, a friend of ours from Scotland, wanted to come and stay with us in January (sometime). Umm… well… winter can be good and it can be bad as evidenced in the video on this post. I really think that she would like it here better in late summer. She would really like the State Fair and the shopping at the Mall of America. At that time, Cliff, Zoaunne and I could show her how to catch her limit in fish in one of our lakes.
I went outside to brush the snow off my car, shovel the sidewalk and clear off the driveway with the snow blower. The wind is blowing from 20 to 30 MPH (32 – 48 KMH) so that makes the wind chill very cold! It seemed that I no sooner got done clearing it all off, when the snow was already starting to drift up again.Will be at it again later...
"A Day in the Life of an Elf" at Macy's Santaland, Macy's, Minneapolis, MN
This evening we drove to Minneapolis to see "A Day in the Life of an Elf" at Macy's Santaland. Anthony slept in the car all the way there. When he first got out of the car he seemed that he didn't want to be there. As we walked through, Anthony seemed to enjoy the scenery with awe and wonder. As a three year old he is quite shy out in public.
After we went through Macy's Santaland, we ate dinner in the food court. I had lemon chicken with fried rice and an egg roll from Leann Chin. It has been along time since I had enjoyed food from Leann Chin. Z had Pizza, Sharon had a salad and Anthony had Chicken strips. Z teased Anthony that she was going to steal a chicken strip from him. That made Anthony laugh.
After we ate, we had enough time to get up into the skyway to see to the Holidazzle Parade. It was a great location. We went to the same skyway location that we had last year. As we were driving back Anthony was talking quite a bit. He said that he loved everyone! He said EVERYONE was important!
We were going to go see the Holiday Train that stops in Cottage Grove tomorrow night but, the weather is predicted to get bad. They are estimating 7 to 8 inches of snow tonight falling after midnight and 6 to 8 inches tomorrow with winds expected to be from 15 to 25 MPH. It would probably be better if we didn't go.
"A Day in the Life of an Elf" at Macy's Santaland, Macy's Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN | Event | Vita.mn
Las Vegas NV Bucket List - Things that come to mind when I think of Vegas and what is fun to do
- Drinks at the top of The Stratosphere (no expense spared on this one!) … $8-$10 to go up plus drinks $8-$10 at rotating table … ride a ride if you want
- Breakfast upon arrival at The Golden Gate
- Drive The Strip the morning of arrival as we head to The Golden Gate downtown. Drive the strip once at night. Try to avoid after that due to heavy traffic.
- After breakfast walk around the downtown
- See The Freemont Street Experience, downtown
- Take pix by the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign on South end of the Las Vegas Blvd.
- Take pix in front of Crazy Girls Bronze Buns at Riviera Hotel & Casino
- Penny Slots, The Big Six Wheel, Roulette, Craps,
Black Jack $1 at Casino Royale, Poker Palace and the Sahara;
$2 Black Jack at Slots O’ Fun;
$1 Craps at Joker’s Wild in Henderson and Slots o’ Fun,
50 cents or less Roulette at Slots O’ Fun, Casino Royale, El Cortez, El Dorado, Golden Spike
Poker for Doug - Go up The Eiffel Tower at The Paris
- The free Pirate Show “The Sirens of Treasure Island”
- The Volcano eruption at The Mirage
- Maybe drive out to Red Rock Canyon; perhaps we could find where Benny Binion’s son, Ted, is buried???
- Car Show at Imperial Palace
- See new property, Aria at City Center
- Ride the Gondola while being serenaded (in or out) at The Bellagio
- See the Tigers at The Mirage
- Do late-night meal at Binion’s Coffee Shop
- While at Binion’s get your pix taken with $1,000,000!
- 45-minute drive to Hoover’s Dam (90-minute round trip)
- See the Masquerade in-the-Sky Parade at The Rio. Beads are thrown in the crowd and you don’t have to bare your breasts! (Harrah’s offers a free shuttle ride every 20 minutes to Rio up until 1:00 am – take advantage of parking at Harrahs and doing this)
- The Tropicana has The Giant Slot Machine – try your luck!
- Dueling Pianos at Harrahs (Su-Th 9pm-2am), New York New York (ntly 8pm-3am), sing King of the Road with a lounge act at a casino bar while playing black jack
- Street Performers at Grand Canal Shoppes in The Bellagio
- The Bellagio Chocolate Fountains
- The Las Vegas Neon Museum in downtown Freemont Street area
- Get pix with the World’s Largest Golden Nugget at The Golden Nugget
- Get pix with a real Las Vegas Showgirl at Harrah’s
Here is a LinkedIn tip I learned today
With in Linkedin:
In Settings, then Profile and Status Updates, mainly keep the option "No, do not notify anyone and do not include me in company updates" checked and then about once or every few days then go and check the "Yes, notify my connections and show significant profile updates on my company's profile" and it would clear things out.
This helps avoid those pesky "Bob Smith has an updated profile (Industry, Headline)" and "Bob Smith is now connected to Jane Doe" posts more hidden on other people's network Activity pages.
Charter Communications; A Satisfied Customer
Continuation of the issue on the post: Charter TV Issues. You tell me. Is it a bait and switch?
Here is the response I received from Eric the Social Media Communications Manager at Charter Communications:
Good Morning John,
Thanks for taking the time to send me this information. I reviewed the account, and was able to get you those additional channels and reduce the account by $5 per month.
You were paying $60.90 (before taxes) for you Charter Internet service, Basic TV, and a Digital Box.
Breakdown:
· Internet = $34.99
· Basic TV = $19.99
· Digital Converter = $5.00
· Broadcast TV Service Charge = $.92
o Total = $60.90
Because we no longer have a promotion for a free Digital Converter, which is what I think caused the initial error, I was able to reduce the Basic TV charge to $9.99 for 12 months, and then I added the Digital View which is an additional $5, net result is a $5 savings.
Breakdown:
· Internet = $34.99
· Basic TV = $9.99
· Digital Converter = $5.00
· Digital View = $5.00
· Broadcast TV Service Charge = $.92
o Total = $55.90
The monthly total is before taxes, but is does reflect a $5 savings for the next 12 months, so I hope this is an acceptable resolution for you. Please let me know if there is anything else we can help with.
Thanks, Eric
Eric Ketzer | Social Media Communications Manager |
Rating of today's MinneapolisHires.com's Minneapolis Job Fair
Today, for my job search, I attended the Minneapolis Job Fair. They advertised the event as having “Over 200 positions will be available.” Some of the booth vendors advertised by the Minneapolis Hires website included: The Entrepreneurs Source, Country Financial, Career Directors International, Primerica Financial Services, Minnesota Army National Guard, Champion Career Management, and Farmers Insurance Group.
As a job seeker, normally I don’t like going to job fairs without knowing exactly what companies would be attending the event and what positions they are seeking to fill. I like to target two to three specific companies. Talking to companies not looking for a position in the job seekers field, is a waste of time for the company’s representative and the job seeker.
Since, I’m not really looking to get into insurance and financial sales, I knew I wouldn’t be speaking with Country Financial, Primerica and the people from Farmers Insurance Group. Though I am thankful for those who serve in the military, the Minnesota Army National Guard wouldn’t fit my needs either. At the same time, it wasn’t a bad start of a list for the advertised 200 positions. Even if each of the other companies represented had several positions available, there would be a few to choose from within my field.
With business cards and a short stack of resumes in hand, I went into it without know who I was going to talk to. The event was held at the Holiday Inn & Suites Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. In-person registration was easy, and all I had to do is provide a valid email address. As I entered the room, I scanned the booths. Except for the companies they had listed, there was also Amway, ACR At Home Healthcare, couple of temp agencies, a company selling jewelry and another selling an opportunity on selling energy juice. I was not impressed.
What is Amway, the multilevel marketing (MLM) company, doing at a job fair? People typically get into MLM companies not as a sole income source but to get good quality items at wholesale prices. I suppose if you get a few people in your down line it would be alright. To make a living with any MLM program one would have to make all his/her friends and relatives an employee. Isn’t that the same process you have to do if you were planning on selling insurance? Get all your friends and relatives to buy from you? I think MLM companies are targeting the unemployed hoping the MLM company can make money for itself. Like unemployed people have money for such things. People can get a better deal buying products through double coupons from the local Rainbow on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Out of the bunch, ACR At Home Healthcare was the only quality employer in the group and they were looking for people that home health care skills, which I don't have.
This Minneapolis Hires job fair was designed for those who have no idea what career direction they are targeting. I have been to better job fairs. It seems that Minneapolis Hires has to learn some lessons about the promotion of their job fairs. Since I used my time at the event to network with other job seekers, I didn’t totally waste my time. Of course, I could have saved some gas and wear and tear on my car by just walking from my home to the local coffee house and networked with some people there.
My conclusion: MinneapolisHires.com over-promised and under-delivered this job fair.
What are your thoughts?
If you attended this particular job fair and got good leads or an interview, I’d like to hear about it. Please comment in this blog.
End of the year document shredding.
Zena and I are members at the United Educators Credit Union. Zena had called their office and told them she was a member and she asked them when their next scheduled document shredding day was occurring. She was told that they typically do the shredding twice a year and the next time it would be scheduled is in the spring time. She told them that she appreciated the opportunity for the FREE document shredding.
She was then told that because she is a member of the United Educators Credit Union she could bring in her documents to shred anytime. The credit union shreds their documents every week and any member can bring in documents to be shredded and added to what the credit union shreds.
Zena then asked about the security of the documents and was told that they lock up the documents in a secure box and it doesn’t get opened again and goes straight into the shredder. I am glad Zena and I are members to get this service. We get really great service from the United Educators Credit Union and would highly recommend that if you are a school employee, a select employee groups or related to a school employee that is a member you should join.
When you shred your old documents you can prevent identity theft!
LINKS:
To get more information on joining United Educators Credit Union: http://www.uecu.coop/membership/eligible.asp
What documents should be shredded and when?
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