I'm getting ready to move again. Since July of 2011 I've had to move a few times. 3 moves in one year is unsettling. With each move it was a different environment and totally dynamic room-mate situation. Recently I contemplated that perhaps it was time to get my own place and stop being such a vagabond. Every move connected me to some other thoughts, people, and experience and I realized it takes at least 21 days to feel "at home." The first week is exciting, the 2nd kinda odd, the 3rd feels more normal as you pull up to your driveway.
Every home creates its own energy even though its the same stuff. Perhaps this is why I love having a mobile business where I can experience so many different homes. I love seeing everyone's style, comforts, and life. A person's home says a lot about them and what they love, you can really see into their hearts and habits. When I do a mobile spray tan, spray tanning party, eyelash extension, or teeth whitening in a home, there is an immediate trust and bond that is formed. I am able to share moments with my clients through their pictures or family.
So if you've moved around a lot recently in this ever changing economy and time, home really is a thought, a feeling. Everything changes but really stays the same. Home is whatever you make of it and where-ever you are. Where-ever you are is where you are. Being present allows you to relax into the moment and that is all we have.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Spring Love Connections
It must be a week of spring love connections because a few of my clients came in for their airbrush tans the day of or before their first dates with new guys they met.You'll love these stories! Some names have been changed to protect my clients privacy.
Sheila was in front of a red box machine trying to find a movie to rent. This guy came up to it and they exchanged a conversation about movies they saw last week and they got the movies they recommended for each other. As Sheila walked away, the guy asked her for her name. She told him her name and then he said "Enjoy the movie Sheila. Have a good night."
When Sheila watched the movie, she wished she could thank the Red Box guy for such a great recommendation. She decided to get online to Craigslist "missed connection" which she had just learned about a few days ago. She thought about posting it but to her surprise, the first post she saw was, "I should have gotten your number not your name Sheila. I'll have to hope I'll see you again at the red box machine at the King Soopers on Speer."
Sheila couldn't believe what she read and she emailed him. They emailed volleyed for about 45 minutes when they decided to talk on the phone instead. Their first date is tonight which is why she had to see me for her airbrush spray tan. You are always more confident and feel better tan! Can't wait to hear the results next week when Sheila returns for her weekly airbrush tan.
Lesson to self: This guy just got lucky. The window of opportunity could only be a few minutes and if you don't seize it, it could be a missed connection! Be courageous and bold.
Kelly found a dog on the street. She called the number on the collar and arranged to meet with the guy who owned the dog. Kelly called her sister to tell her she was going to be late because she was waiting to return this dog. Her sister was enthusiastic for her and said "maybe he's cute and single." Kelly responded with "I doubt it knowing my luck."
To Kelly's surprise he was really cute and nice! They talked for about 30 minutes and he asked her out, using the dog as leverage for a thank you dinner. No missed connection here! We will have to wait about 2 weeks for the answer to this date. Kelly has the date tomorrow and then headed to Mexico for a wedding, hence why she needed to get her airbrush spray tanned!
Lesson: Go steal a dog girls! j/k
The winner love connection story for this week goes to my little brother Tan - no tanning involved in this story, just that his name is really Tan. =)
It is Tan's senior year in high school and it is prom time. Tan heard this girl name Megan likes him. He decided to ask her to prom but she replied that he is too short. She crushed him and he was bummed for a few days. She could have just said no because it really made him sad. He decided to get back on the horse again and wanted to ask Bianca. Tan helps Bianca with her math and they have many mutual friends.
Tan's friends challenged him to ask her over the school's broadcast media system! He is somewhat of a popular kid in school and also loves to makes videos, hence he is has no problem making video appearances and getting into the school's media room. His broadcast was live! Bianca missed it because at that very same moment, she went to the library. Her friends told her about it. She responded to Tan by making a video to say "YES!" and posted it on his facebook. We won't really know the outcome of this story til April 14, prom night!
Lesson: You may be rejected the first time, but something better may be right around the corner with the next one. Girls be gentle to the fellas when they ask you out, it's not easy for them.
Here is the link to the video
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3156451562173&set=vb.1591754497&type=2&theater
Sheila was in front of a red box machine trying to find a movie to rent. This guy came up to it and they exchanged a conversation about movies they saw last week and they got the movies they recommended for each other. As Sheila walked away, the guy asked her for her name. She told him her name and then he said "Enjoy the movie Sheila. Have a good night."
When Sheila watched the movie, she wished she could thank the Red Box guy for such a great recommendation. She decided to get online to Craigslist "missed connection" which she had just learned about a few days ago. She thought about posting it but to her surprise, the first post she saw was, "I should have gotten your number not your name Sheila. I'll have to hope I'll see you again at the red box machine at the King Soopers on Speer."
Sheila couldn't believe what she read and she emailed him. They emailed volleyed for about 45 minutes when they decided to talk on the phone instead. Their first date is tonight which is why she had to see me for her airbrush spray tan. You are always more confident and feel better tan! Can't wait to hear the results next week when Sheila returns for her weekly airbrush tan.
Lesson to self: This guy just got lucky. The window of opportunity could only be a few minutes and if you don't seize it, it could be a missed connection! Be courageous and bold.
Kelly found a dog on the street. She called the number on the collar and arranged to meet with the guy who owned the dog. Kelly called her sister to tell her she was going to be late because she was waiting to return this dog. Her sister was enthusiastic for her and said "maybe he's cute and single." Kelly responded with "I doubt it knowing my luck."
To Kelly's surprise he was really cute and nice! They talked for about 30 minutes and he asked her out, using the dog as leverage for a thank you dinner. No missed connection here! We will have to wait about 2 weeks for the answer to this date. Kelly has the date tomorrow and then headed to Mexico for a wedding, hence why she needed to get her airbrush spray tanned!
Lesson: Go steal a dog girls! j/k
The winner love connection story for this week goes to my little brother Tan - no tanning involved in this story, just that his name is really Tan. =)
It is Tan's senior year in high school and it is prom time. Tan heard this girl name Megan likes him. He decided to ask her to prom but she replied that he is too short. She crushed him and he was bummed for a few days. She could have just said no because it really made him sad. He decided to get back on the horse again and wanted to ask Bianca. Tan helps Bianca with her math and they have many mutual friends.
Tan's friends challenged him to ask her over the school's broadcast media system! He is somewhat of a popular kid in school and also loves to makes videos, hence he is has no problem making video appearances and getting into the school's media room. His broadcast was live! Bianca missed it because at that very same moment, she went to the library. Her friends told her about it. She responded to Tan by making a video to say "YES!" and posted it on his facebook. We won't really know the outcome of this story til April 14, prom night!
Lesson: You may be rejected the first time, but something better may be right around the corner with the next one. Girls be gentle to the fellas when they ask you out, it's not easy for them.
Here is the link to the video
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3156451562173&set=vb.1591754497&type=2&theater
Thursday, March 8, 2012
I'm shaving my head and need your help...
What a bizarre week! I'd like to blame it on the moon but I really can't...there has been some re-occuring themes, which for me means slow down, be present, and pay attention to who and what shows up in your life! Perhaps these themes are showing up in your life too?
The church I go to started an 8 week series called re-up, re-build. The main nugget I got: you get your vision then you make your decision. This hits home for me as I've been meditating on what I want to create next in my life and how. You must have a vision and the point of power is in the DECISION. You make your decisions and your decisions will make you. I hope my TRUE story helps you with your visions and decisions.
March 9 will mark 3 years in Denver for me. They have been 3 years of HUGE growth and surrender. When I arrived I said I would rebuild my world here and I could be anyone I wanted to be because no one knew me here. I didn't know who I was or what I wanted to do, only ideas of who I wanted to become.
I bargained with God and promised I would do anything he sent my way, just guide me to the right people, places, and answers. I was lucky enough to meet one of my soul sisters and she let me rent a room in her home. Her home was in Cherry Creek Country Club, a beautiful 8000 sq ft home on the golf course! We moved out a few months later because she sold it.
A few months after I started my business, I had a tanning party schedule in Cherry Creek Country Club. Seriously, what are the chances that I have a random tanning party in the house I lived in when I first moved here?! I walk in and introduce myself to the new owner of the house and said "you're not gonna believe this but I use to live in this house a year ago." I told her the story and of course she loves it! She tells me "well then you know exactly where to set up downstairs."
This house is symbolic for me. It reminds me where I've been, the growth I've had, and that YOU CAN create ANY life you want at any time. You have to get the vision and then you make your decisions, sometimes with a leap of faith.
As I pulled up to it again on Thursday, I told God that I would surrender again to anything he presented, especially in the next 90 days if I could make room for 3 things this year: to fall in love again, to be cash positive, and to contribute more to charity. She laughed at me and replied, I hope you mean that!
On Friday, the owner of Asteria told me she is going to shave her head for St. Balderwick, a non-profit organization to help kids with cancer. She asked if I wanted to donate or partake in it. This voice inside me laughed and said I hope you meant what you said yesterday!
I'm going to be SHAVING my hair off March 15 IF I raise $3000 for this organization. If I do not raise $3000, I will shave Cosmo!
There was a song that sang in my head when I committed to this, it's by Indie Arie called "I am not my hair." The best lines in the song are "I am not my hair, I am not my skin, I am the soul from within." and "Success didasteria profile pic with Cosmon't come until I shaved it all off." Ironic and symbolic...be careful when you strike a bargain with God because she is hilarious!
The church I go to started an 8 week series called re-up, re-build. The main nugget I got: you get your vision then you make your decision. This hits home for me as I've been meditating on what I want to create next in my life and how. You must have a vision and the point of power is in the DECISION. You make your decisions and your decisions will make you. I hope my TRUE story helps you with your visions and decisions.
March 9 will mark 3 years in Denver for me. They have been 3 years of HUGE growth and surrender. When I arrived I said I would rebuild my world here and I could be anyone I wanted to be because no one knew me here. I didn't know who I was or what I wanted to do, only ideas of who I wanted to become.
I bargained with God and promised I would do anything he sent my way, just guide me to the right people, places, and answers. I was lucky enough to meet one of my soul sisters and she let me rent a room in her home. Her home was in Cherry Creek Country Club, a beautiful 8000 sq ft home on the golf course! We moved out a few months later because she sold it.
A few months after I started my business, I had a tanning party schedule in Cherry Creek Country Club. Seriously, what are the chances that I have a random tanning party in the house I lived in when I first moved here?! I walk in and introduce myself to the new owner of the house and said "you're not gonna believe this but I use to live in this house a year ago." I told her the story and of course she loves it! She tells me "well then you know exactly where to set up downstairs."
This house is symbolic for me. It reminds me where I've been, the growth I've had, and that YOU CAN create ANY life you want at any time. You have to get the vision and then you make your decisions, sometimes with a leap of faith.
As I pulled up to it again on Thursday, I told God that I would surrender again to anything he presented, especially in the next 90 days if I could make room for 3 things this year: to fall in love again, to be cash positive, and to contribute more to charity. She laughed at me and replied, I hope you mean that!
On Friday, the owner of Asteria told me she is going to shave her head for St. Balderwick, a non-profit organization to help kids with cancer. She asked if I wanted to donate or partake in it. This voice inside me laughed and said I hope you meant what you said yesterday!
I'm going to be SHAVING my hair off March 15 IF I raise $3000 for this organization. If I do not raise $3000, I will shave Cosmo!
There was a song that sang in my head when I committed to this, it's by Indie Arie called "I am not my hair." The best lines in the song are "I am not my hair, I am not my skin, I am the soul from within." and "Success didasteria profile pic with Cosmon't come until I shaved it all off." Ironic and symbolic...be careful when you strike a bargain with God because she is hilarious!
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