DUST COLLECTORS

It's a good day for indoor activities & I am taking advantage of it.  Despite the sun & bright blue sky's, the temperature has just now inched it's way above 32 degrees & the forecast is for it to not get too much warmer.  Later today the clouds are to arrive, bringing with them the first measurable snow of 2012.  Oh joy.

Each time I have ventured outside today, I have made sure to wear something warm, to shield me from the cold & especially the wind, which no doubt increases the feeling of cold due to the wind chill factor. [No ... I was not wearing a PLAID coat.  Sorry, don't have one.]

I am cleaning out the closet in my home office; tossing out stuff I don't need, can't remember why I had saved, &/or just moving stuff to gain more room ... for paper/pens/markers, etc.  You know the drill.

On the top shelf of the closet I found some "awards" I have received in my ... "previous life", which would be when I held down a job & when I was a bit involved with a few activities not just centered on me, which is the (selfish) life style I have now.

I'm not sure what I will do with the "awards".  I certainly don't plan on needing them any time soon to add to a resume.  I don't really want to put them on the wall or take up space on any shelves.  They may take a trip to the burn pit, since they serve little purpose at this point in my life.

I am including photos, just so my readers will know what I was "given" to recognize some sort of "achievement" I obtained:

 Ah ... good old MAYBELLINE.  The company got almost 34 years of my life & is the reason I have  ended up in Arkansas.  The above "award" was for leading the implementation of electronic invoicing with Target Stores.  Faster payments.  [Quicker deductions as well.  Oops, bummer.]

 I'm two for two, with another MAYBELLINE "award". I can't remember if there was any "cash" accompanying these certificates, but both where probably the highlight of my final years at the company.  I got this one for helping with the new distribution system. It was mostly downhill for me after that.

 When I lived in Memphis, Tennessee, I was a regular volunteer for the local blood donation company -- LIFE BLOOD.  I gave over four gallons of blood before I relocated to the Little Rock area.  I would get phone calls at work telling me my blood type was needed & it was a great excuse to go to my boss to let him know I was taking the remainder of the day off & going to donate. [I had to "rest" after giving blood. Too strenuous to go back to work. Plus, I got cookies.]

The final find on the top shelf of the closet is the above plaque I got from the Board of Directors of the condo complex I lived in & which I served as Vice President on the board for 15 years. [Unlike politicians, I had no desire to be President of the board.  Too much work involved.]

I've got all these "dust collectors" in a pile on one of the office tables.  I'll decide in the next few days -- after the big snow ...?? -- what to do with them.