Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Sometimes it is the little things that count


Not sure about everyone else but overall, I had a GREAT weekend!

I did not get to yell "BBD!!" - deer hunters you know what I mean. I did get "buck fever." He was 150yds across the field, so well out of range even IF I had had my bow at my side, he was magnificent! and chasing does - none of which were the least bit interested but he was out in the open for at least ten minutes.
There is a difference of opinion in my house about "shooter bucks" - I like the tall racks, he likes the wide ones. This guy would have made either one of us happy!

My Hawkeyes got trounced by Penn State.

So why did I have a GREAT weekend? I got to watch several beautiful sunrises, I was with my best friend; yep I  know it's corny, but I love spending time with my husband, Ty came down Saturday and spent the night, we drug Rod's mom out to the cabin to eat breakfast with us and we had a FABULOUS dinner Sunday night at our neighbors; in otherwords, we enjoyed life!







Thursday, October 18, 2012

First Post...........

What holds us back from doing something we know needs to be done? In this case, creating this blog.
Fear of the unknown, fear of making a mistake, criticism from others, fear of success, or worse failure ........the list is long and most of it is a mindset. I mull things over and think, think, think before I take action. I tend to be fairly serious and cautious, particularly when something is work related and being put out there for the whole world to see. This personality trait is not a bad one, but it means I try to ease that band aid off rather than rip it off, hairs included!!

Well, I've mulled long enough, our new website is about ready to launch and nearly everything I've read on SEO's says you need to have a blog, tell me again, what are SEO's??? ....Truly folks, I have no idea about SEO's, spiders, crawlers, etc. I am from the "old generation" - MANUAL typewrites and mimeograph machines! My kids are the computer generation! At three, John could get on the Commodore 64 and pull up a game faster than I could, Joe has been on a computer all of his life.

I decided today was the day to rip that band aid off! Fairly painless, other than my inclination to mistype (not misspell) words, over punctuate and that natural tendency to over think.

But most important is the realization:
Fear of success......or fear of failure? If you don't try, you are guaranteed to fail.

Until next week  - Rita