Hey, I’m Chris!

I love my wife and 5 kids, my consulting opportunities, and my life in general. I love to solve problems and usually like to find ways to do it with Technology. My hobbies include programming and learning about self development (and attempting to improve myself every day). Because lifestyle design is a passion of mine I also love to help other people unlock their true potential. If you are interested in what I am working on right now, you can see it on my Now page.

My small business consulting & web design company is Polished Stone, LLC.

Hey Friend! Welcome to my ramblings.


  • Well I found something that I can’t start doing at 11 at night… Looking at money stuff. I started looking at Mint.com and categorizing and labeling all of our spending from Christmas and our trip. We spent more than we should have, and its fun to see where it all went. Mint now has a…


  • Well, I’ve now made it through 2 days of school. I had my marketing class today, and I think I will like it. The teacher has done a lot of marketing consulting in industry, so she has a lot of experiences and excitement about it. I think I will actually enjoy most of my classes,…


  • Well, School started up again today… I was all excited. It is my last semester, and I have a fairly light class load. Its one of those things you know… I’m very comfortable with school, its pretty easy to get by, but I’m ready to be done. I can’t wait until April! Should I start…


  • I have been thinking a lot about goals lately. I’ve set a bunch here at the beginning of the year, and I’ve been trying to work on them. I was in a group today discussing reasons people fail with achieving goals. One of the conclusions we came to was that although they feel the need…


  • Well we finally made it home. The trip was great, but how nice it is to see your own apartment and lay down on your own bed! Today was one of the shorter drives we had (about 4 1/2 hours) from Idaho. It was one of the hardest too because we knew we were almost…


  • When you tell someone that you are a member of “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”, often times you get a puzzled look. But if you say you are a Mormon, people know what you are talking about. They may recognize the name and they probably have ideas as to what Mormons believe.…


  • Well we made it to Idaho – only 4 1/2 hours left of driving and we don’t have to do that until Saturday. A day to relax and get some things done 🙂 – or just relax…


  • Editor’s Note: This post was written yesterday, however we didn’t have internet in the hotel. Also, we realized this morning that we didn’t exercise yesterday… Ok, I know what your thinking… its only been 1 day… but I’ve decided if I’m going to be accountable for these things I need to report some. So far…


  • Now its time to look back on the last year, reflect on what went well, and make goals for the next year. Kristine and I drove across the county for Christmas, and it has given me a lot of time in the last couple of weeks to think about things. Last night the announcers on…


  • Well, ok, I’m still not better. Even as I sit here my throat is still a bit sore, and I’m still a bit stuffy. But for a brief glimpse this morning, as I woke up when my alarm went off, I actually felt ok. I woke up and I though “WOW! I can breath! And…

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