Wednesday, May 27, 2009

New (or) Continued Family Company

Well the Griffin's have started a NEW Family Company. Griffin Advertising.

For those of you who know Brie's Parents and what they do you might have a good long giggle at the hilarity that is US starting our OWN Advertising business, But hey " Find Something You LOVE to do and learn how to make money doing it"! I know how much fun working with Phoenix Marketing was for all those years, and Cory is VERY skilled in creating Ad's for companies, so TOGETHER we are a fairly good Advertising pair!

So We are almost completely official. The LLC paperwork is coming together and the excitement is building. Cory has a few clients already that he has begun working with to design their websites. TAKE A LOOK! www.griffinadvertising.com and www.greenpowerbox.com

We are working on specializing in EVERYTHING from WEB DESIGN to SEARCHLIGHTS!!!

We are so excited and amazed that this is actually happening. We sort of keep thinking we are a bit silly beginning a company in these economic times, but then again what better time. We have LOW overhead and pretty good experience between the 2 of us. PLUS we have Phoenix Marketing, Doug and Rebecca to give us the BIGGEST tips and do's and for sure DONT'S.

We are thrilled and ENTHUSIASTIC about this opportunity and we really hope that it TAKES OFF ;) LITERALLY maybe!!!! We are praying for the blessing from the Lord to help continue to make this business profitable for us. It would be WONDERFUL to continue in a "Family Business" Footsteps.

So 2 Second plug: If anyone would like to have their website REDESIGNED or DESIGNED from scratch Cory is really pretty good and willing to do it for a GREAT deal to help build our Company Portfolio. Up to 10 Pages and a Logo Design for $199.00.

Enough Self Promotion.

SUMMER has officially begun here in South Florida. I mean REAL summertime! It is almost 90 EVERY single day. Not like the NICE 90 degrees but the HOT, STICKY, humid kind of 90 degrees. Oh and thats not even the worst of it. Starting around 11-12 in the afternoon the Thunderstorms start to build. They build and BUILD until they EXPLODE ALL over the place. Pouring H2O all over the usually BEAUTIFUL South Florida landscape.

I think the FUNNIEST thing about the rain is that people honestly LOOSE their heads. Traffic comes to a stop, Cars spin, People drive about 25 MPH on the FREEWAY and those people are mixed in with the people who continue to drive outrageously fast at about 90MPH. Needless to say accidents PILE UP when it rains.

Also concerning is the HURRICANES. In about 5 days and counting HURRICANE season begins. Time to stock up, get prepared, make sure we have plenty or everything, and GET SMART! What sucks the most about this time of year is the usually GORGEOUS flying weather is GONE. GONE with the wind or the rain in this case. It is sad! If we do not have flights in early in the morning we dont fly :( BIG bummer!

SO here is to my Friends in TEXAS as well as those in Florida and Georgia. GET Prepared, BE SAFE, and WATCH Weather Channel Religiously.

P.S. CONGRATULATIONS CALIFORNIA! Thank You for CONTINUING to UPHOLD law, and Not allowing anymore Gay Marriages. I am sad that you did in the FIRST place but THANK YOU for not allowing it to continue! GO PROP 8 Supporters! You have support from us!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

GREAT Day to FLY !

"EVERY Day is a GREAT Day to FLY at Sky Blue"

Thats the school motto here at Sky Blue Aviation, and boy oh boy it sure is not just a GREAT day but a truly BEAUTIFUL day to fly!

These past few weeks, South Florida has been hit with unusually beautiful, not a cloud in the sky, no rain in sight weather. It has been pretty HOT but it has been GORGEOUS!

I am currently working on my IFR (Instrument Flight Rating), and have been doing lots of flying with the instructors here! It has been pretty EXCITING!


I know this picture is kinda blurry, but I liked it a bit! It looks very much like heart monitor signs. It is actually about 200 hundred feet above the runway coming to land in Boca Raton.



This Picture is taken about 1800 feet AGL parallel to I-95 freeway around 6pm you can see all the headlights snaking along the slow moving freeway. Seeing this Who wouldnt want to FLY?

Other than Flying, This Weekend Cory and I went to see STAR TREK at the PREMIER level of the Palace Theatre here in Boca. The Premier Level is the one and ONLY way to see movies! It has like private plush couches you can sit on and have food and drinks brought to you. It is 21 and up so there are no kids and it is high above the other seats to allow for little to no noise during the movie! It is exclusive so only about 20 couples can sit up there and peacefully escape and watch the movie in peace! Its pretty FABULOUS, and that was just the seating! The movie was FANTASTIC! I am not too big of a Star Trek fan but Cory is and it was a really surprisingly WONDERFUL movie! I HIGHLY encourage EVERYONE to go see it! It was well worth seeing!

Sunday was MOTHER'S DAY!!!! I am so sad to be 3,800 miles away from my Mom, but it was nice to chat with her and wish her a Very Happy Mother's Day! Cory is also the same distance away from his Mom, and He misses her just as much! Mother's are the most blessed AMAZING women in the UNIVERSE! I am so Proud to have such GREAT Mother's in my life! Both women are exceptionally special and LOVE unconditionally! So here is to you Rebecca Hinckley and Sherene Olthoff, Our WONDERFUL MOTHER'S THANK YOU for raising us to be strong,
LOVING, Spiritual, GREAT people! We sure could not have done it without you!


Monday, May 4, 2009

Pretty AMAZING Florida Weather Weekend

This past weekend was a little slow for us!

I became a bit sick Friday night :( meaning I was pretty out of it for our usually FUN FRIDAY Nights!

We stayed in All Night, watched Oceans 13 and ate some Taco Bell Burritos. It was relaxing and I pretty much fell fast asleep quickly!

Saturday came and I woke up feeling pretty GOOD! Cory made some awesome waffles and maple syrup for breakfast, and we decided to go to my office to help out with some flights in the morning.

After that I was feeling ok so we decided to relax in the pool in our condo for a bit! It was beautiful out and really enjoyable to just float and enjoy the SUN! ( Safely of course! Sun Screen is a MUST!)

After swimming we made some of our FAVORITE Pizzas called Mama Mary's which is similar to Bobilli Pizza Crust. We added some yummy Turkey Pepperonis, Mozzi Cheese, Onions, Pinapple, and Mushrooms. It was FABULOUS!

Sunday of course we went to Church and enjoyed being Spiritually and Physically uplifted by the spirit! It was a special Sunday Fast for a Temple here in South Florida. We only have 1 temple here in Florida located ALLL the way up in Orlando which is a good 3 hour DRIVE to get to it. it is especially challenging for people like me who grew up in Antioch CA literally 40 minutes from the Oakland Temple! It is hard to find time to go up there to be near the temple!

It would be SUCH a GIANT blessing for us to have the opportunity to have a temple down here in Miami or Fort Lauderdale or something way closer! That was what our fast was about!

It was an overall pretty LAZY weekend! Thankfully I am feeling a bit better today!