My Contribution

I drink a lot of water. My taste buds work well. The water here is Utah isn't the best. Therefore I buy bottled water. I usually drink between 1.5 and 2 liters a day while at work. That's roughly 3 to 4 regular plastic water bottles.

3 x 5 x 52 = ~780 bottles per year

Not only does this get expensive (about $10 a month), but since "The City of Trees" where I live doesn't have a recycling program, I'm contributing lots of plastic to the landfill. So I've decided to change my habits.

I bought these:


Sure, the pitcher and bottle were a little expensive, but they will pay for themselves in about 3 months. Plus, the Sigg bottle doesn't alter the nice taste of the water after going through the Brita filter. Win Win.

Back It Up

I've been looking for a few years for an online storage solution that was cost effective and would let me relax and know that I didn't have anything to worry about. The closest thing lately is Amazon's S3 service. It was something I could trust for sure, but the price was much higher than I could justify. The search continued...until now.

Backblaze is exactly what I was looking for. I can back up an UNLIMITED amount of data for only $5 a month. That's pretty amazing considering I have about 55,000 photos and 24,000 songs on my computer.

Anyway, if you are looking for a cheap way to back up everything on your computer, this is it.

Funny Stuff

A good reason to always have your camera with you...

10 Years to Life

February 1st was my official 10 year anniversary at Nu Skin. I stared out answering phones on the tech support line during the grave shift for about 8 months. The 7 months the followed I worked in the Business Support department answering email questions about our compensation plan and business practices. My next position, which lasted 5 years, was as a Team Lead back in the call center. The next 3 years were spent in Photomax as the manager of our production and scanning lab. After leaving Photomax, I've since been in the Global Brand Marketing department where I manage a server that houses all of our digital assets such as photos and design files. I also manage all of the Macintosh hardware in the company.

Despite all of it's ups and downs, I've really enjoyed my time so far at Nu Skin. I've learned a lot and have made many good friends. I'm looking forward to what the next 10 years has in store for me.