Catching Up!

Wow! I feel that I am just now coming up for air since the summer started. Convention was a blast and I loved Minneapolis! Next year, convention will be held in Anaheim, California so I'm already looking forward to that. My FAVORITE part of convention is when they announced that demonstrators will be getting our own FREE websites as of the first part of August! I can't wait until customers no longer have to use my demonstrator number and token to log in to view the catalog. I will have my own URL! The NEW Fall/Winter Catalog is awesome -- tons of fun "off the wall" projects. I have about four shows scheduled in the next few weeks. Summer has been a little slow because of busy schedules, etc. so at this point, I don't think that I will be earning enough points to go on the cruise. BUT there's always next year!

The kids had a wonderful time at camp and came home with lots of stinky clothes that needed to be washed. Fun! So we are all readjusting to life without trips and constant activity. Today we will spend the day at our little town beach in hopes of not getting sunburnt.

I'm off to the Uppercase Living Convention!!

I'm so excited! Tomorrow morning, I leave for the Uppercase Living convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I didn't attend last year since I had just started with Uppercase Living a couple of months prior to the convention. I'm hoping this will boost my business even more and that it will be a fun and rewarding experience. Can't wait to meet all the ladies I've become cyber friends with over the last year in my Uppercase Living Yahoo group!

Because Brad has to continue to work, we had to find places for the kids to go this week. We dropped Grant and Sydney off earlier today at their first sleepover week long camp! It's at a small Bible camp which is located just 20 minutes from us and they were very excited. A little wierd for mom and dad though. Luke is going to be attending a day camp at a nature center within 20 minutes of us every day. The kids are definitely growing up!

Well, I'm off to continue packing and getting ready for my trip. I hate flying and I'm sure I will be a bundle of nerves tomorrow. Just hope that all of my flights are on time and there isn't too much turbulence!

A Review of MagiQuest in Myrtle Beach

We traveled to Myrtle Beach on June 20th for a week long trip. Yes, we drove all the way from Connecticut to Myrtle Beach!!! What was supposed to be a 13 1/2 hour drive turned into a 20 hour drive because of traffic, traffic, and a few stops here and there. I'm sorry, but you can't convince me that everyone is "hurting" because of gas prices. In fact, we decided that pretty much everyone must have been at Myrtle Beach because it was so busy.

The highlight of our beach trip was MagiQuest! Not sure who loved it more -- Brad or the kids. We spent many hours here. After choosing a wand (some are more expensive than others), you then have the option of choosing and customizing your own wand topper. Luke's was a dragon, Sydney's was a unicorn and Grant . . . hmmmm, I'm not sure what his was supposed to be. The wands are then programmed to gather information when they are pointed toward certain objects on your quest. We initially purchased 90 minutes of play time. You walk into a huge area and get to choose your "quests" from a screen. Then you have to follow clues to finding items to fulfill your quest. When items are found and the wand is pointed at the object needed, the object lights up. Once those items are gathered, you report back to the "screen". This reminded us of an interactive computer game in which you are gathering objects and advancing in levels. The only difference is that with MagiQuest you are walking and exercising. Very fun! There were a few frustrating times when the item would not recognize the wand or when the item was not properly "gathered". We would report back to the "screen" to find out that we never got the item. All in all, however, it was a really fun and rewarding type of entertainment. I was an observer, but Brad played right along with the kids and they all had a wonderful time. Now . . . next time we go to MagiQuest, the computer will have stored all information regarding the completed quests. There are also "Adventures", "Duels", etc. This will definitely be an ongoing event to look forward to in the future.

Lyme Disease has hit!

Our daughter, Sydney, complained of a headache for several days last week. She NEVER complains of having a headache. Then on Friday she woke up with a stiff and sore neck. I took her to the doctor who then tested her for strep throat. The test came back negative. Our final step was to take her to have blood drawn.

We were informed yesterday that she has Lyme Disease -- all this before going on vacation!! Lyme Disease is almost like a common cold where we live, but I thought that perhaps we could avoid this terrible illness while living here. So she will be on a 28 day course of Ceftin. It's all we can do to get her to choke this medicine down. She really, REALLY hates it but has trouble swallowing pills.

Our younger son, Luke, had Ehrlichiosis in November this past year and was also treated for Lyme -- just in case. So it seems that we will have first hand experience with what ticks can do!!

We have more birds!

Our previous birds from the bird's nest on my front door wreath died several weeks ago. We think that it got too cold for them one night and that the mother was not there keeping them warm.

However, we have three bird's nests underneath our deck. During a recent wind and thunderstorm, one of the nests must have blown down with the baby birds inside. There had been four birds but we only found two birds on the ground this past Saturday. After doing a little research, we found out that we could gently pick the baby birds up and place them back in a nest. So we used one of the empty nests under the deck to place the baby birds in. Looks like their mother has returned and is still taking care of them. This is a picture of what they were doing after we put them back in the nest. I think they thought we were going to feed them too!

Uppercase Living Father's Day Project Party

Well, I recently reached one of my goals after being with Uppercase Living for only 14 months. I just promoted to Director on June 1st! Woo hoo! I have an awesome team of ladies -- 14 in my downline and 21 ladies overall. Can't wait until convention in Minneapolis. It's coming up July 7th-10th!

I recently tried a Project Party at my home and it went really well. We used one of my favorite Uppercase Living expressions, "Any Man Can Be a Father, but it Takes Someone Special To Be a Dad" to make this great gift for our husbands. My childrens' pictures hang from this particular piece. We had lots of fun and I must say that the finished result is wonderful!

Exciting Uppercase Living Announcements!

The Summer Splash Incentive is going to be great! Hostesses receive triple-up rewards instead of double-up rewards. So basically any purchases that the hostess has made from me in the past 6 months will be tripled in total and added to their own open house. If someone has purchased $125 from me recently, she gets to add $375to her own Open House total!

Also, anyone who enrolls as a new demonstrator between now and July 31 gets either $25 off the Essentials Starter Kit or $50 off the Essentials Plus Starter Kit. AND these new demonstrators receive a $10 bonus commission for every $100 in personal sales which are submitted during this time.

Uppercase Living is really a wonderful company to be a part of right now! If you happen to be reading my blog and like what you see with the business opportunity information, now is the time to enroll! Don't forget to type in my Demonstrator ID: 469594 and token: WAHM when you enroll!