“911” as we all know is the number that you call when you have an emergency – a fire, a medical problem, a burglary, etc. Am I the only one who thinks that there should be a number you call when you have a “life emergency”?  What constitutes a life emergency? Well, it’s probably different for everyone.

A life emergency is some sort of a crisis that requires us to act and to act, NOW. This could mean getting laid off from your only job (IN THIS ECONOMY!) or it could mean that you, for whatever reason, have 30 days to look for a new apartment… A life emergency is anything that involves life’s unexpected turns, but one that is unpleasant and requires a solution FAST!

Hi Girls,

My goal for 2012 is to create a community of young professional women via MsCareerGirl.com who can help each other professionally and have a bit of fun together too!  Check out these events, then share with friends! Hope to see you there!

-Nicole 

Today!

Connect, Inspire, Grow event featuring Jairek Robbins

I am crazy for Connect, Inspire, Grow events because they are not your average networking event.  Events like tonight’s at the Dana Hotel tonight focus on personal development and inspiring guests and rather than just exchanging business cards.  I’ll be serving as a social media panelist addressing Twitter.  But more importantly Jairek Robbins – the world famous Tony Robbins’ son- will be giving an interactive presentation on how to make 2012 your best year yet! A photographer will be doing complimentary professional head shots too!  For more info or to register, click here! 

Tomorrow (Wednesday Feb 1)

This week’s #MCGConnect Twitter Chat giveaway: Two Career or Small Business Coaching Sessions with me!

Our third #MCGConnect Twitter chat is tomorrow (Wednesday 2/1) at 8pm CST.  If you haven’t joined us for a chat before, you should!  Every 10 minutes we release a new question around the topics of: pop culture, career, fashion, food & family and relationships!  It’s a great way to meet great people and grow your following.  We give away prizes during each chat!  This time we’re giving away two career or small business coaching sessions with me.  Think of it as free therapy, market research for your business or honest unbiased feedback on your next career move. Hope to see you tomorrow night!

Wedding Proposal Contest- over $10k in prizes! Share with the men in your life!

My very own wedding planner, Jenee Allan, is doing fantastic things here in Chicagoland and I cannot believe I’ve had the honor of being able to work with her.  She’s debuting a new wedding proposal service (for men who are looking to get engaged) and is doing a huge giveaway to kick it off!  Not only will she plan the perfect engagement event/wedding proposal, but the winner of this contest will also receive the following from Chicago’s most coveted wedding vendors:

One night stay at Sax Hotel, Dinner for Two, Flowers, Limo Service, Proposal and Love Story Video, Hair/Makeup/Facial & Massage for the new bride-to-be, Custom Stationary, Chocolates & Sweets, Linens, Spray Tan

Please share the contest page on your Facebook page to spread the word! THANKS!

Next Week

Young Professional Women of Chicago Happy Hour

Chicago ladies are you part of our Meetup group yet? The Young Professional Women of Chicago Meetup page will post fun professional, social and community events in Chicago including all Ms. Career Girl Connect events.  Join us next Wednesday (2/8) at Standard Bar & Grill in Wicker Park for a casual Happy Hour. I hope to meet some of you in person there!

March

Ms. Career Girl Connect: Health & Wellness Edition

Thursday March 15th will be our 4th Ms. Career Girl Connect event!  As usual we’ll have complimentary champagne, appetizers, gift bags (for the first 50 women to arrive) and an expert panel discussion.  Since most of us want to get fit and loose a few pounds this year, we’ve brought on a holistic health coach, registered dietitian, body image coach and personal trainer to answer all your questions and make sure your new years resolutions are on track!  Please submit any (confidential) questions you have for the panelists to me via email (nicole@mscareergirl.com)!  Register here – ticket prices go up the longer you wait.

I’m very excited to have a guest post by Chloe Esposito of UnderitAll.com today. Thanks for sharing your story so honestly Chloe! I know there are many other women who’ve experienced the same thing. -Nicole

They say the way to success is to climb on the shoulders of those who have already been there.

So when I took a secretarial position at one of the largest media companies in the world, I thought it would be a great place to start. In fact, directing calls, coordinating and assisting executive meetings and learning to ease stress in times of last-minute needs and malfunctions became quite rewarding; rewarding until the vulnerability and hospital nature of my position made me a prime target for men trying to pick up women on the job.

After four years of college I didn’t think my most essential skill  would be defending my secretarial territory in a corporate jungle filled with overly aggressive and powerful men.

My naivety to the outstanding issue that surfaces in most work environments ended one afternoon when helping an executive set up a meeting. I noticed the executive’s middle-aged guest giving me ‘the stare down.’ It wasn’t long before the meeting was out and the same older man was at my desk asking if I was married. Shocked and embarrassed, since he had no shame in asking me in front of the entire office, I told him no, which later lead to a long and painful rant of how well he would treat me and how I should find out by getting drinks and dinner with him.

I had no idea what to do as the entire office stared at me. I remember sinking lower and lower into my chair trying to think of what to say next. However, the only thing I could come up with was a timid, “No, thank-you,” which obviously didn’t stand a chance with a professional negotiator.

I found out, however, that I did the right thing. I was told, “I’ve seen it happen before- young professional turns down older executive, squashes his ego, older executive seeks revenge, young professional gets fired.” If I wanted to keep my job, I would have to stay clear of harming any egos, and get back to work.

However, after many more instances, I became fed up. I finally threw in the towel when I saw a well-established journalist/anchor get off the elevator in a panic. A man who worked in the building had followed her into the elevator, assaulted her and then ran off when the elevator opened.

I didn’t care whom the man was. I called security, they reviewed the tapes, and within that same day, the man was fired.

No matter what anyone says, sexual harassment and discrimination should never be tolerated. The most disappointing part, however, is that most don’t speak up about it, and the ones that do, such as in the recent Herman Cain sexual assault allegations, often have alternative agendas…

However, what about those that are looking for justice?

According to a report, 17.3% of women and 4.8% of men in a sample group had quit their job because of sexual harassment and 7.1% of the women had missed work for the same reason. In another study, 96% of victims reported emotional stress manifested in nervousness, fear, anger or sleeplessness and 63% developed physical reactions such as headaches, nausea and weight loss. The most mind-boggling part is that employees who used confrontation to cope with the harassment tended to experience worse job outcomes than others did. [1]

Recent confessions from Megan Fox, Gwynth Paltrow, Charlize Theron and Lisa Rinna have proven just this by stating how famous directors and producers have asked them for sexual favors in exchange for fame. Megan Fox told GQ last year how devastated she was by the number of Hollywood directors who have tried to sleep with her since becoming famous, along with Gwyneth Paltrow, who told Elle Magazine she had worked very hard on a deal, only to discover that ‘the people’ wanted it to be completed in the bedroom. Lastly, Lisa Rinna lost an important role in a TV series after refusing to have sex with the producer.

Don’t get me wrong, the proximity and time spent with co-workers at the workplace can in fact lead to healthy and happy relationships. A recent sample even showed that 25% of men 35% of women found love at the workplace and accepted it as normal.1 The issue at hand here, however, is recognizing that underneath socially acceptable behavior in the workplace lays a solid truth: sexual harassment does in fact exist and people need to know how to recognize, act and responsibly handle threatening and uncomfortable situations that effect their careers.

Below are the 6 facts every professional should know about sexual harassment in the workplace:

1. Sexual harassment violates the law when you submit to sexual demands to keep your job or when behavior creates an intimidating, hostile and offensive working environment. If you find yourself in any of these situations you have the right to file a complaint because it is violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
2. Act immediately and speak directly to the person at the time harassment occurs. Make it extremely clear that you are not interested and do not like to be touched while talking. Perhaps the actor was not intentional? Either way, if it bothered you speak up.
3. If it persists keep a diary of what is happening with dates, times and places. Another option is to keep your phone with a recorder near by to record any ongoing instances. Record as much evidence as you can, for it can help you if the person does not stop.
4. Don’t be afraid to talk about it. After a few instances I encountered I talked to my boss about what I was experiencing. It turned out she was used to dealing with the issue long before I took the position. We collaborated on what I should do and say if someone approached me again. She also told her boss about the situation incase it happened again. It felt really great knowing the company had my back and was willing to take action if it happened again.
5. Retaliation is illegal so if you are transferred to a lower-paying job, passed over for promotion or let go; you can report this to an enforcement agency such as The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
6. If you’re a boss, business or company owner don’t risk ignoring complaints because you can land in serious legal and financial trouble. According to Foxnews.com, even though most sexual harassment charges don’t reach a jury trial and almost 60% of sexual harassment charges are determined to have “no reasonable cause,” victims were still awarded more than $121 million in 2009. In addition, if the case were to go to trial, victims could obtain an average of $275,000. So don’t push it under the rug!

Whether you have experienced, witnessed or heard a story like mine, it is my hope that we can all be prepared on how to take action immediately if this common, yet buttoned up, workplace predicament happens to you.

• Have you experienced sexual harassment in the workplace? 
• How did you handle it?
• Were you satisfied or upset with how the situation was taken care of?

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about my career since graduating college, it’s to trust your gut and do your due diligence.  Ok, that’s two things.  Let me explain.

I’ve worked for four different companies since I graduated college in 2006.  Of those, two were fantastic in their integrity, staff, core values and way of doing business.  The other two…not so much.

I had a gut feeling about the two that turned out to be shady. But, how exactly does one verify these often ignored gut feelings during a job interview process?  Well, you find a site that allows you to do a webcheck or business search on the directors, financial records, lawsuits and reputation of the company you are interviewing with.  I don’t know if there were sites like this 6 years ago, but if there were and I had known the truth, I probably would have re-considered 2 of my job offers.  All my gut feelings turned out to be true – wish I could’ve verified them before having to get back on the job hunt…

Another form of in-person due diligence is to meet with non-management team members of the firm you’re interviewing with.  I know this isn’t always possible, but it never hurts to ask. I believe company employees within the job function you are interviewing for will give you the feedback, honest answers and information you need to put facts behind your gut feelings.  Ask these folks:

• Do you like your job?
• Which managers do you like working for?
• Where do you see your future in the company?
• What’s the biggest challenge of your workday?
• What could this company improve on?

Have you worked for a company that turned out to be a bit shady?  What did you do?

Do you do due diligence before accepting a job offer?  What is your process?

You can read more about my experiences at shady companies in these articles:

• Interview Liars
• Confessions of a Former Sub-Prime Lender
• Big Lies About Your First Job

I must have spent days upon days in my cubicle dreaming I could be self-employed and working from my adorable home office. I wanted independence. I did not want to have to rely on other people so much to make a living.

Now I AM self-employed. My home office is NOT adorable. And, I’ve learned that being 100% independent is the fastest way to sink my business. There is nothing more important than relying on other people.

I love the following quote from Keith Ferrazi’s book “Never Eat Alone:”

Autonomy is a life vest made out of sand. Independent people who do not have the skills to think and act interdependently may be good individual producers, but they won’t be seen as good leaders or team players. Their careers will begin to stutter and stall before too long.

I saw it every day at JPMorgan: people in my department were fantastic at what they did. Unlike my accounts, their interest & fees always came out perfectly calculated down to the penny. Mine were sometimes a mess. Often times these brilliant Excel afficionados would miss team meetings or skip out on team lunches to put their head in the sand and do great work. This is what they thought would help their career. I’d argue that it didn’t.

And from what they told me, none of my co-workers took advantage of JPMorgan’s amazing mentorship program like I did. I become friendly with the Commercial Bank’s head of HR. When I put in my resignation, I received a call from her within minutes. She urged me to stay and asked if I’d be interested in a position they had created within their department that I could interview for within the next few days. I decided not to go down that path but I still feel comfortable reaching out to this woman today.

I was dying to get one step closer to an independent, entrepreneurial career. After all, entrepreneurs are “independent,” right?

Over the last 6 months I’ve tested a lot of products and services with the goal of independence. I decided on offering social marketing services. Sounds 100% fun, creative and independent, right? It’s not. Nor do clients just come right to you. I’ve had to really adjust my mindset from “you’re a marketer,” to, “you’re in sales.”

A few years ago when I was hell bent on growing the readership of this very blog and learning all about online marketing, I got into the habit of meeting at least 2 people for coffee every week before, after or during lunch at my day job. It was during this time that I was writing my best work and also what lead to me getting two book writing opportunities by age 25. PEOPLE got me there, I didn’t get there myself. I’m adopting the same mentality and taking the same networking actions again today for my marketing business and it is working fantastically.

You will never reach the highest levels of your career or personal life without the support of others. Believe it.

I didn’t say that depending on others would be comfortable or natural. I just said it’s crucial.

How many of you connect your goals to PEOPLE who can help you achieve them?

Probably not many of you- I never used to associate my goals with people either.

Here’s the secret: focus on helping people achieve THEIR goals.

The more people you help, the more people will help YOU some day or introduce you to someone who can. Don’t keep track, don’t meet up with high expectations, don’t meet for coffee only when you need something. Start depositing into your social bank account today and make it a regular habit. When shit hits the fan, these people may be all you’ve got. And, trust me, shit WILL hit the fan.

Have you deposited into your social bank account lately?  

Do you have any equity in others right now? If not, what are you going to do to change it?

“I’m going to die alone!” is the sarcastic, yet slightly serious cry of many of my single girlfriends.

What if you were? Now what?

Ironically, my epiphany was born on a treadmill. Rihanna’s “Rockstar 101″ had quickly become both a mantra and favorite workout track. Exercising had become necessary for my sanity at the time. Feeling rejected both by men and a job hunt during the recession, fitness was the only area where I would put in effort and see results. I escaped to the gym, my sanctuary of solitude from all the stressors in my life. If I worked out, I knew that I hadn’t neglected my own needs that day. If I didn’t have a man, I would give myself the attention that I wanted from a man, and make myself feel beautiful.

While on the treadmill, Rihanna boldly belted through my iPod’s headphones, “To be what you isn’t, gotta be what you are…”

It hit me. What if I would never be anyone’s girlfriend or wife? What if this was it? Would this be enough? Would I be enough for me? I couldn’t do it anymore. I couldn’t be single and miserable.

It was time to surrender to the idea of being indefinitely single. If you’ve been single for a while, you probably want to punch every person who says the cliché phrase, “Don’t worry. He will come. Just be patient.” I’m not going to do that to you, #TeamSingle. I’m just going to ask you, “What if he doesn’t?” So what? Realize your worst fears. You’re single. You’re not dead. You will survive single.

We live in a society that presupposes that being single is a sad thing, but it doesn’t have to be. Now, you could either be single and miserable, single and desperate, or..

you can rock single like a fresh pair of Louboutins that will never go out of style. It’s your choice, and you do have a choice.

Yes, there are women who never get married or who divorce and never remarry. They’re fine. I resolved that if I were going to die alone, my concept of single needed a makeover. I had to take single by the stilettos and work it like a runway. If I was going down single, I was going down making single look good.

That day, I resolved to being single and satisfied, and never looked back. I’d tried dating and miserable, desperate and miserable, and single and miserable. None of them were good looks for me. The pain of each situation hurt too much to revisit. But single and happy? This was a concept that I’d barely even seen. It became my happiest scenario yet. Getting there didn’t come without a fight. I had to get honest with myself to let go of some of my insecurities and weaknesses. Like my body on that treadmill, it was no longer about where I was going, but what I was becoming.

“But Bonnie, that’s easy to say in theory, but I still want to get married one day,” you say. So do I.

“Single and satisfied” doesn’t mean you’re not open to romantic love. It simply means, that contrary to popular belief, you don’t really need it to feel complete, joyful, or like you’re living a full life. You find other ways to meet your needs. You resolve that if you needed something you would have it, and if you don’t have it, you must not need it because you’re surviving without it. It means that you’re seriously no longer searching, but attracting what fits with your destiny. In fact, the idea that someone may disrupt your new-found contentment with life will make you nervous. There is no settling for the single and happy. The bar has been raised for all of their dating partners. Their partners don’t have to beat out “single and miserable” or an ex-lover that got it wrong. Their potential mates have to convince them to give up their lifelong exclusive marriage to their oldest friend– themselves. It’s a tall order. However, it is the very reason why being single and satisfied not only improves your singlehood, but also any potential relationships.

In fact, I attract more men now than ever before. There’s something exceptional about the swagger of a woman who knows that she’s not missing anything… except for maybe a black guitar (according to Rihanna). Rock your singlehood, ladies.

Hello Career Girls!

I’m Lauren. Nice to meet you all. I know we don’t know each other yet, so I though I’d go ahead and let you get to know me the best way I know how- by completely embarrassing myself.

A month or so back, I had a falling out with a guy I was dating. It wasn’t the best ending to our little romance. Our offices are in the same area so I knew that seeing him again was inevitable. It had to happen. The day finally came and I saw him from across the street, at an awkwardly painful distance. We were too far away to get it over with and say hello, yet just close enough to see each other and know that running away was not an option.

After what seemed like the longest minute of my life, we finally crossed paths. I pulled my hand out of my pocket and what did I do? I saluted him. Saluted him?!? What was I thinking?? How was a salute my body’s first reaction? I was so embarrassed. (I would like to take this a step back and say that no one in my family has any affiliation with the armed forces, therefore making this reaction even odder). 

And what acknowledgment did I get from him in return? The head nod. You know the one. The I’m-too-cool-to-take-my-hands-out-of-my-pockets- “sup bro” head nod. Oh how I despise that nod.

This whole situation has made me think. For me, running into an ex outside of a bar or a friend’s party has been rare until now. In those instances you can just keep hold of your drink, blend into the crowd, or look busy talking to others. But now the ex encounter has infiltrated the workday. So what do you do?  How do you appropriately deal with the (sober) ex-run in?

As budding career professionals we’ve been groomed to have the firm handshake. But this is just one of those situations where the handshake is not appropriate.  Should we pull an Obama and go in for the fist bump? Take it back old school and bring it up for the high-five? Or should we just commit to the classic wave?

Obviously, the wave it not my default reaction.

The next time I saw this gentleman, I clenched my fists in my pockets in fear of another salute and gave the most enthusiastic, “Hi!” you’ve ever heard in your life.  It would have made you think I was greeting the delivery man who was carrying a million dollar check for me.  Again, head nod from him. Ugh.

This last time I ran into him, I was mad. Mad that I ran into him again and mad that I was about to embarrass myself once again. But I was so busy wracking my head with the most appropriate way to say hello, I just completely passed him, totally ignoring his presence. But it worked! At least, I didn’t feel embarrassed. Who knows what my face looked like when I passed him though, full of so many thoughts!

So what do you think? Which is best reaction for an accidental ex meet-up? Is it more appropriate to be formal but awkward? Excited yet fake? Or just give the cold ignore?

I wish that my story, due to the level of embarrassment, is not comparable to yours, but I think that a lot of you out there might be able to relate. So let’s start a conversation. Us career girls have got to stick together and help each other out!

Do you have a story? What do you think is best? Let’s talk.

-Lauren

Wanting to start your own business feels a lot like a bug bite. It itches and you scratch at it all day long. When it bites — some bite back. Others simply spread ointment over it and call it a day. I tip my hat to women in business — the ones that say, “screw the ointment, I’ve got to scratch this thing.”

Last night I had the chance to sit through a Junior League of Dallas speaking engagement, “How to start a business?” featuring several local female entrepreneur who shared some interesting stories.  Here are several insights that I learned while listening to women that apparently said no to the ointment.

On Discovery – Discovering your talent is rarely a choice.

Discovery is often born out of the shadows. Many of the female entrepreneurs that spoke last night  (and that I’ve read about) had no idea that they were onto something or how valuable their talents were. Their entrepreneurial talents were simply disguised as “things that they do”.  As one panelist put it “ You kind of figure out along the way what works best for you.”

The birthplace of entrepreneurial talents can reveal itself within one of several categories. Some of the ones we heard about last night were:

▪ Crafts and hobbies
Interior designers, florists and bestsellers tell us time and time again that they’re simply doing something they love. I know it’s corny — but I’m actually starting to believe it. Many of the women out there pursuing their dreams and profiting from it are doing it well because they love it.

▪ Survival techniques
One woman spoke of her desperate need to flip her house once she’d divorced. She’d done it so well that she realized she could actually make a living off of it. I’m constantly amazed by the amount of women who didn’t have an opportunity fall out of the sky and into their laps — but instead were hit over the head with a challenge. The skills that these women needed to survive then morph into profit bearing tactics —  and they never look back. Brilliant.

▪ Obsessions
Healthy eaters, fashionistas, bloggers and filmmakers. They’ve all got one thing in common. They can’t escape their passion. These women are normally not only outstanding female entrepreneurs — but they’re often on a roll with a huge niche following, plenty to share with their communities and endless personal fulfillment.

▪ Lifelong Skills
This could apply to just about anyone — but I point it out for women in particular because it’s often the precursor to entrepreneurial efforts in male dominated fields.

Whether this further supports the idea that current the lack of women in these fields can be attributed to the educational system is another post entirely — regardless, a lot of the reading and listening that I’ve done reveals that women excelling (and starting women owned businesses) in male dominated fields were raised with an early introduction to it.

On Execution- What pushes the female entrepreneur to act?

Each of the female speakers last night that had started their own businesses had heavy external influences. It isn’t just about the desire to make money (although indeed it’s one of the end goals)— but they’re also seeking a certain lifestyle, trying to survive, or looking for more fulfillment. Three incentives I pulled from the panel last night?

▪ Financial Hardship
The female entrepreneur is often born out of necessity.

▪ Unfulfilling work environment
She is also born out of frustration.

▪ Perfect Partnerships
Whether it be the spouse, best friend or a perfect stranger— finding another talent that complements their own is a big incentive for women.

On Achievement – When do women say to themselves, “job well done!”?

How these women gauge their own success is probably the most valuable takeaway. Because the fear of failure is the greatest barrier to any sort of entrepreneurship, benchmarks  — whether too high, low or just right — are pivotal to any businesses survival.

The majority of last night’s panel was pretty clear about what they considered success — positive publicity. Whether it was news story coverage, winning a competition, magazine cover spots, or a radio station shout-out, recognition from the community as an established brand and business was a key indicator of having reached a certain level of success.

What I’ll leave you with.

Many of us will avoid scratching bug bites. It hurts, it may leave scars and half the time the pain heavily outweighs the relief. But what many of us have to realize (despite what we may have been taught) —  is that the relief is more than worth it, the scars will heal, and your skin grows tougher. There’s nothing “unpretty” about it. So — to the women who scratch their bug bites, let’s rejoice in your relief and celebrate your accomplishments so that more of us will follow your lead!

Do you feel the entrepreneurial bug bite?  Are you scratching it or sticking it out in corporate america?  

WHY do you think you feel the entrepreneurial itch?

Before reading today’s post be sure to read part 1, “Before the Barre: My Pre- Barre Bee Fit Experience.”

I ended my last post with, “confidence is a funny thing, not enough and you think you’re a fool; too much and you are the darn fool.”  When it comes to my experience at Barre Bee Fit, emphasis is on the latter part of that quote.  In my last post, I made a sarcastic reference to “feeling the burn from 2 pounds.” Well, sure enough that is exactly what happened.

In my first class, there were 2 pound weights involved and I felt the burn alright. Thighs shaking, face drained with sweat and heart rate high, I made it through the first class. I also remember thinking to myself, “shouldn’t this be called G.I. Jane studio?” because I certainly felt like I had just undergone military training.

My second class was just as great and by great, I mean my thighs were shaking again. In fact, at the time of writing this post, I have attended five classes and each time I leave feeling like I have been put through the physical wringer. What does an average military training, oh, excuse me, Barre Bee Fit class consist of? Well, there is no average Barre Bee Fit class. For starters, it really isn’t anything like military training; it is far too sophisticated and glamorous for that.  Their classes of 45 minutes to an hour are a mixture of strength training, circuit workouts, dance poses and stretches.

You work every single muscle in your body, even those tiny muscles that you don’t pay attention to when you do cardio or lift weights. What’s great about their classes too is that each class is different each week, so you really target different muscles as well as target muscles from different angles.  Yes, you will hear the instructor repeat things like, “poke it, poke it” but don’t be fooled.  That poke takes a lot of effort! Notwithstanding my military training jokes, the classes are great for any one at any exercise level but the fitness instructor will push you to work at your best so no matter what, you will feel “the burn.” I also love the music at Barre Bee Fit, which changes in each class and if you’re worried about any guys watching you while you “poke it,” the classes are targeted for women.

So, what did I learn from my Barre Bee fit experience? That I should probably have never quit dance! Other than that, to always try something new for your body. A lot of us go to the gym or run and do the same thing for our bodies over and over. But just like our brains, our bodies need to be learning new things. At Barre Bee Fit, this is something they are clearly on top of. If you need any extra motivation, below is a picture I came across that typifies my experience at Barre Bee Fit and what we should all experience when we work out. The truth is in seeing how far we can push our bodies, we often see what our minds are made of too.

Cheers,

Kovie

Hi All,