Natalie’s Blog

Day 1 always begins with the basics, right? I’m going to attempt breeding my Bettas in August. I have chosen Dot (my white female CT) and Lex (my black/blue with zebra stripes and leopard spots male HM). I am going for color as opposed to tail type, so putting a white female with a black male who each carry the metallic gene should be awesome. Maybe round two I will give Apache and Dot a go.

I went to Petsmart and picked up a 10 gallon tank ($13.99) and a 2 way breeder ($3.99). I used a plain styrofoam cup for the egg nest that Lex will build.

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It was a long run, the second longest in my life. I was with E-Mail Solutions since April of 2008 and tomorrow it is in the books.

I started at EMS as a joke, really. I had been working at Carlson Hospitality since August 2007 and was just messing around on CareerLink for some Tech Support jobs. I was growing pretty tired of the hotel industry. I came across a TS position at EMS and applied for it, along with about 12 others just to see what would happen. I had the interview at EMS with Nancy (can’t remember her last name) and was hired on the spot, something completely unheard of this day in age. It turned out that Nancy was leaving the company in just over two weeks so this had to hurry through. I was excited because it was TS and a dollar an hour more than I was making at Carlson. Plus, the position entailed mandatory overtime on Saturdays for 8 hours guaranteeing me a substantial paycheck (for what I was making).

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