A girl's weekend surpassing all expectations. It's hard to summarize all of the funny, enlightening and overwhelming details of a girl's weekend at its finest. The beginning, a simple trip to America's Mart in Atlanta, which if you've ever been is really not simple at all. If you have never been, it's stories and stories, and building after building of vendors, wholesale companies, marketing firms, business consultants and more. Ultimately the combination amounts to aisle after aisle of motivation and inspiration.
It started with a dinner at the Georgia Aquarium after check-in. VC (my cousin) confirmed our attendance with RSVP's to the emailed invitation. Good girls-weekend decision #1 . Everything was so elaborate...catering by Wolfgang Puck, entertainment by Dancing With the Stars and a fun environment with a whale shark in the backdrop. Dinner was quite possibly the best meal I've had since Le Cellier in Epcot several years ago. Now on my MUST do list is a visit to a Wolfgang Puck restaurant in some yet un-visited city on my list - two birds with one stone. Southern comfort food at its fanciest. A great hotel at a super rate, and you have an efficient Friday night in Atlanta. I feel it deserves kudos!
Girl trips with my mom, aunt, cousin (and usually my sister and grandmother, but both had previous committments) are always filled with cram-packed days. We see and do as much as possible. So without exception we woke up early and hit the mart. Floor after floor. No stopping. Until.....
The Deen Brothers! They were doing a cooking show and, of course, as fans of both the Cooking Channel and Paula Deen the family had to stick around and wait 45 minutes for the grand appearance! They may be the most funny and clever hosts I've ever seen...okay so the only ones I've seen. Either way, they have immensely magnetic personalities. Another dose of motivation and inspiration as they shared their humble beginnings.
Back to the researching, shopping, and discovering. We sampled the Gourmet Food temporary vendors and snacked...every shop had a snack. Good for needed energy. We ended the shopping day with a wonderful dinner at the Mart with wonderful people, George and Laura. They were incredibly encouraging and helpful. Glad we crossed paths....Funny how a series of events end.
My mind is still whirling as I process everything to help aid in potential business ventures. Ideas roamed the Mart and now they dot page after page. I'm excited about the future. For me. For Trent. For my parents. For our families. All it takes is a few ideas, turned into a plan, turned into an open door, turned into an exciting success. I've felt motivated from the start of 2012. I know there is so much God has for each of us, but I am convinced we are to take each opportunity and make the most of it. There were so many people, young and old, who have seized the opportunity and ideas before them. And that was just in one place...think about the thousands of other people outside of a small corner in Atlanta. It was exciting and convicting. No more sitting idly by. No more wasting time. We've been called to more...so why let it slip by? I have one life and a God greater than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4). No excuses. If God is for me, who can be against me? (Romans 8:31). He has not given me the spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:17). I'm praying for every endeavor and every effort of my family. May God light the path. May He make His face to shine upon us (Numbers 6:24).
Can't wait for the next girl's weekend.
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