It has been a while since our last blog post. Over the past several weeks we have been focused on our stores at Zazzle, our articles on Squidoo and generally considering the overall direction for the future. We have also spent some time working on our main web site at RGebbiePhoto.com. The look and style have been redesigned and much of the content was updated. It has been an interesting year so far, many changes, both in our personal lives and for the world. Stability and security seem to be top priorities for most people now, and we are fortunate to have reached that goal ourselves. So, with old goals achieved, we are starting to map out our future goals, and seeing what the rest of the year has in store for us! The re-vamping of the websites is one of our first projects, and we are hoping that brings more traffic to our commerce sites as well. We plan on working more on the personal growth writing, and hope to start a lecture and discussion group soon. We are also looking at opening a gallery site here in Las Vegas, the prospect gets closer and closer for us. We invite you to view our updated websites at RGebbiePhoto, and to visit our Zazzle stores. Feel free to leave comments and let us know what you think!
Robert and I had finally felt the stress of working non-stop on our business and various projects, and knew we needed a break. Our relationship had always been a close one, but lately we realized we had stopped dealing with each other on a personal level. It was always about the company.It was a Friday night, and a phone call spurred on a lively conversation, one which Robert and I continued well into the night. By 4am, we were on our fourth pot of coffee, and the conversation was still quite animated. This began our incredible vacation from work and the world. Formerly logging 22 hours a day online between the 2 of us, we only accessed email once a day, spending twenty minutes hastily browsing the subject lines, only opening the most urgent in need of reply.
We spoke, and shared, and loved, and touched. Not requiring food or sleep, we stayed up for days straight, sharing and growing together, telling the stories you don't dare repeat even to yourself. We grew a lot in those three weeks, solidifying our commitment to each other and ourselves.It was at the end of the 2nd week that our computer went down. But we weren't ready to get back to work just yet. We were still on our vacation. Without a computer, we put pencil to paper, and outlined dozens of new projects and ideas and goals. And Robert began to draw again.Well, now at the end of our vacation, we feel the pull to get back into the swing of things. But our computer was still down! I asked a friend for some help, but after 2 no-call, no-show appointments, Robert checked around and found an old co-worker of his is now running a computer business here in Vancouver.i-5 Computers, located just west of i-5 on Mill Plain is run by Darren and James. Motivated more by ethics and quality than greed, they diagnose computer systems for free, offer very reasonable repair rates, and do Home and Business Networking and Data Recovery. Definitely aware of our economic times, they strive to make affordable systems and offer quality products for everyone. And if they can't fix it, there is no charge for the diagnosis, ever.Honor, Integrity, Ethics. These are the things that separate a good company from a great one. i-5 Computers Inc, 309 E 15th Street Suite A, Vancouver WA 98663 (360) 326-4909
