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and also photographer extraordinaire,  we just wanted to give her a shout out. She posted this image on our San Diego blog last week. I am always so impressed with her and Deena’s work. They have done me proud. Just had to brag about them for a moment.

And this pretty lady featured is Kathie. Thanks Kathie for letting us post your images! – M

K knows me well! She got me this book, Shanghai Girls, for my birthday. Lisa See is my favorite author. Last year I was all over her book, The Peony Pavillion. And, the year before that it was Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. She has to be one of the most clever fiction writers I have ever read. And I love that she has researched Chinese culture thoroughly and incorporates it into her novels in a way that makes you feel like you are being given the loveliest history lesson of your life. Her characters are always flawed in a way that makes you identify with them so much more than your average fiction heroine. And, she teaches lessons in her books that sit with me for years even after I read them.

Just wanted to say thanks for the book K! You are the best bitner ever. I will hand it over to you when I am done. – M

Disney lauched a new business institute based on the philosophies and core values of Walt Disney.
I am ALL OVER this. Click here to learn more. -M

As you all know, we’ve just put the Workshop Book into the Diva Vault forever! Over the past few days, we’ve had several emails asking us if we had ANY more books available. Well, we have decided to open it up to sell FIVE MORE books… with 100% of the proceeds going to THIS CHARITY.

We love that World Vision allows us the great honor of providing women with sewing machines! What better than having the funds from the last 5 Workshop Books we ever sell going to other women entrepreneurs in need?! We are thrilled! The $285 will cover a sewing machine and the shipping and handling to send you the book. Only five left so please buy ASAP! (Simply click on the Paypal button below… it will send you to a link for you to pay the $285… once we’ve received notice of the payment, we’ll send you the Workshop Book in the mail!)

I saw M’s post last night – and thought it would be fitting for me to share my latest ‘non-diva’ moment as well.  Certainly NOT death-defying and not even nearly as scary as M’s post below (she told me the stories about that river… she was truly scared to death, as I know I would’ve been too!)  🙂  While M was facing the river, I was facing my fear of heights.  While on a mini-vacation with my family, we were on this cool ropes course – and my little brother made me do the ‘leap of faith’ where you climb to the top of a crickety, unsturdy, wobbly pole, and then get to the top, try to balance, stand up, and then leap to attempt to catch the trapeeze thing.  Seems easy enough – and doesn’t seem scary (c’mon, you’re being held by a rope if you fall!)  But for some reason, that moment was just a tad bit scary for me.  Getting the nerve to stand up… not thinking about how far the drop below is… trying to focus on breathing instead of throwing up… then looking ahead and telling myself that I can do it… And… I’m happy to say that I did it.  Didn’t catch the trapeeze, but I tried.  I jumped!

Next up on the facing-fear-agenda: tackling my greatest fear… any suggestions on how I should overcome this one?

Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard us say we aren’t “divas.” Well, not all the time that is. Here is proof! Oh man, honestly, after feeling the power of that wave hit me I was more scared than I have ever been for my personal safety. As gravity pulled the wave back into the river it sucked me with it. Luckily my toes were tucked and I used every bit of ab muscle I had to pull my submerged head and flattened body back up and into the raft. After feeling the power of the waves I shuddered at the thought of the most powerful river threat, the black hole! All I wanted to do was make sure I staying in that inflatable thing, no matter what! Some team member I was.

That is Weston sitting in front of me, and our “broadie” Bri in the front right. Member him from Paris? Allen, our new friend is back right.
K was supposed to go but because we had to move the dates (my baby niece arrived early!!!) she couldn’t make the new dates.
Sorry K!  I would say “next time” but I am not so sure that there will be a “next” time. Lol. Well, maybe…. -M