I've been looking for great places to spread the word about ZipperBack Gloves and two places that have been great are, http://www.mommadethat.com/
and http://momspark.blogspot.com/
They are both created by a woman named Amy who really seems to be able to connect us as moms and women. Check out her pages and let me know what you think.
I'm really liking the idea of places we can go to support mompreneurs and small businesses! I'm certain ZipperBack Gloves will be a button on one or both of these pages very soon! I'm sure I'll have lots to share on Monday!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
A Favorite Quote
We are in Las Vegas this week at SIA 09 and meeting with the team from Saranac. I'll have a full report for you when I get back next week, but for now, let me leave you with one of my all time favorite quotes, "Do or do not..there is no try."
Monday, January 26, 2009
Saturday Was One Year
On Saturday, January 24th, it was exactly one year ago that I sat at our kitchen table and created the first ZipperBack Glove. On one hand it seems like the year has gone by so fast, but on the other, I feel like I've done so little.
The truth is, I've really accomplished a lot! From there to here I've managed to align myself with some incredible mentors, acquire two pending patents, we are on round four of the prototyping process, we have a manufacturer, a business license, a logo, a web site, and a business plan.
Step by step we'll find out how successful this is really going to be.
The truth is, I've really accomplished a lot! From there to here I've managed to align myself with some incredible mentors, acquire two pending patents, we are on round four of the prototyping process, we have a manufacturer, a business license, a logo, a web site, and a business plan.
Step by step we'll find out how successful this is really going to be.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Vote For ZipperBack Gloves
Vote for ZipperBack Gloves!
http://www.startupnation.com/leading-moms-2009/listing/v/index.php
A Tribute to Moms in Business
Everybody knows one. Like a super hero, she balances running a family with the heroics of running her own business. We’re talking about moms in business, of course. And now, StartupNation is conducting its first annual ranking of these astonishing entrepreneurs and the businesses they run.
But, how do we know who’s the best of the best? We’re leaving that to you. Over the next few months, it’ll be your daily votes that will tell us who deserves to be named a winner. The list of the 200 winners will be published in May and will be ranked according to votes accumulated.
Vote now and everyday!
http://www.startupnation.com/leading-moms-2009/listing/v/index.php
A Tribute to Moms in Business
Everybody knows one. Like a super hero, she balances running a family with the heroics of running her own business. We’re talking about moms in business, of course. And now, StartupNation is conducting its first annual ranking of these astonishing entrepreneurs and the businesses they run.
But, how do we know who’s the best of the best? We’re leaving that to you. Over the next few months, it’ll be your daily votes that will tell us who deserves to be named a winner. The list of the 200 winners will be published in May and will be ranked according to votes accumulated.
Vote now and everyday!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Congratulations President Obama!
Talk about a shining example of Intentional Winning! This man set his sights on something that's never been done and accomplished it. Not only did he win the 44th presidency as the first African American President, he showed us, yet again, what any of us can do if we just start!
I think Barack Obama is extraordinary in his eloquence and his ability to relate to people. much like Oprah Winfrey. People feel like he really is just like them, they relate to him and that's his gift. Do you see what he's done? He realized his gift and took it to a profession where it would serve him, and in this case, much of the world. We all have a gift, the challenge is in discovering it and finding the place is fits perfectly in this working world. The beauty of this plan is when you do find your gift, where you go from there usually comes to you.
Congratulations President Obama!
I think Barack Obama is extraordinary in his eloquence and his ability to relate to people. much like Oprah Winfrey. People feel like he really is just like them, they relate to him and that's his gift. Do you see what he's done? He realized his gift and took it to a profession where it would serve him, and in this case, much of the world. We all have a gift, the challenge is in discovering it and finding the place is fits perfectly in this working world. The beauty of this plan is when you do find your gift, where you go from there usually comes to you.
Congratulations President Obama!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Blue Monday
From the Auburn Journal 1/18/09 by Michelle Miller-Carl:
There aren’t many reasons to be happy these days. Your New Year’s resolution to jog is losing out to the snooze button every morning. Whether it’s TV, online or in the paper, you’re assaulted by bad news.
And all the Christmas gifts you bought this year are haunting you — in the form of credit card statements that are finding their way to your mailbox.
So for all you doom-and-gloomers out there, here’s another reason to stay in bed tomorrow: it’s the most depressing day of the year.
Jan. 19 is Blue Monday, the nadir of sadness for 2009 as calculated by Dr. Cliff Arnall, a former tutor at Cardiff University’s Center for Lifelong Research.
His equation for unhappiness uses weather, debt, time since Christmas, time since failing New Year’s resolutions, low motivation and need to take action to determine the unhappiest day of the year.
The formula for calculating Blue Monday receives a flurry of media attention at this time each year, despite some discrediting the somewhat shaky mathematics behind it.
But what Arnall didn’t figure into his equation this year was a global economic slowdown that has compounded our collective depression.
Rick Rivera, 61, of Auburn, admits he’s pretty bummed out by all the sour financial news.
“There’s never been anything like this. I thought I saw everything in the early ’80s and ’90s, but it’s nothing like this. This is a bottomless pit,” he said. “It just won’t stop. It keeps going on and you know more is coming.”
Dr. Jordan Hamilton, a clinical psychologist in Auburn, says all the bad press takes a toll on your mood. “One of the things I certainly recommend to my clients is to end your obsession with bad news,” he said. “People latch onto bad news, they’re constantly on the Internet, reading the newspaper and watching TV (for bad news) when these are things which people have very little power to change.”
While bad news is an external cause of unhappiness, much of our misery comes from within, especially around the first of the year. “Around the holidays, people are reminded of unresolved issues,” Hamilton said. “When they begin the new year, they look at what they have not done over the year. There’s a great deal of self-criticism that goes on.”
While he’s not aware of a mathematical legitimacy of Dr. Arnall’s equation, Hamilton said it makes sense that all these factors could compound into a season of depression. Of course, if depression symptoms are persistent, seek professional help. But for your run-of-the-mill gloominess, there is a remedy.
“The three best prescriptions for depression and anxiety are exercise, exercise, exercise,” Hamilton said. Given Auburn’s sunny skies, there are plenty of ways to get outside and work out. But if you think the beautiful weather isn’t a cause for melancholy — think again. Our lack of precipitation has put the Sierra snowpack at below-normal levels, setting the stage for drought concerns.
Mack Smith, 58, of Auburn, pointed out that Jan. 19 will be the last day of George W. Bush’s administration. “That’s a happy day,” he said. “Anything is better than Mr. Bush.”
Joan Noell, 61, of Roseville plans on being in stitches on the most depressing day of the year — she’s having three friends over for a quilting party. “I have so much going on there’s no time to be depressed,” she said. “I’m too busy doing things I enjoy doing.”
There aren’t many reasons to be happy these days. Your New Year’s resolution to jog is losing out to the snooze button every morning. Whether it’s TV, online or in the paper, you’re assaulted by bad news.
And all the Christmas gifts you bought this year are haunting you — in the form of credit card statements that are finding their way to your mailbox.
So for all you doom-and-gloomers out there, here’s another reason to stay in bed tomorrow: it’s the most depressing day of the year.
Jan. 19 is Blue Monday, the nadir of sadness for 2009 as calculated by Dr. Cliff Arnall, a former tutor at Cardiff University’s Center for Lifelong Research.
His equation for unhappiness uses weather, debt, time since Christmas, time since failing New Year’s resolutions, low motivation and need to take action to determine the unhappiest day of the year.
The formula for calculating Blue Monday receives a flurry of media attention at this time each year, despite some discrediting the somewhat shaky mathematics behind it.
But what Arnall didn’t figure into his equation this year was a global economic slowdown that has compounded our collective depression.
Rick Rivera, 61, of Auburn, admits he’s pretty bummed out by all the sour financial news.
“There’s never been anything like this. I thought I saw everything in the early ’80s and ’90s, but it’s nothing like this. This is a bottomless pit,” he said. “It just won’t stop. It keeps going on and you know more is coming.”
Dr. Jordan Hamilton, a clinical psychologist in Auburn, says all the bad press takes a toll on your mood. “One of the things I certainly recommend to my clients is to end your obsession with bad news,” he said. “People latch onto bad news, they’re constantly on the Internet, reading the newspaper and watching TV (for bad news) when these are things which people have very little power to change.”
While bad news is an external cause of unhappiness, much of our misery comes from within, especially around the first of the year. “Around the holidays, people are reminded of unresolved issues,” Hamilton said. “When they begin the new year, they look at what they have not done over the year. There’s a great deal of self-criticism that goes on.”
While he’s not aware of a mathematical legitimacy of Dr. Arnall’s equation, Hamilton said it makes sense that all these factors could compound into a season of depression. Of course, if depression symptoms are persistent, seek professional help. But for your run-of-the-mill gloominess, there is a remedy.
“The three best prescriptions for depression and anxiety are exercise, exercise, exercise,” Hamilton said. Given Auburn’s sunny skies, there are plenty of ways to get outside and work out. But if you think the beautiful weather isn’t a cause for melancholy — think again. Our lack of precipitation has put the Sierra snowpack at below-normal levels, setting the stage for drought concerns.
Mack Smith, 58, of Auburn, pointed out that Jan. 19 will be the last day of George W. Bush’s administration. “That’s a happy day,” he said. “Anything is better than Mr. Bush.”
Joan Noell, 61, of Roseville plans on being in stitches on the most depressing day of the year — she’s having three friends over for a quilting party. “I have so much going on there’s no time to be depressed,” she said. “I’m too busy doing things I enjoy doing.”
Friday, January 16, 2009
Life's Lows
No matter how much you practice being positive, and looking for the bright side, there are certainly times it's appropriate to feel sad, or blue. The obvious times are a death, the loss of a job, or an upset with a friend or loved one. But what do you do if you find yourself in a funk and there's been no major event to blame? If the normal things you would usually do don't work, I say embrace feeling down. Maybe it's the moon, your monthly cycle (if you're a woman of course), or just simply stress.
I'm usually so happy and up, that when I'm blue I actually feel guilty. Even with a clear and legitimate reason to be sad or angry, my logical side fights with my emotional side. When my emotions win, I give in. I allow myself a day or so to feel sad and it typically falls away on it's own. If all else fails, remember that we can't fully appreciate the good days without an occasional bad day to gauge it by.
I'm usually so happy and up, that when I'm blue I actually feel guilty. Even with a clear and legitimate reason to be sad or angry, my logical side fights with my emotional side. When my emotions win, I give in. I allow myself a day or so to feel sad and it typically falls away on it's own. If all else fails, remember that we can't fully appreciate the good days without an occasional bad day to gauge it by.
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