tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75698167765393724302007-12-19T09:50:11.285-05:00R/P'ersBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569816776539372430.post-36625570989672431192007-12-19T09:40:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:50:11.310-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/BPtree_web-799627.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/BPtree_web-799623.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;">With some love and care from Denise LaFleur at BP Toledo, this little tree is bringing the holiday spirit to all who see it. We hope that it makes you smile!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks Denise for sharing your tree with us!<br /></div>R/P'erstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569816776539372430.post-1048873520503223022007-12-18T14:17:00.000-05:002007-12-18T14:22:49.718-05:00A great reaction to the tree:<div><br /></div><div>"I am almost (with the emphasis on 'almost') embarrassed by this, but when I opened your Christmas gift a week or so ago here in the office, I saw the top end of the Christmas tree and assumed that the gift was a tree that needed planting (you know...plant a tree for the environment/green up the world/have a scotch on us (maybe next year, Stan?)...). So I closed it back up and took it home...where it sat until last night.<br /><br />I cannot begin to tell you how fun it was opening that gift with the whole family! I grew up on a farm, and we planted some pines in the 'back 40 that were never tended to. Every year, we'd go back there and try to find one that was filled out enough to use as our family Christmas tree, with the usual result being a more-transparent-than-not, poor-excuse-for-a-Yule-tree, can't-hide-anything-under pine pole with a couple of scraggly needles (that fell off by December 27). When I opened your box, and pulled out the 'real' tree, I was immediately transported back to the old farm house, right into the 'front-room' where no one was allowed to go, except for special occasions, like Christmas Day and Easter Sunday. The ornament is precious.<br /><br />From TBS to RP, have a wonderful and fulfilling Christmas season. Hug your friends and family a lot."</div><div><br /></div><div>Tom Cullivan</div><div>National Marketing Manager</div><div>Tremco Barrier Solutions, Inc.</div>R/P'erstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569816776539372430.post-91442742742855603882007-12-17T14:33:00.000-05:002007-12-17T14:41:39.416-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/logan_sidney_web-769183.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/logan_sidney_web-769170.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;">This tree was sent to us by Logan and Sidney Wiese, Martha's nephew and niece. We especially enjoyed the tribute to another Christmas movie classic, "A Christmas Story." </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Great job Logan and Sidney! We hope you're enjoying your tree.<br /><br /></div>R/P'erstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569816776539372430.post-43426106231912762842007-12-12T17:26:00.000-05:002007-12-12T17:36:56.125-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/DLO-Tree_web-722251.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/DLO-Tree_web-722244.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;">"(It is) in keeping with a true Charlie Brown tree - sparsely, yet meaningfully, decorated," Cathi Arends of Life Connection of Ohio describes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let's keep the entries coming!<br /><br /></div>R/P'erstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569816776539372430.post-64752931279818603722007-12-10T16:12:00.001-05:002007-12-10T16:15:38.161-05:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/ILG-Tree_web-794768.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/ILG-Tree_web-794756.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Look what Judy Lang and her team at Hospice of Northwest Ohio did with their tree! For the rest of you, this is what you have to compete with, so keep them comin'!<br /><br /></div>R/P'erstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569816776539372430.post-4222206622927924282007-12-10T11:55:00.000-05:002007-12-10T13:50:28.431-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/RP-charlie-brown-781243.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/RP-charlie-brown-781179.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Have yourself a funky little Christmas – the R/P team decorated a Charlie Brown tree in our signature sassy style.</div>R/P'erstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569816776539372430.post-8187454521225738382007-11-29T15:19:00.001-05:002007-11-29T17:21:20.114-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/CBtree_blog-763261.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/CBtree_blog-763250.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Season's greetings! Welcome to this special edition of R/P's blog for the holidays - a Yule Blog if you will. If you've found your way here, you most likely received our Christmas tree mailing featuring a replica of the lonely little evergreen made famous in "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Remember, we encourage you to decorate your tree as you see fit. Then snap a photo and email it to <a href="mailto:%22jlane@r-p.com%22">jlane@r-p.com</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Check back here often for new posts showcasing the photos sent in. Even better, you can subscribe to our blog by clicking on the link in the right-hand column, so you'll be alerted automatically about new posts. Also, be sure to submit your own comments about the creativity you see, other decorating suggestions or whatever else is on your mind. Yule be glad you did.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Happy holidays from the entire gang at R/P!<br /><br /></div>R/P'erstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569816776539372430.post-81845865083795734482007-11-29T10:23:00.000-05:002007-11-29T17:08:01.314-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/decorating_blog-721502.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://www.r-p.com/blog/uploaded_images/decorating_blog-721498.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div>Every year at R/P we have a tradition of gathering one evening after the Thanksgiving holiday to prepare our place for the upcoming holiday season. We also use this time to lovingly assemble our Christmas gifts for all of our clients. And, in true R/P fashion, these activities revolve around several pots of chili and some amazing shortbread cookies (thanks Alison!).</div><div><br /></div><div>We hope you all have a chance to stop by and visit us sometime in the next month to see our building looking its best, and if you're lucky, we'll hand you a bowl of chili as you walk past the kitchen!</div>R/P'ers