Archives | December 2010

I thought about calling this blog “Closing out 2010” and then I thought sheesh...why do that! It was a roller-coaster year, to say the least, but it ended on some really high notes so why not build on those. A quick review of the business side of life shows steady growth, especially since I moved my office to the Small Business Incubator at the Thurston County Chamber of Commerce around the 1st of August. I can’t say enough about the Chamber the the people who really are the Chamber. We’ve worked on some cool projects this year — a few of the more memorable new websites were: Web-Sites-For-Less.com,...

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Yesterday morning I picked up an order at the Wagner’s Bakery & Cafe drive-up window in Olympia. Nothing big...a loaf of their “to die for” cinnamon bread and a bear claw. The bread to take home and the bear claw to get me through the rest of the morning! As the young lady from Wagner’s was handing me my change she smiled and boldly said, “Merry Christmas”. I loved it. The staff at Wagner’s does a great job and are always very friendly. Here at Web-Sites-For Less.com we are putting the finishing touches on their brand new website — www.wagnersbakerycafe.com. Todd and Heidi...

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Two weeks after the September 11, 2001 attacks I was in England on a trip that had been planned for over a year — five days in Great Britain and a little over two weeks in western Europe. It was an amazing trip, partly because so many travelers had canceled their plans and those of us who did choose to go pretty much had Europe to ourselves. While in England I made no small effort to connect with some breeders of English Springer Spaniels as I was very interested in importing one back to the states. Through the Internet I finally met up with Ian Christie from Fife, Scotland. Ian, wife Ann and daughter...

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