I love my job.

That, my dear ones, is a wind turbine on the roof of my place of employment.  Who has a job that is having a portion of it's electricity usage generated by a wind turbine?  Me!!  I can stand at the counter, look out the big front windows and see the shadow of the turbine turning on the roof.  I think this is the coolest thing ever.  I love my job.

I love going to our little 7th street store and making a contribution, not just to my budget, but to the world.  I love that the local green organizations meet in the listening room next store.  I love the art work that hangs there.  (This month the work of Ryan White is featured.) I love watching this kite sway above my head as I work.

I love the many and varied cast of characters that come and go.  Stanley, the head of Rockford Peace and Justice as well as RUM and his lovely assistant (sounds like a magic act, doesn't it? :-)) Michelle.  Michael and Dori and the guys from the shop next door.  The sweet brothers who walk down from the assisted living residence with their African canes.  Even the guy who came in yesterday, and left, and came in again, and left, and came in a third time and finally bought soap, all the while having a loud discussion with himself about who knows what. 

I love that each product in our store was carefully created by a person who was paid a fair living wage for doing so.  That in creating these products they must respect the planet and send their children to school and follow the 10 standards for fair trade.  I love that money spent at JustGoods returns to those workers and helps not only them, but our relationships with their countries. 

So, as I sit here cursing the newsletter program that we use to send emails to our customers because it just regurgitated something like 100 of said emails, I must remember how much I love my job and that small bumps in the road are easily navigated.  I hope. 

JustGoods is celebrating it's 3rd anniversary this week.  There is cake.  A BIG cake. Come on down and eat some of it so I don't have to.  Much. 

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[Parttimeprincess]

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