HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE NUGGET ON EARTH!

Tomorrow, March 31st, 2008, will be the first birthday of our baby puppy, Deco Pauge McCord-Greer.

To someone who has brought more joy than we ever could comprehend, I hope this year is one of your best years yet. We adopted you, at 3 months old, last June 2007, but in all reality, you saved us. I’ve never felt so loved in my life and every single day is a brand new day of joy when I see you. I wish you the happiest FIRST birthday and I pray and humbly ask God that we get many, many more to share with you!

We love you Deco!!!

Jeff, James and Oliver

So as you know by now, I’ve been having a lot of fun with my new Macbook and Flip Video Recorder. I gave Deco, my puppy, a bath today and decided that it was time to record what he does EVERY time he finishes his bath. And I went ahead and added Kelly Clarkson’s awesome song, “Go”, to the video as it fits perfectly. Gotta love this puppy, Deco. He’s a riot! Happy Saturday my friends!!!You can also watch it on YouTube… click here!

Jeff & Deco

I have a lot of people ask me why I’m always talking about my job.  As most of you know, I work for a privately-held top 10 digital advertising agency as a recruiter.  There are several reasons I love the company that employs me… but one of the best reasons is I get to bring my ”best friend” to work every day.

So why is this important to blog about?  It’s not to brag, I assure you.  It’s for the shimmering hope that someone will see this and think, “you know, my company should do this.”  And what is it I wish more companies would do?  It’s simple.

Bring your dog to work.

The ad agency I work for lets us bring our dogs to work.  We have over 300 employees in our 2 Dallas offices (and 300 in Philly, New York and London) and although we work in a casual work environment, the office is clean, quiet (when necessary), innovative and yet still professional.  How is this possible with dogs running around everywhere?  Easy.  We’re allowed to bring our dog to work and he/she can stay in our cube or come with us anywhere in the office as long as they’re on a leash.  Our owners have provided us a doggie walk area that’s fenced in so that our doggies can do their business. 

Deco comes with me when I interview candidates or meet with VPs or even when I talk to our clients.  It’s fantastic.

I spoke with one of the volunteers from the Animal Rescue of Texas about this and they’re wanting to now write an article in their newsletter about my company as well as a few others in Dallas that allow our dogs to come to work with us.  It’s really a revolutionary idea.  No worrying about your doggie being stuck at home or your apartment and being all alone!

So, in summary, I think if everyone wanted to bring their dog to work then they should vocalize it to their senior leadership/HR and discuss the benefits of how really cool and fun it will make your company.  After all, we were voted one of the top 5 best places to work in Dallas!

So Santa visited my a lil’ bit early and I got my Flip video recorder!!!  I love it.  We took a short trip up to Tulsa, OK to surprise my Mom on her 60th birthday.  It was a fantastic trip and we really surprised my Mom.  We also were able to have our 5th Annual HBF Christmas exchange.  I have the best friends, family and boyfriend in the world.

So, with a drum roll please, I’d like to introduce to the world my first video… meet Deco Pauge McCord-Greer at my Mom and Dad’s house.