Janis McClure's Page

Geee, where to start.  After all the illness I am HAPPY to be feeling like my old self again.  Unfortunately, things are not going well at the store.  I can see the cultural differences a lot clearer.  I have been open since March 13th, 2010.  It was one of the happiest days in my life when I greeted and served my very first customer.  I felt like I had found my purpose and had a renewed sense of pride.  To be able to say this is my store and with the help of my Partner and family none of it…

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Wow!  The holidays are over and I cant say that I´m not happy about it.  Oh, don´t get me wrong I love the holiday season, but this year was more stressful than usual.  It was fraught with illnesses and severe bouts of homesickness and lots of family time.  The store was closed to give me time to recover from my surgery the the first week of December. After being home from the hospital for 2 days, I was hit with a lung infection and Pneumonia...geesh.  I got over that after about a week and…

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Merry Christmas everyone!  I survived the surgery and just when I got home from the hospital I got laid low with a really bad lung infection and Pneumonia.  Of course I was not able to come back to the store when I had planned.  Today is my first day back and I´m feeling better, not quite 100% yet but getting there....cough cough cough.  Its just amazing to me how much sickness I´ve had this year, not to mention the last few months.  Every germ in Hamburg has decided to come live with me. …

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I cant believe that Christmas is almost here! Jingles bells and all. Just want to let you guys know that the store will be closed from December 8 through December 15th. Last December I had an operation on my Lumbar spine and there are screws and brackets attached to both sides. They did a bone graph to replace the discs that were removed. It takes a year for the bone graph to fully heal. Now it´s time to have the screws and brackets removed...yay! So, I will be in the hospital for 2 or 3 days… Continue