Well it is here… my big 40th Bday. 

And.. turns out it is no big deal.

Getting out and enjoying life

I had the lofty goal of being a size 6 for my 40th bday.  Well… that goal came and went. I’m not giving up on my health,  just refusing to stress about it in terms of my identity. 

What has become important to me is falling into my niche and having fun with my family and friends.  God is good and life is great!!!!

Time to get out and enjoy LIFE!

Social Media News…

Social Media has become a passion of mine (or obsession).  I am born to promote!  Lately I have been managing the social media for The Hall Company.  We now have a Facebook Fan Page and Twitter account @thehallco.  Marketing with social media is completely naturally to me and doesn’t seem like work.  After reading Linchpin, I decided not to take “no” for an answer.  After I finally sat down with my manager to explain how it all works, a light went off in his head.  He totally got it!  He said, “I feel like my parents do when I try to talk to them about computers.”   The other day he said to me in passing, “Tiffany, what ever you are doing, keep doing it.  It is working.”  Music to my ears!

The next big thing in Social Media for me is Weekend Retweat… a dream realised!  At a friend’s  party, I had a discussion with Amanda Cooper, owner of the Hopkins House B&Bin Mechanicsburg, OH.  Like a lot of businesses owners, Amanda was struggling with social media and finding time to implement it.  I offered to organize a group of social media mavens to help her promote her B&B.  Michele Savoldi, Kelly Gingery, Cheryl Harrison, Rose Landon and myself stayed at her B&B in exchange for our collective social media efforts.  It was a win win for everyone!   Weekend Retweat was created during our stay there.  Cheryl brilliantly came up with the name (even before breakfast) and Michele developed the logo.  With these two ingredients, Cheryl got busy creating our Facebook Fan Page and a Twitter account.  We already have our next destination and excited business owners!  I love how it all came about!

I have also spoken to several local small businesses and even a musician about helping them with their social media efforts.  I really enjoy using my gifts to help people!

40 is just a number…

Taking a lesson from my 90yr. young Grandma….  She has always told me that you are only as old as you feel. 

The “icing on the cake” this year is the fun I am having with my family.  This new season is allowing us to really get out and enjoy life together!  

I may be 40, but I feel BLESSSED!!!!

Doing Life! 40th birthday, @thehallco, @weekendretweat, Amanda Cooper, Cheryl Harrison, Hopkins House B&B, Kelly Gingery, Michele Savoldi, Rose Landon, Socail Media, The Hall Company, Tiffany Eckhardt, Weekend Retweat

Big News…means big changes

Fancy Got A Job

Changes seems to be a reoccurring theme for me.  The latest change for me is a new job! 

I am so blessed.  I have for months wondered what I am supposed to do with my life.  I got nothing.  No big epiphany.  Just a sense that I was supposed to wait.  I am not a patient person.  Needless to say, I spent a lot of time complaining and pouting.

A couple weeks ago I received a call from a colleague in real estate, Wes Brown,  inviting me to interview for a job working with him again.  He is the manager of sales for The Hall Company, an Urbana company only blocks away from my house.  I loved working with Wes in real estate!  He is brilliant and gifted in sales.  Of course I wanted to interview for the job!

The interview process was funny…first interview I asked my husband what to expect.  He prepared me for the question, “What is your biggest weakness?”  My reply, “I have none!”  The question I actually got was, “Give me an example of a time when you solved a problem for a customer.”  I laughed and said, “Come on Wes!  I was prepared for my biggest weakness.”  Good thing I was good friends with the interviewer.  Second interview I asked my husband for any last minute advice.  He responded, “Only thing I got is…here’s your one chance, Fancy don’t let me down.”  That thought in my head is WAY better than imaging the audience is naked.  I smiled through the whole interview.

I was excited to hear that despite my interview skills I did get the job. 

So, life as I know it is….CHANGED.  I will love using my skills with customers again and enjoy the whole work environment.  We “laid the hammer down” with the kids in the form of a chores chart.  (we’ll see how that goes)  I’m thinking of a schedule that will work in exercise.  I will still participate in Tastecasting events.  However, the biggest adjustment will be to my travel plans.  No more taking off to New Orleans a couple times a year.  I will have to become the weekend travel warrior.  I’m in the hunt for weekend getaways and quaint B&Bs to stay at closer to home.  I will be blogging about new adventures soon!  Oh..we will travel still…just will be fewer trips and planned out further.

I feel very blessed and glad that I learned to wait.  Now I am a believer in letting good things come.  Finally, I didn’t get in the way.

Doing Life! New Job, The Hall Company, Tiffany Eckhardt, Weekend Travel Warrior