Happy Groundhog Day!

Well, it seems that Phil saw his shadow today, so 6 more weeks of Winter! YAY! We love this time of year, in Louisiana, however, winter is 70 in the day & 20 at night. So often we get sick and tired of the crazy weather! To those of you who are in Snow Country - know we are super jealous!

Well, it's February, and it's time to focus! My focus is working to become a Sales Director, and YES I can make that happen! I'm so incredibly excited about the opportunity to do that, I know that my positive energy can carry through the day & make it happen! The great thing is that you can always start over, even when it seems like you are at the BOTTOM of the bucket! Here I am again, ready to Design my Life and Live my Vision to the fullest!

I am still in school, not enjoying my Managerial Accounting class, I'm ready for it to be over - but next course is awesome, so looking forward to that!

Kenny is doing well, he's still sick at times but overall, we're just happy that 2009 has already given us a positive outlook!

Well, as I focus and become determined to make myself a better person, I find myself looking at someone that we all see during the day, Rachael Ray. Have you ever heard her story? It's astounding! And...the fact that she works tons of hours and still has that energy...well that kinda sounds like me! Anyway, here are some things that she said that were great quotes, and true to my thoughts:
"Nothing ever feels like pressure if you train yourself to be a hard worker. You get so much out of it. You feel honest at the end of the day." RR

"Be true to yourself, don't try to be all things to all people, why would you do that?" RR

You know what's so funny? For a long time, these easy quotes didn't phase me. Weekly, I get a "blog" from a National Sales Director that I absolutely admire, Allison LaMarr, this week spoke about 'the Bus'. She spoke about taking time to get off of the group bus to really see things for yourself. How many times do we just get on the group bus only to space out and find ourselves lost? Now, I mean this figuratively, but a lot of times, this is how we've lived our life....and I'm sure that I've lived the past 24 years on the bus! Only when you desire to step off of the bus to see that things, what people think, and how much debt you've acquired to get this way are not important. Often these people find themselves standing in a line that they never thought they would stand in because they were 'too good for that.' We see it especially during these hard times, these are the times that integrity is so important!

So what's success to you? Success to me is staying out of the box...to walk away from the bus ('cause they're falling off the cliff soon)...and working like no tomorrow to make your dreams a reality. I'm done zoning out on the bus only to find myself on the busy streets of procrastination, debt, and unhappiness.

Today, I am making a difference, today I'm getting off the bus, Today, I hope you do as well!

Love you all,
K&L