<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824611095074305521</id><updated>2011-07-30T22:11:39.090-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Life in Small Town Maine</title><subtitle type='html'>Life in small town Maine as a lia sophia advisor, wife, mom, behavior specialist, and Girl Scout Leader.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://louellasjourney.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7824611095074305521/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://louellasjourney.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Louella Grindle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13860026506742108033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C05lD6FcsGw/SoYSWDP6cCI/AAAAAAAAAGg/EdiwWSQT9kg/S220/me.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824611095074305521.post-132042071417634741</id><published>2010-10-04T04:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-04T04:23:51.480-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving on</title><content type='html'>As I still sit here on the 7 pm to 7 am night shift, I contemplate what it is I desire from my lia sophia business.&amp;nbsp; What my goals are and what I need to do to move in the direction of my goals.&amp;nbsp; So, I joined in on my upline's advance STEP training.&amp;nbsp; It is supposed to help me move up in the business, set some goals and work on them.&amp;nbsp; So here we are, it's 4:15 am and I'm blogging about my lia sophia goals.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Short Term Goal #1: call past hostesses/customers about booking a party&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Short Term Goal #2:&amp;nbsp; Find someone to talk to about starting in the business&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long Term Goal #1: make enough money to take over paying the house payment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long Term Goal #2: Buy hubby a 4 door pick up truck &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How am I going to obtain these goals?&amp;nbsp; First, calling past hostesses and customers to ask for bookings.&amp;nbsp; This is not a hard thing to do, it's just not one of my favorite things to do.&amp;nbsp; Can I do it?&amp;nbsp; YES! So, this is something I can work on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At my parties I'm supposed to be listening to determine who may be interested in the business.&amp;nbsp; And then follow up with them that week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for my long term goals, I figure if I can consistently hold 8 to 10 parties a month, the rest will fall into place.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7824611095074305521-132042071417634741?l=louellasjourney.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://louellasjourney.blogspot.com/feeds/132042071417634741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7824611095074305521&amp;postID=132042071417634741' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7824611095074305521/posts/default/132042071417634741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7824611095074305521/posts/default/132042071417634741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://louellasjourney.blogspot.com/2010/10/moving-on.html' title='Moving on'/><author><name>Louella Grindle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13860026506742108033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C05lD6FcsGw/SoYSWDP6cCI/AAAAAAAAAGg/EdiwWSQT9kg/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824611095074305521.post-5145688765127122229</id><published>2010-08-16T23:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-16T23:10:50.156-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Today's Quote</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span class="sqq"&gt;“&lt;a class="sqq" href=""&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tough&lt;/b&gt; times never last, but &lt;b&gt;tough&lt;/b&gt; people do&lt;/a&gt;” &lt;/span&gt;by Robert H. Schuller&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black;"&gt;As I sit here on the 7 pm to 7 am shift at a residential treatment center, I hope that my tough times are coming to an end, and that I remain tough to sustain the rest of the bumps life's road will bring. &amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7824611095074305521-5145688765127122229?l=louellasjourney.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://louellasjourney.blogspot.com/feeds/5145688765127122229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7824611095074305521&amp;postID=5145688765127122229' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7824611095074305521/posts/default/5145688765127122229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7824611095074305521/posts/default/5145688765127122229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://louellasjourney.blogspot.com/2010/08/todays-quote.html' title='Today&apos;s Quote'/><author><name>Louella Grindle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13860026506742108033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C05lD6FcsGw/SoYSWDP6cCI/AAAAAAAAAGg/EdiwWSQT9kg/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
