Carl Crossman Blog

This is the time of year that I love. Today the Super Bowl will be played and I have been looking forward to it for a long time. I am having some friends over to the house for the event and I know that everyone will be as excited as I am. We will have some food so everyone can eat.

This kind of event only happens once a year and so we plan to make the most of it. There will something for everyone I believe. I am fortunate to have a large house and so we will have plenty of room. I am sure it will all go well.

Posted by Arden Wallace

In California, there is such a laid back lifestyle compared to where we used to live. Where we live now, everyone dresses a lot more casual and doesn’t seem to worry about things in general so much. They kind of go with the flow. I am not saying that everything in California is much slower to catch on to things. In fact the people out here seem to be on the cutting edge of everything. It seems like people in California get the newest fashions first, or any kind of new gadget or toy always seem to show up here first. I kind of like that about living out here. But as laid back as everyone is here, I still feel like we need to be aware of our surroundings and be on the lookout for crazy people who may not have our best interests at heart. Where we used to live we always kept all our homedoors locked all the time and quite frankly lived with the fear that someone may break in at any time. Out here it is way different, and I don’t feel that way so much. But to be on the safe side, we got a security system through home security California. At least I can feel comfortable and not worry about any intruders in our home even though it seems there is not that much to worry about out here.

Most of my days at work are hectic. The good thing is that when my time is up, there are others who show up to fill in the gap. Today was not one of those days. It seems that all of the night shift was unable to work for one reason or another. That’s when I had to take action

I called for replacements but no one seemed to be available. I stayed on until some people finally decided to show up. I am glad to be home but tomorrow is sure to be another busy day. I hope I am up for the challenge.

One item in the news lately has been the plans of the country of Canada to expand their gas and oil production and delivery. After a failed attempt to have a pipeline built from Alberta to Texas, they are exploring other options. Now they want to deal with China.

They are proposing a 731 mile pipeline from their oil sands to the coast in order to easily deliver their gas to China. I certainly wish that the Obama administration could have worked out a deal with Canada so that we could have their gas.

Since I am rising up in status at my job, I am taking on more and more tasks. It seems that the higher I go the more things appear on my desk. I don’t mind that so much as long as the compensation rises with it. That has been happening so far. One thing I have noticed lately is that we need more exposure to the public. It seems that nobody knows who we are or what we do. I wanted to change that if I could.

I looked into some of the various ways that we could advertise. The newspapers were one way and maybe a few radio spots would help as well. As I looked into the situation farther, I realized that I would not have time to keep up with all these things. That’s when I came up with the idea of using an Advertising Agency to do this work for me. After all, it’s good to let the experts do your job whenever possible.

I think I have come to a great conclusion. I will hire some people who can assist us with getting our name known. Though we may have to spend a little money to start with, the pay off will be big in the end. I believe that those who are higher up in my company will agree with my ideas. I certainly hope that they will as our company needs to grow. I believe that using this strategy will help us do just that. I guess we’ll just have to see if I am right or not.