house for sale

So I spent $50 bucks at Lowe's to get a bunch of signs to hang around town this week. The signs I bought allowed mt to put our house on the Internet at no charge. Check it out here. If anyone is looking for a house in Sioux City let me know.

Flights

So I am doing these posts in the wrong order. Deal with it. I have to tell you how bad the flight to and from Denver was this past week. It felt like United Airlines put me in a bag and beat me with a baseball bat for an hour each way. It was dreadful. I was within about an inch of throwing up on the way back Thursday night. Not to mention that both flights were very late because of plane issues and all that kind of stuff. A week ago I made the same flight on Frontier and it was fine. Probably why United announced a 152 million dollar loss for the quarter. They sucked.

First full day on the job

Friday was the first full day at the new job. One of my coaches took a job on the Operations side of the house so I will be hiring a new coach soon. I spent the day trying to figure out who will be the best person to fill in as an in-charge while I interview and hire. I also spent a majority of the day meeting people saying hi and learning what they do. I am currently reading the book The First 90 Days. It talks about how to make the first 90 days of a new job really count. It has some great information at the beginning about learning the culture and environment of your new job. It has a bunch of great questions to ask those that have been around too. I plan to start having one- on - ones with my direct reports here in the next week. Start developing and building relationships. Friday went so fast it felt like I was at work for 15 minutes.

Open House

Tiff and the kids are still in Utah. I am glad that they have extra time to spend with family and cousins. I miss them.
Today we had an Open House. We had about a dozen visitors. That is not that many. Sunday's are really the day most people go to Open Houses around here. The house down the street has an Open House tomorrow too. Hopefully this place sells fast. I want to get down to Omaha as soon as possible. With the road construction between here and there it is taking 2 hours to make the drive. That is too long. Not to mention the gas. I am thinking that the $53.99 Motel 6 might be cheaper then coming home every night. I am going to fill up the tank on my truck today and then crunch the numbers.

Denver

Hello out there from Denver Colorado. I am currently there for a Qwest Leadership Training. It has been pretty good. We have discussed Qwest Finances and Ethics so far today. I met a few people that I had only met on the phone and conference calls before. That was cool.
Yesterday was my first day at the new job. I met all the coaches and consultants. Then left for Denver. I am excited to get going and start making a difference.
I miss my family. They are still in SLC hanging out until August 10 or 20. I think I am going to go to the store and buy them a souvenir. Go Colorado Rockies!!

Open House part 1

Today we had the first Open House to try and sell our place by owner. It went well. We had a dozen people stop by. They all thought the house looked great. A couple of those people were repeat visitors so I tried to get my sell on. Didn't work today but they will be back.
Before the Open house I talked the Missionaries into helping me stain my deck. It looks great. They were still working on it when the Open House started. They saved my bacon so thank you to the Elders who helped out. Other then that I am attempting to keep the house clean for tomorrows open house.
I just talked to Tiff and she went to the Family Reunion for my family. She deserves a parade or a National Holiday in her honor for doing that. I am going to start working on that now.

links of the day

Check out this story on Missionaries for the Church. Crazy stuff.

I always try to read the news of the Weird each week. People are nuts.

Here is a hilarious You Tube video mocking Akon and T-Pain because they sound similar.

You might know I am a huge You Tube fan. Here is a hilarious Will Farrell video. That is Will Farrell's daughter. She will need a ton of therapy when she's older.