Tired and Grumpy :0(

Oh my, I think I'm still tired from my trip.

In all fairness, if I would get to bed at a decent time that would help.

I've got to stop burning the midnight oil...

So today I had a list of things I needed to do, but nothing was falling into place.

Appointments got cancelled, I left the house later than planned, 

had to deal with difficult people, got caught in the rain

and my throat hurts. 

I stopped off and got some soup, brought some home for Mom, too. 

Came home, put things away, did my pilates, took a bath

and now it's just 9:10 and I'm writing my blog.

That is a very good thing. After this I'm going to bed.

Here are more pictures from my trip

My Room

 White Out Night

This designer brought her little baby

 Me and my mentor Lori

 In front of the Convention Center

  This was the store

  

These are new products which will be available in the Fall

Each designer present went home with these

It was like on the Oprah Show

They would show us, everyone would gasp,

then they would say "...and everyone gets one!"

and then all the ladies would SCREAM!!!

New Bracelets coming out this Fall

I finally got a picture with Bella!!!

View of the City from the Convention Center

  

Walking back to the Sheraton

I loved the Banners along the street

Then a designer from Kentucky and I went on a 30 minute tour

of the city in a Pedi-Cab

This guy was peddling us. Pretty cool!

This pizza place is suppose to be famous.

You have to wait four hours to get in.

(We did not have time to go there)

My Mentor won an award for being one of the top ten sellers for the year!!!

The Night of the Gala Banquet

I forgot to have someone take a picture of me

so I took one myself.

This outfit was very special to me 

because I wore it to my oldest son's wedding. 

Morning I left. Waiting for the Shuttle to take me to the airport.

Plane that would take me to Houston

Inside the plane

I sat next to a very nice lady from Arizona.

I wish I would have caught a picture of her.

She was very attractive...short whitish-gray hair, NO MAKEUP

but tan and beautiful. 

She and her husband were going to visit friends in Ecuador for 3 weeks.

She left her cell phone and computer behind. 

I admired her so much.

This was my lunch during my four-hour layover.

It was delicious!

After two flights to get me to Phoenix and the one that began my journey back home

I decided I would not get sick and could eat this before I left.

  

The Houston Intl Airport has a tribute to Pres George Bush

  

I especially loved this picture.

It should his grandchildren welcoming him home.

  

And this one showed his dogs

This was pretty cool.

This was in the airport

(Took this pic for you, Mark)

  

I passed several of these in the Houston airport.

I wonder if heart attacks are a common occurrence when people are 

running like crazy from one terminal to another to catch their flight???

I really did well on all four flights

as far as not being scared of flying (or crashing)

but I wasn't quite sure if I should be comforted or concerned

about the nun who sat across the aisle from me

reading her Bible with her Rosary wrapped around her wrist.

Interesting clouds as we neared FL

Almost looked like icebergs in water.

Not the best picture, but I had to take it myself

and the angle is always crazy that way.

We really were so happy to see each other!

I ran to him when I saw him.

I'm B-A-C-K :0)

In my last post (last week) I said I'd keep you posted and I didn't!

I'm so sorry!

I made it into Phoenix Friday morning around 10:15 Arizona Time.

Took a shuttle to the hotel where I dropped off my luggage.

Then ran a block and a half across and down the street to the Convention Center

where the conference had already begun. 

I hadn't missed too much...just some introductions.

Listened to the rest of that morning session until they broke off around noon for lunch.

While the rest went to lunch, I ran back to my hotel to shower.

I wanted to feel human again. 

I had spent the whole night before in the Houston airport 

with two other very sweet owls from Florida

They were angels in human form. 

We hung out together, hoping the night would pass quickly

and it pretty much did.

The next few days were a blur of excitement and fun...learning, too. 

I had the most AMAZING time!!!!

Met so many wonderful ladies from all our the country.

We had classes together, walked together, danced together, 

and shared the excitement together.

We talked about our individual journeys in this life 

and with this amazing company called Origami Owl.

I am so thankful I had the opportunity to take this trip.

I wasn't scared at all, not even when I was stranded in Houston.

I had a perfect peace the entire time.

God was watching over me and I knew it.

I am so thankful...

to my husband, also for rooting me on.
He has supported me and encouraged me very step of the way.
I love him and appreciate the way he has helped me to spread my wings.

Since I've been home, I've had SOOOOOO much to do

and I'm trying to adjust to the time change 

and the exhaustion from the trip,

but it was a wonderful experience!!!! 

Hope you enjoy these pictures.

I'll try to elaborate more later...

On the way to the Tampa airport

The terminal after I had left Manny and gone through security

Me waiting to board the plane

My plane, bound for Houston, almost time to board

Inside the plane

View of the wing

The two ladies I spent the night with...Leslie and Holly

My attempt at sleeping

Their attempt at sleeping

Plane to Phoenix the next morning...view out the window, nearing Phoenix

Trying to track down my luggage in Phoenix

Luggage found...YAY!!!

Shuttle Driver from Airport to Hotel

Camel Back Mountain

Lobby of the Sheraton 

View just outside the hotel of the Convention Center

Convention Center

View of Downtown from inside the Convention Center

Our logo

Miss Bella herself

Bella's Mom Chrissy

Bella and her Mom 

I'll post more tomorrow.