My Favorite Things

Some of the things we like best about life aren't always things. Give some thought to what your favorites are this holiday season, and how we're all wealthy in small ways.

 

Here are a few of my favorite things....

• The smell of rain
• Thunderstorms

 

• Puppies
• Kittens
• The first tulips in spring

 

• The sound of wind chimes
• Going barefoot on soft grass
• Singing
• Cupcakes
• The Library!!!

 

• Children with their front teeth missing
• Snow that falls in clumps
• A blizzard
• Soup
• Receiving a letter or a package in the mail
• Holding a baby as she sleeps
• Hearing a great song for the first time
• Cheesecake
• Rainbows

• Having a day all to myself
• The sound of snow crunching under my feet
• The smell of a campfire
• Small town parades
• Hot apple cider
• Being unable to stop laughing about something

 

• Oboes
• A full tank of gas
• A sound sleep
• Otters

 

• Butterflies
• Taking one perfect picture
• The entire season of Fall
• Most of Winter
• Sitting on a dock in summer with my feet in the water
• Completing a project and knowing it turned out well
• Plays and concerts
• Smores
• A great haircut

 

• Sitting with a quilt tucked around me, reading a great book
• Walks
• Warm cookies from the oven
• My grandmother's pocket watch

 What are your favorites?

Microblog: Minnesota Employers-Holiday Stationstores

Holiday stations: A Minnesota-based company that's been around for over 80 years. Holiday has a total of 500 station stores in these states:

• Alaska
• Idaho
• Minnesota
• Michigan
• Montana
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Washington
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

 Career opportunities with Holiday Stationstores:  

• Manager
• Cashier/Customer service
• Food Service
• Telecommunications
• Network Coordinator
• Information Technology
• Accounting
• Marketing and Merchandising
• Building Maintenance
• Operations Engineer
• Human Resources

 

If you own a gas station franchise, your job will include:

• Being aware of and following state and federal regulations regarding your supply of gasoline
• Following local ordinances regarding your business
• Managing your employees: Scheduling, pay, supervising
• Sale of lottery tickets
• Accounting
• Stocking shelves, ordering stock
• Taking delivery of gasoline
• Customer service
• Security
• Buildling maintenance
• Groundskeeping: keeping the area neat, landscaping tended, snow shoveled in winter

A gas station can run about $500,000 to purchase and is frequently built on leased land.The profit made per gallon of gasoline is minimal, around 5c-7c per gallon. The larger profit or income for the gas station owner is made through sales of food and household supplies at the 'convenience store' part of the station: customers will frequently fill up, then go into the store for a donut, coffee, soft drink, snack, or something they're out of at home: milk, bread, eggs, etc. Another draw for customers is lottery tickets sold at a convenience store, as well as a cash machine, and if they go into the store for those, they may buy something else.


Owners will also often have a car wash, deli, and/or a coffee shop within the station store to attract more people and make more money.


An explanation as to how the price of gas is set:  http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/04/11/good-question-who-sets-the-price-at-the-pump/

 

You can look at job opportunities by zip code at the Holiday Stationstores website:
https://holidaystationstores.jobs.net/