Menihuni

Wow! I have been neglecting this blog spot. When I last posted mack was getting a sister. Well, we got her and she is something else! LOL She has a very cute personality and her name suites her well. We wanted to get an hawaiian name like macks (Makepono) and the name Menihuni worked because she also looks like a "mini mack"

Meni is short for Menihuni (men nee hu nee). The hawaiian legend of the menihuni says that before the explorers inhabited the islands, there lived a race of very small people, much shorter than you or I. When the first polynesians settlers came, the menihuni retreated to the hills and lived in the woods and behind waterfalls and were pretty much never seen again.

Islanders believe they are responsible for events that cannot be explained. Like if someone finished a job more quickly than expected, the menihuni must have come in at night to help. Children would blame the menihuni for broken windows, missing items and spilled milk.



Mack and Meni

Mack is getting a sister!

We are picking her up this weekend! She is a pure bread Toy poodle and weighs about 5 lbs. She is 4 months old. Photos coming soon!


Happy Holidays Everyone!

I Jumped!

This was filmed on my 37th birthday. It was a gift I gave to myself. :)
Have you ever jumped? Do you want to? I HIGHLY Recommend it!

Watch it all- Ground to Ground!

I don't think I want to know....

I saw this today when I was out for lunch. Advertising ploy? What do you think? Have you ever heard of such a thing?



It says "Ask us about our choc. covered cherry spa pedicure"

Map This!

Another mapping website! Our newest player on the mapping circuit is Neighboroo. This time the spin is pretty colors superimposed on a Google Map to denote specific demographic information. The software uses an array of pastels to give you information about home prices, rents, commute times, race, unemployment, etc... Link: http://www.neighboroo.com/

Traffic Reports

Trafiic reports on the radio bug me. They are NEVER correct! Well, except when they are generalizing which is easy to do in most major cities. You know what areas of the city are busy EVERY DAY at the SAME TIME. It is when they get into detail about specific accidents that bothers me. There have been several occasions that I have been on the highway during the traffic report here in Cincinnati and the traffic reporter is telling the listening audience about a traffic accident at the very location I am at. I look around, up, down, behind and in front and THERE IS NO ACCIDENT. This has happened to me several times. There are traffic cams on all our major interstates through the city, do these reporters not have Internet access to look at them? What other duties do traffic reporters have other than to monitor police radios for traffic accidents? I know I am being a bit sarcastic in assuming they do nothing else, but I swear they have no credibility to me and the businesses that buy advertising that is played "This traffic update is brought to you by..." need to ask for a refund. Maybe its cheap advertising since the traffic reporter is only telling us something we already know, traffic is slow at the major arteries between 7-9 and 4-6 EVERYDAY and they are making up fake accidents to report.

Are you rude?

Customer Service? How about Customer Consideration? I don't mean that the Store Associate should be considerate of the Customer, I mean the other way around. Why must the Employee always have to be the nice one? The one who has to go out of their way to be nice or overly friendly? I think it's pretty common sense that you get what you give. Most of the times when there is a conflict with a store associate and a customer, its because the customer was rude first. I know. I have been on both sides. Think about it, the poor person behind the counter has to deal with many of “Us” every day. And you know, as well as I do that “We” are not a nice group of people. I have taken it upon myself to step up when I see or hear a customer taking their frustration out on a store employee. As a customer, we need to be more appreciative of the people that are there to serve us, be more thankful and considerate. But my all means, if you are treated bad, report it to a supervisor. Chances are it was the customer before you that got the associate all worked up and they are taking it out on you. I am sure this person must have some redeeming qualities that warrant they be paid to be in public view, after all they had to pass an interview... We hope! Be nice! You get what you give, and if you get nasty treatment, you probably deserved it! But then again, I do know that there are some pretty lazy, pathetic nasty employees out there too, why they even applied for the job in the first place is beyond me. When I see this behavior, I blame management. (snicker) Management sucks but that subject is for a different time.