Missouri Waits for No Season

It's getting to be that time again. Warm weather, spring showers and sunshine. And lucky for us, Missouri decided to get started early. I love spring and I love spring cleaning. Hopefully my professors won't fill my spring break with excess homework (wink wink Wayman) and I'll have a little extra time on my hands to clean out my closets and cabinets. There's nothing like having a sparkling clean house. Maybe I'll even get the hubby to power wash the outside! I can only pray. 

Cleaning isn't the only thing I love about spring. The fresh air that comes with the season just makes everything better. I can open up the windows and relax in the breeze. And fresh air always renews my love for being outside, as I'm sure it does for most of us. My sister Jordan and I have already started planning our softball dates. Can't wait to break out the gloves. 

Of course, with the fresh air, and the outdoors calling my name...so are the tanks and shorts. Ugh. Yep, once again it's time to shed the long sleeves and sweaters that cover the curves and don the cooler attire of spring and summer. And just like last year and the year before, I make a renewed commitment to work out, eat better and shed the winter pounds that have congregated around my mid section and thighs. 

So open the windows, let's clean out the cobwebs, and get to work. This time will be different. I know I say it every year, but it will! Now who's with me? Ok, ok, don't all speak up at once. But seriously, need to get on it. Guess I should start working out again. Bleh 

The Importance of Relationships

Well as of this week, I am no closer to my blog's purpose than I was last week. However, I would like to share a little bit of what my job entails and why I enjoy it. As you know, I am a wedding coordinator. Being in the wedding biz is a lot like being in any other business: you are constantly looking for connections, referrals and new customers.

Well, today I got the opportunity to go to the Columbia Business Showcase. It was so exciting to see so many businesses showcasing their services and products. As I walked around the exhibits I start to notice that some booths are crowded with people, while others received no attention. So I began to observe and find out why. I saw a few booths that looked exciting and had several people looking at the information they had set out. A few other booths had food and drink and of course had attracted attention that way. At this point, I thought that maybe the TV screens, iPads and food were the attention attracters. Then I came across some booths that were very plain, but were still attracting attention. What was different?

Then I saw two booths right next to eachother, neither seeing any visitors. One had a drawing and big TV screens. Lots of color and looked really exciting. The other booth had one simple banner. They both had something in common though, neither of the workers at the booth looked happy or like they wanted to interact with anyone. Aha! Relationships! We talk about it all the time, business is about making relationships. All of the booths that were getting the attention had people that were interacting with visitors, asking them how their day was and if they were enjoying the show. They asked questions, got involved and built a relationship with the person they were talking to.

That is the most important thing in business, any business. And making connections, or relationships rather, is what I love to do. It makes me very happy that something I am good at and enjoy doing can help my career and business grow.

Maybe I have found a purpose after all.

What's My Purpose?

Over the past couple of weeks and several blog posts, I've tried to find a purpose for my blog. Obviously, as the title indicates, it is supposed to be a diary of sorts about my life and my family. However, to be honest, my life is too busy to be interesting. I had hoped to find something about my own experience that others could relate to or benefit from, but there is nothing consistent enough to write about day in and day out. So I thought I'd mention it to my co-workers. I gave them the chance to come up with a subject for my blog and their answers were pretty funny. One suggested I could write about the crazy people that I talk about all the time that put up a fuss when it comes time to pay the bill, or who "had insurance" but money was tight one month and they missed the payment. (Those people are frustrating, but that gets old quick). Another suggested I talk about society's perception of mortician's and their lifestyle as portrayed in movies, compared to the real deal. Ironically, there are a lot of similarities between "movie morticians" and the real thing. They tend to have a very odd senses of humor, wear a lot of black, drive nice black cars, and have a good poker face. NEXT! Suggestion three: inform people on facts about mortuary science and its history. NOT! Suggestion four: tell funeral home jokes and one liners like: what song would a mortician sing if they had to give CPR? "Another one bites the dust". YIKES! OK, I'm no closer to finding a purpose for my blog, but I did get a good laugh from hearing what my co-workers think of being a mortician's wife. Maybe next week I'll interview my children's church class :)