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UPDATE! UPDATE!

Chris — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:06:42 +0000

Well, maybe there are still a few of you out there who are subscribed to my blog! It has been a L O N G time since I last update here because life has been good & busy! The good kind of busy!

Back in May my son, Easton, was born, who weighed in at 9lbs 0ozs!

I’ve also spent the last 7 months starting up a new business! I ran in to a few situation in the last year where a number of people began asking to buy my photographs and then asking me if I had considered becoming a pro photographer. So… that’s what I did! I’ve started The Story Photography! Here’s a few of my recent photos for you to enjoy!

Any way you can help out?

Chris — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:26:35 +0000

So here’s the deal, my wife is a 4th grade teacher and her school has a little competition going on in which each classroom attempts to collect as many Box Tops For Education as possible to try to win a pizza party for the class. Sarah’s class is pretty close to the top of the rankings in her building. This where you come in, would you be willing to find some of these “box tops” around your house, maybe you’ve collected some over time, then mail them to me?

If you’ve got 5, 10, 50, 100 she’ll be happy to take them! Just send me a quick note here and I’ll get you the mailing address! Thanks so much! Maybe I’ll even have a little prize for the person that mails in the most box tops to me (think a great book!)

Emergency Caffeine Service

Chris — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:04:41 +0000

You’re going to be at The Orange Conference? Do yourself a favor and stop by The Bloggers’ Lounge! We’ve a got a steady supply of coffee running through there to keep you going. Oh, you’ll also want to connect with all the great bloggers up there too!

But here’s the real story behind this photo…

Last Thursday I drove my in-laws to Rochester (1.5 hrs. west of Syracuse) for an appointment with a doctor. When I went down to the lobby to get a coffee I met the great people from Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters. I found their t-shirts to be a little confusing at first, the front of the shirts have their logo and right above it are the letters “FLCR-ECS.” Well, now that you’ve seen the picture you”ve got it! What a great concept for a coffee shop in a hospital!

Help Me Choose My Shoes!

Chris — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:40:51 +0000

I am getting another pair of TOMS Shoes soon and I need your help! I am having a tough time making a decision so I thought I would ask for your expert fashion opinions. Below you’ll find the two options, leave me a comment and let me know which one I should pick. I am going to be giving away two copies of Doug Fields book What Matters Most and you could win one of them by helping me out with this!

OK, here are the options:

A: The University Ash Rope Sole TOMS

B: The Olive Canvas Stitchout TOMS

I’ll be making my decision on Saturday, 4/18, so get to it!

TOMS Shoes Shout Out!

Chris — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:12:45 +0000

This past Saturday afternoon a team from TOMS Shoes was my neck of the woods for an event and since I’m a fan of theirs I decided to drop on by to see what was going on.

The event was basically a way for TOMS to get word out about what the company is doing. There was a team of about 5 or 6 (?) super friendly (not in the weird kind of way!) TOMS vagabonds (facebook link) who were there to answer the questions that people had about what TOMS is all about, they had a store set up to buy selected TOMS products, and they showed a short (and pretty awesome) documentary about TOMS.

My wife and I were already proud owners and wearers of TOMS but on Saturday I made the call to another pair for Sarah & myself.

Check out this video and see their website to find out more about their company. Oh! And if you are interested and in a position to do so, there are some really exciting ways to get involved with the company!