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Archive for April, 2009

4G

Have you seen the commercials where the cell phone companies tout their 3G networks? A few of the market leaders are making plans to upgrade their networks to 4G. Guess who works for a company that is a major player in the development of the equipment that makes 4G possible? Did you know that 3G [...]

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Trading One Dream For Another

Carlos told me that he has given notice to his band. He is giving up the dream of becoming a rock star. The band has achieved success on a regional level but they haven’t managed to secure a record deal or a national tour. Since he will be father in a few months he realized [...]

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Patty Called

Patty finally called me last night.  I had left her three messages over the past week or so.  Patty’s best girlfriend was in town so she was busy entertaining and having some fun.  She finally moved back into the master bedroom suite.  She hadn’t been sleeping in there since Steve died.  He didn’t die in [...]

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Miscellaneous Post

K left today for another three week stint in Missouri.  He was home for the weekend and we had a good time together.  We finally finished up the spring yard clean up just in time before the rain started falling.  The rain has now turned into snow.
 
This weekend our neighbors invited us over to check [...]

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More Training

Yesterday my mentor, T, then tells me there is an internal website that has information that is vital to the job.  She sends me the web address for the site. I go to the site only to find out I need to download the program.  However, in order to download the program I need to have [...]

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Hermès is Here!

 There’s an article in the Denver Post this morning about the opening of the Hermès store in Cherry Creek North.  The store is across the street from Neiman-Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue in a new high end mixed use development (condos and retail).  Hermès is now the crown jewel in the Cherry Creek shopping district. [...]

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Another Revenue Request

This morning I received another urgent email requesting any unreported revenue opportunities.  It seems there is a big gap between the forecast and the booked revenue for a particular revenue stream so far this year.  Do they think we are sandbagging our revenue numbers?  The numbers were updated yesterday.  Our next revenue report is due [...]

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Revenue, Revenue, Revenue

My new job is all about revenue generation.  There are eleven people on my team and we are responsible for generation $241 million this fiscal year from the North American market.  This is small potatoes compared the company’s overall revenue of $23 billion. 
 
There is a revenue report that is updated on a weekly basis [...]

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Gone Again

K flew to Boston to today. He’ll come home on Friday night. He leaves again next Sunday for a three week stint in Festus, MO. Even though he came home Tuesday evening from Albuquerque it seems like he was only home for a day. Sigh!
Since K will be away when I have the skin cancer [...]

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Momsomniac’s Blog

My friend, D, has started a blog. She is a wonderful person, a hardworking professional, a great mom and loving wife. She’s got a handsome husband too! Check her out.
Momsomniac’s Blog

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