Vacation

Hello. I hope everyone is great. We've had a really full last month, and it's been busy and wonderful.

We just got back from a 2 week holiday. We spent one week in Maryland visiting family and friends, and then flew to St. Croix for another family holiday and my dad and Heather's wedding. It was such a great two weeks. I've updated our photos on our attached Picassa site.

At the moment I am doing a few things. One is writing, for Global Woman magazine, my book, a movie script (we'll see), and some other things. L'Oreal is going to give me some press passes to cover their fashion week here, so I'm hoping to write some articles for a few magazines out of that. Yeah free tickets! I'm really looking forward to that, coming up in March. Runway shows, interesting guest speakers at marketing events...the best will be a Marketing Breakfast where the worldwide head of Saatchi and Saatchi is giving a talk about the upcoming marketing trends for 2009 as they relate to the global financial crisis. I'm hoping I can write some articles for a few media outlets about that. Also this dance thing is probably happening soon. The studio is getting set up, so as soon as it's ready I can start teaching. Now to learn how to teach dance....

I'm sure you've heard about the bushfires going on in Australia. They are terrible, really tragic. We're far enough away that it hasn't affected us personally, but it has destroyed a lot of the surrounding area to Melbourne. It's really sad how many people how been injured or killed. Australians have really come together though and there are huge fund raisers happening already to raise money for people who were affected.

It's sunny and warm here, so I'm going to go do some writing outside. I have to say though that Rob and I loved being in winter in Maryland a few weeks ago. There is something about the smell of winter, and being warm inside that is so magical. So enjoy it.

love,
Sandra