My furnace has been out since the weekend. The furnace people have been trying to fix it, thought it was fixed and then last night it broke again. So I’m wearing a lot of clothes and a stocking cap around the house. I’m thankful that it’s not really cold outside...
“You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together we can do great things.” ~ Mother Theresa Andrew came home this week and shared that he didn’t think he was going to play baseball after this year. When I started to question him about...
I took one of my bikes in to the bike shop that I go to. I fully intended to have the thing tricked out with new tires and other stuff. The head guy down there said “we can do this for you -- but it won’t change the bike much,...
Reagan Swisher, CCO It looks like spring may actually be arriving. It feels nice to be able to get outside and not have to break through snow drifts. I know for me the seasonal depression was kicking in pretty hard and this change has started to once again lift my...
Notes from Steve Steve Simonin, President & CEO I went skiing last week in Utah. (beware: rant ahead - I’m becoming the old guy who takes the ball that landed in my yard from the neighborhood kid’s game … and keeps it) I’ve come to the conclusion that my skiing...
“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” —Walter Scott I had a discussion last night with Maleigha trying to help her understand the difference between someone that is a true friend and those that appear to be friends but will not have your back when you need them...
Happy March everyone!! We are officially 14 days away from spring; Daylight saving time began yesterday at 2:00 a.m., and we get to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this month. Holy Buckets…we have so much to cheer for right now. We are going to make it out of this dreadful Iowa...
i had a conference in Chicago this week* and one of the sessions I went to yesterday was a guy who challenged us to look to the future and decide on “what is our one word legacy by 2022?” Essentially, how do we want to be known? Since this was...
I had lunch with Shaila today and she reminded me that they have only had two full days of school so far this month. You would think that the kids would be excited about this but they are definitely ready to be back in school. I can see the impact...
Blizzard 2019. I was in Omaha for the funeral of a friend’s son on Friday - was supposed to be there until Sunday but left early Saturday morning because of the impending blizzard. The friends who stayed were there until Monday and probably later into the week. The roads were...
