It's Official

Many of you know that for the past 6 months I've been on the path to promote myself to Director in BeautiControl. As of about an hour ago, my numbers and all requirements are in and on August 1st, I will promote to Director. This moment is such a huge one for me. I don't know whether to laugh, cry or scream in excitement. I'm so incredibly proud of myself and I could not have done it without the love and support from all of you. Thank you to all of you for your words of encouragement. This is a moment I will remember for the rest of my life. One of my proudest moments.

This Wednesday I leave for our annual Celebration conference in Dallas, TX. I've got 4 women coming with me and I'm excited to share this event with them. We'll also learn where our next trip will be and I'm sure you guys will hear all about it on my blog.

Love and Peace to you all!

E

A Weekend of Memories

Ahhhh family. Nothing like getting the family together to remind you how wonderful and crazy they are! And seeing that, you get a glimpse of what the future holds for you. Our family is particularly unique because not only are we crazy, we love to sing about it! You see, I grew up in a home filled with music. I remember dancing around the living room in my mother's high heels singing Amiee Stewart's version of "Knock on Wood". We listened to every Beatles album ever released and I still remember Don McLean's album cover with his thumb painted as an American flag. I knew every verse to American Pie and Vincent before I knew who and what those songs were about. My mom was a huge fan of music as is my entire family. Rarely was there ever a gathering at our dear Aunt Margaret's house without someone busting out a guitar and all of us laughing and singing together. In the early 80's, my mother's sister, Debbie, sang in a band called "Beauty and The Beats." They frequently played at a bar called The Daily Planet which is now known as Reedmeister's. I remember spending many Friday and Saturday nights at the bar watching the band play. Remember, I told you it was the early 80's and being that I was born in 1975, that means I was hanging out in bars as a child. It sounds horrible but that environment of friends and family created many wonderful memories for me. Aunt Debbie would greet us at the door with a roll of quarters and my brother and I would play video games (they had Frogger and Ms PacMan), table shuffle board and sip cokes all night. We loved it. And then I would beg one of her bandmates, Michael Cervetti, to sing "Puff the Magic Dragon" for me during their set breaks.

I'm sharing all of this to "set the stage" for you to understand what I experienced this weekend. My dearest Aunt Debbie came home for a visit this weekend. Her first night back in Memphis was spent with our family. We wanted to make sure we were all gathered together to see and celebrate each other. Then the "family" that I spent many weekends with at the Planet, all gathered together for somewhat of a reunion. We spent the weekend visiting old friends and listening to their new bands. Last night we watched our friend Alan Collier play with his new band, Java. Knowing that I was going to see Alan that night, I sang "Love's Fool" to myself all day. If he's reading this now, he's probably wondering how in the heck I remember that song. Silly, Alan - I know the words to all the songs on the "Beauty and the Beats" album! As soon as I saw Alan, my heart leap. Alan was always so sweet and still is. He is a genuinely happy man and a gifted singer/musician. Just the kind of person you want to be around! I was also blessed to be reunited with Michael Cervetti who I mentioned in the last paragraph. How silly I felt thinking of how I used to always beg him to play that song when I was 8. But he told me this weekend that he always loved playing it, especially for me. What a beautiful person Michael is.

This afternoon, we gathered at Reedmeisters (forever known to all of us as The Planet) for an Open Mic event. I haven't set foot in that bar since the early 90's when the bartender called me and told me to come pickup my step-father who'd had too much to drink. As I entered the bar this afternoon, it was like coming home. It was all so familiar to me. I saw people I had not seen in 25 years. None of them had a clue who I was until I introduced myself! Come on, I was 8 the last time most of them saw me! We spent the afternoon catching up on the past 25 years and listened to each other sing. It was as if only a week had passed instead of 25 years! I felt so at home and surrounded by love. I felt as if I was in a room with all my aunts and uncles. I got to hear my aunt's band play again and they were awesome. I even got to hear "Puff the Magic Dragon." Unfortunately for me, it was not Michael who sang it but it was still beautiful to hear.

Donald tagged along with me to several of this weekend's events. Last night as we were driving home he said to me, "You know, thinking about you in a bar at 8 used to be scary for me. Now that I've met everyone, I realize what an amazing and loving environment that was for you." It was awesome to share that experience with my husband. The more time he spends with my mother and aunt, the more he understands why I sing all the time and dance around the house while making up songs about either him or my dogs. It's in my blood! It's in my spirit! It's that silliness that makes my husband laugh! And I wouldn't change it for anything in the world.

You're all welcome to visit my web album that features pictures from this weekend. There are even some video clips included. My Aunt Debbie sang my favorite song "Beauty" which is a song she wrote. She's written many songs over the years but this one is probably my favorite. I used to beg her to sing me to sleep with that song. And of course, she would. Thank you for that Aunt Debbie. I love you.

It was a week of Fame!

As you blog readers know, the Montel Williams show that I was an audience member of aired last week. What luck we had. We had some nasty storms roll through Memphis that afternoon so about 25 minutes of the program was cut out due to weather reports. But what I was able to watch was a blast! I saw most of my BC friends in the audience and even saw myself a few times. I was sitting by one of the audience members who won a diamond necklace and so you saw me when they honed in on that person. It was hilarious. Then I submitted a picture of myself to Snorg Tees. They have silly t-shirts and if you submit a photo of yourself wearing one of their shirts, they post it online and also include pics in their monthly e-newsletter. So last week I received my e-newsletter and there I was! Twice in one week I had national exposure. Too funny!

This week will be a busy one for me. I have several BC events to attend, some spas and then I found out that my dear Aunt Debbie, who lives in Southern California, is coming in town this week. So we'll be busy with that as well. I'm excited because I'm having all of our family come over for dinner Thursday night. As crazy as family is at times, it's always good to get together with them.

I hope you all have a wonderful week and I'll update soon!

Elizabeth

On the next Montel.....

I'm sure you're all thinking - ok, Elizabeth is off her rocker. Check this out - back in February, when us BC girls were in New York City, we went to a taping of the Montel Williams show. It was awesome and the topic was perfectly appropriate. The topic was "Teenagers Becoming Millionaires." The show featured several teens who had come up with business ideas and were now millionaires. It was very inspiring and the whole experience of being there with Montel was awesome. What an amazing person he is!

I'm telling you all of this because our episode is going to air this Wednesday, July 9th! So go visit his site at http://www.montelshow.com/ and see when the episode airs in your area and on what station. For all my Memphis friends, it's on UPN30 at 2pm.

I sure hope I don't look terribly silly. I know I'll probably look chunky considering I've since lost 30 lbs and then the TV adds a few pounds. Oh well! It was a blast! Let me know if you all see it!

Elizabeth

Let's Rock!

For the month of July, our team launched a Rock Star campaign. We had our team rally last Tuesday night and played some Rockn Roll music, wore our Rock Star t-shirts and the best was Blair went to the store to buy some glow sticks. Instead of bracelets or necklaces or anything like that, she bought glasses! I cracked up when I saw them. Here's a picture of us with them on:

She cracks me up! For those of you who hear me talk about Blair all the time, she's a Sr. National Executive Director with BeautiControl. There's only one level above her and only one person in that position. It is such an honor for us to have her right here in Memphis and she opens her home to us all the time. Blair's been with BeautiControl for almost 20 years. Back when she became a Director, there was no Mustang program. Well, Blair recently earned her Mustang and it's being delivered to the Memphis dealership on Monday. They'll take a few days to put the BC logo on it and then she'll be able to pick it up. We're all so excited for her. She's always had the BC Mercedes and the other luxury cars they give us, but this Mustang will be her first convertible! Way to go Blair - you truly are a Rock Star!

So I'll keep you guys posted on the Rock Star campaign this month. Our teams are meeting 3 times a week for the next 4 weeks so it's going to be a busy one for me.

I hope you all have a safe and happy Fourth of July! Keep on Rockin'!

Elizabeth