Oh Oh!!!!… after returning from a client appointment in Burnsville last night, the transmission slipped in the Jag going up the hill on 101 near Hesse Farms….then the “gearbox” light came on….. Sorry Henry, but this isn’t a small problem…..so much for savings…

Earlier in the day I had a great appointment…. some guy who’s owned one of those old fashioned “Butcher Shops” for over 30 years….. Old Time Butcher Shops to me are like Hardware Stores are to Handymen….. I love them….

The owner was friendly as could be…met me at a Stand up table and I noticed he had his insurance stuff in his hand….but I always have questions first… “How long you been with your current agent”… “since I opened”… “Sounds like he takes pretty good care of you?”… “He really has…were friends….”… (I’m dead)…. so I congratulate him and ask him if he’d feel manipulated if I bought some meat…. “Not at all”… I’m not quoting this guys insurance this year….what’s the point?.. but as he walked me out the door after a bit more socializing… he shook my hand and said…”we really aren’t that good of friends”…meaning he and the agent… So, I pledged my return business….and will wait till next year….problem solved… I won’t be wasting my time on business I likely wouldn’t earn anyway….but next time, will be a different ballgame….

Back at the office was another matter… lots of issues to address….but “Motivated Gal” is doing an awesome job….even though I have her swamped at the moment…

I had my favorite appointment of the year at 3:30..but they arrived a little early… two Girl Scouts 8 and 10…. big smiles…along with Mom ….. selling their cookies…I can’t resist.. I don’t really care for the cookies…but I give them away and get some for the Mrs…..but those little smiles and all that shyness….”gimme five boxes of everything”… just to see the look on their faces….(see yesterday’s blog)…off they went….that look is priceless…. but I started thinking maybe I should quote the Butcher just to pay for the cookies….

Well, besides the Transmission issues I’m currently experiencing… I wonder what other “little problems” I’ll have the opportunity to face today?????