http://www.andreahendry.com thoughts from the Funk... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:56:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A letter to Vice President Joe Biden: Dear Joey B, Did you and Nancy call each other before the State of the Union to coordinate your outfits? Purple is my favorite color and I'm glad to see you two in such festive attire during what can be a fairly boring ... http://www.andreahendry.com/dear-joey-b [caption id="attachment_268" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Andrea, Stella, Phyllis, and Frank"][/caption] As you may (or may not) have noticed, we didn't send out holiday cards this year so consider this your personal card - which is obviously not at all personal as we're posting it for all the world-wide-web to see. Anyway, we ... http://www.andreahendry.com/happy-christmastime I’ve always thought of my birthday as my own special holiday and this year was no different. Since we were away in Hawaii (don’t worry, the post is coming soon), we didn’t get to see the new Harry Potter when it came out earlier this week so last night to ... http://www.andreahendry.com/it%e2%80%99s-my-birthday Let’s talk about public relations and media coverage. My friend Molly (one of the Smart Chicks I know) donated her time and shared some PR best practices to the Council on Volunteer Management this week in an effort to help some of my colleagues get their good work out to ... http://www.andreahendry.com/dear-binghamton So I was scanning through the options on television tonight and found myself watching You’ve Got Mail. You won’t be at all shocked to discover that I love You’ve Got Mail Also not so surprisingly, I love the Christmas season as it is shown in the movie… Maybe it’s the twinkle ... http://www.andreahendry.com/youve-got-mail So now that I have the time to write to you each day (or so as the case may be), I’ve been thinking about what interesting parts of my life that I should share with you, my surrogate coworkers. I’ve decided that I’ll start with the things we might talk ... http://www.andreahendry.com/a-rainy-day-letter I've been reading an ongoing CNN blog where a guy named Tom Foreman (who is actually pretty funny for CNN) writes a letter to the president every day with his suggestions and I thought that writing a note to you each day might make the same sort of impact. I’ll ... http://www.andreahendry.com/a-letter-to As I sit at home on a lazy Saturday morning with the girls, I thought it’d be as good a time as any to update you on the mostly meaningless details of my life. My herbs are really coming up. I’m not at all sure what I’ll do with all ... http://www.andreahendry.com/little-details-and-an-update I've been published again and although it made it into the paper, it didn't make it onto the website. Have no fear though, I scanned it for you to enjoy - it's like the actual paper but you won't have to wash the black bits off your fingers! You're welcome! ... http://www.andreahendry.com/published-again You may have read the news articles about the audition for the job babysitting Hamilton Island and the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Well, I've applied and had such a good time putting together the video with my friend Jerry that I thought I'd share it with you. It's ... http://www.andreahendry.com/great-barrier-reef