PHP

Well, it looks like I am going to use a PHP / SQL Server infrastructure to power my SCE bitlu.com. Can't wait, Kris and I are learning the scripting language now. It's very similar to the netcommerce I used at sweet paper and the classical asp I used at instawares.

Looks like we may have to shut down Egeorgiapacific. What a bunch of buttheads that company has. Funny, because the KOCH brothers preach capitalism and freedom, but all GP does is make crazy decisions that make no sense, and they love to sue people. It doesn't make sense for us to fight it, though. After all, they are our vendor for the site. If they don't want us to market their products, so be it. I will focus all commercial paper and foodservice keywords to Kimberly Clark products instead. A few months and years from now, when I have EKC doing a few million a month, I'll send GP an email about what they missed out on.

Anyway, most of the sites posted record months in March yet again. Spring break is upon us, may take the kids somewhere. The new ETO building is opening this week with much more space than the previous one. I am happy their business is doing well, they are one of the nicest families you will ever meet.

The kids are doing great in school. Jak is growing like a weed. He is a wonderful baby. Don't see much of mom and dad. Mom works too much and dad likes to sit at home and count his money and watch tv. Come to think of it, everyone is so damn busy, it is hard to get together with people. That is why I try to have some cookouts regularly to force people to take time out of their schedules to get together.

slack blogger

Man, I am getting slack at blogging. Let's see, in the last month:
Michael got his brown belt and abbey her blue belt.
Michael had some gymnastic meets.
James is eating fruit and sitting up a little.
Wyatt and Michael are kicking my butt at Halo 3 and for all of those who know how competitive I am, well, let's not go there. I get quite upset to say the least.
February was another record month for all of the sites. 2 new ones should be live within the next 2 weeks, one in restaurant smallwares and the other jansan and office supply.
By the end of the year, the nail in the coffin of instawares should be complete.
Shopping comparison engine is coming very soon now, I am chomping at the big. I feel like I have everything in place to do it now, just a matter of signing off on the infrastructure and getting started. Boy am I going to shake up that industry in a couple of years.
Here is a pic of my little princess.

Terrible night

Last night I had a stomach bug and lost 9 lbs between 9PM and 9AM. Quite a fun night. Michael had the bug last weekend and I spend most of saturday night cleaning up after him. Hopefully James, Abbey, and Wyatt won't get it.
January saw another round of record sales for the sites. Waldowares coming online soon.
I am getting close to signing off on the infrastructure to start the comparison engine as well.
I took a couple of hard shots to the lower leg sparring last weekend. It had me limping most of the week, but not broken bones.
James is cool, he loves to coo at me and he smiles a lot.
David finally sent me some pics of our trip to colorado where we climbed at Lumpy Ridge, Vedavoo, and Eldorado Canyon.
Here are some.

Nice snow

We had a couple of nice snow days here for the kids to play in. That may save me from having to take them to NC this winter. JAK is cooing at me now. Babies are awesome. Record months for 3 of the sites and I have quotes for rolling out my own infrastructure now. Look out!!! I successfully tested for my blue belt this month. Atlas is shrugging now in this country and will probably affect the world. The world stock markets tanked overnight and the fed dropped rates .75% in 1 shot. Ouch!!! Monica and I are trying a body colon and toxin purge for the next 90 days. Should be interesting. My quest for health is never ending. Michael turns 9 in a couple of weeks, wow.

2008

James is smiling now and is 1 month old. The kids have been out of school for 2 weeks which makes it very hectic around here. More record months on the ecommerce sites. Waldowares is coming online this month. I am getting info to start my comparison engine soon. I am excited about that. The time off since leaving Instawares has been one of the best learning periods of my life in terms of what is important in life. I have an inner peace I have not had since back in my rock climbing days. I don't worry about little things. I can safely say money is not what drives my world. Family, friends and living life are what it is all about.

I like the competition to do things bigger, better, and faster than the next guy in the business world. I have always been very competitive. If you create and innovate and do things more efficiently, money will come as a result. Everyone wants to have more money, but unless you can earn it honestly, it is not worth having.

I truly feel sorry for pathetic individuals who I partnered with at instawares and who I worked for at sweet paper who love money more than family, friends, and god. It is sad in my mind to see these people who sell their souls for a buck because of their blind love of money. These people lie, steal and cheat in order to make money, but how can you have any dignity or self esteem by getting money from lieing, stealing, and cheating. It's sad.

Big year coming up

Well, 2007 was a quiet year. We added another boy James to the family while Stephanie and Josh added another little girl named Rebeccah. The kids are getting bigger and smarter and tougher. We just bought a couple of more paintball guns, so this should be a fun winter of paintball. Unfortunately with the water drought, we won't be able to blow snow this winter.

Once again, I have proved how easy it is to do good ecommerce. With 6 live sites hitting record months every month and 2 more due first quarter of 2008, the competitors will start to feel the squeeze I think in 2008. I hope to totally destroy my baby Instawares by the end of 2008. They will not be able to handle the onslaught of 6 sites going directly against them and a shopping comparison engine to boot which they won't have access to. Some days I wish I had never founded Instawares, because I made a lot of crooks money, but it was a good learning curve for me. And I am turning around and doing it again at the same rate with nothing to stop me thus far. And being profitable since month 2 is pretty sweet as well.

Starting 2008 in ETO,
Michael is a Blue Belt.
Abbey is a purple belt.
Wyatt is a purple belt.
I am a purple belt.

My Birthday

The kids and I went out to Jaceson and Jennifers for my birthday yesterday. We had lots of fun with the kids. Monica and James stayed home. The weather was pretty mess out.