Signature Homestyles

I had the pleasure of getting to meet Bildade 'Billy' Augustin at a home party in Connecticut last night. She was lovely and did a great 'low to no presure' presentation; something you can do with a great home party company. Here's the link if you want to check out the company SignatureHomeStyles and please be sure to contact Billy (cell/text 860.548.6463) if you're interested in having a party. If she's not in your area, I'm sure she can help you find a consultant who is.

I Love this Heart Logo!

 

They have some lovely decorative items but what Billie said was one of her favorites (and I have to agree) where the organizational items. Beautiful & functional. Who could ask for more!

Clydesdale Confusion

I was looking at a page in Entrepreneur magazine this morning and thought I was reading a Budweiser ad and realized it was an ad for Wells Fargo.

 

 Separated at birth?

YIKES

After thinking about this for some time I decided that I wanted to make some cover and interior changes to my book Extreme Hosting. I worked on this for 5 hours on Saturday and made a big mess!

When you make changes to a book that you have on Amazon that was created with the Create Space tool, it takes the book off of Amazon until your changes are approved. After my three day struggle, Extreme Hosting has a new cover and the content will remain the same. Watch here for the updated look!

Extreme Hosting is currently unavailable on Amazon.com but feel free to contact me directly for orders.

 

 You can email me at CarlaJudithS@ gmail.com or

 leave a voicemail on 413.366.1141

CT Women's Expo Update

So this weekend was the 10th Annual Connecticut Women's Expo. It was perfect weather ~ sunny and high in the 60's. I attended the event today and wanted to share some of my favorites.

On my way into the event I meet Shelly Howett from Mary Kay and stopped by her booth...

Women Only Weekends in upstate NY was there (about 4 hours from where they're located) promoting their women only getaways.

New Britain OB/GYN Group was promoting 'i-Lipo'. Can't great rid of that baby fat? They zap it!

I entered a drawing for a 'Fresh Salt Getaway' with the Sanno Spa at Saybrook Point Inn. The winner gets a Massage, Facial, Pedicure and Lunch. Wish me luck with winning that!

I had a 'Devine' seated massage from Jean Devine, L.M.T

I stopped by the Western Mass Women booth. They weren't there but I did get a chance to pick up the September & October paper.

I would guesstimate that there were about 200 individual booths at the event and bellabella.com had to have the nicest booth with their art by Lara Moore.

This was a great event!

Furby is back!

Meet the all new Furby toy from Hasbro.

If you missed Furby the first time around ~ this is what Wikipedia has to say:

 

A Furby (plural Furbys or Furbies) is a electronic robotic toy resembling a hamster/owl-like creature which went through a period of being a "must-have" toy following its launch in the holiday season of 1998, with continual sales until 2000. Furbies sold 1.8 million units in 1998, 14 million units in 1999, and altogether in its three years of original production, Furbies sold over 40 million units. Its speaking capabilities were translated into 24 languages.

 

Furbies were the first successful attempt to produce and sell a domestically-aimed robot. A newly purchased Furby starts out speaking entirely Furbish, the unique language that all Furbies use, but is programmed to start using English words and phrases in place of Furbish over time. This process is intended to resemble the process of learning English.^[1] In 2005, new Furbies were released, with voice-recognition and more complex facial movements, and many other changes and improvements. The Emoto-Tronic Furbies (Furby, Furby Baby, and Funky Furby) continued to be sold until late 2007, when these toys became extremely rare.

 

^{Welcome Back Furby!!!}

Almost Fall in New England

The morning air is crisp but the days are still sunny & warm...

 

 

I love September!

Budweiser Clydesdales

My 13 year old daughter & I had some unexpected excitement today. We were on our way to do an errand & we saw the Budweiser Clydesdales right in the city of Springfield! They were on their way to the 'Big E'. The 'Big E' (short for the Eastern States Exposition) fair is in West Springfield, MA once a year and usually has attendance of over 1 million people. I don't have a great camera on my current phone but what we got to see was similar to this image:

Six beautiful horses along with their beer cart. I'm almost six feet tall and these guys tower over me!

CT Women's Expo ~ Save the Date!

This is year 10 for the Connecticut Women's Expo. I've been to seveal and they're always interesting. The big 'draw' is that they usually have Soap Stars but I guess with everything that's changing with that industry the event is going with on a Soap Star hottie ("Dr. Jonas" from Day of our Lives) and two "WWE" people (one man one woman) that I've never heard of.  Portion of the proceeds donated to Susan G. Komen for the cure. Below are the details and hope to see you there!

 

 

 

The ultimate shopping & entertainment experience!

 September 22 – 23, 2012

 

This event attracts thousands of women that want to shop for the latest products and services in fashion, beauty, health, nutrition, fitness, financial planning, careers, home, education and much more!
THIS EVENT ALSO FEATURES:

• Psychic Readings
• FREE Samples
• Shopping
• Many Unique Vendors
• Prize Giveaways

• Fashion Shows
• Live Demonstrations
• Celebrity Appearances
• Beauty Makeovers
• FREE Health Screenings

The largest event for women in the Northeast, with over 400 exhibits featuring products & services:

• Apparel
• Fashion Accessories
• Auto Dealers
• Banks
• Financial Institutions
• Beauty and Fragrance
• Confections
• Gift Assortments
• CTWomens Sports Teams
• Dating Services
• Fitness & Equipment
• Fashion & Lifestyle
• Hand Crafted Arts
• Health & Wellness
• Cuisine & Entertainment

• Home Retail Services
• Hospital/Medical Services
• Home Décor
• Law Firms
• Nutrition
• Skin Care Products
• Personal Products
• Spas & Salons
• Universities
• Vacation Planners
• Wireless Companies
• Technology Companies
• Civic Groups & Clubs
• Work Life
• Financial Fitness

 

Connecticut Women’s Expo Stage Events Schedule

Saturday, September 22
Time	Title of Session	Presenter
10:30-10:50	Linda for Senate	Linda McMahon
11:00-11:45	World Dance Demonstrations	Dancin’ In The City
12:00-12:45	Dress Barn Fashion Show	Dress Barn
1:00-1:45	Kickboxing / Kelly K’s Sensual Dance	Totally Kickin’ Fitness
2:00-2:45	Zumba / Step Fitness / Hip Hop Dance	Support Arts
3:00-3:45	Learn How to Ballroom Dance	Arthur Murray Dance Studio
4:00-4:30	Belly Dancing	Troupe Little Egypt
Sunday, September 23
Time	Title of Session	Presenter
11:00-11:45	Salsa Heat Dance Demonstrations	Alisa House of Salsa
12:00-12:45	Zumba / Step Fitness / Hip Hop Dance	Support Arts
1:00-1:45	Kathy Faber Designs Fashion Show	Kathy Faber Designs
2:00-2:45	Lingerie Fashion Show	Irene’s Lingerie Shop
3:00-3:45	Kettle Bell Kickboxing	Kettle Bell Kickboxing
4:00-4:15	Hartford Magazine’s Female Leader Awards	Hartford Magazine

UMass Parking Confusion

My last post was about how well things went over the Holiday Weekend at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, CT on my daughter's move-in day. My husband is UMass alumni but I still couldn't resist sharing this!

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts plans to reimburse students about $15,000 for a parking snafu on move-in day that resulted in 132 cars getting towed from a campus lot.

Cars were barred from the lot near two residential areas on the Amherst campus from Sunday into Monday to make the move-in process smoother. The university tried to inform students, but not everyone got the message.
 

UMass’ towing contractor hauled 132 cars out of the lot at $145 a pop — a $40 ticket and $105 in towing fees. The ticket will be waived and the towing fee reimbursed.
 

The school’s executive director of residential life sent an email to students to apologize for the ‘‘confusion and inconvenience.’’
 

A university spokesman says parking restrictions will be better explained next year.

Remains of Isaac drench Yonkers, NY

 

OMG! I was on my way to meet my girlfriend Diana yesterday (Hey Diana!) to go to the Girls Night Out event at Empire City Casino when she called to let me know that areas surrounding the casino were flooding! Remnants of Isaac..

 



We rescheduled and are hoping for great weather. Below is the upcoming event info. Hope to see you there!

Lucky Ladies

September 11, 18, 25

Empire Club Ladies visit Empire City Casino on Tuesdays and receive your Lucky Ladies Bonus Package:

$7 Free Play
Food Discounts

Plus, join us in the Entertainment Lounge for Ladies Only 2-for-1 Specialty Drinks from 5pm-9pm and Karaoke starting at 7:30pm.

One bonus package per female Empire Club Member, per promotional day. May not be combined with other offers. Must be 21 years of age or older to consume alcohol. Valid photo ID required. 

College Bound

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday Weekend! My older daughter moved into her Freshman dorm this weekend and this is a very exciting time for all of us. Below is a picture of her SUV (her high school graduation gift from her grandparents. Thank you Noni and Grandpa!) packed up for the move:

Her school (University of Hartford) did a great job with handling the crowds ~ I've heard horror stories about other schools. I have a vision of my daughter going off to 1st grade that's burned into my memory. She never looked back, only forward, as she got on the school bus. So my memory is of her pink backpack and the back of her white/pink sneakers. Just under 12 years later it was a similar scenario. I was looking at a gray North Face backpack and the back of black flip flops and again she didn't look back at me BUT this time she she wasn't looking forward, she was looking down ~ at her iPhone...