2,000 Sets Of Designs!
Friday August 16th, 2013 Milestone
On Friday we uploaded design set #2,000 for members of ATW. Really... quite a bargain no matter how you look at it. :-)
DigiTEAM Workshop
Friday - Saturday - Sunday
Holly is running a 3 day workshop this weekend for her digitizing team. They are in a banquet room at the ClockTower Resort in Rockford going though new techniques and new ideas for our ATW members designs in the coming year. This is one fun bunch of ladies! I think the member of ATW and our customers at Holly's Design Studio will really like the upcoming releases.
"PartyLine" Opens This Week!
What IS The "PartyLine"?
The "PartyLine" will be a place where people can listen in "live" on phone calls between me and people in the sewing industry that you would be interested in meeting or listening to. I have quite a few folks lined up already in the sewing industry that I think you would like to get to know, and other folks I have thought of but have not confirmed yet, but I'm looking for OTHER people that I haven't already thought of so far.
I have people lined up already in the quilting, embroidery, fashion sewing, speakers, famous people, authors, corporate executives, and so on. My job will be kind of like "Oprah"... just to be your voice to these people and ask the questions you would like to ask them.
Members of ATW will have first shot at registering for each call and then non-members will be able to fill in the empty seats after ATW members have registered. Also, you will be able to listen in on your phone or on your computer and if you attend via computer there will be no software to download or install. Once the call is completed, a REPLAY link will be available a few minutes later automatically inside the PartyLine area of ATW in case you missed the live call due to work or some other horrible event. :-)
The first calls will begin in the next few days and the time of the calls will vary based on the availability of the celebrity I'm talking with for you. My question for you is... who would you want me to get on the PartyLine for you?
Please note that Barack and Michelle are probably not available, but otherwise, I'll give it a try. Looking for sewing related mostly, but will also have some folks in other areas of interest too, such as our current focus in our personal lives, getting healthier, and a couple other topics. :-)
Health Updates 8/17/2013
We had follow up visits on 8/15 with our "functional doctor". We suspected Holly's thyroid wasn't working at optimal state for years now but never found a doctor before who believed that... until now. We were so happy that she not only believes there is a problem, but actually understands and explained what the problem is, what causes it, and how to fix it.
In fact, our doctor was working as an E.R. doctor for several years and had the same problem herself and couldn't get any other doctors to believe how she felt. They kept telling her she was depressed and should take some anti-depressants. She said exactly the same thing Holly has been telling other doctors for 5 years now... "Of course I'm depressed... I feel lousy!" Finally she investigated and became an expert at the body's hormonal functions and found a few other doctors who also work on the way the patient "feels" vs just on the test results alone. Those type of doctors call what they do "functional medicine". They are sorely needed in America!
We will have a blog up shortly so everyone who wants to follow how this is going for us can watch while keeping the details of our health and diets out of the mainstream of our embroidery website. The blog is already set up, but I don't have the domain name linked to it yet. I will link that up when we have enough info on the blog to make it interesting.
Larry
"Some people are like slinkies, they're pretty useless, but they are fun to watch when you push them down a set of stairs." (anon)
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