Who is Jody Earle?

For my first post, I thought I'd let you know a little more about myself. Now, first things first, the picture that you see here is not actually me, but it is where I wish I could be and pretty well sums up my state of mind.... most days....

Here we go! In addition to working at Sassy Scrubs, I've been married for 18 years and am the mother of three wonderful boys. We currently have one son being home schooled (at one point all 3 boys were home schooled) and two sons in High School. My husband has the privilege of being a stay-at-home dad and he handles the majority of the homeschooling and housekeeping.

I must admit, I'm a 'kept' woman and I love it. When I get home from work, the house is usually clean and dinner is waiting. What woman wouldn't love that?! My personal interests include: reading, quilting, camping, traveling (I went to China in 2007) and playing games with my family (a family favorite is Settlers of Catan). I am also involved in my church and serve as Financial Secretary, Women's Ministry Coordinator and Building Committee Member.

It is a rare thing to find someone who truly loves their job, but it's true... I do love my job. Even though I may wear many hats here at work, I can assure you that my days are far from boring. I get to use my 'left brain', detail oriented side as a bookkeeper and inventory specialist but I also get to use my 'right brain', creative side when it comes to creating our Sassy e-newsletters and in-house marketing publications.

Before coming to Sassy Scrubs, I had job opportunities that expanded my skills and today allows me to bring layers of talents to my job. Over the next few posts, I'll share with you why I feel it is so important to learn something from every single experience this life sends your way. The more layers of talent you have, the more value you present to prospective employers. Not only that, it makes you simply feel confident about yourself. All right, come back with me for a trip down memory lane....

As a waitress for Ponderosa, I learned customer service skills and invaluable common sense life-lessons, (like not carrying a hot baked potato with bare hands), and how to handle obnoxious high-school sports teams and intoxicated packs of hunters with grace and humor.

As a switchboard operator and unit secretary at an upscale Head Trauma/Extended Care Unit I learned compassion for people enduring life's trials. I learned how to work a switchboard with 24 incoming lines and more than 100 in-house lines, and how to interpret and type reports from the mix of Italian and English for a very handsome Maintenance manager. Now, if that doesn't teach you to multi-task, I don't know what will. Well...alright, motherhood beats that out, but I digress.
Well, that's enough about me for now. Stay tuned for my next post to see how I learned to treat a cow suffering with mastitis.....

Posted by Jody Earle - Marketing & IT Manager http://www.sassyscrubs.com/