A New Year

Follow our hectic lives with two teenagers and a very energetic 5 year old getting ready for Kindergarten!







Friday, November 11, 2011

Veterans Day 2011a.MPG

A great tribute from our little school on Veterans day. God Bless America!


Monday, November 7, 2011

My Awesome Mary Kay Business

I know....I know, this is Olivia's blog and has been since before we even had the first picture of her but I had to include another very important subject in my life.

My Mary Kay business started when I signed on to be a consultant April 5th, 2011. Since then life has been even more exciting and promising then I ever could have wished for. The last seven months have been a whirlwind and a year ago I never would have imagined how many friends I would have today besides my own business to work out of my home at my own pace.

This past weekend I attended my first retreat with my national unit at the Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan.



Fabulous women from all over the country fly and drive to come to this yearly event that is put on by our amazing National Director Nancy Moser. Nancy has become a close friend since the day I signed my agreement. Even though she has 2,000 people across the country in her unit she ALWAYS has time for me. She is very humble and when you have a question or problem she makes you feel like you are the only person in the world that matters to her. She looks you straight in the eye and focuses on you until she answers your questions or helps with whatever your needs are at the time.

Since signing on I've also had the opportunity to make another Best Friend in my recruiter....now local Director...Michelle Krahn. These two energetic, supportive, amazing women will lead me to the top as long as I listen and follow in their footsteps.



Michelle and I live only 15 minutes apart and we are so lucky to have Nancy Moser only 40 minutes away. Nancy knew and was trained by Mary Kay herself and is now passing that on to all in her unit.



The women in this company are like no others and I am so proud to be a part of it. I never knew before that women could be so nice, uplifting, and genuinely thrilled to see others succeed.



We all had a great time at the retreat and learned so much from, not only Nancy, but the Sr. Nat'l Director and DIQ Director in Corporate Dallas that came to be the special guest speakers for the weekend.



All of the other Directors (19 including Michelle) spent a lot of time setting up and preparing for the weekend. They also were speakers/teachers/mentors for all of us consultants that are hungry to learn how they made it to where they are.



I came home with a whole new attitude about a lot of things and I can't thank all of these women enough and hope they know how grateful I am to be part of their lives.



It didn't matter who was worth millions or just starting a business, we all had sore hands from clapping, tired legs from standing...sitting....standing....clapping some more, sore faces from smiling and tired arms from hugging.......WHAT A GREAT FEELING! Thank you Mary Kay