We were a busy family after my job change. I was active in our church, dear son was a Cub Scout (with me as committee chairman), and we enjoyed the usual birthday parties and family holiday-times.
One Christmas we got our first family pet, a collie pup that we named Holly. She was a dear dog, very protective of the children, and we had her for many years. It was a sad day for us when she died.
Along the way, we became "cat people" (ugh). We had a number of cats (whose names escape me). At one of my job transfer times we ended up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, sans pets. However, it didn't take long for that to change. A new family moved into the block from Pittsburgh with a brand new litter of kittens. Dear wife and dear daughter went to "have a look" and returned with TWO KITTENS (having just one kitten would make it lonely). They were promptly named TAR (coal black) and MARMALADE (the color of the famous jam), and they were with us for years!!!
At my next job transfer, dear son drove the two drugged cats to our new location , in McLean, Virginia. Marmalade "kicked the bucket," but Tar refused to follow her.
While Dear Wife and I left Virginia for Wisconsin, we left Tar with a neighbor. For all I know, he might still be enjoying life on their back veranda.
More, later.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
FAMILY CHANGES
Having made the leap to the international company, my income changed dramatically, which made for a lot of happy campers on Linden Avenue in Collingswood, New Jersey.
Six months into the job, the company compensation plan changed, and for the better. The monthly draw was changed to a monthly salary plus commissions. On the first day of the month I received a salary check for $400.00, and on the 15th of the month, commissions earned from the previous month's sales. My dear wife was VERY HAPPY with the security that the salary check gave us. So much so, that her end-of-the-day greeting was, "Hello dear, how did it go today?" (translation : did you make any sales today?) as she was totaling the probable amount of next month's commission check!! There was no more scraping for a few dollars near the end of any month.
Another change was our ablilty to grow our bank savings acount, knowing that in a few years, dear daughter would be trotting off to college and we would be gladly paying for her education.
It was during those early years that we bought our first good car, an almost-new nine passenger Mercury station wagon. It had faux wooden-appearing side panels in brown, and the rest of the car was a cream color.
I bought a VERY USED Plymouth four-foor sedan for $125.00 and that was my work car.
More, later.
Six months into the job, the company compensation plan changed, and for the better. The monthly draw was changed to a monthly salary plus commissions. On the first day of the month I received a salary check for $400.00, and on the 15th of the month, commissions earned from the previous month's sales. My dear wife was VERY HAPPY with the security that the salary check gave us. So much so, that her end-of-the-day greeting was, "Hello dear, how did it go today?" (translation : did you make any sales today?) as she was totaling the probable amount of next month's commission check!! There was no more scraping for a few dollars near the end of any month.
Another change was our ablilty to grow our bank savings acount, knowing that in a few years, dear daughter would be trotting off to college and we would be gladly paying for her education.
It was during those early years that we bought our first good car, an almost-new nine passenger Mercury station wagon. It had faux wooden-appearing side panels in brown, and the rest of the car was a cream color.
I bought a VERY USED Plymouth four-foor sedan for $125.00 and that was my work car.
More, later.
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