My Hero

This is a picture of my two favorite guys in my life. My son Jack and my Dad Harry. Not long ago someone asked me who my Hero was. I took no time to respond by saying my Dad. It is often that I feel very lucky to have such an amazing dad. Much of who and what I am today is because of the parents I have. In this photo my Dad is teaching my son Jack how to drive the boat up in the San Juan’s. Boating is something my father loves to do, as well as spending time with his grandson.

When I think of the all the stuff my Dad taught me I often get a bit scared that I may not be able to teach my son all of it.  Growing up my Dad was a strong believer of working hard, having fun, not worrying until there was a reason to worry, and always help those less fortunate then you.  He also had great saying such as, “It will feel better when it stops hurting” “There are 3 kinds of people in the world, those that can count and those that can’t” “Don’t let your alligator mouth over run your humming bird ass” “Don’t ever start a fight but always finish it” The list goes on and on.

Not really sure why I wrote this post. I did just spent 6 days with my folks in Disneyland and saw such great interaction between my kids and their grandparents.  I felt compelled to say I have an amazing Dad and my son has a great grandpa and I  also just wanted to make sure he knows what a positive impact he had on me growing up and I can never repay him for being the man he was and is today.

What is SEO anyway?

 

With the new roll out of this relationship between Trulia and Windermere you can imagine how many questions I have been getting about the various presentations I’ve been giving as of late. One of the terms I use often in my presentation is the term SEO also know as Search engine optimization. I explain how Windermere has an interest in increasing our SEO but to do this on our own is very difficult.

Companies such as Trulia, Zillow, Realtor.com and many others are climbing fast when it comes to daily visitors and their interactions with so many listings are allowing them to do a better job in the SEO world.  If you think back to the days when John Jacobi wanted to advertise in the news papers because they were getting a lot of eyeballs. John had 3  things he wanted to achieve. Dominate the medium, show up consistently, and look professional. This has not changed and now with our relationship with Trulia and piggybacking on their great SEO we have once again been giving the opportunity to achieve the 3 things John did back in the day of the news papers.

Dominate the medium, show up consistently, and look professional. This has always been our goal within Windermere.

New look and feel.

Ok so I finally decided to get serious about my blog. I switched from blog spot to WordPress. I switched because I like the format better and it works much better with Windows Live Writer. This way I don’t have to be on line to write my blog posts. I love that. Many times I find I’m not always wanting to hook up to the net to write.

I also wanted my blog to be more about me and who I am. I know that my role in my Job at Windermere is one where I talk about Real Estate and how we are a changing breed of business but believe it or not there is a lot more to me than working at Windermere. 

Don’t get me wrong I love my job and the people I work with. For those of you who know me I think it is pretty clear I’m passionate about what I do at Windermere. That said I have other passions and hobbies that keep me just as fired up.

I also have been asked to teach a blog class in March, I figured I better get my act in gear and learn what this blogging stuff is all about. (Kidding) I think I have it figured out and hope those of you who take my class enjoy it.

Leave a comment if you so desire, or tell me a bit about you.

PS my good friend and co worker Lans just showed me a cool new site called Pandora.com if your into music it is a pretty cool site.

The Anchor in Everett

Ok so it is Friday night and my son Jack and I are laying in bed he is trying real hard to go to sleep, “right Jack?” and I’m writing another entry in my blog. I’m excited for the weekend because I’m going to be playing at the Anchor Tavern this weekend with a really fun and crazy band called Nigel Mustafa.

These guys are a lot of fun. We have played with them in the past and it is always a show and a half. I always love when I have  a Saturday show over a Friday show because I can take it easy on a Saturday and hang out with the kids before I have to head out for the Show. When I play a Friday or week day show I always end up rushing out and feel bad when I don’t get good quality time with the kids. My son Jack however already thinks he is part of the band. His main guy (SURPRISE) is not me it is Rick our lead singer.  Jack always tells me when he grows up he wants to play a guitar and sing just like Rick. Oh well Rick is a good guy too. Ok looks like Jack is about asleep so I’m going to sneak down and run on the tread mill so I can keep my girlish figure, Kidding Nite.

Ski or Zip, line or maybe both?

So next week I’m heading to Whistler with my buddy Thadd to get in some skiing. While trying to find my edge pass for my lift tickets I noticed that Whistler now has a zip line.

So I have to just tell you my frustration on the whole ski lift ticket. So I start with the whole price for a gallon of gas  $3.69 now right (OUCH).

So Shell gas stations is offering a 2 for 1 pass for a ski lift tickets for every 10 gallons of gas you buy. My buddy Thadd and I are thinking this is a great deal so I’m filling up with gas and getting my passes, happy that I’m going to buy one lift ticket in Whistler and get the second one for free, what a deal. I’m looking into this whole zip line deal and find out that the passes that shell is handing out are blacked out up a Whistler. I’m really bummed. Now not only is gas way over priced but I’m going to get gouged on the lift ticket in whistler because apparently when you are having the Olympics in 2010 you can jack up your ski lift tickets by 20%. I’m not sure where I read that but someone running the whistler resort read it.

I’m not really upset because the skiing I’ll be doing will be great and being able to hang out with my great friend Thadd  is priceless.

Hi let me introduce myself.

I felt it was time to start my own blog. This blog is not a work nor a hobby blog it is just a blog about me and what i like.  It allows me to talk about things that interest me.  For starters I have a love of playing Drums. I’m currently the drummer for a great local Seattle SKA band called Natalie Wouldn’t , that is me second from the left we have been together  since 2000 and having a ton of fun playing.

I also work for Windermere Services and an E.V.P. where I work with some great people and I’ve been there for 12 years and really love my job. I also have some amazing kids, Jack and Emerson. My Kids keep me young and I enjoy every min that I spend with them. Sometimes we just hang out and watch TV, other times we are out bike riding or playing at the park.

 

Right now My wife is out on a friends tirp in Arizona so Jack and I are hanging out watching the Ninja Turtles and eating pizza too much fun.