Another Day in Which To Excel

Today is Monday......ouch....came way to fast. Gonna spend time in the plant today doing routine clean-up. Perhaps I can feel better about going to work with a new look....When in production, there just is not enough time to clean up as you go. Today then, is another day in which to excel.

Neon - My Escape

While the neon business has dramatically shrunk over the last two years, it still provides me with some sort of therapy. I really enjoy spending time in my plant piddling. I have never been one to sit still and retirement is something I don't think I will ever be interested in doing. My business model is pretty narrow....I specialize in custom neon signs. In other words, I take your idea and turn it into a reality that glows. I don't keep any stock neon signs. 10 years ago, the neon sign market on Ebay was pretty darn good. I would make signs from scratch and had very little difficulty selling them. Today, I may list 10 signs and not get a bid on any of them. Something has got to change in our economy that will spark folks to spend. Rising fuel costs have drained any extra money from my household and I can't help but believe it has done the same for everyone else.

Marvelous Monday

While most of the working world get's one more day off, I will begin my new year on the job trying once again to survive the January after Christmas.....geez, what a long month this will be. I hope the economy improves so we can get things back to more solid ground. The Dogs play today at 1:00 against Michigan State....thank goodness for radio....won't miss a snap. Got a number of projects to wrap up today and tomorrow and then I will be pretty much caught up.....not a bad position to be in, but me without stuff to do is not a good thing.

Oh well, here comes the coffee fix. Come on 2012, let's get the party started.

2012.....A Year of Uncertainty

I started this blog back in July of 2011 with the hopes of updating it daily with news and insight into the wonderful world of Neon. Like most things in my life, my intent was good, but I failed miserabley in keeping it updated. Perhaps I can do a better job of that this year. Let's hope so. My father continues is battle with Lung Cancer and the year couldn't have ended any worse....my 13 year old nephew was diagnosed with AML Leukemia. He just completed his first 10 day cycle of chemotherapy and his first two weeks of a very long hospital stay at Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksoville, Florida. I am praying that he and my dad can both whip this horrible disease.

I begin 2012 like most of you with a short list of resolutions that I will try and keep. My list includes daily exercise of some sort and magnitude.....any would be more than I got in 2011. It also inlcudes just trying to trust God more and quit trying live this life by myself. Seems as though I try and fly solo too many times. I also plan to try and spend more time with my family and to be a better husband and father to two wonderful kids.

I hope all of you have a Happy New Year. May 2012 be the best year yet.