Today Chris and I drove north to visit her parents and brothers. We brought chili and we ate and played cards. I came in first in one of the games of poker. That doesn’t happen often. I got some fortunate hands and played them well. So I came out $15 ahead by the time we … Read more

Saturday we went to a lake where there was a winter festival. The draw for us was that they had created an “ice carousel”. That is where you cut a perfect circle through the ice, drill another hole near the rim, drop down an outboard motor, and make the circle of ice go in a … Read more

It’s Valentine’s Day and for game night, I made banana splits. The reason was I found an interesting recipe for butterscotch sauce so they were vanilla ice cream, chocolate ganache, butterscotch sauce, and whipped cream. Very yummy. The problem is the butterscotch sauce is VERY easy to make which is dangerous knowledge. I won one … Read more

One of my new paying clients didn’t show up for a call. This is weird. And as of this writing, he still has not showed back up so I don’t know what happened. He paid for the month in advance. However this also got me looking at a better online scheduling tool and paying for … Read more

I had an in person meeting with someone who made a good case for having regular in-person office hours during the week. The idea is having a more regular schedule of when to meet people and when not. I know I’ve tried this before. I’m scheduled to do two different talks. One later in February … Read more

Today I had another call with the Sacramento marketing “guru” I had been referred to. While at first he sincerely sounded interested in working to me, I completely understand his ulterior motive. His real business is getting other marketing people who can actually do work to pay him $500/month for the “opportunity” to be in … Read more

This week has a lot of meetings again. I started out with an in person meeting with a new client. She was a referral from another client of mine and came into the meeting basically selling me on why I should work with her. This will be coaching her on her LinkedIn strategies and helping … Read more

The day was pretty quiet. Chris and I went to a coffee shop so she could focus on a new class she will be teaching in March and I worked on my stuff. She got an opportunity to teach a 5 or 6 week paid after school programming class. She is learning a new programming … Read more

This afternoon was the Sons of Norway “Soup and Sweaters” event. You bring soup. You wear a sweater. Everyone eats soup. And you can tell a story about your sweater. Norwegian sweater designs seem a little like Scottish tartan designs to me. Different regions have their own designs that get passed down through the generations. … Read more

For the second week in a row, I’ve gotten a week out without writing down any blog posts. This leaves me in the uncomfortable position of having to re-create a weeks worth of posts from memory. I’m not sure what to do about this. For my own personal reasons, I think jotting down my thoughts … Read more