Craig's 50 to 50

When I worked at Goengineer the owner of the company Ken Coburn had joined a group called Young Presidents.  I watched how he took complicated issues to this group and it propelled the company forward.  I knew that I needed to do something like this so that I could bounce ideas off of my peers.  I was fortunate that Tom the owner of Nlign & Etegent, my new company, gave me this opportunity.  I joined the Vistage group and have been greatly rewarded each and every time I attend. Interestingly Tom and Ken have very similar personalities.

This has taken me a long time to complete.  I signed up for a marathon almost  10 years ago, but ran into some serious health issues related to my stomach  that I could not figure out.  Interestingly as I have run over the last several months  I have been able to manage my stomach and my knee has given me very little  problems.  The hardest run was either the 18 miles on the tread mill or running  hills in inclement weather - I still haven't decided.  Before I left I started to think of the people that would not be able to run this race.  Their challenges are far beyond the difficulty of running 26 miles. So I wrote their  names on my shoes and decided I would run for them! They were the reason  I think I made it to the finish - I could not give in and never give up! It was snowing  when I got to the starting location for the marathon.  There were people everywhere. It was a bit exhilarating an...

I think Sandi put this on my list!  Sandi cooked us a formal Valentines Dinner and then I took her dancing in SLC.  I owed her for not asking her to dance when I met her.  So, to save our marriage (haha), I took her dancing for Valentines of 2019.  The only moves I know are country swing.  No matter what we were taught and no matter how many times I practiced, my moves turned into country swing.  It was fun to spend some time with Sandi.  Learning new dances (which I can't remember!) was not something I would enjoy doing again.

I have always been a huge Star Wars fan plus I enjoy puzzles, but purchasing this Lego set was a first for me.  I can see how people like Lego's so much! I was doing something that had nothing to do with any of my pressures, but was also very straight forward and didn’t require a lot of thought.  It was a needed break.

Sandi and I had prayed and worked to make extra payments for years.  When we moved to Kaysville, into a more expensive market, we thought that this dream would be lengthened out indefinitely.  However, during our move came our most successful sales year of our career. We were also fortunate to sell our Garland home at a price that helped us recap the sweat equity that we had put into the home for ten years. We know that we received help from above!

I have wanted to learn to do a better job in cooking meat.  So I decided to try my hand at marinating steak, dutch oven chicken and smoked brisket.  The steak turned out great.  The other two not so much.  Since, I have marinated and grilled steak additional times. 

Sandi and I started going to the Temple every Friday morning at 6AM.  It has been a very special date for the two of us.  We have wept together as well as rejoiced.  One thing that I experience every time I go to the Temple is a change.  I always come out with more perspective to my life differently.  I wanted to take one card through from finding to sealing.  This was a very rewarding experience.