Thank You Thursday 6 (continued)

Alanna Moynihan: Alanna is the lovely youngest sister of Bridget (see part 1 of Thank you Thursday #6). Alanna is pretty awesome if I do say so myself. If you’re having a party, whether you know Alanna beforehand or not, she is someone you definitely HAVE TO have on your guest list. Alanna could make a night in a cardboard box a ton of fun. She is hysterically funny and will make you laugh until your sides hurt. Not to mention that Alanna is also incredibly thoughtful as well. She even made me her sister on Facebook!  Alanna is currently a patient care assistant and will very soon be a nurse, there is no doubt in my mind that if I were ever in the hospital this is a girl that I want caring for me. Thank you so much for the donation Alanna you’re awesome sis!

Julie Williamson: Julie is my lovely cousin, daughter to Bill “The Man, The Myth, The Legend” Williamson, and also Kathy’s (my mother) favorite daughter (she never had). I remember being about 10-12(1990-1992) when Julie was living with my grandmother while she went to Salem State and waiting for her to come home. I’d be crossing my fingers so tight that maybe if I was lucky and she was in a good mood Julie would take me for a drive in her 1980 something Oldsmobile and let me hold the giant boom box, that acted as the car stereo, while it blared tunes like “Holiday”, “Borderline” and “Like a Prayer”. I always hoped that one day I would be as cool as Julie with her rockin’ feathered hair and big bangs. Looking back on it now I am not sure how Julie actually put up with it because the last thing that you want to do after a long day sitting in class and working at the Star Market bakeshop is come home to find an annoying 10-year-old chasing you around the house eagerly asking you question after question about where you had been, what you’d been doing, and what you were going to do next. I used to spend countless hours in front of the mirror spraying bottles of hairspray on my bangs at a time to get them to look like Julie’s but they never ever came out the same. Julie has always been the older sister that I never, had but always wanted so desperately. Julie has since tamed her bangs, married her high school sweetheart Erik (gramp’s favorite), and had two amazingly beautiful kids Ella and Jack. Ella and Jack are just so much fun to be around and they love their mommy and their daddy so so much. Thank you guys for all your amazing support and your donation.

Margo Padios: Margo works at “the Pro” in the sales department. I mentioned Margo in her sidekick, Diane Brown’s, thank you thursday shout out. This woman can sell just about absolutely anything. She can assess a room of 200 people in a matter of minutes and can tell you who’s buying and who’s not. She approaches you all smooth, talks to you about her grandchildren, gets you to tell her things that you haven’t even told your significant other, and then before you know it you’re bringing on one of our regulatory experts to conduct an on-site training to take all of your troubles away! Not only is Margo excellent at her job but she is fun to work with, which in my book is just as important as being great at your job. Thank you so much Margo!