Change

March 30, 2016April 17, 2016 ~ cotalklady ~ Leave a comment

Changing is always a constant

In our lives and our businesses, changes are inevitable, changes in people, growth, technology, and processes.

It seems to me that changes are happening at a much faster pace than they did 10 years ago. At times I feel the hamster wheel is spinner faster than the pace we want to go. Is it because technologies are growing at an ever faster pace?

I sometimes reflect on the way things used to be, when they were just more simple.

In today’s world, especially in business if you aren’t keeping up with the new technologies, developing better processes, keeping employees engaged, then you are falling behind.

I believe in embracing the changes, but I find myself reminiscing about how simple life used to be. Some days I feel like life and work are just flying past us.

Don’t you wish that you can just push the pause button? I do!

Celebrating my dad’s 80th Birthday

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 ~ cotalklady ~ Leave a comment

This past weekend we celebrated my dad’s 80th birthday in Las Vegas.

My dad is the baby of 9 kids, the baby is 80! We had an awesome weekend meeting in Las Vegas, to sprinkle in a few surprises for him, mission accomplished!

I have many 1st cousins on the Fenter side of the family. We are spread out all over the country, and some of us are closer than others, however, we are all family. We laughed, and had lots of great times catching up with each other. We realize it’s getting harder and harder to find the time to get together.

After some great times and some good discussion we will make a better effort in the future to not wait so long for these type of reunions. As our families are growing it would be nice to have more reunions of all sizes, for our children, and grand children giving them chance to know one another. We promise not to wait another 25 plus years for the next get together.

I really appreciate all those that made it to the surprise birthday party, it was nice to see that my dad’s older brother could make it, and even a couple of my 2nd cousins came to celebrate with us. Like many large families we don’t get together very often, our busy lives get in the way. The last time that we all got together in a large way was back in 1990.

Ray's 80th- Family

I appreciate all of his friends that were able to make it, as well as some people he worked with in the past. I really would like to thank everyone who came to help us celebrate for a wonderful weekend of fun in Las Vegas!

Ray's 80th- Group photo

Happy 80th Birthday, Dad! (That’s him in the red shirt in the front row, sitting next to his older brother) He looks pretty good for someone who is 80!

My foot and puppy don’t mix

March 1, 2016March 1, 2016 ~ cotalklady ~ Leave a comment

When puppy forces collide with my foot!

I just have to say puppies are awesome, most of the time! We have had our puppy since she was 8 weeks old, we rescued each other. She was cute, cuddly, and just adorable all 9 pounds of this Lab/Shepherd mix.

Fast forward, she is now 15 months old, she is full grown, still just as cute and adorable as always, only now she is about 55 pounds. She still loves to cuddle, and give kisses. She also loves to run and play even in the house, she doesn’t know how big she is. Well needless to say, my foot and her rapid running had a collision.

Dog okay, foot not so much, good news it’s not broken even though it hurts a lot. Now it’s time for some rest therapy, a boot (yuck) and hopefully it will heal soon. Way too much to do, and besides that who is going to walk the dog?

She even has her own Facebook page now! Check it out! Kota Bacon