Assume the Position

I was organizing my photo files and pulling pictures off of memory cards today, and I found some that made me laugh. I think these were after Uncle Richard's funeral. The group shot is Dad on the left and Lindsey laying on Uncle Randy. It looks like Syd Bundy isn't the only one in the family who knows how to relax!

Syd Bundy

I caught this pic of Syd while she was watching TV. It really made me laugh. My kid knows how to really relax. It is funny too, that I saw the fountain from the opening credits of Married with Children while I was in Chicago.

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Chicago

I was in Chicago for training last week. We stayed about 25 miles from the city and the training was also out of town as well. I flew out Monday, had training Tuesday through Thursday and was scheduled to come home on Friday. The original plan was to have training on Friday as well, but we put in a killer 12 hour day on Thursday and finished up training so we would have Friday to do something downtown.

We drove into Chicago and paid $16 to park and walked down the Navy Pier and walked back. We didn't even buy a hotdog. We did drive by the fountain that is in the opening credits of Married with Children. As soon as I saw it that music was stuck in my head.

Next we went to the Sears Tower. We paid $19 to park there and $16 to go up the elevator to the top. It was worth it though. That is an impressively tall building. When you are outside you look at it and think, "yeah, that is tall and is taller than the other buildings" but you really appreciate it when you go up and are looking down at the other buildings around. I was looking down at one building and there were some people on the roof. The people looked tiny, then I looked down to the ground and those people were teeny tiny! It really was quite a sight. I also saw the new Trump Tower that was being built. The winner from the first season of The Apprentice chose that project as his prize, so it was neat to see.

My next two training trips coming up are in Powell, Tennessee. I've never been there, and it could be cool, but I think I would rather go back to Chicago to see more since we didn't have much time at all to do fun things.

Handy Maddy

David and Jamie's dining room set arrived while I was visiting in May. David was his typical irritated self as we all tried to help him assemble it--apparently he is the only one in the family born with any sense of spatial relations, basic mechanics, or fine motor skills--but the finished product is really beautiful. Kudos to Jamie for picking out such an attractive set! Maddy enjoyed helping her dad, especially when it came time to put the felt pads on the bottom of the legs.

lia sophia conference

So, here I am in my hotel room in Milwaukee (sp?), Wisconsin. I have been very busy at the lia sophia conference, attending trainings/workshops, checking out vendor booths, getting inspiration and "butterfly stories" from other lia sophia advisors, and watching my region kick some serious butt! It is difficult being away from home, and I miss my family like crazy. Yesterday, a woman on my team asked me what I came to conference for. I was a little confused, as I assume we all came for the same reason, to learn and grow. I asked her to be more specific, and she said, "Well, you must have some specific goal or idea to come here, leaving such a tiny baby at home." She is right. I explained that I hope to use lia sophia to change my family's life. I want it to provide for my family, and to help other women the way it has, and continues to help me. I want to reach goals like I see my upline managers achieve. I don't care what my title is in the company, as long as I can make our dreams come true. At our awards ceremony on Wednesday night, I realized just what a special group of women I am lucky to have to help me. Several women from our teams were recognized for personal and group accomplishments. They were so gracious accepting their many awards. I know good things are happening to them for a reason, and I hope to be an inspiration just like them.

I am so thankful for everyone that continues to support me, especially Darin. He is a great man, and I am proud to call him my husband. Thank you for all you do, and for giving me two beautiful kids!

I am writing this now, to be a reminder of this time, of the drive I feel, and of the amazing opportunity I have at my feet. This will serve as motivation, and make me accountable for the success of my business! Cross your fingers for me and look up, cause I'm reaching for the sky!!!

Incredible TEST!

So, I've been playing with Picasa lately on my work laptop. I think I am starting to like it. I haven't loaded it on my desktop yet, which is the true sign of adoption for me. Anyway, I noticed it has a feature built in to blog things straight from Picasa, so I thought I would try it out. I didn't have any new pics of Ashton or anything, which is why I have this image of the HULK. I thought that since the movie is coming out soon it was appropriate enough. Edward Norton and Tim Roth are in the new Hulk movie, I really like both of them. Besides, it has to be better than the first one.

Phoenix Rising

Flypaper, Stories That Stick. Get it here Free!

Nieces & Nephews

Flypaper, Stories That Stick. Get it here Free!

I've been sick this week

So I was home Monday, tried to go to work Tuesday and realized I shouldn't have and came back. At some point during the day yesterday Rikki, Sydney and I were sitting at the computers with Syd on my lap. She wanted to see pictures of Ashton so I opened them up.

You know how you can cycle through the pictures with the image viewer using the arrow keys? Well, I was cycling through these pictures of Ash where I took a bunch of pictures one after another so when we went through them it looked like he was moving his arms and changing expressions. Add some music with a beat from the daddy beatbox and we had a dancing Ashton. Sydney loved it! She was cracking up so hard over it. It had us all laughing. It was a really fun moment, however breif it was.