My morning routine has gotten in a rut.  The morning time has always been my most productive time and it still is, but lately I have found myself wasting it away.  Reading useless things on the internet, working on laundry, or even walking around in circles moving stuff in the…

Over the course of my career I have been in more sales meetings than I can remember.  Some have been productive. Many have not been.  My current weekly sales meeting is actually very helpful. We talk about some of the struggles and successes we all are facing with different clients and…

We have been cooped up due to the snow and ice for the last week.  It started last Sunday and hasn’t stopped since.  School has been out all week and although businesses opened up some starting Wednesday, it rained Thursday and on Friday the temperatures dropped so the roads turned…

It’s that time of year again.  We all do the same thing.  We submit in our minds or on paper or tell our friends our New Year resolutions. I’ve been making many of these same resolutions each year ever since I can remember!  I don’t do so well at it…

I’ve been to my share of office Christmas parties over the years.  From the basic get together during lunchtime in the break room all the way to the large extravagant “throw down” complete with my managers breaking out their instruments and putting on a full fledged, real deal concert (remember…

We just got back from another great Thanksgiving get together/trip in Gatlinburg TN with my wife’s extended family. It’s always such a great time!  Getting everyone together and watching all the different generations of family members hang out and reminisce about old times (and new times) is always such a…

Our high school football team continues to do well this season as they are currently in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs.  I don’t have a child playing on the team, but my daughter (who is a junior) and my recently graduated son have been going to school with many…

I have a co-worker who has a persistent cough.  There is nothing he can really do about it to clear it up (I have asked!)  and it causes him to cough in a very loud and long way, ever 3-5 minutes.  It just so happens that his office is right…

We just got back from a family vacation.  We took a 4-day cruise to Nassau leaving from Florida!  The destination wasn’t the focus of the trip. It was more about getting everyone onto the ship together, without having to worry about cooking or cleaning or really doing anything… We all got…

Our local High school football team is doing really well this year (currently 7-0).  What’s cool about it is that many of these young players have been playing football together since the 5th grade.  Our daughter is on the high school dance team that performs at all the games so…