Dealing with the employed . . .

In this day and age, one would think that anyone with a job would be most grateful and exhibit such gratitude by doing their job to the best of their ability. Once more, I've been the 'victim' of an employed person who acts like they'd rather not be there.

My daughter was due for her eye examination. The doctor checked her eyes, gave us her prescription, we dutifully paid, and left. We got to the place where we usually get our eyeglass prescriptions filled. My daughter spent a good amount of time chosing her new frames and we were congratulating ourselves about how quickly we had accomplished this errand.

We took the chosen frames to the clerk, she pulled up our records, started to plug in the new prescription numbers, and stopped . . . She said that there was an error in the numbers and an important segment of the prescription had been left out. Suddenly, I remembered that the doctor's receptionist had done the same thing to us three years ago with the very same omission!

The eyeglass people were nice enough to call the doctor's office and have the information faxed over to them. The clerk said the receptionist told her that she thought it should have included the extra information and wondered about it. The doctor is sitting five feet away and all she can do is wonder?

I worked in the public sector for over 15 years and discovered that the good employees always went a few steps further to insure a job well done. If something is glaring enough to make you wonder, you should persue the situation until you discover the reality.

Jobs aren't easy to come by or keep in this 'wonderful' economy of ours. It seems to me that anyone blessed with a job, would do all they could to become indispensible at the job which includes following through when things don't look correct and saving the customer/patients some valuable time.

Never considered it this way . . .

The word angel is the name of a function, not of a nature. For they are always spirits, but are called angels when they are sent.

St. Isidore: Erymologies, 7, 5. (7th century)

Pumpkin Pancakes

Something easy to whip up for Christmas morning. It satisfies the sweet tooth and provides enough nurtients to satisfy the parental side of our natures. It's a nice change from the usual pancakes and a surprise. Hey, I won't tell if you even put a can of whipped cream out on the table that morning!

Pumpkin Pancakes
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
½ cup canned pumpkin puree
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 egg

Whisk together the dry ingredients and then blend in the rest, mixing thoroughly. If the batter is too thin, add a bit more flour. Pour quarter cups of batter onto a hot, buttered griddle or frying pan. When bubbles appear on the surface of the pancake, time to turn it over.

Have the butter ready along with your favorite syrup and enjoy.

Books can be the advantage . . .

"The man who does not read good
books has no advantage over the
man who cannot read them."- Mark Twain

Guessing the weather!

And a supporting tool for this device would be called a window!

 

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

- Ambrose Bierce

 

 

Peppermint Truffles of the Chocolate Variety . . .

http://candy.about.com/od/specialoccasions/r/ccanetruffles.htm?nl=1

Truffles always sound expensive and elegant yet recipes for making these at home have been all over the Internet this Christmas season. Here is that wonderful combination of chocolate and mint together in an easy recipe. An hour's worth of time and an impressive offering for your holiday table or packed in a pretty box for gift giving when you visit family and friends for Christmas.

I still haven't gotten time to do my annual candy-making day but had better get to it soon . . . I keep finding more and more recipes I want to add to the list.

A good quote for raising children, too!

“Fight all error, but do it with good humor, patience, kindness, and love. Harshness will damage your own soul and spoil the best cause.” ~St. John of Kanty

There is hope for Hollywood . . .

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/12/19/top-five-most-influential-pro-life-celebrities-of-2011/

Although the number seems small in comparison to the  onslaught on the unborn, celebrities have a following and if they each influence 100 people to reflect on the tragedy of abortion, think of how that
knowledge and action can grow.