I'll be sharing a table with ZNE Member Gina Gabriell. There will be lots of wonderfulness throughout the entire event, and it was co-produced by ZNEer Tracey Buxton.
Come visit!
Friday, June 27, 2008
5-8 p.m.
Saturday, June 28, 2007
8 a.m-3 p.m.
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Reno, NV 89523
775) 747-3222
Have you heard of Virtual Assistants? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_assistant
I've been working with SARK's wonderful virtual assistant, and it made me realize that this is exactly what I need - so I went out and found one of my own. I totally think this is going to be the wave of the future! AND - hopefully my response time to emails and project updates will improve very soon! I am very excited to introduce:
More about Sherra:
Sherra is a real person! She will be my Admin Support / VA. If you are a ZNE member, you can contact Sherra if you need to get urgent messages to me - Sherra will be in direct contact with me several times a week (this is practically more often than my husband!).
Sherra can also provide answers to standard ZNE/Network questions and concerns, with a general turnaround time of 24—48 hours on weekdays.
Sherra is NOT A volunteer, she is a paid independent contractor. She is not a ZNE Moderator or group leader and can not adjust policies or procedures, nor can she make administrative decisions on behalf of ZNE management. Sherra is not our website designer or technical support person. If you are having trouble navigating the ZNE Network or with any other aspect of the ZNE Website, Sherra may be able to provide a standard response or direct you to the correct response, but she is not responsible for website maintenance or issue resolution.
ZNE Members should feel free to contact Sherra at any time. If she can not provide you with the information you are looking for, she will try to point you in the right direction.
Click on Sherra's image above to reach her ZNE Network page!
Jon Troast (www.JonTroast.com) was so wonderful, during his concert in my living room (!) - it was just pure joy.
Here are a few of the mesmerized guest. As you can see - it was nearly impossible to get a non-blurry picture. I think it was because there was a wonderful whirlin dirvish of frenetic and positive energy in the air. Here, amongs the blur are Gina Gabriell, Iva Wilcox,their spouses, my best friend Marc, and his date Cara.
Here's a group shot:
Iva, her husband John, Marc and his date Cara, me, Lyn Wright, her husband Bill, Gina, her husband Steve, in front of Gina is her son Noah, and kneeling is Jon Troast.
What can I say about Jon Troast? This guy is truly up and coming, he is so very talented. My 11 year old son loved him, all of the guests loved him - and stay tuned for really exciting news about Jon and the ZNE ConvenZioNE 2008 event- coming soon! www.ZNEcon.com
So, that was Friday night. On Saturday, I headed out to Point Richmond, and the lovely Nova Studio.
The owner of Nova Studio, Lori Nova, is an expert soap and body product maker - and she teaches exquisite classes about the same...
However, the studio also welcomes instructors who teach other topics. There are some wonderful mixed media classes at the studio, though I am teaching a series of art/business related classes. Yesterday I taught a wonderful group of students about the art and craft show circuit. I just loved the lovely pale green studio. What's not to love about this fun wall display, showing off both soap and bodyworks, and fun mixed media samplings:
And I loved this picture - look at all those jars of herbs and petals and all kinds of lovely scented goodies!
If you all want to join me for the next series of classes I am teaching there, they will be on June 21, and you can learn more here:
http://www.thenovastudio.com/2008_CAL_JUN.html
Here is to hoping that you all have a musical, magical, and wonderful weekend, and week to come!
xo - Chel
CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION - 1st Wednesday Street Party
The 2008 Pleasanton Downtown Association FIRST WEDNESDAY STREET FAIR season kicks off with our annual Cinco de Mayo themed Street Party. This month's featured band is local favorite, LA VENTANA.
Shop, dine and stroll your way through downtown Pleasanton. Visit our unique shops and restaurants and hit the middle of Main Street and the additional wide variety of businesses and community organizations who will have booths set up market their products and services as well as provide information.
Stop by the ZNE/PCM booth, and then stop in at the Beer and Wine Garden to experience Latin rock and salsa at it's best. It doesn't get any better than La Ventana! Salsa right into summer and enjoy their unique and exciting musical style! Click here to visit La Ventana's website!
Beer,including selections from Anheuser Busch and micro-brews from the Main St. Brewery will be on tap. Great wines from the Livermore Valley will also be available for purchase.
Main Street will be closed from St. John Street to Old Bernal Avenue from 5 to 10 p.m. There will be plenty of off-Main Street parking available. OUR BOOTH WILL BE LOCATED IN SPACE # 175 - Closer to the St. John end of the street. Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Here's who will be there from ZNE/PCM in May:
Me & ZNE(!)
Iva Wilcox
Julee Herrmann
Roni Seabury
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Looks like ZNE is all up, running and back online. Yippee!
Not only that, but someone pointed out to me today that ZNE - the art group (!) is finally an official definition on Wikipedia. I know it is silly, but that makes me really happy! Check it out - click on the images to see legible pics (OR! Just do a search on Wikipedia for ZNE and see for yourself!
Happy day everyone!
The ZNE Main websites are down. The Network is still up. (Hooray!) According to our website host:
I should make it very clear, that is NOT me smiling. GRRRRR.
That fabulous yahoo group gets better and better every day!
Check this out - The ZNE-Hit-Send contest!
And, if I haven't mentioned it before - Izabella rocks my world!
Have a great day everyone!
xo - Chel
This is a basic synopsis of the two most common comments made in emails that are sent to me:
"Wow! I can't believe how much you get done! How do you do it all?!"
~ and ~
"I can't believe you haven't gotten back to me/replied/returned my call/taken care of this bill/issue/etc. - why are you ingnoring me?"
I often think I'll just forward the one email to the other, and they'll each have an answer. I do accomplish a lot in the day. Why? Because I am equal parts passionate, and frenetic (read, nuts). There is also an amazing amount that falls through the cracks, slips through my grasp, and gets lost in the shuffle. In my mind, my accomplishments are outweighed by what I have not gotten done. I live with an awful lot of guilt over replies not sent, details not shored up, and outstanding issues not resolved. That which I do accomplish, probably grows and expands in proportion to my guilt - but it does not resolve it.
My dear friend Kat sent me a link to a website called FlyLady.com. It's about housekeeping, and grooming and all those things our significant others want us to do - you know - regularly. I have mentioned this before - my husband is a neatnic minimalist, and somehow he ended up with a sloppy pack rack artist for a wife. This issue sounds cutesy "opposites attract" when I put it in writing, but in real life it is the basis for marital rift and threats of total dissolution. It's not pretty - and I don't just mean my messy house.
So, add the need to houseclean to my to-do list (If you are keeping track, you will see why I often contemplate changing the name of this blog to: The House that Guilt Built.) But, I digress.
This FlyLady.com website really looks intriguing to me. It breaks the housekeeping process down into small steps that you repeat every day until they become habits. The first day, you shine your sink. Now see, I can do that. The problem is that on the the second day, you are supposed to get dressed when you wake up, all the way down to your shoes. Lace up shoes even. Here is where they have lost me. I was with them on day one. Day two,I could have handled a nice easy toilet scrub or something like that - but change out of my pajamas? You have got to be kidding me. What is this? Military boot camp? Hmmm. I am not so sure.
So, does this mean I get to stop shining the sink too?
Ah well. Moving on.
SPEAKING OF DISARRAY!
Ok, so the third most common email comment I recieve is this one:
"Where on the ZNE website can I find this/that/the other?"
and
"I tried to find that on ZNE, but got lost looking around."
Now, this is a tough one for me, because the fact of the matter is - ZNE is a huge site - actually housed on two websites (!) with multiple galleries, activities, discussion boards, etc. The activity in our group is part of what makes it so vibrant and fun! And, well, confusing to some and overwhelming to others...
So, in a drastic attempt to avoid cleaning my physical house (!) - I have spent the past several days cleaning up the Land of ZNE. Voila! All of our programs and activities with links- are now consolidated on one page:
How cool is THAT!?
: )
Alrighty then, that's one thing off my to-do list.
And what have YOU gotten done today? Do tell!
xo - Chel
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