Category | Monday Morning

Since moving my office to Olympia last July I have met a number of really wonderful people — many of those being small business owners. Several of them have since become clients. Many of my clients become friends. I thought I would write about two of those businesses and their owners tonight. Wagner’s Bakery & Cafe and Bron’s Automotive are two long established and well respected small businesses in Olympia. At Web-Sites-For-Less.com we have been privileged to develop a brand new website for Wagner’s and a do WordPress re-design of the old Bron’s Automotive site. The Wagner’s...

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On the evening of February 16th I took a look at my iCal Calendar on my MacBook like I do every evening — it’s part of my routine of planning out my next day. As I looked at the events for the 17th I noticed that I had signed up for a “Social Media Marketing” class at 1:30 in the afternoon with someone named Tammy Redmon. Since there was no other reason to drive in (to my office in Olympia) from Shelton, I decided to work from home the following day. This is normally a very efficient plan when I do not need to go in to to Olympia for a meeting or event. Then I noticed, on the Chamber's...

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I was pressed for time this weekend (actually writing this at 5:30 on Monday morning) so I thought I would share something sent to me recently by my daughter, Dawn. She is a pro at not letting the burdens of life get to her. The photo should tell the story... Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue. Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. Always wear stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be "recalled" by their maker. If you can't be kind, at least...

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When I was a kid we had two presidential holidays — Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays. Somewhere along the way we combined them into one day that honors all presidents — President’s Day. Some of them deserve honor, lots of honor, and others perhaps not so much. Like officers in the military, it’s not so much the person sometimes but rather the rank (or office) that you respect. I had the honor and privilege to serve two president’s while I was a member of the While House Military Staff — Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Since I only served President Nixon for exactly 40 days,...

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I’m back to doing my weekly blogs — hopefully. I tend to do these personal/photo blogs on Sunday evenings and sometimes I don’t get them done, but I will try. I’m going to start blogging more about business during the work week as well. I hope you find those interesting — there are a lot of exciting changes taking place at Web-Sites-For-Less.com. A couple of weeks ago my brother and I met in the Salt Lake City airport to catch a “puddle-jumper” prop plane to Elko, Nevada. It was our “winter getaway”. Huh, you say? Elko, Nevada, you’re kidding! It was a trip we had planned...

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I need to take a short break from the Monday morning blogs. I will try to resume in a couple of weeks, I promise. Thanks for your patience. We will also begin sending blogs showcasing new websites soon. There are lots of exciting things happening at Web-Sites-For-Less.com right now — it's keeping me extremely busy!

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There’s a saying I’ve heard many times that goes something like this: “Never miss watching the rising of the sun and the setting of the same” I’ve tried really hard to find the exact quote, but can’t. If anyone could help me… I like Irish Folk music. A lot. One of my very favorite songs, Life of a Country Lad, has a chorus that goes like this: I like to rise when the sun she rises, Early in the morning; And I like to hear them small birds singing, Merrily upon the lay-land; And hurrah for the life of the country lad, Just a ramblin’ in the new-mown hay. When...

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About 20 years ago I moved from Gallatin Gateway near Bozeman, Montana to the resort town of Big Sky near West Yellowstone. It was a great move for a number of reasons. In Big Sky I had the opportunity to burn through a lot of film (cameras used to use this stuff) both as the staff photographer for a local guest ranch and while teaching photography workshops in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. My other great passion while in Big Sky was my involvement in Emergency Medical Services — I was the Medical Officer of the Big Sky Fire Department and the Search and Rescue Coordinator...

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Pomodoro means tomato. In Italian. I learned that yesterday — 1-1-11. I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions because they are so rarely kept. Most involve food, exercise and excessive weight. Those are virtually never kept. Too bad. Obesity is the new plague of the United States, replacing tobacco. I made a list though — two actually. The first for business (I plan to keep them) and the second for personal...we’ll see about those. I started one from the business list today. The Pomodoro Technique. Pomodoro is a time management tool I had never heard of until yesterday. I have...

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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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