Maple Leaf Parade – Hometown Hero's!

Funny #1 Last night my dad was moving the pen the horses were in so they could have more grass to munch on. He asked me to jump on the lawnmower and mow between the pallets & the trailer so they didn’t have to walk in tall grass, so while I was on the mower…

***update: here is an official picture of the path*** **My drawing, and it’s a smidge off, it never went down 32nd St until closer to Flyin’ J** (click on the photo to make it bigger) If you can picture this………  (the squiggly line is the track of the tornado) Joplin North to South streets are…

The tornado spanned 6 miles long and was guessed to be 1/2 mile across.  So far the death toll is at 89 people.  Homes are gone, businesses are gone, and the real kicker, we have another line of sever weather headed our way right now.  In fact we are in a Severe Thunderstorm Warning and…

So the last few weeks at work I’ve been sitting through Continuous Improvement classes for an office building.  We’re the first round of this because generally they do this type of thing at a manufacturing level. We’ve been learning about DMAIC, Mission & Vision statements, Team Charters, CPI vs CS (Continuous Improvement Processes vs Cost…

First off… I take it you’ve all noticed the name change… Yes it’s the same ole Nicole you’ve grown to love… I just thought I’d try this name out.  It’s the way my husband answers the phone to friends and family a lot of times.  He has even answered our home phone that way, although…