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…

It is a very competitive market in the mortgage industry today.  Families are very cost conscious when it comes to their fees and interest rates. Mortgage lenders have shaved as much cost out of the process as we possibly can so we can be ultra competitive. On top of that, there…

I wear a silicon band around my right wrist most of the time.  It says “get your mind right” and references Romans 8:5. It is from a sermon that one of our elders in our church is known for about mind set: “Those who live according to the flesh have…

“…for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.”  Roman 2:1b (NIV) It’s so easy to pass judgment on others. But we have to be careful who and what we call out – because many times we do…

We had an all day continuing education class at our office last week. In order to maintain my license I along with my fellow loan officers are required to take continuing education ever year for the states we are licensed in. Small talk and table talk always ensues during the class…

It gets hard sometimes.  My job is fulfilling but sometimes certain days can be more difficult than others.  Last week took me a little off of my game plan as one of the loans I was working on started to go sideways right as we were getting to the very end…