Grasshopper Guest House
July 11 I traveled to LeClaire, Iowa and spent the weekend. LeClaire is located on the Mississippi River in central Iowa. I chose to visit because the town is doing some things right, and I wanted to find out what was working for them. I love to find unique places to stay when I go…
Sunday Update: Just Decide
Yes, I know it’s Monday. Sometimes you gotta take some time off and go somewhere new. I did that this past weekend. Met my friend Erin Criss at LeClaire, Iowa and had a working vacation. We wrote her LinkedIn Summary. We ate at fine restaurants. We talked and talked and talked. We sat and looked…
RVTV Returns!
Andy Fales and Keith Murphy from WHO TV were in Webster City last year for RVTV. They promote the Iowa – Iowa State game and visit 5 towns the week before the game. It’s a huge party and a big honor to be chosen to be one of those locations. Last year was the 5th…
Summer Nights: Ag in Town July 19
July 19 starting at 4 pm (right after Crazy Day and Crazy Day Car Show) the Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce is bringing Ag into Town! This month’s theme is Agriculture and we’re bringing the country into the city. Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee is hosting Summer Nights on July 19…
Sunday Update: 5 Days A Week
Hello my lovelies! The past two weeks I went to the gym 5 days a week. This week I only went three times. I was off work Monday through Wednesday and was driving two of those days and playing with my great niece the other day. Sounds like an excuse, doesn’t it? That’s because it…
Headed to LeClaire, Iowa
Why am I headed to LeClaire, Iowa? 1. I’m a chamber director. It’s always good to take a look at other communities that are ‘doing it right’. It’s even better to spend a couple of days there, talk to some shop owners, get a good feel for the community. In this day of rural…
Sunday Update: Friends
You gotta have friends, you gotta have friends. Well, they sure do help on this journey! Todd Randall Jordan makes me nuts. Every day he goes to the gym. Lifts weights, kettle ball, treadmill, standing on one foot — he shares on facebook that he works out. Yesterday he said he didn’t make it to…
This Misfit Thing
Today I was asked by a local fella “what is this misfit thing?” I answered like this: You know that side business you do, where you make cornbread in all different tastes and varieties and you deliver to people’s homes? Do you like doing that better than your job? (he said yes) Does it make…
Sunday Update: Persistence
This week I did a few things I couldn’t do a year ago. I couldn’t even try them or imagine I could do them. I rolled a humvee, on purpose. It was a simulation, but we were in a real humvee and they stopped it when we were hanging upside down. And told us to…
12 Things I’m Not Going To Do
I am not going to: 1. Complain. Who has time to listen to me anyway? I’ll just work with people and we will figure out how to make things better. 2. Sit on my ass. That’s right – I’ve committed to 12 weeks of 2x a week training and 3x a week bootcamp. My BOB…