Salty and Sweet

I’m moving!

July 17, 2008 at 3:58 pm | In Life in General | Leave a Comment
Tags: new blog

Not ME, but the Salty and Sweet Blog is moving to it’s very own website, SaltyAndSweet.org! Please update any bookmarks you may have. I believe I transfered all email subscriptions over to the new blog location, IF I did it right, hehe! This is my first blog migration, so let me know if anything on the new website is broken and I will attempt my best to fix it.

Hope everyone is happy and healthy!

UPDATE #1: ACK! Unfortunately some of the comments that were left on this site did not follow the posts on the new website. I am kind of upset about that. Those comments meant a lot to me. Please know that I didn’t purposefully delete them.

Laid off

July 14, 2008 at 1:39 pm | In Challenges, Cystic Fibrosis, Life in General | 2 Comments
Tags: laid off, lay off, lessons learned

A lot of speculation has come about with my recent lay off.

It is quite a coincidence of how I was on IVs for three weeks twice (still went to work, with exception to the week I was IN the hospital), sinus surgery (one week out of work), insulin pump training class, along with all the check-ups that have been required from the IVs and surgery, all within the past six months… and then I was the first to be laid off… to quote my nurse “sounds a bit fishy”. All of the above SHOULD be protected by the ADA and FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act), but since others were laid off the same day, it is difficult to prove I was chosen because of my lowered (since I was feeling miserable and sick) productivity. (The reason I was given was there was more employees than work, yet I had more seniority than half of the folks there).

I have wanted to keep my work life out of my blog, but my “blog life” and work life has seemed to cross paths recently, so I will write. I want others to learn from my experience and hopefully my readers will be prepared in case it ever happens to them.

What happened… well, that is not only a long story, but multiple long stories. I’ll give the cliff notes version. Continue reading Laid off…

What’s in a name

July 6, 2008 at 11:19 pm | In Life in General | Leave a Comment
Tags: brodie

I should have named him Einstein! Poor dog…

Hair go POOF!

A friend in need

July 3, 2008 at 5:46 pm | In Cystic Fibrosis, Support | 4 Comments
Tags: donate life, end stage cystic fibrosis, organ transplant

EDIT: Due to unfortunate circumstances major portions of this post has been deleted.

On this note I would really appreciate it if all of you took a moment and agreed to become an organ donor. Here in Colorado it is as simple as signing the back of your drivers license. How hard can that be? If for some horrible reason your life is cut too short, you could live on in spirit by donating your organs to someone who could really use a second chance.

: Click the logo for more info on donating life.

Hiding

July 3, 2008 at 9:12 am | In Life in General | 2 Comments

Quick update:

Change of events in my life. Laid off. Trying to figure out what to do with my life right now.

Hopefully I will be make a few posts today… stay tuned.

Amazing evening

June 23, 2008 at 12:30 pm | In Music, Support | Leave a Comment
Tags: Angie Stevens, Beautiful Wreck, benefit, Cap City Tavern, Carmelo Anthony, denver, Flying Dog Brewery, fund raiser, Nuggets, Peach Tree Distillers, Yellow Dog Printing

Photos coming soon!

Saturday night was The Aspen Fund gala, held to help raise money for my medical expenses. What an evening and what a turn out! I want to thank every single person who attended. You each hold a special place in my heart.

Aside from seeing a lot of my amazing friends (and making a few new ones):), the highlight of the even is when Angie Stevens and Susan Phelan put on the best show ever! Susan showing up was a complete surprise to me. I’ll give you the details soon! (I hope I can figure out how to upload the video I took, it ROCKS!) Sales of merchandise was donated to the fund, which was…. I am speechless. Thank you Angie and Susan sooo much. We could not have had such a successful event without you!

Due to circumstances, we did not obtain a proper liquor license ahead of the event. The donated beer from Flying Dog Ales and the liquor from Peach Tree Distillers was taken to Cap City Tavern and served to our guests when they turned in the cards we had donated/printed by Yellow Dog Printing (they looked awesome!!). Cap City Tavern saved the day! The beer was yummy and the liquor was great too. I’m going to post a review soon. Just wish I took some pictures of the food, it was beyond tasty!

I want to send a special thank you to everyone who pitched in to help organize this event. I appreciate all the time, dedication and effort you put into making this a successful event. I can not thank you enough!

Ooh! and don’t forget there is an autographed Carmelo Anthony Nuggets jersey up for bid on ebay!

If anyone reading this attended the event and took pictures, could you please send some my way? I tried to take a few with my camera, but I have been so shaky lately only a couple turned out. Thanks!!!

Below is a list of sponsors. Please support them!

Angie Stevens and Susan Phelan (of Angie Stevens and the Beautiful Wreck) – Beautiful people, beautiful music. Just straight up awesome.

Flying Dog Brewery – Tasty beer!
Peach Tree Distillers – Yummy booze!
Yellow Dog Printing – Great printing job on our cards and posters. Go there if you need some printing done!
Cap City Tavern – Saved the day! AWESOME food. Good booze and really fun people.