I must say that although I've been away from the Rain for a period of day, there are just days I feel like I've never left the Rain. When I go to real estate events (stagers or real estate in general), there are still people coming up to me and say hello. That is always an amazing feeling!

I think the last year for me has been fairly challenging and at the same time amazingly exhilirating. There are a lot of changes that occured in my business that sometimes I still cannot believe what had happened?? A lot of things changed since I moved my business out of my house last summer:

• Staged4more moved into a commercial space
• which allowed a lot of new opportunities to open up like retailers, more inventory, etc. (then again, more maintainence and overhead...)
  
• I won a business competition that basically changed my business and my life (check: http://www.countmein.org)
• I think my most challenging aspect for sure: launching a new business venture: EcoJoe, the Original Eco-Friendly St. Joseph Statue Home Selling Kit) (see: www.ecojoekits.com and www.facebook.com/ecojoe) which literally launched last month, and took roughly 9 months to make the actual thing happen!
• And yes, I'm still staging!

All and all it has been amazing and makes me feel incredibly grateful. A lot of it frankly has to do with Active Rain opening up my world 3 years ago. If I didn't start blogging and subsequently get involved with social networking, I wouldn't have this many amazing friends all around the country who continue to support me during my business ventures.

I may have been in and out of the rain, but please keep in touch!!!