WrestleMania 24 - must read

Last night was WrestleMania 24 from Orlando, FL. I can not believe that WM has been going for 24 years; man I am getting old. Good PPV! The best part was watching the Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels match but it wasn't the match that was so good (it was great BTW), it was Greg 2.0. During the match lil' G was mimmicking Ric Flair then he grabbed his punch bag thing and started doing whatever Ric and Shawn were doing. It was hilarious! He gave it a chop, suplex, body slam, and even put it in the figure four. I know at least one of you is thinking "I can't believe he let Greg watch that" well all I have to sayto that is (in honor of The Rock) "IT DOESN"T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!"

Warn the kids in the neighborhood, at school, in church, or where ever the "Lil Heartbreaker" decides to go that the next generation has arrived! Now that's just too SWEET!!!

42 and counting!!!

I have been losing weight since Jan 2 as I was really starting to look like a mobile home. I thought someone may try to rent me soon so I decided to 'downsize'. I had to wait until Jan 2 as opposed to the 1st due to the Sugar Bowl. Anyway I am not one to weigh myself very often, until today I had only weighed myself once. Starting today we are having a Biggest Loser contest at work so I had to weigh in. I am excited to announce that I have lost 42 pounds since Jan 1st. Not bad. I still am not where I wanna be but I am getting there.

6 down 14 to go

I have just finished book number 6 for the year. I have a goal to read 20 books by the end of the year. Look over to the right column on the blog homepage to see the books I have read so far. I have 3 sitting on my table ready to be broken open. I am enjoying expanding my mind and broadening my horizons.

Mill Creek RETURNS!!!

That's right Mill Creek Church has returned...well sort of. The place we had Greg 2.0's party was the Bogan Park Community Center. When we went to check it out there was this big banner out front advertising Mill Creek Church meets at the center each week. I thought that was kind of funny (for those that don't know I attend Fusion Church formerly Mill Creek). Their website is www.millcreekag.com check it out.

What we gonna do next year?

This past Saturday we had Greg 2.0's 4th birthday party. The theme was the Power Ranger Academy and I must say it was pretty cool. It is a lot of fun seeing the looks on kids' faces when they are having fun, it just don't get much better. Melissa really did a great job planning out the party and I did what I was told. I have to say Melissa made the right call on the cake, it looked so good I wanted to hang it on the wall instead of cutting it. I believe everyone had a great time and we have been asked what we are going to do next year, all I can say is you will just have to wait and see...

You can check out pics of the party at www.freewebs.com/rangeracademy

BIG things are coming...

I had a meeting last night about some really cool stuff. All I can say right now is:
Are you ready to live on the E.D.G.E.?

Leadership 101

Over the past couple of months I have gone from leading a team of 12 associates to leading a team of 28 direct reports. During this time reviews on each one were due, a brand new monthly scorecard had to be rolled out, we have been managing two major projects, not to mention the regular day to day operations. The mark of a great leader is one that will delegate duties and responsibilities to his team.
Here are just a few benefits to this philosophy:

1. They feel more engaged in the overall operation
2. This will develop them for future positions
3. You will be suprised at the talent around you
4. Their morale improves greatly due to the trust you are putting in them
5. Your turnover reduces thus your training costs reduce
6. The team becomes more motivated and you will see leaders rise from places you never thought possible
7. New ideas will arise
8. Better procedures will be created
9. Your team will be stronger as a result
10. YOUR stress will reduce.

I have made it a point to invest in my team throughout the years. By using this procedure I have seen several of my employees get promoted and go onto better careers. They prove themselves on one task, then they become hungry for more and more, eventually they are ready for the next level. Realize the talent around you, utilize it, take chances on people, you may be suprised at what you learn. Bring out the best in your team and you will be amazed what happens around you. By helping others get what they want you WILL get what you want and you will get it with a lot less stress than you could ever imagine.

Offspring

In October of this year we will be adding yet another Troxell OFFSPRING to this world. We felt that one was not enough and we needed to add another hit to our collection. We are very excited about the upcoming addition to the family and to the Bulldog Nation. The due date is October 10 (right before the UGA / Tenn game), so get ready world for one more.

Finally Weighed In...

On January 2, 2008 I totally changed my diet and exercise routine. I had not weighed myself since until yesterday. I am proud to say I have lost over 30 pounds!!! I still have a ways to go but 30 ain't a bad start.

5 and counting

On my quest to read 20 books this year I have now completed 5 of them. I just finished The Breakthrough Company by Keith Mcfarland. Think Good to Great but for a smaller company, very good read. Check out the right hand column on here and you can see the books I have read so far plus each has a link to info.

Quik Hitz

• Went to the Nationwide race with my dad on Saturday, we had fun but that wind was wicked! I think we will have to go to a few more Nationwide races as they aren't as long and the crowds are much smaller than the cup races.
• Can't wait for the Egg Drop Saturday at George Pierce Park, should be a fun!
• Nice to see the Hendrick Motorsports reject, Kyle Busch, out perform Dale Jr. I will write more about that one down the road.
• Do you ever wish you could visit like 7 different churches on Easter Sunday? I see so many fascinating themes for Easter that interest me.
• I almost fell out of my chair the other day when I saw Fusion's website was up. I had to back out and type in the url again just to make sure I wasn't seeing things, LOL. Click here to see it.
• Watched the Super Powers Team last night; it was like watching the Super Friends without the Wonder Twins. Add in Firestorm, Cyborg, and couple others. Pretty cool overall.
• Power Rangers Jungle Fury comes on tonight and I am looking forward to see how things continue to unfold in the quest to defeat Di-She.
• Have you ever had times where you have so many things going on in your mind you can't concentrate? I think I may go to GNC and get some focus herbs or something.
• Is it strange that my "girlie" calendar on my desk is made up of the Disney Princesses? Did I mentioned it is autographed?
• This weather is crazy! Cold, hot, windy, snowy, rainy, cold again....
• This should be a cool week, I have a lot to do but on Thursday I am going with the church to a conference in South Carolina. I am really looking forward to it.
• Do you realize how hard it is to name a business?
• Until Mill Creek changed its name to Fusion did I realize how many products out there have fusion in their name. Here are a few: Ford Fusion, Gillette Fusion, V8 Fusion, Trident Fusion Gum, Krylon Fusion Spray Paint, Callaway ERC Fusion golf clubs, Street Fusion Shoes, Fiber Fusion Drink Mix, and Fusion Design Furniture. Just interesting to me.
• I think Tony should have a 6am meeting every week, I really enjoyed it.

That's enough for now, more later...until then I'm OUT!!!

Thank you Bath and Body Works

I received an email from Bath and Body Works this morning promoting their Aromatherapy products to help you wake up and go to bed. They were calling this the Spring Forward promotion, I read on and it said that daylight savings time begins THIS Sunday! I thought to myself "no way!". I then said to me "I must Google daylight savings" and sure 'nuff it was correct, we need to change our clocks this weekend! Thank you Bath and Body Works, now I need to go buy me some shower gel and lotion.......

Great Morning!

This morning was a bit unusual as we had a men's bible study today at the church offices. Nice turn out especially since we met at 6:00am which is pretty early for some. It was amazing starting the day studying the bible with the fellas. I was proud of myself not only for going but I got up early enough to get 30 minutes in on the treadmill and still make the group meeting. I even resisted the biscuits they had at the offices due to the fact they were not on my approved list of things to eat. Most importantly was the message about the 'weeds' in our life (not weed, weeds...get it right). I know I have weeds pop up all the time but we just have to learn to deal with them and realize they are just distractions from the positive things we want to accomplish. Hopefully we can convince Tony to have this meeting more often because I think we all enjoyed it.

The Dark Knight

I am sitting here watching Comic Book Superheroes on The History Channel and I was inspired to place this pic up. Click on it to visit the official site of the upcoming movie.
I can't wait for it!

Hilarious!