Maybe it’s the first cool breeze in the air (I swear I felt it – in between the humid days and the tropical storms), but I’m already thinking of Christmas. There are only 12 weeks left until Christmas, lest you think I’m getting started too early. Think of it this way – if the Twelve Days of Christmas were all Mondays – we’d only be twelve days out. This kind of thinking is what’s led my husband to develop some coping mechanisms when it comes to the infectious excitement I share with my sons
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Over the 4th of July weekend, with my mother and my sister visiting, I decided to make blueberry pancakes for the entire family. My family loves pancakes, especially my youngest son, Timothy, who would live off of them if I let him. Every year, he asks for pancakes as his special birthday dinner. If we’re going out to eat, he begs for IHOP. And, if I’m stuck on what we should have for dinner, he asks for…you guessed it! My son isn’t the only ones who enjoy pancakes. Years ago, when Dale and I
Read more →Why do hamburgers fly South for the Winter? So they won’t freeze their buns off!!! Years ago, that joke used to be funny; now it’s simply untrue. When I moved to Alabama six years ago, all of the locals told me: “It never snows here.” Apparently, Mother Nature was waiting for my arrival. It has snowed at least twice a year since I moved to Alabama–from a light dusting to the Polar Vortex Snow-pocalypse. Whenever a storm is on its way, panic sets in at the local grocery stores. As one person quipped on
Read more →Forget hearts and flowers and chocolate. At Matchmaker Logistics, we’ve discovered that we’re not a very romantic lot, at least in the traditional sense of the word. When it comes to sweeping, grandiose gestures worthy of a blockbuster romantic comedy, well…we’ve got nothin’. And, I’m certainly not like Bob Cary, the photographer (above) who traveled the country in a pink tutu just to make his wife laugh during chemo. (Watch the video and learn more about The Tutu Project here.) As rock icon Meatloaf sings: “I would do anything for love, but I won’t
Read more →Football season may be over, but thankfully the Olympic Games are here! As a fan of all sports (my husband says I missed my calling; I should have been a sports broadcaster), the Olympics is near and dear to my heart. My eyes well with pride every time the United States delegates enter the Olympic stadium during the Opening Ceremonies. When Dorothy Hamill won the gold medal for figure skating in 1976, I was one of the millions of young girls who sported her signature bob. I swear that hairstyle was more popular than
Read more →When it comes to the way we work, Matchmaker Logistics has a “distributed team.” Articles like 5 Reasons Why Your Company Should be Distributed and Why Distributed Teams are Making Your Traditional Office Obsolete tout the benefits of this model where a company has both traditional brick-and-mortar offices (ours are in Wilmington, NC and Bessemer, AL) and employees who work virtually (ours work from Virginia and Indiana). Among other things, this set-up allows us to hire the best people no matter where they live and use the latest technology to communicate. For this reason,
Read more →Since my beloved Steelers didn’t play in yesterday’s Super Bowl, I rooted for players instead of teams. Both the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos had players with ties to my roots in North Carolina. Russell Wilson (#3) played both football and baseball for NC State from 2007-2011 before transferring to Wisconsin University for the 2011 season and the signing with the Seahawks in 2012. But Nate Irving, linebacker for the Denver Broncos (#56) is native of Wallace-Rose Hill. As we Carolinians would say, Wallace-Rose Hill is just a “hop, skip, and a jump
Read more →Jim Cantore, of the Weather Channel, that is. He’s been nicknamed the “Rock Star of Meteorologists,” and this week he secured his place in the Rock Star Hall of Fame. While broadcasting live from the College of Charleston on the deep freeze that paralyzed much of the South, a local college student tried to “video bomb” him. Apparently this kid was hoping to create the next great viral news blooper. The unidentified student got his wish, just not in the form he was expecting…. As the student runs and screams toward him, Jim responds
Read more →Congratulations! And thanks for clicking here in response to our Thought for the Weekend offer on November 16, 2012. Your Truck Driver’s Survival Kit will be on its way to you early next week. If you’re a truck driver, enjoy the kit with our compliments; we hope the items inside will be a fun, humorous way to help you survive all of the challenges you face on the road. If you’re not a truck driver, please share the kit with a truck driver you know. It could be the driver who delivers merchandise to
Read more →Congratulations! And thanks for clicking here in response to our Thought for the Weekend offer on September 21, 2012. Your ‘free prize’ will be on its way to you early next week. Have fun with this little chatterbox and remember that at Matchmaker Logistics, we believe actions speak louder than words. If you’re tired of small talk and idle chatter; if you prefer a company that quietly delivers oustanding service, we’d like you to give Matchmaker Logistics a try for your transportation needs.
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