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May 24, 2001
Parenting & [PL] -
from the candlecyberunit, Jenn Nunley
A MUST READ!

New Feature on the Message Board - Other DSA Companies
If you are a consultant from another DSA company who frequents BoB and would like to have your own company-specific forum in this category on the message board - read the About this Forum post to find out how.

[PL] Communications Site FYI - or "What to do if you haven't received your company monthly mailing yet" (thanks Maryfresh!)
You can still get to the mailer information on line at the PL Communications website. Even if you don't have Extranet ordering privileges, you can still view the information that's in your mailer if you have ADOBE Acrobat Reader (freely downloadable software). You can even print the stuff out from Adobe. Go to the Extranet Site and enter your consultant ID#, and try your last four digits of your SS# in the PIN# password window. (Extranet web address and phone numbers are in any of this year's Reflections magazines) Once you sign on there, you can go to the Communications page and view the mailer contents (all of it), even though you may not have ordering access. I will often print the hostess specials page from here in color to send out to hostesses or to put in my folders. Also, it's nice because you can access this even when you don't have your mailer with you.

May 22, 2001
Burning Calories
Jackie Whitaker "tealited" 
I just HAD to post this for the benefit of those who don't keep up with the message board! -Belinda

Yep, that's right. I've devised a calorie chart to help us lose those extra pounds we want to shed before conference. I figured we could burn calories while we're burning those candles! So here we go!

Lighting a tealight - 10 calories
Lighting a votive - 20 calories
Lighting a 3-wick - 60 calories
Hugging the 3-wick - 100 calories
Cleaning up the mess after we hug too much - 200 calories

Note: Add 25 calories to each lighting above if you're using one
of those clickers that never seem to want to light. {click}
{click} {click} {click} {click} {click} 

Bonus! 20 more calories for throwing the clicker across the
room! 

Now for the aerobics!

Packing the car for a show - 300 calories
Unpacking the car for a show - 400 calories (since you have to
be so careful not to bang up their walls like yours are)
Setting up your display table and preparing for a show - 200
calories.

Note: Add 200 more if it's hot in there and you sweat like
there's no tomorrow!

Demo:

30 calories for each guest present at the show. Just
think - 10 guests and you burn 300 calories!
Bonus! Hostess Coaching - there goes another 40 calories!
Double Bonus! Sponsoring talks add 100 calories due to all the
excitement you display!
Packing up to go home - 200 calories if you move quickly.
Otherwise, 100.
Unpacking the car when you get home - 0. Leave it for
tomorrow!! LOL

Oh, and no goodies at the show! Unless of course, they are
calorie free treats, like the chocolate éclairs.

2+2 calls the next day - 1000 calories (stress does have it's advantages)
Adding up your sales - 500 if you hit bonus, otherwise 200.
The busier you are, the more you burn!

So let's see, I just did a show last night with 12 guests present. That's 360. Lit 12 tealights and 3 votives for a total of 180. My clicker didn't light most of the time, so I got the bonus 25. Pack, unpack, setup and demo, then pack again = 1300 since I sweated up a storm (it was hot in there!) Add 140 for hostess coaching and sponsoring talk. 2+ 2's this morning = 1000 and finally, just added up my sales which totaled $3000.00, so that's another 500. For a grand total, in just 2 days, I have burned 3505 calories!! 

Since I only have to burn 3000 calories to lose one pound, then by conference, I can drop 32.5 pounds if I do a show every other day between now and conference! And I get to make lots of money while I'm losing! LOL 

Have a great day all
Just4fun, Jackie, a.k.a. Pegleg (for another 6 weeks anyway)

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May 14, 2001
No Popups Fund Update $193.00
Thank you to the 34 people who took the time to cover the cost of making our message board ad-free, faster to load, and just simply a better resource for the other hundreds of people who use it and rely on it daily. Just because it was the right thing to do. I hope when our next 6 month renewal fee comes up that some of the rest of you who enjoy the benefits of the BoB website & message board feel obliged to commit a few dollars to keep it going.

Caption Contest Winner: Melissa Barton-Briggs
Dublin, OH

"You guys were right, you don't get much sleep at Conference!"

Congratulations Melissa! 

May 8, 2001
Leader Only Message Board Forum (PL only) REVISED
By request, we have created a forum for Unit Leaders & above only on the Message Board. Please do not feel slighted or left out if you are not a leader. It is a place for leaders to help each other, therefore helping out their consultant team more. You MUST be a registered EZBoard user (and be logged in to the message board) in order to be granted access, and of course, be of Unit Leader or above rank in PL. The forum is user level protected, which means you must be granted access by screen name, and your leader rank will be listed under your screen name on all posts. To request access to the Leader Forum, follow the instructions on this form. You must provide a valid email address on the form in order to gain access. Leader Forum Password Request

May 5, 2001
No Popups Fund Update 
$111 total has been received as of today. Check the Fund Log page to see if your donation has been received. Please help recoup the $182 payment I have already made to keep our message board ad-free & popup free.

May 4, 2001
BoB Guestbook Re-Vamped
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The old, non-working version has been updated. Please take a moment and mark your place in BoB!

May 3, 2001
April Mailing Details 
I am adding the Monthly Mailing HAND-WRITTEN synopses back on the BoB navigation. As always, it will never be posted until after the first of each month to allow for all mailings to be received via US Postal Mail. This is not linked to the company site, and there is no trademark or copyright usage in the synopses.

No Popups Fund Update 
$93 total has been received as of today. Check the Fund Log page to see if your donation has been received. Please help recoup the $182 payment I have already made to keep our message board ad-free & popup free.

Party Games WebsiteUpdated Party Games Website Address
Mary has been hard at work updating her website - and the link address had changed. I have updated the Business Links section, and also added her button to the "Other Sites" section of the BoB navigation. Just as BoB is primarily directed toward candle consultants since that is what I know the best, the Party Games Site is directed toward House of Lloyd, since that is the company Mary represents. Thanks for such an awesome resource for all of us! Mary's Party Games Site is one of the original BoB "business links" and I heartily recommend her website!

Tealight LolliesTealight Lollies - Photo by Marian Nailor ("candlegrammy")
Easy hostess gift: Glue a popsicle stick, lollipop stick, straw, or other suitable "lollipop handle" on the back of a tealight. Wrap with tulle (netting), cellophane, or tissue & tie with curling ribbon. Thanks Marian!

May 2, 2001
NEW! Teal Candlelighters available for preorder from A&R Marketing
New Teal Lighters
As pictured - with additional text imprinted "Flame Low? Book a Show!" in silver lettering.

Special! Expires 1 July 2001 - any order of 50 or more will get the free labels with the name and number of the consultant, this label can be placed below the imprinting on the lighter. Full details and ordering instructions on the A&R Marketing Website.

May 1, 2001
Friday Nite Fling - Update
Wyndham - Friday Nite Fling!
Oh we're getting excited! Conference in St. Louis is going to be so awesome this year! I recently visited St. Louis with one of our Business Links vendors - Pat Johnson of Paron Candles - where we toured the Wyndham meeting room facility and reserved it for the Friday Nite Fling. Those of you who have been part of the Fling for the past three years know how unbelievably crowded it has grown to hold it in a hotel room or suite - we knew this year we had to expand. We'll also have a microphone to use this year, and there will be a hotel cash bar right in the room for the Fling.

In this picture you are inside the entrance to the elegant meeting room at the Wyndham. Those doors open directly out to the hotel lobby, which in turn opens (to the left) out to the main entrance to the hotel, which is directly across from the entrance to the TWA dome. There is a wonderful restaurant down the hall in the hotel, and a mezzanine level overlooking the lobby and entrance to the meeting room. Several BoB Businesses will be located in this room throughout the week of conference so you'll be able to get a firsthand look at their products. **NOTE: As in previous years, NO Vendors are sanctioned by PL during conference. This is not an official "part" of conference.

Order a FREE screen name button from A&R Marketing so you can meet other online friends in St Louis!

EZBoard - No Popups Fund
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ICT Bag Set - View all Shirley's bags at bestofboards.com/bagladyCaption Contest!
The prize this month is from Shirley The Bag Lady - an Iced Crystal Trio Insulated Bag Set! This is an awesome prize - I have used my set since 1998, and never broken a trio piece while packing my bag. When I carried a hurricane shade to my shows, all three trio pieces in their bags fit inside the hurricane shade - which was the only piece I still used a box for. Sure makes setup & take down easy & fast!

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5/3/01
"The Bag Lady"
Product Availability Update:
All Teal bags are sold out. The remaining colors are: 

bulletSpruce Green (20% off w/o monogram)
bulletFrench Vanilla
bulletAtlantic Blue
bulletAntique Rose in roll-ups only

 

Free Conference ButtonA&R Marketing - Free Conference Name Buttons!
For the third year in a row, A&R Marketing (aka FlameNGlos) is offering free conference buttons for the cost of shipping. The design will be the same as last year, so if you still have one from last year you don't need to order a new one. If you are going to conference for the first time, or simply didn't know about it before, it's really cool to meet people walking around at conference and be able to match online screen names with real names & faces!

Due to USAF time constraints, absolutely all requests need to be emailed to Renee by no later than 28 May, meaning anything received after 28 May will not be processed.

Shipping for the first button is 55 cents and 10 cents for each additional button (ex: 2 buttons would need to send 65 cents for the shipping of the buttons). We recommend that you poll their units for people who will be attending and send in one request.

Email your request to Renee with the following information:

Full name (first and last)
Screenname (ie FlameNGlos, etc)
City and State
Complete mailing address to ship the finished buttons 

Send shipping payments to:
A&R Marketing, PO Box 254545, Patrick AFB, FL 32925-4545.

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