Wanda to Elliott

It's always wonderful to hear from you. Everyone here is just fine. Nicole just moved up to Playa del Rey and Ryan is 1/2 way done with law school! Hard to believe, remember when all our kids where still running around?

BI certainly is different now. If I wasn't so close to retirement and have so many years vested here, I wouldn't still be here. they just did away with service awards, so no more thank you gifts for f,10,15,20,25, etc years of service. They are now calling it a recognition award, which to be is who can play the game the best. Oh, well, it is what it is. I am very glad I am calling on Kaiser though. We are a little bit more insulated because of our sales volume and the fact that not just anyone can get in those accounts and move sales! bob Johnson mentioned at the last meeting that going forward they will be hiring contracted sales people to fill openings in the primary care sales force and only specialty and institutional positions will be filled with current BI people. Although these PC reps will be "Inventiv" employees, they will report to a BI manager. It kind of shows the direction this company is taking. It seems to me that relationships are out the door and no longer looked at as relevant to the job.

That is really exciting news about your vineyards and your books. You must be so proud and having a great time doing something you love.

Hopefully, we will be able to have a reunion of some kind this year. It would be wonderful to see everyone.

Take care and give my regards to Donna,

To Elliot From Daryl Jacobs

Great pictures and stories! I am glad to see that the SF group has maintained their friendship as life takes its different courses. Please pass along my best wishes to the group.
DJ

Elliott and Amy meet in Paris

Elliott and I had a great chance to catch up in Paris, when he received a Gourmand Award- top 100 food or wine books in the world. I usually go to Paris in February to visit my artist friend Anja, as the prices are low. Elliott and I had a great time as I attended the Gourmand Awards with Anja and again later in the week Elliott, my son Jimmy and I went to Anja's house to see her art. On our way home from Anja's we stumbled upon a sing-along in a pub, which was pure magic.

Wanda's World

Hello, I hope you all had a great Christmas. I am trying out my first blogging experience so I hope I don't mess up this site. If I did, I apologize in advance and leave it to the experts to fix it. Wow, what a year 2009 has been. With the nerve racking wait of finding out if you were still employed by BI was quite a roller coaster ride. I must say that I am happy to report that I am still gainfully employed and still calling on Kaiser accounts. The bad news is if the stock market doesn't continue to rebound, I don't know when I will be able to retire. Life is good and I still continue to do volunteer work saving cats. This year I switched to another organization, Safe Cat Foundation, whose philosophy aligns more with what I am interested in doing. This group is truly amazing and trying to save cats is their main goal which is not what all rescue organizations are about, although they profess to be.

Nicole is still living in S CA and working at Sketchers. When she is not visiting us at home, she loves to travel and can be found in New York, Las Vegas or San Diego. She loves the lifestyle of S CA. Ryan is half way through with law school at UCLA. I have never seen this kid study as hard as he is now. I can't wait until he is done.

I wish you all the best and look forward to a fabulous New Year in 2010 and hope we will be able to have another reunion in the near future.

Happy Holidays,

Wanda