Heart Recovery

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 … 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 … 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 … 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. … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Read More