New Travels

You know how this year my theme is the Year of Movement and how movement has taken different forms, such as running at different events this year: Bay to Breakers, Alzheimer's Awareness 5k, half-marathon in Boston, 10k in Bass Lake, and around and around the neighborhood, and travel: Utah, Boston, NC, NY, San Francisco, Texas, Mexico, and work travel: to the Central Coast and south valley on a regular basis?

Well, I have a new adventure coming up that will involve a hecka amount of movement! I accepted a position with Emeritus Senior Living and as their California Sales Trainer I will be traveling throughout CA to their 44 different buildings putting on training sessions for their Executive Directors and their Community Relations Directors! To begin with, I will be shadowing my National Sales Director, Meg, as she and the rest of the sales trainer team travel the U.S. doing training, so I can learn what I am to do. This is the schedule (as I understand it right now) for the rest of the year. The week after I get back from vacay in NY, I will be flying to NJ, home for two weeks, then to FL for a week, then a week somewhere in the south and I think a stop in Philly at some point. The Mexican cruise comes at the end of the year. Whew!

I'm really excited about this opportunity and see it as a huge blessing in my life. I begin on Monday when I drive to Merced to complete paperwork and pick up my laptop and cell phone. Life is good :)

Maroon 5 Concert

 I've been wanting to see Maroon 5 for about two years, since I first learned about the group. Finally, they came to Fresno and I was able to listen to their music LIVE!

Great concert! Adam Levine, front man, has tremendous energy that he displayed throughout his set with dashing from one side of the stage to the other. His cute, skinny chicken legs were like rubber bands as the seemed to fold on themselves and do high jumps. The band sounded great live and did some of their music a bit more acoustic at a certain point.   Adam did a lot of sing-a-longs and rounds with the audience  to get everyone involved and feeling the music. Tif and I had a great time and I was able to visit with Jen and Jacqui between sets.

Bruno Mars and One Republic opened for Maroon 5 and I'm digging Bruno! Just got done downloading his Doo-Wop and Hooligans cd. I already had his song Nothing On You he did with B.o.B., which is my favorite song. Just the Way You Are might be soon be second on the list. His song Count on Me has a Jason Mraz feel. Check him out!

Tiff's Shower

The Loot!

Breakfast With Tiffiny

The tables turned out so nice! We had black table cloth with Tiffany blue cups, napkins and plates. I "sprinkled" hershey kisses around the white flowers in a clear cylinder vase.

I actually put Tiff to work at her own shower!

I could not have pulled off the shower without the help from Rebecca & Miriam!

Me & Tiff

Me & Rebecca

By the time all the guest arrived, the table was laden with gifts and I was putting them on the ground!

A hooded towel that all the guests signed and added their well wishes.

All the guests wrote their address on the envelopes for Tiff's thank you notes. I then drew an envelope for a gift.

             The only game! How many words can you make from Francesca's name? The winner was 21 words. Rebecca, the Scrabble Queen, stopped at 30 words.

Best idea ever! Order a cake from Costco, not decorated, and add your own embellishments!