Hello!

Many of you know that I am a distributor for Xocai, I have a website at www.xocai-healthydarkchocolate.com  visit anytime that you would like to know more about this amazing chocolate!

Well,

I have now joined up with an amazing company you might have heard of Send Out Cards!! Amazing company. I feel so blessed to be finding these companies that care more about others than themselves. Of course I know it is no coincidence that I have been lead to these companies. 

Send Out Cards is a online automated system that allows the customer to join in one of 3 levels,  depending on whether they want to just send cards or if they want to make a business out of it.  The system is very good and fun! It is easy to use and has many many  little things that make it so efficient, for example when you send a card to someone it automatically saves that persons name into your contacts, no need to save it or go do it yourself.  It also allows you to use your own handwriting and signature when you send a card!! Yes, even though you are doing it all online Cool, huh?

If you are interested in finding out more please go to www.sendoutcards.com/63456 and get a free gift account on me. Send out a few cards, see how you like it.  If you want to join to just send cards, awesome! It is a great and convenient service…if you would like to join to build a business, then you can do that and you will be blessed to be joining a awesome company!!!

Hope to talk soon!

Christine

Changing lives…one card at a time!

Hey all!

I have started a group in Plainfield, Indiana.  It is though MeetUp.com

The group is for people who believe that you must give to get! It is that simple. I want to meet other people that feel as I do….basically that KINDNESS…I know here she goes again!!! Kindness is missing in our society today and we need to bring it back. I do a few things myself, my current endeavor is to send a card to someone each and every day to make them feel special! Today I sent 7…although Christmas is right around the corner so that is not fair, but they were individual cards all different with different special greetings in each one and I hope they are appreciated and something tells me they will be.

Anyway, if you live near and would like to come to one of our meetings join the group! It is brand spanking new and I am the only  member so far! I hope that changes fast. I like to believe there are alot of like minded people out there that feel the same way as I do and I am anxious to hear what everyone else does to make others feel special and show kindness to people…..even people you don’t know!!!  Or maybe that is easier..maybe I should say to your own family! LOL

Whatever the case. Go to   http://www.meetup.com/The-Plainfield-Give-to-Get-Meetup-Group/  and JOIN today!!!

Hope to see you there!

Hello and Good Day to all!

Have I told you that I am a consumer of dark chocolate. Not just DARK chocolate, but HEALTHY dark chocolate!

Yes, it is true, I eat Xocai Dark Healthy chocolate!  And it is yummy! It also is very good for you.

Have you tried it? Would you like to? I can be persuaded to send you a sample if you ask really nicely! 

There is tons of info on my website www.xocai-healthydarkchocolate.com   check it out. You will read some great testimonies, one of them is mine.  Long story short is that I had BAD…did I say BAD…YES…BAD acid reflux for about 4-5 years, so bad that the Doc felt it was starting to scar my esophagus, well after consuming my lovely chocolate for a week it disappeared! I get the occasional flare up but I do not take my meds the way I used to! WHOOHOO!  Anyway, go to my site and check it out. Click on the links…do some reading or watching, see for yourself!

Happy eating!

Plain and simple. RESPECT.

The definition of Respect is esteem for, or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability.

I believe that we, as people, are in serious need of RESPECT. I think that most of our problems as a society can be solved if we can bring back a simple RESPECT for others.

When I am standing in lines or driving in traffic I watch others and wonder….where has simple respect gone?  I see people treating others like they have no VALUE. I know that we have a serious entitlement issue in this country, especially with our young people, but at what point will it stop? We feel entitled to “things’ and RESPECT from others but we do not GIVE to others. We do not give “stuff” OR respect. We feel that people need to earn our respect and we should not GIVE anything ” stuff” or otherwise to anyone unless we feel like it and they should be forever grateful if we decide to impart our “stuff” wisdom or money onto them! YET, we EXPECT them to give freely, without thought, to US. Give us MONEY, give us RESPECT, give us “stuff”..whatever! It is amazing the double standards that I see everyday. On the customer service side of things, we think it is OK to treat the service industry with disdain and as SERVANTS with a total lack of respect in some cases, they have not EARNED anything more from us.

YET we expect..NO feel entitled to good customer service regardless of what is happening. We do not feel it is our responsibility to care or consider what is happening in their lives..THEY ARE THERE TO SERVE US! ME…ME…ME…ME…

I was recently at Disney World, we went to T-Rex which is a new restaurant in Downtown Disney. It is a very kid friendly, crazy, noisy…FUN place. I witnessed a man being very hostile to a server to the point where the manager had to come over and the man went on and on and on…..seriously, he stood there for a good 15 minutes arguing and berating this woman about his BAD customer service. All I could think was, this is a loud crazy place, we all know that coming in. It is hard to hear and given that you know the servers have a hard time getting everything right. I could not imagine, not in my wildest dreams what could have happened SO BAD that he should behave this way. I mean..it appeared that this woman let his youngest child be kidnapped right from their table! I mean, it had to be something this serious the way this man was acting!! It was sad to watch. Now, some of you might think that there are situations which warrant this type of behaviour, but this is exactly what I am talking about. I do not believe there is ever a time that this type of behaviour is appropriate. I just don’t. Things need to be handled in different and more loving ways. YES, I am asking you to love and have compassion for people YOU DO NOT KNOW! OH MY GOODNESS!!! IMAGINE THAT. What a concept. Love..compassion…tolerance….

Hopefully I am getting this across in a manner that one can understand.  It all comes down to respect. It all comes down to how we treat others. I believe a little self LOVE can go a long way in unblocking our LOVE for others. I think, as I have said in the past many,many times…..that if we get PASSIONATE about LIFE we will…WE WILL..as a byproduct of this passion, we WILL start to treat others, start to SEE others in a new way! In a loving way. A way that GOD intended us to in the first place.  Treat others better….treat YOURSELF better! Do unto others…..

MATTHEW 7: 7-12

7“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

 9“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets

I love these verses, they represents what I believe in. GOD will give you anything that you ask for in love, BUT you need to be positive! You NEED to treat others better!! One has everything to do with the other.

Take a look around. Not in a pessimistic or negative way, but take a look around and notice that when you are nicer to others how well things will go in YOUR life! God knew what he was talking about…. the bible is YOUR road map to your life.  

Have a blessed journey!

Have you heard of these children? Indigo children and Crystal children are very special, very enlightened children. If you have one in your midst you are a very fortunate and blessed person.

INDIGO  OR CRYSTAL CHILDREN- according to Wikipedia are children who are believed to represent a higher state of human evolution. The term itself is a reference to the belief that such children have an indigo–colored aura Beliefs concerning the exact nature of Indigo children vary, with some believing that they have paranormal abilities such as the ability to read minds, and others that they are distinguished from non-Indigo children merely by more conventional traits such as increased empathy and creativity.

These children are highly sensitive with a clear sense of self-definition and a strong feeling that they need to make a significant difference in the world. 

Doreen Virtue, PHD. has wrote a couple of books on these children. You can use this link to go to see the books and to purchase them if interested.

So, I have discovered applications on Facebook! I have never used this type of thing before. Do you use Facebook? I used to use Myspace, but then discovered this. I like it much better.

Facebook is a social community, online.  In the past I have used it to stay in touch with friends and family and maybe for some networking. Now, my daughter has turned me on to  Pet Society and My Farm! LOL

Fun! I go on there and play away my day! I spend way too much time there and fear I will have to let my little pet Roxy and My farm fend for themselves a bit more than I have been.  I think they will survive..but I may not be King of the apps if I am not on there all of the time winning money and more money…..to feed my pet and grow my crops.

Okay, I have gotten way too involved with this stuff.  Save me!!! Save me!!! Ban me from Facebook NOW!

Well, as I said I have been thinking alot lately.  I have been delving deeply into the recesses of my SOUL….YOU thought I was going to say mind didn’t you? No, SOUL is the appropriate word.

Have you ever heard of a woman by the name of Doreen Virtue? No? Yes? well, she is a PH.D and a counselor of sorts. She is a Angel Therapist. Do you believe in Angels?

I do. I know there are some people out there that do not think Angels exist, I am not one of them and I totally think that you have a right to your opinion. But, here you will hear me or I guess read  me saying that I believe in Angels. I believe they are God’s servants sent here to earth to help us. God loves us and wants us to be safe and happy…he does.

Anyway, I have been thinking alot lately about Angels…my angels specifically and Doreen Virtue, well, she is a Angel Therapist, meaning she works with angels to help people, usually through counseling. She began as a counselor of addictions, her story is much more detailed than that but that is the short of it.  She is a very special lady who is spiritually gifted and very in touch with that gift. I want to be in touch with my gifts.

I am going to start spending time, well, to be honest I have been spending time since about May learning everything I can about angels and intuitiveness…..I have been a Christian for quite a while but have never really looked into spirituality… or to be specific my spirituality!  I have been reading and listening to everything I can regarding the subject and am learning so much and becoming extremely happy along the way!  I am sooooooooooooooo happy! I feel better today mentally, spiritually, than I ever have.  Is it the angels? I do not know but I like to think so.

I am going to share with you over the next few weeks what I have been reading and listening to and just what it is doing for me.

I am still going to be doing my reviews and continue on my never ending search for great customer service!!!!  I will never stop that! But I will be adding this little sidebar to my site!!  Are you excited or do you think I have popped my cork?  LOL…how ever  you want to say it. LOL  I have NOT..I am just HAPPY! And I feel as though I am on the road to something…and it is spiritual..and I can not stop it and neither can YOU!

So hang on and let us see what happens.

Like anybody is reading this anyway!

So, you may be asking at this point “why did she name this post as she did”?  Well, because it is true! I was listening to Joel Osteen and he said it and it applied to my life these days. God is in control of it all and there are no coincidences and if you think there are then that is SAD! It is so much more exciting to believe there are NOT!

I have been thinking alot lately. Thinking about our world and the people in it and just exactly where I fit into this world.

At 46 years old I have yet to find my true purpose in life.  Do not get me wrong here, I have had moments where I have felt that I really knew my purpose and I do not think I have been entirely off base each time! I just think I have been winding my way to the actual truth of what my purpose really is.  Each and everytime that I made a new decision on which way to take my life I think that it was just me seeing the tip of the ice berg that is my PURPOSE.  

What about you? Have you all found your true purpose? Your divine purpose. The one that brings you closest to your creator?

So what does this all mean? I am not sure! I will be blogging about this very subject right here. I am still doing my reviews and am still on my never ending search for the BEST customer service in AMERICA! I do not think I will ever stop that! I do not think I have been placed in the very interesting jobs that I have been in over the last 13 years for nothing! I think the fact that I have worked for companies that pride themselves as having some of the BEST, if not THE BEST, customer service anywhere… well, I think that maybe that means that I know a little something about customer service. So, I will keep reviewing and searching for those great companies.  BUT, I am going to broaden my blogging to include some maybe spiritual musings…..maybe some deeper thoughts.  I read alot these days and will start doing book reviews as well as movie reviews.  I am looking forward to doing this and hope that you find it as interesting as I do!

Stay tuned………..

I have been on vacation, while gone I have been  gathering up some new reviews to share with you.  Because of being out of town and well…busy with those wonderful grandchildren!!! I am a bit behind on writing!  

Reviews to look forward too……..  Westwood Homes and Remodeling ( YES..I am finally ready to write THAT review!) Logan’s Steakhouse, Animal Kingdom Lodge at Walt Disney World, Grand Floridian Cafe at WDW,The Hampton Inn in Cordele, Georgia, Comfort Suites in Chattanooga, Tn., BOMA at The Animal Kingdom Lodge in WDW  Just to name a few.

I also want to mention that the week of Oct 10th was Customer Service appreciation week! I had wrote something on my website about this but forgot to update the blog! I apologize for that. I really hope that some of you remembered it and showed someone in the CS industry how much you appreciate what they do!!  I just hope you have someone in the CS industry that you feel deserves such appreciation!!  I know I do!

Until we meet again!

Yesterday was the day of the service call from Kinetico. I was scheduled for a visit somewhere between 1-5pm. Fortunately I work from home so that is ok with me!

Around 3:15 or so Kirk from Kinetico arrives at my house and we head downstairs to look at the Sulfurguard. He takes it apart and while he is doing that we have a nice visit. I explain everything to him about the way the techs on my previous calls didn’t appear to really want to help, I don’t think he was really listening ( he WAS busy) because a few minutes later he tells me that the only way they can fix the equipment is if WE CALL THEM and tell them it is acting up!! Which is a very valid point to make except in my case I DID call and was told that they would not do anything to help me other than come out AGAIN and charge me AGAIN at which point i said…FORGET IT!! I have had enough! And I do not need to go over that story again…..you all have heard it before. I did set Kirk straight though and tell him this to which he said that is not the normal way things should be handled when and IF there is a chronic problem with a piece of equipment.

According to Kirk, when there is a chronic problem HE should be notified at which point he will get involved and see what the problem is. They do not like to have to repeatedly go to customers houses to repair the same thing over and over. That makes sense to me.

Well, he went over everything with me and hopefully we have it all straightened out. He did not charge me, he acted as though they never said they were going to charge me, he said my service slip said ZERO on the bill. But, they told me on the phone that there would be a charge of $139.00 per hour. He confirmed that this is the amount they charge but he would not be charging me. Okay. Thank you.

As you can see, Ms. Miner has left another comment letting us all know that Kinetico stays on top of customer opinions and it must have been a Google Alert that lead her to my Blog post.

I am beginning to wonder if Ms. Miner is a robot?! JUST KIDDING…..if you are a person, I apologize, I’m just playing! I like to try and use a little humor in these blogs, sometimes that is harder to do than others!

Bottom line- Kinetico got involved to help recover a customer service issue. That is all I am asking for!