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CEO Daily Update – 9.30.2020

September 30, 2020 by Jason Gazaway

Christin’s Intro | Cisco Catalyst 3750G Series Switch | Disinfectant Sprays |  Rivers & Swamps | News to Start Your Day


Happy Wednesday! 

Welcome to the CablesAndKits CEO daily email. Read more about this email by scrolling to the very bottom.


When the idea of a sabbatical came up for Craig, I mentioned to him that I’d be willing to be “the voice” of his CEO Daily for the time he would be off. A day or two ago, I threw together some ideas for points-of-view to Jason, our E-commerce Manager (you met him yesterday), and next thing I know, I’m being introduced to you guys. So, here I am, saying hello and hoping to get to know you all over the next few weeks.  

I’m Christin, Craig’s wife and the co-founder of CK. We’ve been married for 16 years, together for 21 years and have worked together in various capacities for 19 years. (How all of that math works is a story for another day.)  When we started in this business, I was 19 years old. I was a junior at the University of Georgia, pursuing a degree in chemistry, and I left to go “all in” on this life we’ve built.  

As with the choices each of us have made about our family and careers, there were no guarantees about where we would end up. Between here and there are lots of stories and lessons learned. I hope to share some of those (and more) with you over the next few weeks.  

So.. hi, new friends! If you’re inclined to help us improve this email, I would love to know what you enjoy most about the things we share. What “inside information” about CK or information about our products would you like for me or others to share?

Christin


Today’s Product Updates from Rebecca (our “Rock Star” Product manager):

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Filed Under: CEO Daily Updates Tagged With: Business, CEO, Cisco Catalyst 3750G Series, COVID, Disinfectant Spray, Leadership, PPE

CEO Daily Update – 9.1.2020

September 1, 2020 by Craig Haynie

CAB-AC (Standard Power Cord) | Disinfectant Sprays | RV Update  


Happy Tuesday!  

Welcome to the CablesAndKits CEO daily email. Read more about this email by scrolling to the very bottom. 

I did it. I bought the RV in Orlando. It was touch and go for a moment there – I thought the guy was flaking on me. Turns out his back had gone out a few days before and he was in pretty bad pain. He’d not mentioned that before. I was able to share about all my back issues over the last 20 years and give him some guidance which I think he and his wife really appreciated.  

Not only did I get the super nice but gently used and affordably priced motorhome, I was also able to buy his 2012 CRV that was already rigged up as a tow vehicle. So now we are really set to hit the road!  

For those camping folks out there that have been emailing me, here are the details … 

2010 Tiffin Allegro Open Road 35QBA. Front engine diesel on Freightliner chassis which was a special option. Not many of them out there. That’s the main thing that sold me on this one at first. Perfectly clean and almost no blemishes. $67k, which is a steal for such a nice motorhome.   

2012 Honda CRV with 80k miles, already setup to tow – $7k! What?! 

I am beyond happy and excited for the family. We already have a camping trip planned in a couple of weeks with someone from CK and his family!  

Now for the trip home!  

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Today’s Product Spotlight from Rerun (AKA Rebecca):

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Filed Under: CEO Daily Updates Tagged With: CEO, Disinfectant Spray, Power Cables, RV, RV Adventures

CEO Daily Update – 7.20.2020

July 20, 2020 by Craig Haynie

I got the ‘Rona! | Disinfectant Sprays and Wipes | Kids’ face masks coming soon


Happy Monday!

When I signed off Friday before last I said I had been dragging that day. Little did I know, I had come down with the ‘rona. I write my emails the night before so Friday’s email was written Thursday night. When I got home I wasn’t feeling that great and by the time I went to bed I discovered I had a fever of 100.0. Some people would say that is not a “fever” but if I am 98.7 it’s a fever to me. I hoped and prayed for the best but when I woke up Friday morning I was worse, and my temp was 101.5. I decided to go ahead to the urgent care for Covid testing. I called ahead and they had a drive-through setup and said they would test me for flu and strep at the same time.

I headed to the place around 12:30 and waited in line about 3 hours. That sucked. The longer I was there the worse I felt. I had a conference call scheduled for 3pm that I didn’t cancel as part of my time off, and I was on and off video while having swabs shoved in various places. The timing was fantastic – ha! Speaking of swabs – O. M. G. … they shoved the swab so far up into my sinuses that I thought they were going to bruise my brain. It was absolutely uncomfortable. When she was done I said “Don’t I get a lollipop or something?”. They said I would get my results in 2-5 days (it took 5). I said hey wait a minute what about the flu and strep test we talked about on the phone? They weren’t even going to do them. She said oh yea we can do that if you want. I’m like “no, I drove all the way here and sat in line 3 hours and I am willing to drive away not knowing if I have two of the most common illnesses. What sort of sense does that make?” (I am pretty sure I said all that). She said we will swab you again and you’ll know in 5 minutes. Both were negative.

So it was obvious that I needed to quarantine (can you believe that they gave me no instructions whatsoever when they tested me) and fortunately we have a guest room with its own bath and a second living room with TV so I was able to stay away from the family. I spent Fri-Sun on the couch watching Star Trek TNG, and the rest of the week watching more Star Trek and several movies I had never seen including Pulp Fiction (Crazy) and the three Godfather movies (Hard to follow). I drank more water and ate more ice than I think I ever have in my life and somehow lost 8lbs I’d been wanting to lose so I guess there is a silver lining. Like Emily said in The Devil Wear Prada – “I am just one stomach flu away from my goal weight”

I was pretty rough Fri-Sun with 102.5 fever, chills, headaches, my eyes hurt to move, and some minor to moderate sinus issues. Monday I was 50% better and Tue I was 85% better with no fever. I was just tired/weak. I stayed that way, only slightly improving each day through Sat when I felt 90%. Sunday I felt 95% and even got outside and did a couple things that I needed to do before I got sick. As I write this email Sunday night I feel mostly myself – maybe 97% and hope tonight my sleep will bring me back to normal.

I feel cheated out of a “vacation” of course. The CDC recommends that you stay quarantined 10 days from your first symptom and 3 days from last fever. The 10 days puts me back in service today, just in time to start back to work. So now I need a vacation hahaha.

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Filed Under: CEO Daily Updates Tagged With: CEO, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disinfectant Spray, Face Masks, Wipes

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