Happy Birthday to me!
I was born on the only command of the year: March Forth!
Fourth.
Forth.
Get it?
No, I haven’t taken things to Literally on my birthday…it’s nowhere near Crested Butte! 
I hope you have a fabulous day. I know I will!
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I can’t stop calling Crested Butte, Crusty Butt. I know! I know. I’m sure the residents of that wonderful mountain town have heard that little joke a million times.
But, I just can’t stop saying it.
Maybe I’m not turning 36. Maybe I’m turning 12.
Either way, we’re off! We’re headed out on our Beautiful Mountain Birthday Getaway, sans babe!
We’ll be unplugged, so I won’t be around to respond to any comments until Monday. There will be some things scheduled to post the rest of the week, so you’ll have something to read until we return…
You know when we return from Cressss-ted Byoooooot.
Wow. That was hard.
Have you taken my survey yet?
A lot of you have taken my MLM survey, and for that I’m eternally grateful.
The results are amazing and make me giddy. (Maybe it takes a true data-junky to be excited about survey results? Guilty as charged.) To be honest, I can’t say the results are shocking. In fact, they’re pretty much what I was thinking, but you never know unless you ask.
I can’t wait to share my findings with you, and your help has been instrumental in moving my book project to the next step.
I’m not ready to close the survey yet, so if you haven’t done so, please go take the survey. It’s a short survey, and quite painless.
If you have taken it, thank you! I will have to remember to include a formal thank you to you on the dedication page of my book. It will have to be a sweeping generalization of thanks, though, because it’s an anonymous survey.
Plus the font needed to include all your names on one page would be way too tiny.
Have you taken my survey yet?
It’s short.
It’s sweet.
It’s giving me all kinds of cool information.
(You can read more about it here.)
Of course, the “Are you the kind of person who takes surveys?” question is implied.
So, really, the information I’m getting is great…as it applies to people who take surveys.
There’s really no way around that…is there?
Luckily, a lot of people are falling into that category.
What about you? Are you the kind of person who would agree to take a survey? Click here if you know the answer to that question.
I am working on a project involving opinions about MLM companies, and I need your help!
What is an MLM?
Wiki has a great definition of what an MLM is.
It also has a list of different types of MLM companies.
Basically, MLM stands for Multi-Level Marketing and refers to a company that manufactures and sells products to an Independent Sales Force. That Independent Sales Force then sells the products directly to their client base. Those sales force members are also able to recruit other people onto their teams, and then those people sell directly to their own clients, and so on.
I am interested in gathering information from people who have experience in an MLM as a sales person and/or recruiter (either currently or in the past) and from people who have never been in an MLM.
Either way, I think you qualify to give your opinion!
I had fun putting the survey together, but building it was a bit like writing a Choose-Your-Own-Ending Book…only without someone dying in the end.
All of the answers I gather will be kept confidential and anonymous. (I won’t know who is telling me what; I’m only interested in the what…not the who.) All the information will be used for research purposes only. The survey is short and will only take a couple minutes to complete.
Will you help me? Pretty please, with a maraschino cherry on top?
Picture the sign hanging on my computer monitor today:
Gone Fishing.
Posting may be light today, and my online presence may be a bit fleeting.
But don’t worry…I’ll be back in time to see the beginning of the end of LOST. I mean, a girl’s gotta have priorities.
A couple weeks ago, I got together with the Mile High Mamas gang for a night of pampering. It was an awesome Girls’ Night Out, and amidst the massages, facials, makeup, and hairstyling, our very own Mile High Mama, Aimee took headshots of us.
This is one where they were trying to get me "to smile for real this time." I smile for real when I see this one.
I love this one, too! And, I'm using it right now as my personal Facebook Photo.
…until I switch it again. I’m funny that way.
And, this one is my favorite. I put this one on the About Page, too. It looks like it could be on the dust-jacket of my book.
Have I mentioned I’m writing a book? Well, I am…and I’ll share more about that later. Seeing this photo inspires me to keep writing. Who knows where this photo will end up?
Happy what? Happy Delurking Day! January 14th is known the world around (or at least on the Internet) to be Delurking Day!
Today is the day we coax all of you who read our blogs to actually comment on our blogs. I have a little secret to tell you: I can see you. Yes, I know you’re there. Through the magic of technology, I can see you sitting there reading, but I’d love to hear from you, too.
My friend Aimee has created a neat little icon that she’s sharing with the world:
So, please keep your clothes on, but go ahead and delurk!
It’s easy! All you have to do is comment!
I have another confession. I, too, am a lurker at times. Things get so crazy sometimes, that I zip through blogs, laugh out loud, wipe away a tear, and don’t have time to comment. So, in honor of Delurking Day, I’ll be popping in to say, “Hey!” too.
Do you have a blog that I’m not reading? Leave a link in the comments, and I’ll check it out and share the delurking love.
(If you include your blog link with your name, it should show up right away. If you put your blog link inside the actual comment field, the comment may take longer to appear on the website, so just be patient.)
So, in honor of Delurking Day show us what ya got.
So to speak.
Did you notice the new blog header? Here’s the full version:
Three Shadows on the Beach
If you’re in a FeedReader, click on over and check it out.
This is a photo from The Great Road Trip of May 2009. I love the expression on Claire’s face. You can barely see it beneath her blowing hair, caught by the ocean breezes. This moment was captured by the camera and melded with our shadows. This was our first experience dipping our toes in the Pacific Ocean as a family, and it was awesome. Was our big 12-day adventure really back in May? Was May really that long ago?
Well, not today, it isn’t. I was tired of looking at the snow, as beautiful and sunny as it is here, I want to go to the beach…
…so let’s go!
Grab your sunscreen.
Grab your swimsuit.
Grab your flip-flops.
Meet me at the beach…if only in our minds.
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