A Special Weekend Edition.....

This picture is especially for Leigh and Tammy because they made the mistake of telling me they HATE the Rufus photo essays. What I'm wondering is how can you hate adorable photos of this darling rag-a-muffin, like the one here of him chewing matches. Such a cutie and flame retardant too! I'm afraid, here at the House of Suz, that we're going to be forced to publish a weekly Rufus photo essay now. Yes, I'm sorry that you all will be punished because of the careless words of a few not so well meaning people, but them's the breaks, Charlie. You can thank the team of T & L. Thanks kids!

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Now on the "announcement" front, having turned in my resignation letter and fully expecting to be walked out of the building immediately I was shocked and surprised and a little impressed at the actual outcome. The director of Customer service for my company and the VP of CS for Asshole company called me into an impromptu meeting and actually presented me with a counter offer that was quite attractive. I told them I had to think about it over the weekend. It turns out I am a hot property and one that Asshole Co insists they keep and are not going to go down without a fight. I went home to get a sanity check from the Roommate, who convinced me Hugs and Kisses is the right choice for me, so it looks like I'm going to be moving on to greener pastures. But it was nice to get the counter offer; perhaps someone at my current company should have let me know that I was a valued employee, oh, I don't know, maybe sometime in the last 7 and a half years----perhaps my exit wouldn't be happening now had someone given me an adequate pat on the back in the past.