Does the value we place on things decrease based on how much we have of it?

There was a couple of things that I witnessed in the last week that triggered this thought. The more I thought about it, I started to see a pattern that crossed over many other areas of life. Some of the things I thought about were:

If only 100 babies were capable of being born every year, would we consider abortion?

If you only saw another person once a year, would you walk past them and not stop to talk?

When a painter, a musician or an actor dies. Their works of art all of sudden become valuable because we know there will never be anything new.

Why is the grass always greener on the other side?

The myth of how rare diamonds are and how that creates not only high prices but also an attitude of how we feel about them.

squirrels, armadillos, insects, little Florida lizards, they’re all over the place and when we see one dead, it’s not a big deal.

These are just some random thoughts that were going through my mind this past week that I wanted to share.  What do you think?  What in your everyday life are you abundantly blessed with, but maybe take for granted?

My job as a career man is to be creative and always be thinking on my feet. My job as a dad is no different and I love the challenge of planning fun and adventurous things that keep our lives interesting.

On Saturday I was thinking about one of my favorite things to do as a kid and I remembered what it was like to visit Toys “R” Us. I could spot a store a mile away and I’m pretty sure I begged us to stop for that entire mile and than some. Sometimes I got lucky, sometimes I didn’t.

I want my kids to experience that same excitement, so Amy shot across the street to the bank, grabbed a little bit of cash (in all singles of course) and we got in the car with the kids who had no idea where we were going. Here’s how it played out.

I’m very excited to announce that my company has launched a new in-house project that allows you to create and browse Instagram galleries and also embed them onto any website.

What’s really cool about this project is that it’s going to allow people and brands to add a gallery to their site and have photos fed to the gallery instantly simply by a hashtag callout. I’m picturing this as a perfect tool for people who manage and market events, topics, restaurants, blogs, etc.

For more on www.gramsnack.com you can visit the site or read the press release on Real Focus Media.

This past Saturday, my son and I took off on an adventurous morning of exploring a rundown resort.

TARGET: South Beach Orlando Luxury Suites.

As you can see in the photos at that link, the South Beach Orlando Luxury Suites were once a beautiful destination for tourists to come to and enjoy a vacation.  In the last 2 years of living here in Central Florida I’ve passed by the resort a few times thinking, “How can this be?”

Exploring the resort was amazing and yet sad all at the same time.  Below is a few before and after photos.  The before photos were found online, the after photos were what we took when we were there.  For a list of ALL photos Visit www.gramsnack.com/#rundownresorts

To see ALL our photos, visit www.gramsnack.com/#rundownresorts

I’m completely obsessed with Instagram, as it’s taken over as my #1 camera.  I have an old Canon 10D that still shoots great pics and we have a point and shoot in our home.  However, I’d probably say that 98% of my photos are now taken through Instagram.