i arrived in vegas saturday morning around 9am, waited for eli’s flight to arrive, and then we headed to our hotel. we were both so completely exhausted that we decided to take a nap for a few hours until we had to go to dinner. we end up eating at a really good brazillian steakhouse inside the mirage and i ordered my first drink in vegas, which was a huge fruity rum drink that had 1/2 of a pineapple hanging off the side hahah after dinner we went to see cirque de soleil “o” performance at the bellagio hotel. that show was so amazing! after cirque we went to the venetian where we took a gondola ride, where our gondolier sang “o sole mio.” loved it!
we met up with our friends chris, jason, nathan & nick and headed to the palms. we ended up drinking there and at the rio until about 8am sunday morning. again we slept until about 4pm, headed to the affiliate summit meet-up which was pretty much dying out so we chatted until we had to be at the palms g suite for the copeac party. it was nice to see my friends that i haven’t seen in way too long. from 7-9 we all hung out in the g suite then headed to ghostbar. monday we met up with jason & nathan for lunch @ the rio and walked around the summit booth area for a little while. i’m glad eli got his skateboard we headed to the airport at 4 and both of our flights left at 6pm. my flight almost got cancelled due to weather but luckily we made it out on time, cause that would really suck if i had to stay another night in vegas…………
keeping in the valentines day spirit i thought i would share my suggestion for the most romantic movie. this one gets me every time i watch it. the notebook has to be hands down one of my favorite movies ever made. so now i share with you one of the greatest scenes ever:
Every year I make a blog post with my favorite love songs to create a Valentines Day Mix Tape for the one you love. This Valentines Day, my previous post about making the really adorable labels goes really well with this. I’m truly a hopeless romantic and I think little suggestions of love make someone realize how much you mean to them.
My favorite love songs:
“Like You’ll Never See Me Again” - by Alicia Keys
“At Last” by Etta James
“Sparks” by Coldplay
“Magic” - by Colbie Caillat
“Better Together” - by Jack Johnson
“Your Guardian Angel” - by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
This week my dog seemed to think it was okay to start randomly puking all over the house. He’s somewhat of a “plump” puppy and when I feed him he hogs it down like he hasn’t eaten in 25 days. Later in the day I seem to find little presents of dog puke from his smorgasbord earlier on.
This thing is awesome. It’s SO easy to use that all you have to do is set it on top of the stain itself and hit one button. Done. It does it’s thing for about 6 minutes and beeps when it’s done. I didn’t want to wait for the area to dry so I used the attached vacuum hose to suck up the rest of the water. FAB-U-LOUS! This is a must have product if you have kids and/or pets, or spill a lot on your carpets!
i forgot to update my experience with startsampling.com for my free samples from this post
i have been receiving the magazines Better Homes & Gardens and Games For Windows for a while now yay!
i am now waiting to receive an issue of bridal guide magazine (for my friend jenna), hamburger helper microwave singles, and sunsilk anti-flat hairspray !
i really can’t believe it’s 2008 already. i have had a pretty amazing year, been very blessed, and have met so many great people from the internet community that will impact my life forever.
when i attended SES NY in dec of 2006, i really learned how amazing the people in this community are. being able to spend time with rebecca kelley, cameron olthuis, rhea drysdale, becky ryan, dave naylor, shawn hogan, frank watson, eddie machado, james fleet, dax herrera, rea hoffman, david temple, jane copeland, daron & brandy, todd friesen, li evans, jessie stricchiola, danny sullivan, vanessa fox, greg hartnett, brian prince, adam sussman, simon heseltine, todd malicoat, marcus tandler, joe morin, and mike jones & brock with the pepperjam crew. i know i left a ton of names out there and i’m sorry but it’s hard to remember back a year without going through pictures galore! just know that all of you influenced me in some way and for that i am grateful.
this year i had the honor of organizing the first two elite retreat events, where i learned so much and started my internet community networking circle. to only name a few, elite retreat introduced me to guy kawasaki, lee dodd, neil patel, kris jones, aaron wall, darren rowse, chris hooley, laura alter, kevin henrikson, suj patel, bruce sutherland, alexander barbara, lisa brown, wendy piersall, and many other attendees that i still keep in contact with.
i also attended the affiliate summit west in las vegas (first time in vegas), where again i met so many great people that are some of my best friends today. all of the guys from wicked fire are what made that such a great experience for me. i cannot wait to go back to see everyone again this year!
my favorite conference experience by far was SES NY in april where my crew was absolutely off the chart! chris hooley, jon heinl, nicola young, cheryl clark, amy tuck, and joe whyte are by far the best people i could have been with. i even made a video of how awesome my trip was. not only was it a trip to a conference, but we had a killer time at spotlight which is the best karoake club in the world, where i got to meet kerry simon (as seen on iron chef) and meet master shake from aqua teen hunger force.
after getting to know my friends from wickedfire (eli, c0ck, smax, jon, crypt, tobsn, voodooman, engaged, darfur, conceptualmind, mwattier) for so long we decided to plan a trip together and hang out again. at first it was scheduled for chicago, and soon got derailed to go snowboarding on mt hood in oregon where eli lives, which most people decided not to go but me and eli. jon waraas and wes came to board with us along with eli’s sisters and we had the weekend of a lifetime.
i have been truly blessed this year because of all of the wonderful people who have become a part of my life. because of the amazing relationships i have made this year, i know my business will only get better and i am looking forward to new projects coming up!
I wish everyone the best of luck in this new year, 2008 should be quite an interesting year for online marketing with all of the changes to come.
i arrived in vegas saturday morning around 9am, waited for eli’s flight to arrive, and then we headed to our hotel. we were both so completely exhausted that we decided to take a nap for a few hours until we had to go to dinner. we end up eating at a really good brazillian steakhouse inside the mirage and i ordered my first drink in vegas, which was a huge fruity rum drink that had 1/2 of a pineapple hanging off the side hahah after dinner we went to see cirque de soleil “o” performance at the bellagio hotel. that show was so amazing! after cirque we went to the venetian where we took a gondola ride, where our gondolier sang “o sole mio.” loved it!
we headed to the airport at 4 and both of our flights left at 6pm. my flight almost got cancelled due to weather but luckily we made it out on time, cause that would really suck if i had to stay another night in vegas…………
don’t hate.
so I picked one up. I figured since I’ve been paying $40 each time to have someone clean the carpets when he does this I will have this thing pay for itself in only a few months. I also got a huge bottle of the 
you add with it (generic brand pet solution from Walmart).
