POWER TO THE PEOPLE.

After a few months of polite and subtle persuasion, my dear friend Karen Kot finnnnalllllly convinced me to attend one of her POWE meetings today. I say convinced because admittedly I was a little jaded toward the idea. I had this preconceived notion of what this "meeting" would consist of; pushy pyramid building quota hungry women who will corner me and make me signup for whatever new idea they are selling! ahhhhhhh! I know, I know, Mom... "don't judge people until you've walked a mile in their shoes, be open minded"... and all those other noble mindsets you preached and instilled in us as kids... I KNOW! Well, yet again, my Mom knows best and I had a great time today after re-evaluating my initial unfair opinion.

I spent the afternoon meeting and mingling with other local entrepreneurs and listened to their stories. Wine makers, chocolatiers, jewelry saleswomen, event planners, mortgage specialists and graphic designers. It was a fun variety of fabulous women growing, branding and of course, networking! POWE is a great place to find other women in your area who are learning how to operate their business and might be able to help elevate yours. I've come away from my experience feeling positive and inspired to raise the bar for Lotus.

POWE was founded six years ago by two Canadian women who wanted to fulfill a need they discovered was very common in new business owners. A need for a relationship based networking organization... for women! Check out the site and find out where the meetings are in your area.

Now, I hate to sound like a little chubby bunny but one of the highlights for me was... wait for it... the catering! ha. Seriously, cute little sandwich triangles get me every time. Dang them delicious thangs. Sean and I like to think we have a pretty awesome tasting tuna sandwich recipe, but as cool as we are, ahem, we have never put granny smith apple chunks into our tuna mix. Why have we never done this before? Sooooooooo good!

I must say I'm grateful for my mom's life lessons about being open minded, I'm grateful for Karen and her ability to talk me into everything, annnnnd I'm grateful for triangle tuna sandwiches. Tuesday love to you all!

A little dance sequence from a December shoot with my nephew to get you through the day.