Ohh... getting excited now!

I'm so not ready to leave work-wise and have at least 25 things on my "to-do" list that I have to get done, but I fly out on Tuesday afternoon for the IVAA Summit. People have posted on a few forums and now I'm finally starting to be excited. I'm glad because so far I was excited, but I was more like "whatever". I've been walking around in a semi-fog over the past few weeks. Turning over the Presidency reins on 4/1 was wonderful, but time-consuming and add that to the insanity that is tax season plus a child having some issues with bullies in school (all fixed), and I've just been feeling pretty wrung out.

BUT I'm almost caught up with work, have a new team member (wow, there's 8 of us now that work pretty regularly!), and things seem to be settling down again.

I will try to send some pics to Dy or Tom to post like I did last year.

In the meantime, Tom is coaching our daughter's soccer team and I'd better start getting everyone going. It's going to be a busy weekend, soccer, friend's birthday party, AND trying to finish up some work so I can leave without working while I'm there!

See ya in Charlotte for those that are going!

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Inspiration From Down Under

I have to just tell you guys real quick about Kylie... whom I call "The Pink One". She's this lady from Australia who I first met at a VANA chat. We were looking at each others websites. Hers was pink. No, I don't think you understand. It looked like a bottle of Pepto Bismal had exploded all over my screen. It was PINK. Did I tell you that I hate pink? I do. I hate hate hate hate pink. She's since toned it down so it's not hot pink, but she's still pink.

I've been following Kylie's career since then and she's a pretty funny lady - smart too. And she doesn't mind that I poke fun at her pinkness :) At any rate... she has decided she wants to come to the IVAA Summit this year. Then she looked at the prices. Ouch! So, she decides to be enterprising and is taking donations to get her butt there. Check out her blog here. I thought, wow, how inspirational! A ticket from Australia to the US is pretty pricey and she really wants to come, so I think it's a great thing to at least show how serious you are about it.

I hope she makes it. I'd love to meet her - pink or not.

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Dinner in SFO

Just a quick photo from my adventure at the IVAA Summit in San Francisco last week...

While there I had dinner with Donna Sooter, Cindy Opong, Debbie Tester, Lana Newlander and Lanel Taylor. Great conversation and a great time!

Sight Seeing SFO

Now that the IVAA Summit is done, Candy finally has some free time. Here is a quick picture she took of Lanel and the Golden Gate Bridge.


Candy will be back at work Monday morning, bright and early. So make sure you all send her an e-mail welcoming her back!

Greetings from San Francisco!

Candy is currently attending the IVAA Summit in San Francisco. She has asked me to post some pictures of her experience while we all eagerly await her return.

Lanel of the OffAssist Team

Lana of the OffAssist Team

IVAA Summit Picture

My two favorite toys...

We were talking on the VANF forum recently about favorite toys (tools) of the trade. I have two actually. The first is easily Morris, my Treo. That guy is my brain, if I lose him or forget him, I feel naked all day long. My schedule, my address book, EVERYTHING is in this guy. And when I'm away from the office, I can still check email, browse the web, send SMS messages, you name it! I LOVE my Treo.

My other favorite is my VAdala that I won at the IVAA Summit - yes, I actually won something! That never happens! This thing is awesome. I'm a fiddler, always fiddling with something and this is a great stress relief to keep on my desk to grab at random times and mess with.

Anyway, so of the many uses of the VAdala, my favorite is a holder for Morris :-)