Book

MaryStarr...that book sounds intriguing...I think I might pick up a copy. Are there a lot of good suggestions in it that you have found to be useful? My only concern would be finding the ingredients...where do you buy those kinds of things? A natural food store?

Things here have been pretty much the same old thing. Just plugging away at work and enjoying my time home with the kiddos. Nothing too spectacular. Eli hurt his back and has been off work for nearly two weeks now. It's making him very grumpy. He's supposed to be at the doctor's office right now to get cleared to go back to work...hopefully he gets a clean bill of health!

I made the mistake of wearing my Wells Fargo jacket out in public last week when I stopped to get gas and the attendant gave me the evil eye and started questioning me about the ethics of Wells Fargo and on and on...it was horrible. I have tried to avoid the topic outside of work, but I feel the need to adress it at this point. I have never been on the negative end of media attention, and it's truly awful. The story that hit was potentially misleading...the "junket" was actually a four day recognition event for employees who generated over $230 billion in mortgage loans for our customers. The general public doesn't fully understand the way the funds Wells Fargo recieved were directed and that just adds to the misrepresentation. Wells Fargo was actually forced by the government to accept the funds, Wells did not ask nor need to be bailed out. They are sitting in a reserve account and Wells Fargo is paying dividends to the government. It sucks for employees becuase now upper management has been forced to cancel all of the recognition events for 2009. It's sad because Wells Fargo is a good company and has made good decissions, but has now been grouped with the other lenders out there who made bad choices. I am sure the attention will pass, but it still is very frustrating.