Hand Print Training.....IT IS HAPPENING!

I am thrilled that 2012 is off to such a fantastic start. My vision of helping women across the country, an soon around the world, start their own hand and foot impressions business is happening. It really is HAPPENING. It is funny what one can accomplish a little bit at a time. I have had this idea of creating a community of women, like me, who would like to work from home (for whatever reason) doing what I am doing. The girls I am meeting are amazing, smart, and entrepreneurially-minded. It fills me with happiness!

I love January for many reasons. First of all IT IS MY BIRTHDAY MONTH!!!. My birthday is on the 31st and so all month long I look forward to it! Yes, I do! I will be 42 in a few weeks and I am thankful! I will never "pretend" to be 29. Been there done that......onward and upward. 42 has a nice ring to it anyway. ;)  I choose to embrace each year and all that comes with it! Secondly, it is a time to pause and think about the year a head. It feels good to have a fresh start. Even though......it is just another day, January 1st......it is so much more than that. It is a time to reflect on the past, look toward the future and begin to live in the now.

So far THIS year, I have helped three wonderful women start their own businesses. I generally do not share numbers like that but for some reason things have been happening in threes......A LOT......lately and I just wanted to add to that list.

2012, is the year for endless possibilities. Whatever you are doing in your life, make it amazing. Why not? No time for moping around or feeling sad. Get up! Do something! You will be amazed at what you can accomplish.

Much love to you in the beautiful NEW YEAR! What are you big amazing wonderful plans? I love planning and I would love to hear what gets you moving in the morning. :)

~Amy

Names and Words

Can I let you in on something kinda funny? Well, I am going to anyway. :)

I have noticed an interesting thing happen in regards to names and the names of my customers. Not just baby names. For example, I do expect to create hand and foot impression keepsake plates for, let's say, several Ethans.....but what I am going to share is a bit different than that.

This has to do with the names of the Moms and Dads who call me for appointments for their children. Now this does not happen everyday but it does happen often enough that I thought I would share it with you. Every once and a while I will book 3 people with the same name on the same day. And it seems to happen in numbers of 2 or 3. Like today for instance, I have booked two appointments for next week.....for the same day......with two gals named Megan. It is so interesting to me. A few weeks ago I had 3 Tiffanys booked for the same day. Now, you could say that that makes it easy for me to remember the names of my customers but I just really find it FASCINATING!

It is kind of like when I am reading a book and the TV is on in the other room and all of a sudden the same word that I am reading.....is being said on the TV. And I do not mean common words like "the" or "now" or "stop"..... strange words like "longevity" or "rainbow" or "tidalwave", etc. Not that those words are strange, that is not what I mean, just that those words are not as common. It happens to me ALL THE TIME.

It also happens when I am talking on the phone to someone and they say a word that is being said on the radio or a word that my child has just said as they walk in the room to tell me something.

I actually love when things like this happen. It is very serendipitous to me. I love the whimsical feel it adds to my day. :)

Is there a word for this? Really, I want to know? :)

~Amy


P.S.
I have to add to this post. To try and explain how often this happens to me, when looking for a photo for this blog, I typed in "name generator" in google. Look at the name in the photo, Megan!!!!! I did not type in that name with the words "name generator". It just popped up...in the first row before any other. Come on, you know that is weird! Seriously! Crazy!!!