We Made IT

G and I got home at 4AM Friday.

We stopped at Inner Harbour in Baltimore for some crab cake at Phillips and then drove to Columbia, where we then drove straight stopping at Vinnie Van GoGo's for some Pizza in Savannah. The pizza is worth the 20 -30 minute detour! Though definitely better sitting at the cafe people watching. Columbia was maginificent.

Our business associates Sandra & Ed were fabulous host and hostess. They live on a beautiful lake and we woke up to the sounds of birds and the tranquility of the pollen across the lake as the sun rose.

Thank you guys for opening your home to Tanner too, who just loved playing with Emma and Hanna. We could have stayed another night though G and I really wanted to get home to our own bed. I could have swore that I heard my pillow talking to me saying "I MISS YOU".

Tanner, no doubt was over it, and when we got home demonstrated this in her own feisty way.

She was NON-STOP yesterday at the dog park - and I mean non-stop. These little dogs when they get going, they keep on ticking...So we made it home to that postal box of 30 days worth of mail - WOW, now that was an undertaking. So it is now Sunday, G and I are creating our lists, reviewing our goals and focused. Tanner is eating her bone, missing her pals from up North - both 80-95 pd dogs and our 8 pounder has them in submission..now that was a sight. Our feet and paws are planted in Florida for awhile, so stay in tune.

Day 13-24

I did not sleep a wink. We were on the bus at 3:30 in the AM. Low and behold we met another business associate, Jean from the UK (an ever growing market). I slept to Houston and even though the plane from Houston to Mexico was filled with so many other associates, I needed some more shut eye. Gilles of course, the ever-ready-bunny he is, was awake through most of the trip, even with only 3 hours of sleep. We landed early enough to enjoy most of the day. Upon arrival at the Fairmont Princess hotel we hooked up with one of our most favorite individuals, Cherry Sewell, now living in South Africa and an EMC leader (Executive Marketing Council) and made plans to have lunch. It was an awesome Beach Bar overlook that had incredible guacamole and cerviche. Quite satisfying. As I meandered thru the lobby I met up with Jannelle, another wonderful up and coming rising star from California with her husband Rory. Thereafter I spent some time in our room overlooking an incredible view and making some prospecting calls and follow-ups. The joy of this business, for us more than anything, is the flexibility of being so incredibly portable. We then got ready for the first event of the 5 day excursion, the repeaters party. This party is for anyone that is serious about their business and has attended previous events. The next day was registration. The individuals at this event are the hardcore people who ARE working there business, they are serious about making a difference. The next morning we woke to a terrific workout and then breakfast with the Penmans on their lovely veranda looking over the sand and amazing huge waves. We hung out on the beach, ate some lunch with Kathryn Murtha and her guest Wilma, from the Netherlands via Curacao, (a real business pow wow) and then all decked in white went to the Team Dynasty “WHITE HOT PARTY”. Thereafter was the awesome welcome dinner and demonstration of Parkour. There is a show indicative of the environment we are visiting, or something very cutting edge, like Parkour – take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeqHj3Nj2c to get the gist of what we experienced both visually and for Gilles, physically. So after being filled with phenomenal nuggets regarding Passion by Richard Chang
and using it to manifest more of what you want in life…Gilles was off to get the Parkour experience
and I decided to get on the computer and rested before the Team Dynasty Sunset Cruise. Immediately after getting off the bus we were accosted by the hat selling amigos and YES I absolutely bought one. Once we got on the boat we were top deck and really had a blast. I caught some beautiful pictures as you see here. Gilles got to sing some show tunes with Amy Grant (little did we know she was a Broadway nut. Then the fun really began – I don’t know of any photos yet – though Gilles and I decided to take on the dance contest – little did we know it was a dirty dance contest…YIKES…I really should have thrown off the sneaks for this…;-) No alchohol either…lol. About 12 of us decided to go local and get some great eats. The race began – what a hoot we all jammed pack into 3 different bug taxis and we were off. Plus our taxi happened to be playing safety dance from the 70’s (what a blast). Dinner was just wonderful and then Gilles and I went to check out the Cliff Diving.




We met up with Cherry and Jean and 3 other guys – what a sight as the guys jumped from hundreds of feet high into the water below with and with out lit torches. AMAZING. Friday we spent the morning with Bob Davies… THOUGHT FEELING ACTION…ahhhh YES and sooo much more. Tina and Brad renewed their vows with an incredible ocean behind them. G-Man left to get his fill of Parkour again, unfortunately coming back with a small injury. Tonight the night of the Gala event hanging with
Dave and Sherry. What a magnificent spot and night with phenomenal people, music, food, finishing with an incredible fireworks show. Gilles and I left with an incredible high. Our flight home went well and then we were ack in Newark. We met with Gilles’ Mom first and ate at Joe Shanghai. They are known for their soup dumplings. Honestly unimpressed, though wow the street was incredibly colorful. We picked Tanner up from Debbie and Sandy’s. Our heartfelt thanks to the two of them for taking such great care of her while we were gone. We stayed out in Queens to see the Beans and did not get to see them until the following day. Mom has a thing about Tanner going up to the house so amazingly enough G stayed in the lobby as I visited and then switched. We hope that Dad will have the opportunity to meet her before leaving since we know that the health benefits that people get from animal energy is unsurpassed. Time will tell. We were then off to New Paltz NY for four nights to spend time with my very best friend of over 35 years, her husband and two kids Shawn and Sammy who fell madly in love with Tanner. We also spent an evening with fellow business associates Ben and Jen from NY and Adam, another old friend of Terry’s from childhood. We had a lovely time at Judy’s – and soooooo did Tanner. Our next stop to pick up the cheesecake and Mom and Dad to get to Peter Lugers to celebrate Terry’s mom’s 75th. Lugers was a disappointment. Happy Birthday Mom! We are now in Norwalk CT and staying at The Four Points Sheraton. We got to see Michael and Sandra along with there brand new adopted baby Aidan. We had a lovely breakfast and then met them at Cranbury Park. What a lovely lovely spot. WE are off tomorrow again so stay in touch for the next spot.

Roanoke to NY

Our first stop in NYC was to pick up Tanners Booties they lasted

not longer than 10 minutes though what a blast watching her in them.

Before we hit NYC we drove from Roanoke, VA from Nashville - stayed there, and woke to the biggest snow storm in the Northeast in the last 4 years. Well we got on the road and headed out on 81...inland...compared to 95 which got blasted. We felt so fortunate to have dry roads and just a bit of a snarl up on route 78 in PA/NJ. We pulled into Manhattan, "The City" as Gilles is adamant in calling it, at 10:00 at night. The Affinia which is mid-town was a perfect spot to reach Gilles Mom downtown, and my sis uptown. SOOO very amazing to wake up, head down to the gym
and find a LINE, I mean a LINE of people all the way out the hotel of people looking for a JOB. One of the many Job Fairs that are now running rampant thru the country. The feeling of gratitude was incredible, as we walked through the line to go to the gym, knowing the type of flexibility and success that is experienced in our business. We worked our business all day from the comfort of our hotel room and again felt a sense of pure joy and gratitude to have chosen this life and opportunity. Later that day we went to the jewelry district to see Rob, a boy (back when I went to highschool he was a boy). We found eachother on facebook and low and behold he is in the gem business. Just amazing that both contacts, once I put it out there and made the design, came to me thru facebook and I am NOW manifesting the entire line!!! YES we LOVE and EXPECT life to work that way! How awesome for the collection of inspirational jewelry I intend to create as well as all the goals we have in our lives. Now have my first piece out and second on the way.

We made it out to Queens with the ultimate NY deli in hand and had some lunch with The Bean parents on Wednesday. Dad at 87 is really living to his best ability and Mom is at her best as well. Gilles and I arrived back at the hotel and packed to leave for NJ to experience the Harmonic Wealth Weekend with James Arthur Ray from the Movie The Secret. Packing is always an adventure when traveling for 30 days..it takes a bit of time and ingenuity in re-packing the car, Gilles forte. Gilles, on this day, and I got to visit his mom downtown. Tanner had sometime with Lucky, Thea (Gilles mom's dog) we shopped with her, and Gilles stayed with his Mom to attend a fabulous GO GO benefit event at his old elementary school in THE CITY - Grace Church School. He had an absolute blast, I think more so looking at all the girls in their short go-go shorts - LOL. I was off to see my sister and acclamate Tanner who will be staying with her through our trip to Mexico. When we pulled into the Westin that night we were pleasantly suprised with the accomodations and how puppy friendly they were.No photos from the event, though one with the view behind us from Jersey City after the event on our way to Tinton Falls after 32 hours of incredible life altering info from James Arthur Ray. Author and Speaker, best know for his input in the Movie The Secret and best selling author for his book Harmonic Wealth. We spent last night in Tinton Falls, got there late PM and Tanner then fell in love. This photo to be seen from Gilles I-Phone. OH my - a 80 pound adorable Mutt named Milo. To watch them play was just amazing. Milo's entire mouth would hold Tanners head. Some rough play here and there, though overall both were almost in tears whining as they said goodbye. Gilles and I then went into NYC to drop Tanner at my sisters and her husband. Auntie Deb and Uncle Sandy will be her surrogate thru Saturday night. We had fabulous Chinese food at a place called Nanci's Pig Heaven. All I know is with a name like this, it reminded me of being back in Nashville. The ribs were top-notch and the moo-shu - awesome. Tanner had her goodbye walk with us and we were off. We hope by Saturday night the surrogates will be just as thrilled as they were tonight to take care of T ;-) We leave very early AM...so signing off for now and more from Mexico soon.

SNOW SNOW SNOW

Ok another WOW - and what a classic. We will make this short as we start off this am at 9:30 from Roanoke, VA looking to make it into NYC on the biggest snowfall day in the last 5 years since 2004. We will be safe as we go and if things get out of hand we will pull over to safety. All will be well. Tanner after suiting her upthis morning literally went right back into her home with that look on her face like "NO WAY"! Then once she was out she played a bit until her paws just got too cold. Those booties waiting for her in NYC will be perfect.

Day #4

WOW - Made it to Roanoke, VA - Day #4. The snow is amazing and actually quite humorous to us - and Tanner, well as you can imagine she is LOVING it.

Our first stop was Macon, GA. We hit some serious rain, stopped at a great salad joint on the road and started to speak with some leads in the car as we listened to the rain on the windsheild. We then took off just as the rain tappered off and headed to Nashiville, TN.
Our first night, had dinner with Celestina and her boyfriend Gary. Tanner was especially happy to see Cel again, and we were looking forward to the next day with her after a nights rest.

Our Day in Nashville was jammed packed. Celestina came in at about 11AM, we sat and chatted for a bit and did some computer "stuff"' - then started downtown on what was a cold and blustery day. The weather was calling for snow and we really just laughed aloud, though for two Floridians, not overly joyous with the low temps. We started off with some hot chili, stew and a burger for Cel at Rippy's, then spent some time in the all new Musicians Hall of Fame http://www.musicianshalloffame.com/. Gilles is figuring out an old style muni meter - quite the puzzle. The museum was a blast, seeing so many phenomenal artifacts, 30,000 feet of it. Infamous, guitars, drums, clothing and even the doors that all the talent walked thru at several studios. We found out about the history and stories of many, Peter Frampton and how he started the talk box (this was Terry's first concert in 1972 with Dave Mason). How Elvis happened to choose his manager. We learned about Charlie Hayden and in fact decided to have the experience of seeing the Grand Ole Opry that night at the famous Ryman Auditorium - best acoustics second to Carnegie Hall, and original home of the Grand Ole Opry. It was an old church and between the benches and the stainglass windows there was no doubt that it had been a church. So we got to see Charlie Hayden play with his 3 girls (they are triplets) and little did we know one was married to Jack Black - what a hoot he was. We must thank Jami at The MHF for her fantastic suggestions in assisting to make an evening complete where we saw many other leading country Little Jimmy Dickens, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Anderson, Connie Smith, the infamous String Dusters, Mike Snider, Hal Ketchum and his eight year old daughter, Jean Shepard, Dal McCoury and the Opry Square Dancers, completed by dinner at the world famous Jack's renown for his Sauces and ribs.
Nine Hours - Whew - we will be back!
LOL