The world of Cope Occurrences
I’ve been hosting a regular game night for the past couple of years or so. Two of the regular attendies are friends from my childhood, Alan Braithwaite and Dave Clemons. I also invite one of the guys that worked for us when we owned HobbyTown, Phil Harrison. It has been a real blessing for me […]
After church, Talon wanted to go on a drive and I initially said no, because it was foggy, dark and I was tired. After a bit of thinking I changed my mind because I realized that Talon will soon be going on his Mission and I won’t be able to spend quality Father/Son time together. […]
While Roscoe was chopping wood at 88 years young, he felt a problem with his heart and thought he was in Afib. Turns out he had a leaky valve and with the extra exertion he tore his heart valve. After a couple of times to the emergency room, they got him scheduled for a valve […]
After 3 months at Cabelas, I decided to tender my resignation. It has been an interesting experience for sure. I really like dealing with the customers and most of my co-workers are awesome. However, it has been a frustrating job because of a myriad of little annoyances that they and I are unable to resolve. […]
Stacia and I decided to contact one of the HobbyTown owners to see how the franchise was going before we proceeded down that path. Turns out it isn’t good. We had forgotten a lot of the stuff that annoyed us with the franchise when we sold and it has only gotten worse, A-Main doesn’t care […]
Stacia and I have been kicking the idea of opening another store in Idaho Falls. It was a good area while we were there and houses with some land are much cheaper. I don’t know if we will actually jump on the idea or not. It has been super frustrating for me a Cabelas. As […]
I said in my last post that it seemed like I was waiting for the second shoe to drop. Well it did, Talon has been going through what I would call a faith and tesimony crisis. He has been watching anti-LDS videos and has not only doubts but says is considering leaving the church. He […]
For some reason, the last few weeks have felt kind of strange. The weather is FINALLY warming up, but things just feel a bit off. I feel like I’m waiting for a second shoe to drop, don’t ask me why. It is probably just the fact that our usual schedule has been interrupted with the […]