Hi everybody,

My employer, Hermes Transport, last Friday 1/18, told us employees that Hermes was ending its operation. Of course, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Fortunate for me, a company known as
Nationwide Transportation was willing to take some of the people from Hermes. But for the moment, I'm currently working out of the house until office space opens up - in 7 to 10 days.
One nice thing about this change is that we are setting up the new office right here in Mundelein.
My drive to work is only going to be about 2 miles.
Hopefully this new job will work out, time will only tell.

Bye for now family.

Love,

Brother/Uncle Jim

Get a job?

Hi everyone,

This is my very first entry on B Connected. I just wanted to fill you all in on what I've been up to. The transition to Seattle of my responsibilities is coming to an end as well as my employment with WaMu (2/29). I had been working on my resume for about a week as I found the standard for someone with my experience is two pages (yikes). Trying to keep someone interested in just one page is difficult.

My goal was to have my resume done by the end of the year. I missed that by a couple days but hit the internet, recruiters, Discover Card Services and HSBC as soon as it was done. I bought a new suit last week because my old pants didn't fit :( and I had already lined up interviews with HSBC and two recruiting firms for Tuesday.

With my new suit, I was a traveling salesman, selling a piece of DMW to any suitable buyer. As luck would have it, (that and a recommendation from my former boss that now works at HSBC) a day later I got an offer for the HSBC Financial Accounting Manager position!! Unbelievable really, as I only started looking a week ago. I prayed in thanks to God for blessing me (I think maybe Grandma Dorothy is watching over us) and also thanked Mark Roscoe, my old boss for his reference.

The HSBC headquarters is moving into a new building in Mettawa about a mile away from my old office in Vernon Hills but just off of 94. If you're ever driving to Wisconsin, you can see it on the highway. I start 3/3. I tried to negotiate a week off but they need me to start ASAP. Oh well, they do give me 23 days vacation and 10 holidays, 4 of which are floaters and they demand that 2 back-to-back weeks be taken annually without contact via phone or email!

That's all for now, I didn't want anyone to worry about my being out of a job any longer than they have. Just pray that nothing happens to reverse this good fortune.

With the job search over, it's time to do the taxes. :)

Love Dave

Miscellaneous News

Hello Everyone,

Just an update that my mom's house in Racine closed January 4. A young couple bought it. The lady's Grandfather worked for the builder in the 60's and he said he helped build it. I hope they enjoy the house and fix it up.

I guess Dave has a couple of interviews next week. Good luck to him.

My crown fell off so I went to see Dr. Jaroch (Jim, Missy and Dave's dentist). I went for a second visit for x-rays and now have an appointment for a filling in February and cleaning in March. I was very impressed with her. 8-)

Love Ktmae

Happy New Year!!!!

Hope everyone had an enjoyable New Year's Eve. We managed to stay up past midnight celebrating with a few neighbors. I am not looking forward to going to work on Wednesday after having four days off. Hoping that 2008 is a good year for everyone.

Love

Ktmae