Friday was Richards last full day of work. Jon asked him when he started working....around 14 he said....picking berries and mowing lawns. That would have been about the year 1959. In his lifetime he has worked unloading grain cars for Great Western Malt, was a rental agent and cleaned cars for Avis rent a car, worked for Clark County in the mapping and printing dept., worked for the Washington State Highway Department as a flagger (before his mission), worked in a machine shop, was a Sergeant for the Clark County Sheriffs Department as a jailer, then worked 30 years in vending (a hard labor job with long hours in the middle of the night), and most recently as a Customer Service Engineer (fancy name for a cushy job) for Pendium Corp....the largest ATM company in the country. It has been a LONG haul and I am so happy that he can relax and take it easy. He will still be working 20 hours a week, but will be able to be home and do lots of jobs around here for me (who said I was going to let him off the hook that easily?) We had a little party for him...cooked steaks (a real treat for us) and sipped sparkling cider. The boys helped me decorate with balloons and we gave him some cooking tools for the grill. CONGRATULATIONS HONEY!!!
Saturday, June 02, 2007
HAPPY RETIREMENT DAY!!!
Friday was Richards last full day of work. Jon asked him when he started working....around 14 he said....picking berries and mowing lawns. That would have been about the year 1959. In his lifetime he has worked unloading grain cars for Great Western Malt, was a rental agent and cleaned cars for Avis rent a car, worked for Clark County in the mapping and printing dept., worked for the Washington State Highway Department as a flagger (before his mission), worked in a machine shop, was a Sergeant for the Clark County Sheriffs Department as a jailer, then worked 30 years in vending (a hard labor job with long hours in the middle of the night), and most recently as a Customer Service Engineer (fancy name for a cushy job) for Pendium Corp....the largest ATM company in the country. It has been a LONG haul and I am so happy that he can relax and take it easy. He will still be working 20 hours a week, but will be able to be home and do lots of jobs around here for me (who said I was going to let him off the hook that easily?) We had a little party for him...cooked steaks (a real treat for us) and sipped sparkling cider. The boys helped me decorate with balloons and we gave him some cooking tools for the grill. CONGRATULATIONS HONEY!!!
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WOW----That is something to CELEBRATE!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS UNCLE RICHARD!!!!! I know you will enjoy doing all the "honey dos" that your wife will think up for you! Good Luck!!!
YEA!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I am so happy for you!! Enjoy taking it easy and doing all the things around the house!!!!!!
YAY FOR DADDY!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!
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