Grace's Mini-Meme

Grace over at The Friday Chef came up with these questions:

Question #1~ Have you ever had a seasonal job? Was it a good or bad experience?

I've never had a seasonal job, per se, except for the month or so I tried to sell Fuller Brush products door to door. It was my first paying job. I had to purchase the demos and flyers; with this overhead I had to sell to break even. I distributed the flyers in round 1 through my territory and then in round 2 I knocked on the doors to take orders.

My region was split between elderly people and younger middle-income families. The elderly people were more likely to invite me in and eventually, after a long visit, purchase one small item. I had no success at all with the younger people.

I also sold Dianetics books door to door as a 'penance' during my Scientology years, and that's a whole different story.

Both sales jobs were the same, though. The old or lonely were the only ones who gave me a moment of time and as I get older I understand this a lot more. I didn't sell many brushes or books, but I hope my sales visits helped make a few days less lonely. That is the only good thing about door-to-door sales.

Question #2~ If your house was burning to the ground, what one thing would you chose to save?

It would have to be my 'miraculous rock'. In 1992 I made a religious pilgrimage to the village of Medjugorje, Bonsia-Herzegovnia, reported to be the site of ongoing Marian apparitions. During a rosary walk on Apparition Hill I had the thought that I'd like to take a rock from the hill home with me and I began to look for one. As I did this, an interior voice that was not my own said to me, "Let me have someone give you one (a rock)." With that my mind stopped thinking about rocks.

That evening after dinner one of the older men in our group who had spent the day at a different event in the village announced that he had something for each of us. He picked up a bag and went around the room and we each drew blindly from the bag. The gift? A rock from Medjugorje. Many of us saw Christian patterns in our rocks. Here is a scan of mine with the image of Mary with her Immaculate Heart and my interpertation of the image.

Question #3~ Make one resolution that is do-able, and could make a big difference in your life.

After this year of illness, I'd have to say to lose weight, exercise more and to continue on with my allergy shots and try to get healthy again. Without health it's hard to move forward on other goals. I've lost about 15 pounds since October so I think it's do-able, but it's easy to get derailed.