Visual Trademark - A Blog By CJ Mills

Andrea typically puts Jadyn to bed, but tonight I ended up doing it as Andrea has a friend from Denver in town. With all the chaos surrounding the last week or so, it has been hard to get back in a routine. Jadyn is no different and has a real hard time settling down [...]

Life is not easy. As I look back on the last five years of my life, I realize I’ve had it pretty good. Great wife, house, daughter, job, etc. Still, I found myself complaining about the circumstance surrounding Asher’s birth with no reservation. Conversely, I personally know others who, in my [...]

I am a first time Dad. By that, I mean that I’m experiencing all the stages of being a parent for the first time. I am slowly learning all the “tricks of the trade” in preparation for my little boy who is scheduled to make an appearance in July; however, this week I [...]

I came across this video online and, aside from being an incredibly funny video, I think it has a lot of good stuff to say. Why do we all want to grow up so fast?

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Don’t get me wrong, I love my job, but as is the case with any job, regardless of how much you love it, things don’t always go your way. Today was one of those days where things just didn’t seem to click and as a result, a LONG Wednesday it was.
However, that changed quickly.
While finishing [...]

While Roanoke doesn't have all of life's cool and exciting activities to offer those that grace its streets, it does offer visitors a nice peaceful place to simply exist. Jade loves walking to town and is starting to act like she owns the place.
———————–Sent from my Treo smartphone

Andy Borgmann, Producer of The Allen Hunt Show, is one of my few very close friends - has been for a very long time - will be for an even longer time. I’ve been wanting to blog about how friendship has impacted my view on the world, but when he posted this blog below, [...]

My wife irons all my dress shirts (I wear a shirt and tie everyday to work) and pants, cooks my food, cleans my house and still lets me crash on the couch and do nothing but watch TV after work….I am the luckiest guy in the freaking world!!!
Post edited for Positive Post Tuesday over at [...]

I was up until 3:00 this morning finishing the youth website and a video for church. Needless to say, I was dead tired going to church. I ran into a few old friends of mine who wanted to go out to eat with me, my wife and my daughter. Isn’t it great [...]

Today I helped my sister-in-law paint her new home.  Well, I’ll be honest, I only helped paint the kitchen because I’ve been working on the youth’s new website.  But anyways, I helped.  As I was painting the kitchen, I remembered my first home and how scared/excited I was to be buying it at the age of 19 [...]