Nates Thoughts

What would you do?

Nate — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:57:25 +0000

While watching undercover boss tonight I began to think about one thing. What would you do when you saw something you were passionate about not working the right way. Whether or not the show is staged it gives a sense of doing what is right. It allows these CEOs that make a ton of money to see what keeps the workers that are making much less cingular to work each day. When your at work do you work everyday as if your boss was standing right next to you? Do you treat your hourly job as if you own the company? That’s how I want to be. I want every customer that I interact with, internal or external, to know that even though I don’t own the company I treat it as if I did. Those are the kinds of employees I want working for me. In my opinion this can be applied to any company, church, or organization.

Catching up

Nate — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:20:04 +0000

Well I am finally catching up with technology. I have set up my Twitter account and linked that to facebook so I think I am just about there. The next thing is to get consistent with blogging. I guess the reason I have not stuck with blogging is that I have a brother (@b_rewster) and a father (@rbrewstermin) that really post some useful stuff and my posts will normally be about my kiddo’s or my job. But here it goes anyway. Hope you all enjoy and I guess this blog will be theraputic for me. Last thing if you read this and live in the dfw area the Jonas bros will be interviewed by our pastor and showed at next weekends services at gateway in southlake and north Richland hills. Go to www.gatewaypeople.com for service times and locations.

What to do?

Nate — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:40:57 +0000

What do you do when you don’t know what to do?

I feel that everyone is designed for one purpose in life. Some people search all their lives to figure out what that one thing is and others are called to do it from a very early age. I feel that each and every one of us has a specific purpose in life so my question is. What do you do if you don’t know what you are here to do? I have asked this question to several people lately because as much as I like my job and have liked my previous jobs I don’t think that I am in the right place. Will I have peace when I finally get to the place that I am “supposed” to be or will I never be content? Don’t get me wrong I am here to be a follower of christ, a husband, a father and a friend to many but, professionally where should I be right now. I really don’t feel this is all that I am going to amount to. I assume that I just need to pray a lot and really pass this whole question over to God. I will keep updating on how this all pans out in my life.

thanks for stopping by.

I will try to be better at this.

Nate — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:46:55 +0000

It has been an eternity since my last blog but lets jump right in to it.

I love this time of year. The weather is getting warmer, the grass is growing and there are quadruple headers when it comes to basketball and hockey. What more can a sports fan ask for.

I went to church this morning and if you don’t know about Gateway Church, check them out at www.gatewaypeople.com. The message today was the last in a series called “My best friend, The Son.” Today the subtopic was “the Physician.” Robert Morris spoke about Jesus’ time on earth and on how he healed ALL that came to him and many THAT DID NOT. He did not pick and choose who he would heal. He did it for everyone. He did not do it for the show or to prove who he was. He simply did it because he LOVED everyone. I am not sure if there are people that read this. Or people that will read this blog that are needing a supernatural touch in their lives. Whether it is physical, mental, financial or emotional believe that Jesus loves you and that is why He will heal you. Simply because He has compassion for you and is just as concerned for you body as He is your spirit and soul. Pastor Robert also stated that healing, like salvation, is received by grace through faith.

It was a great message so I would encourage anyone that is interested to logon to gateway’s website and listen for yourself. I am sure that I have not done the message any justice.

I won’t be winning any parent of the year awards.

Nate — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:36:58 +0000

Over the last 4 days I realized that I won’t be winning any parent of the year awards and this is why. On friday, Carrie brought the boys up to work to see me. Josh was being Josh and running around. While doing so he was running full speed and smacked his cheek into the side of a desk. All I could do was laugh because he was really moving and then BOOM he was on the floor. Secondly, we went to the State Fair of Texas today and Carrie and I forgot to take sunscreen. Wyatt got really burnt on his face and I feel like such a shmuck for letting that happen.

Well I am interested to see how this week plays out in the world of Wachfargo. I imagine that not a whole lot will change this week but we will see. I am off to bed now because tomorrow is 6am basketball.

My brother, Steve, and his wife, Jackie, were blessed to have twin girls today. If you would like to see pictures go to Jackies blog. The link is on my blogroll.

What to do?

Nate — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:33:44 +0000

I had a wild and crazy week again. Citi and Wells finally finished fighting and it looks like Wells won Wachovia and Citi is going to sue. So the question I have been asking myself is, What does this mean for me? Am I going to have a job? if so who am I going to work for?

Do all of these things really matter? Most people would say yes but I am not sure. I am certain that the Lord will provide and being that there is nothing I can do to change anything I should just let go and let God. It is hard though because I am the type of person that likes to be in control of my future. Wachovia is going forward with the opening of my new branch and the regional banking director says that i “will be fine” despite the fact that there is a wells fargo within a half a mile from the new bank. Pray for me, I need it.

Tonight my friend asked me to go with him to the Dallas Stars game. Great game but the Stars lost. Have a great weekend folks I plan to.

Canes vs. Noles Wooohooo!!

Nate — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:23:09 +0000

Well yesterday I woke up with anticipation of being able to sit in my recliner and watch, what used to be, one of the most fierce rivalries in all of college sports, FSU vs. Miami. Thats right my canes vs. the hated seminoles. After 4 hours of cleaning and laundry I sat down in my recliner, turned on the tv only to find out that the game “is not available in your area.” CRAP!!! This is what I had planned for my afternoon. So I hopped on the computer and found my way to espn360 and luckily they were broadcasting the game there so I was able to watch on my computer. The first half was hard to watch but we came out in the second half with a vengance and made a game of it. The canes lost 41-39 but at least we made it interesting.

Update on wachovia’s love triangle…

it was announced this morning on yahoo news that citi filed an injunction with the supreme court and a supreme court judge has placed a temporary block on the sale of wachovia to wells fargo until this thing can be figured out.

What an eventful week.

Nate — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:38:38 +0000

Well I guess I will start with monday. News comes down we(wachovia) has been sold to Citibank. So like a good employee I get behind the company and say everything I am told to say. Honestly I thought this was a great merger and I was excited to work for such a large company. Tuesday the rescue/bailout plan is not passed by the senate and the dow crashes 777 points. That did not directly effect me so I was not that bothered. Wednesday I was supposed to take Wyatt for his 1 year check up only to find out his appointment was actually scheduled for thursday. Thursday uneventful. Friday the preverbial(check the spelling on that) poop hit the fan. I woke up to a text message from a colleague who informed me that we(wachovia) had been sold to Wells Fargo. Thats right the same Wachovia that on Monday was sold to Citibank. And so it began the longest most nerve racking day I have had at this company in the two years I have been there. We had about a 30 minute conference call right at 8am and another 1 hour call at 10am. During the second conference call we learned that Citibank had filed a greviance against Wachovia and Wells Fargo demanding that they terminate any talks they were having as Citi had an exclusivity agreement with Wachovia and that Wachovia was in breach of that agreement by doing the deal with wells fargo. That still has not been figured out and probably wont be for a little while. Well I spent the rest of the day contemplating my future and trying to figure out if I will have a job after the merger. Unfortunately that question cannot be answered at this point but I know the Lord will provide and make a way where there seems to be no way.

Have a great weekend everyone, I plan to.

Boys, Blood and no sleep.

Nate — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:58:32 +0000

I love my boys! Don’t get me wrong, I love my girls too but boys and dads have a different type of bond. I had a good day with the boys yesterday. We went to target and then walmart looking for a belt to fit Josh and then on to McDonalds where Josh played and Wyatt ate. After that we came home and Wyatt had a nap and Josh played with Marley(our dog). After a while Carrie and the girls came home and we had some dinner and decided that last night was a good night for a bike ride. During the walk/bike ride Zaynah, like she normally does, decided that riding the bike was too difficult for her to do and she wanted to give up. For some reason I was feeling extra mean dadish and told her no. Zaynah gives up way to easy most of the time and I was not going to allow it this time. After we had that breakthrough Carrie and I decided that we would try to teach Aliya how to ride her bike without her training wheels. That too was an adventure but she is getting it and in no time she will be zooming around on two wheels. Right before bed time Wyatt was walking around the living room and fell hitting his mouth on the brick fire place and that is where the blood and no sleep come in. He bled and bled and bled and bled and screamed and bled and screamed and so on. We finally got him to sleep and about 30 minutes later he started screaming again. When I went in his room he was bleeding again. Wyatt and I watched “baby einsteins” until 2:15am and about 2:40am I laid him in his bed after having a serious round of praying so that he would sleep. He slept and is doing fine today but I laid awake for the next hour waiting for him to wake up. What a night!!

What a wild time!!!

Nate — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:03:31 +0000

Most people who read this know that I work for a bank and in this economic state it can be kind of difficult right now. You have no idea. I actually work for Wachovia, or is it Citigroup now, I don’t know. I started this new career about 2 years ago and really love it but there is so much uncertainty in this industry it can be scary at times. I guess working for Citigroup will be fine because they don’t have very many branches in this area so I should be fine as far as keeping my job. I am not sure how this “bailout” will effect my business but I really don’t see how it can get any worse. It gets hard trying to tell people there money is safe when every news station is telling them we are in a recession and that the economic state of this country is a disaster.

Well I will try to do better at blogging and hope I still have a few people reading this.