<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 06:21:30 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Developmental Musings</category><category>Current Events</category><category>Links Gallerie</category><category>Luxurious Findings</category><category>Things to Look Forward To</category><category>People I Admire</category><category>Fantastical Empowerment</category><category>Heaven&#39;s Six</category><title>Fabulous in the City</title><description>[A Guide to Creating The Life I&#39;ve Always Wanted]</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-3118012686550739798</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-22T10:44:05.163-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Links Gallerie</category><title>Links Gallerie</title><description>Yay!! Another episode of Links Gallerie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has been a short week, post-wise, and as I&#39;ve been doing a lot of resting since Sunday, I haven&#39;t been doing much surfing these past few days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, in the time that I have spent online, I&#39;ve found some rather cool sites to drift through, so here they are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://beauty.ivillage.com/0,,9jlxfdd5,00.html?pp_user=r2hfoster@hotmail.com&amp;amp;pp_ticket=iv%252F2%252FoV4ILSt6&quot;&gt;The Makeover-O-Matic&lt;/a&gt;, from iVillage. The basic version is free, and the process of adding your own photo is kind of tedious, but it&#39;s fun to see yourself with celebrity haircuts. Even if the proportions are funky, and you can&#39;t really do much about it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/&quot;&gt;The Four-Hour Workweek Blog&lt;/a&gt;. Just reading the blog made me take a look at some of the things that I&#39;m doing - like stressing out and going into false labor. I think I&#39;m going to take more time out for me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://upumpitup.com/&quot;&gt;UPumpItUp.com&lt;/a&gt;. This is something like a social network, created by Mandy Moore and the &quot;Wellness Team.&quot; As a part of this community, you take on challenges to help you improve different aspects of your life. I&#39;ve taken on about eight of them, which I&#39;ll be starting next week. New season, new start, I always [not really] say.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Well, that&#39;s all that I&#39;ve got for you this week. I should be nice and fresh Monday morning, so we&#39;ll give it a go then. Until then, Happy Easter and have a great [rest of the] weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
Sincerely,
Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/links-gallerie_22.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-1463181324420256951</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-19T20:25:32.932-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Developmental Musings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">People I Admire</category><title>One of Those Head-Scratching Moments...</title><description>I&#39;m browsing through the blog of Tim Ferriss [The 4-Hour Work Week author] when I come across a link to one of his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/07/24/mail-your-child-to-sri-lanka-or-hire-indian-pimps-extreme-personal-outsourcing/&quot;&gt;posts&lt;/a&gt; within his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/01/11/when-keeping-in-touch-hurts-vs-helps-you-plus-win-a-virtual-assistant-for-2008/#more-239&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt;. [If you haven&#39;t noticed, I&#39;ve somewhat modeled my blog after his - or tried to, anyway. I have no idea how that&#39;s working out for me, but it&#39;s something to do.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I was simply expecting to read about his take on extreme outsourcing [I haven&#39;t even read the post yet], I find a video embedded into the post. I could tell that it was a news story from the caption - but I didn&#39;t pay attention to the network that it came from.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talk about a shocker. And I was drinking a Coke at that particular moment, so you can imagine the possible mess that would have made. Thank you, Gas Chamber. [It&#39;s an Army training thing - you can calm down now.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, this is a news story from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theonion.com/content/index&quot;&gt;The Onion&lt;/a&gt;, so I just laughed through the entire thing. It amazes me that these &quot;newscasters&quot; can keep a straight face when reading these stories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And of course, when I go to the website to check my link, what do I find?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Black Guy Asks Nation For Change&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s an article about Barack Obama, but you can&#39;t help but see the humor in it. Even though it&#39;s a little on the racist side. We&#39;ll let that slide for humor&#39;s sake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. I mentioned Tim Ferriss in a press release that I wrote today for the Houston Business Journal. We&#39;ll see if it gets picked up. Cross your fingers for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
Sincerely,
Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/one-of-those-head-scratching-moments.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-8226301446833355213</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-19T13:45:15.214-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Current Events</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Things to Look Forward To</category><title>The Space City Appeal and The &quot;Help Me Out&quot; Sweepstakes</title><description>As I said I would, here is more information on my latest project - and I think this will be a winner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Not that &lt;a href=&quot;http://daynajones.org/&quot;&gt;DJC&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://signature.daynajones.org/&quot;&gt;Signature&lt;/a&gt; won&#39;t be winners. Speaking of which, I&#39;ve added a new product to the Signature line, so be sure to sign up for our &lt;a href=&quot;http://signature.daynajones.org/&quot;&gt;mailing list&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new project is called The Space City Appeal. It&#39;s a free e-mail newsletter that gives you all the inside scoops that the Houston metropolis has to offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essentially, it&#39;s a localized version of a certain newsletter that I subscribe to. Plus, it&#39;s a paper-free way to get the news that you want sent straight to your inbox.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first editions of The Space City Appeal [The SCA for short] will be delivered on May 1, 2008, and a subscription form has been supplied &lt;a href=&quot;http://appeal.daynajones.org/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. It&#39;ll be a real treat, and I&#39;m looking forward to working with Houston businesses [and writers - let me know if you&#39;re interested] to create a better sense of community in the area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Furthermore, to promote The SCA [and DJC], I&#39;ve decided to start a contest. It&#39;s the &quot;Help Me Out&quot; Sweepstakes, and everyone that enters gets a chance to win three months of personal concierge service for FREE. All you have to do is sign up for a subscription to The SCA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This promotion will end April 20th, 2008, so be sure to &lt;a href=&quot;http://appeal.daynajones.org/&quot;&gt;sign up today&lt;/a&gt;! And tell all your friends, family, and colleagues - I&#39;m sure they&#39;ll appreciate the information.&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
Sincerely,
Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/space-city-appeal-and-help-me-out.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-2626588996022505671</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-17T21:33:10.717-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Current Events</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Developmental Musings</category><title>Oh, the Irony... Or Something Like That</title><description>Today is St. Patrick&#39;s Day, I&#39;m in stuck in the house on roommate-imposed bedrest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Something is definitely wrong with that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had another contraction scare yesterday while at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://bn.com/&quot;&gt;Library&lt;/a&gt;, and the nurse there gave me two doses of the &quot;I&#39;ll relax your uterus but jumpstart your heart&quot; medicine and 10 milligrams of Ambien. I&#39;m still not back to normal yet and that was almost twenty-four hours ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, I went to see my doctor today, and I was high. How embarrassing. Although I did decided that I want a baby shower and chocolate cookies with baby blue MM&#39;s baked inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And in the midst of drug-induced sleep sessions, I decided to start another project. [I think three may be the magic number, but we&#39;ll see.] I&#39;m still a little groggy, so I&#39;ll tell you a little about it later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And this situation may not be ironic at all, but I still don&#39;t like it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
Sincerely,
Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/oh-irony-or-something-like-that.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-2726825347073746126</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-15T13:08:59.068-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Links Gallerie</category><title>Links Gallerie</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/357347114_3e534d3c74_m.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; height=&quot;228&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/357347114_3e534d3c74_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to another edition of Links Gallerie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week has been pretty mellow, so the links won&#39;t be too shocking. In fact, that&#39;s pretty much all the introduction that I&#39;m going to give.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are my links for the week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kaboodle.com/&quot;&gt;Kaboodle.com&lt;/a&gt;. If you haven&#39;t been to this site yet, I&#39;d suggest you make it a priority. If you like making lists and meeting random people, that is. In fact, you can add me as a friend. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://style.com/&quot;&gt;Style.com&lt;/a&gt;. This is the online home of the CandyCast - and Vogue magazine. If you get the chance, go listen to her rant about trunks, or whatever she&#39;s talking about now.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lifehack.org/&quot;&gt;Lifehack.org&lt;/a&gt;. This is one of new favorite blogs. Not that it&#39;s new - it&#39;s been around since 2005. It&#39;s full of great tips and advice on productivity and other stuff that may prove useful.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://teamsugar.com/&quot;&gt;TeamSugar.com&lt;/a&gt;. This is the online hub for all the [blank]Sugar websites. The format of this community is really cool, and all the cool things that you can read about could really take up a lot of time - if you&#39;re into that sort of thing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://zoomstart.com/&quot;&gt;Zoomstart.com&lt;/a&gt;. This is another blog that I like. It&#39;s more focused on creating &quot;zoom&quot; for your business. With a lot of great articles on marketing, book reviews, and lists of software and websites that can really give you a leg up, this blog has made it to my favorites list. Go check it out if you&#39;re starting a business, or even working with one that you wish would improve.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;So, how was your week?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. You have no idea how excited I am about my first comment. It was from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://selfmadechick.com/&quot;&gt;Self Made Chick &lt;/a&gt;herself! I think I almost jumped out of my chair when I read that. Thanks again for all the encouraging words, Christine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
Sincerely,
Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/links-gallerie_15.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/357347114_3e534d3c74_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-8288487836809354900</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-16T03:41:10.624-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Current Events</category><title>Get Ready To Rokk!!</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/470283051_b59d6459f4_m.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; height=&quot;157&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/470283051_b59d6459f4_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I&#39;m am proud to say that I went to my first real concert last night. And I saw a really cool band called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;amp;sql=11:34n20r26i48c~T0&quot;&gt;Freezepop&lt;/a&gt;. Yay for having quirking roommates!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a lot of fun. Despite the fact that I was the only pregnant person there, and most of the kids looked like they were thirteen. I tried not to worry about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I even got to be in the front row [of the standing crowd] and touch the Other Sean T. Drinkwater&#39;s hand!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you&#39;ve never heard of this band, you&#39;re not really alone. I&#39;d never heard of them either until I played Guitar Hero with my roommate. Then after that, she turned me on to their music [by listening to it everyday - non-stop]. It&#39;s really catchy, even thouugh some of the song are too funny to take seriously. But I think that&#39;s the mystique of Freezepop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The band is from Boston, but they decided [or so I heard] to stop in Houston after playing in the South By Southwest [SXSW] shindig that everyone&#39;s been talking about. How they found the JavaJazz Coffeehouse, though, will probably be forever beyond me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For my first concert [I&#39;ve never been a big fan of the concert scene], it was a lot of fun. I kind of felt bad because I wasn&#39;t all bouncy and in the front row. Plus, I only really know a few of their songs. But I did get to hear my two favorites [the title of this post is one of them].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, with that being said, if you ever get a chance, go see Freezepop. Do it. Do it now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
Sincerely,
Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-ready-to-rokk.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/470283051_b59d6459f4_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-9053141908434304507</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-12T17:03:37.410-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Luxurious Findings</category><title>NYLO Hotel - Where I Would Love To Be</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://static.dailycandy.com/content/articles/35497/daniel.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 228px;&quot; src=&quot;http://static.dailycandy.com/content/articles/35497/daniel.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to write another post when I woke up today, but I accidentally pulled another all-nighter last night [I have got to stop doing that], so I am just waking up. Horrible, I know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was checking my email yesterday [technically, it was this morning] and I got to reading my &lt;a href=&quot;http://dailycandy.com/&quot;&gt;Daily Candy&lt;/a&gt;. As I was going over the articles, I stopped at the one for Dallas because I saw a name that I remembered from Project Runway - Daniel Vosovic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[I love &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cosanostrainc.com/&quot;&gt;Jeffrey&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lot8online.com/index2.htm&quot;&gt;Chloe&lt;/a&gt;, but Daniel was my favorite from that season.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turns out , Daniel has designed the uniforms for a new hotel in Plano, The Nylo Hotels. From looking at the picture of the housekeeping model, I&#39;d say the uniforms are going to be pretty spiffy. And apparently there are commercial versions of the design on sale at the hotel itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, when I clicked the link to get to the hotel&#39;s online hub, I was quickly taken aback - in a good way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nylohotels.com/&quot;&gt;This place&lt;/a&gt; looks amazing! The lofts [their hotel rooms] are to die for. And seeing that one of my goals is to move into my own loft, I would know. In fact, I&#39;m starting to consider moving to Plano. I wonder how my business would go over there?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus, the place isn&#39;t that expensive at all! They have great weekend specials - even a BOGO promotion [a shopping girl&#39;s best friend]. And their common area is awesome. From what I can tell by gawking at the pictures, anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could go on and on, but I&#39;m still a tad bit sleepy and the fetal bomb is kicking me in the ribs for not letting him rest. Suffice it to say that the Nylo is awesome. If I ever get the chance, I&#39;ll take a weekend and go lounge there for no reason. I don&#39;t know when that will be, but it&#39;s on my to-do list now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of my many to-do lists, anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, what great finds have you come across? Share the wealth with your musings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nylohotels.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/nylo-hotel-where-i-would-love-to-be.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-4497678288015445710</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-11T04:11:12.989-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Developmental Musings</category><title>Don&#39;t Let the Accessories Scare You</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2327/2066231382_18c6cb4633_m.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; height=&quot;178&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2327/2066231382_18c6cb4633_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My roommate and I were on our way to my personal library to learn and grow and enjoy our favorite Starbucks goodies [grande hot chocolate - Godiva, if they still have it- with a shot of hazelnut, and a sugar cookie, please], when she told me the funniest thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;You look like you&#39;re going to beat the crap out of somebody.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, it caught me completely off-guard until I looked at myself in the mirror.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite the fact that I&#39;m about eight months pregnant or so, I still fit into all of my old clothes. So, I was wearing my favorite jeans, a black thermal shirt, a black jacket, and black and white running shoes. [Don&#39;t ask me why I wear running shoes. I haven&#39;t run a foot since my training days in the Army.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The real reason that she made that comment was apparently in the accessories I was wearing: black hoop earrings, reflective aviator sunglasses [it was still bright outside], and a metal belt with a huge skull-shaped buckle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I laughed. But I get her point. Especially when people have always either stared at me&lt;br /&gt;[they tend to do that even more when you&#39;re pregnant, for some reason. Geez - find some manners and use them, people!] or avoided making eye contact as if doing so would bring on the Plague. Apparently I tend to have a &quot;mean&quot; look on my face all the time, too, so I generally give off an all-around &quot;Don&#39;t f**k with me&quot; vibe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What can I say? It&#39;s how I was raised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I will say this: it&#39;s not that I&#39;m genuinely mean or violent. It just takes me a while to let people in. But, as many of my horoscope and tarot readings tell me, once you&#39;re in, you&#39;re in for life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But don&#39;t let the things that I wear give you a certain impression about who I am or what I stand for. I just really like skulls and aviators. It&#39;s a personal preference, not a scare tactic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/dont-let-accessories-scare-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2327/2066231382_18c6cb4633_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-5383958060828743146</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-11T02:04:37.134-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Luxurious Findings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Things to Look Forward To</category><title>More Candy That I&#39;ll Be Enjoying</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/509317838_a91955ffb8_m.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; height=&quot;163&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/509317838_a91955ffb8_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;While I was surfing the internet this weekend, and I found a few things that peaked my interest. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;[Yes, I surf the internet a lot. I&#39;m pregnant and looking for ways to grow my business. What do you expect?]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The first one was The &lt;a href=&quot;http://dailycandy.com/&quot;&gt;Daily Candy&lt;/a&gt;. The site itself is okay, I guess. I&#39;m more interested in what they do. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;When you sign up, you&#39;ll receive daily newsletters about fashion, travel, and even great deals and sales. They don&#39;t have an option for Houston, but I chose &#39;Everywhere,&#39; &#39;Dallas,&#39; &#39;London,&#39; and &#39;New York&#39; as my places to learn about. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So now, I can look forward to adding my Daily Candy to my morning ritual. [Checking my inbox for news newsletters is one of the first things I do everyday. Right after blogs and prenatal vitamins.] &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The other piece of Candy that I&#39;m looking forward to is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.style.com/trends/candy&quot;&gt;CandyCast&lt;/a&gt; on Vogue magazine&#39;s online home. This is an animated podcast by Candy Pratts Price, where she sits on the edge of her desk with her crazy hair and talks about random stuff. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;[This is my first impression of it, so I could be wrong. And no, I don&#39;t know who Candy Pratts Price is, but I&#39;ll be sure to look into it.]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;While watching this strange new CandyCast, I caught a glimpse of advertisement for the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation, and decided to find out more. Apparently some liguor producer gives grants to six designers every year so they can produce a show during Fashion Week. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Though I&#39;m not an avid drinker, I do love Fashion Week. If I ever get the chance, I&#39;ll be sure to start keeping up with it, instead of just watching it from Project Runway&#39;s point of view.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-candy-that-ill-be-enjoying.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/509317838_a91955ffb8_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-7012953100358086180</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-11T00:42:58.177-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Luxurious Findings</category><title>My It List</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/52058086_33ac4a5d97_m.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; height=&quot;182&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/52058086_33ac4a5d97_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was checking out the &lt;a href=&quot;http://vfinsider.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Vanity Fair&lt;/a&gt; website this weekend, and I came across one of their new features - The It List, in the Vanity Fair Insider section.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s a nifty little section to play around with. I found some things that look rather interesting, and some things that I can definitely do without.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#39;s my It List so far.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfinsider.com/detail.asp?i=29&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jantzen Vamp Maillot&lt;/a&gt;. I&#39;ve always loved the one-piece bathing suits from the old Hollywood era, and this one is insanely cute. I&#39;ll be picking that one up at the Gallerie as soon as I&#39;m back to swimsuit condition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfinsider.com/detail.asp?i=39&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Johnson&#39;s Softlotion Melt Away Stress&lt;/a&gt;. I love Johnson&#39;s body products. I won&#39;t lie - I use baby lotion and oil on my own skin, so I&#39;ll probably be running out of the stuff at an abnormally fast pace.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfinsider.com/detail.asp?i=49&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fiji Water Home Delivery&lt;/a&gt;. I didn&#39;t know that Fiji had a home delivery service, but now that I do, I think I&#39;ll be giving it a shot - as well as suggesting it to my clients. Not only does it give you an incentive to drink more water [which I hate], but it helps give clean water to deprived children in other countries. Warms my heart...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfinsider.com/detail.asp?i=80&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lipari Gown by Diane von Furstenberg&lt;/a&gt;. I love this dress. Especially now that I&#39;m really starting to show. It&#39;s a great color, too - teal looks rather nice on me, if I do say so myself.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfinsider.com/detail.asp?i=87&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Berkeley Damier Azur from Louis Vuitton&lt;/a&gt;. I absolutely, positively have to have this bag. It may take me a while to get it, but I have to have it. It&#39;s gorgeous. And so gorgeous. Wait, I said that already, didn&#39;t I?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;So, what&#39;s on your It List? Check out the Vanity Fair Insider section, and tell me all about your favorite picks in the comments section.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. I just joined Technorati, Digg, and Del.icio.us this weekend, so look for me there. Also, feel free to bookmark this blog and share it with someone you know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-it-list.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/52058086_33ac4a5d97_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-559253814691293912</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-11T02:24:37.053-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Links Gallerie</category><title>Links Gallerie</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/357347114_3e534d3c74_m.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; height=&quot;228&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/357347114_3e534d3c74_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Welcome to the very first installment of Links Gallerie. [And yes, I know I spelled &#39;gallery&#39; wrong. It&#39;s an ode to Z Gallerie, one of my favorite furniture stores, and it&#39;s staying that way.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know, another list. What can I say?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this series of lists, I&#39;m going to be listing a bunch of cool sites that I&#39;ve been to during the week, whether they&#39;re for stores and restaurants, or online blogs and shops. I hope you&#39;ll go check some of them out if you get a chance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, without further ado, here we go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://readymademag.com/&quot;&gt;ReadyMadeMag.com&lt;/a&gt;. The online home of ReadyMade magazine. I love digging through the archives for new projects. I used to do construction with my dad when I was a little tomboy - now I&#39;m just a tomboy in heels - so getting my hands dirty is rather fun for me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://creativeprooffice.com/&quot;&gt;CreativeProOffice.com&lt;/a&gt;. Creative Pro Office is a great tool for keeping track of my time and services, and it even allows clients to log in and see their accounts as well. It&#39;s the online program that I&#39;ll be using when I start working with clients.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bn.com/&quot;&gt;BN.com&lt;/a&gt;. I like to think of Barnes and Noble as my personal library. I can go there whenever I want, read all the new and useful books that I want, take notes [which I do - a lot], and drink Starbucks hot chocolate while I learn about new things. What could be better than that?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://men.style.com/&quot;&gt;Men.Style.com&lt;/a&gt;. This is the online home of GQ and Details magazines. Yes, I do read mens&#39; magazines from time to time. It&#39;s where I go to learn about all the cool gadgets and gizmos, not just the frilly ones that women are apparently supposed to be interested in.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://poshtots.com/&quot;&gt;PoshTots.com&lt;/a&gt;. This is a very cool little shop. Not that I can afford anything from it, but it gives me something to look forward to. Plus, I get to look through all the sections and mentally design the fetal bomb&#39;s nursery. It&#39;s how I&#39;m able to be girly in a justifiable way.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;And there you have it. Those are the links of the week. See you next Saturday for more useful sites to see.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/links-gallerie.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/357347114_3e534d3c74_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-1869821450078964285</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-11T01:43:20.004-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fantastical Empowerment</category><title>If I Ever Had a Week and $8,000 To Spend</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/68692339_f57fddfd74_m.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 257px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; height=&quot;151&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/68692339_f57fddfd74_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I was re-reading one of my favorite blog, Self Made Chick, and I&#39;ve decided to take yet another one of Christine O&#39;Kelly&#39;s posts to heart.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;[Christine&#39;s blog is one of the things that gave me the extra push that I needed to start my own business, and I attribute a lot of my new knowledge to her postings. Thank you, Christine, for showing me the way.]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://selfmadechick.com/2007/10/27/contragulations-you-are-now-a-millionaire/&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, Christine talks about using the power of the mind to create the wealth that you want from your business. She talks about how thinking as if you are a millionaire will help you reach your goals by changing the way you think and act on your thoughts. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, in light of this post, I&#39;ve decided to take this approach with &lt;a href=&quot;http://daynajones.org/&quot;&gt;my business&lt;/a&gt;. And I think that the first thing that I would do as a millionaire [besides shopping for about eight hours straight] is go to a spa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As my first step in creating my very own millionaire mindset, I went to &lt;a href=&quot;http://spafinder.com/&quot;&gt;SpaFinder.com&lt;/a&gt; to look for the perfect place to go. Since I&#39;m pregnant, and I&#39;m a workaholic, I decided that I&#39;d like to go somewhere that will allow me to stay in the States and simply relax. After clicking about, I found the perfect place.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://goldendoor.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Golden Door Resort&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even the website is relaxing [the great handiwork of some designer who was probably paid handsomely]. As I looked through the pictures and read through the web pages, I was sold. The other locations look great, but I chose the original spa in Escondido because I love the Asian essence of it. I&#39;m a huge fan of Japanese architecture and culture, so this place does it for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I ever get a week off [I&#39;m speaking from my new mindset now - enjoy the switch], I&#39;ll definitely give a great amount of thought in going there for their Inner Focus program. I would love to spend seven days doing tai chi and sen archery. In fact, now that I&#39;ve seen this, I think I may look a little further into the art of meditation. I love the practice - I just never have enough time to really do some good with it. Maybe a week off would help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/if-i-ever-had-week-and-8000-to-spend.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/68692339_f57fddfd74_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-8812643488089591593</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-11T00:42:33.502-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Developmental Musings</category><title>On a More Personal Note</title><description>I got my first ultrasound images today!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;122&quot; alt=&quot;Ultrasound of Lucian’s Head&quot; src=&quot;http://fabcity.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/lucians-head.thumbnail.jpg&quot; width=&quot;188&quot; /&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;This is the side of his head and spine.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usually you&#39;d get them soon in the pregnancy, but for some reason, my little bomb is a shy one [I have no idea why]. So, my doctor was finally able to get a good shot of him - yes, it&#39;s a boy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have about six more weeks to go before the big day, and I&#39;m starting to get really nervous. I&#39;m putting the finishing touches on the nursery in my spare time, but I still can&#39;t seem to stop worrying - what if I don&#39;t have this, who&#39;s going to remember to bring that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, I guess that&#39;s a mother&#39;s job. It&#39;s just a little strange to start thinking of myself as a mother just yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;WIDTH: 224px; HEIGHT: 160px&quot; height=&quot;121&quot; alt=&quot;Ultrasound of Lucian’s Toe&quot; src=&quot;http://fabcity.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/lucians-toe.thumbnail.jpg&quot; width=&quot;224&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;That&#39;s his foot [the little white dot is an arrow pointing to his big toe].&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-more-personal-note.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-4531340738395468054</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-11T00:39:02.034-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">People I Admire</category><title>Rihanna - An Up-and-Coming Diva</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;200&quot; alt=&quot;A photo by Musicjot&quot; src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1181/1126727624_2ad73079f8_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of today&#39;s It-Girls that I&#39;m really looking forward to seeing more about is Rihanna. The young singer may have some good songs, but I love her new sense of style even more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of my friends and family members say that I resemble her, but I just don&#39;t see it. Though I wouldn&#39;t complain if I did - the girl is gorgeous. But I digress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve seen this girl everywhere - on magazine covers, tv shows, and in her music videos. I must say, I love what&#39;s she&#39;s done with herself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I especially love her hair and makeup. And while I&#39;m not ready to cut my hair again just yet, I would love to steal her hairstyle. Maybe I&#39;ll find a good stylist that can give me a similar feel without sacrificing the length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Be sure to check out my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kaboodle.com/daynajones&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kaboodle lists&lt;/a&gt;. I love this site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/rihanna-up-and-coming-diva.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1181/1126727624_2ad73079f8_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-758733354253693913</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-11T00:28:46.882-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Heaven&#39;s Six</category><title>Heaven&#39;s Six - Designers</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/186207204_c3b234a71d_m.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; height=&quot;228&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/186207204_c3b234a71d_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;Welcome to the first installment of Heaven&#39;s Six.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[This is an idea I cooked up when trying to decide which designer I was going to talk about today. I&#39;m a huge fan of making lists, so this seemed to be a great idea. We&#39;ll see how it goes.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heaven&#39;s Six will be a list of six somethings - whether it&#39;s movies, albums, or today&#39;s topic, designer. These seven things are the best and greatest to me, and I&#39;ll be sharing my reasons why in future Heaven&#39;s Six episodes. [As if this is a tv show...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I&#39;ve already mentioned, todays&#39; topic is designers. While I&#39;m not a big fan of paying crazy prices for someone&#39;s name myself, some designers really stick to me. If I ever had the opportunity, I would probably purchase at least one item from the following people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://212.180.4.184/www.jeanpaulgaultier.com/&quot;&gt;Jean Paul Gaultier&lt;/a&gt;. Ever since I saw his work in The Fifth Element [one of my favorite movies], I&#39;ve been in love with this man&#39;s work. The colors, the cuts, the fabrics, the eccentric nature - it all speaks to me. [Forgive me for sounding so dramatic.]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isaacmizrahiny.com/&quot;&gt;Isaac Mizrahi&lt;/a&gt;. Who doesn&#39;t love Isaac Mizrahi? Great style, great personality, and he has a line at Target. What more can you say?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manoloblahnik.com/start.html&quot;&gt;Manolo Blahnik&lt;/a&gt;. I love heels. Stilhettos and wedges, peeptoes and pumps. And this guy does heels the way I like them - the higher, the better. And it doesn&#39;t hurt that he&#39;s a staple in on of my favorite television series of all times - Sex and the City.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.louisvuitton.com/web/flash/index.jsp;jsessionid=XZADLH5MGR0PQCRBXUDVAFYKEG4RAUPU?buy=1&amp;amp;langue=en_US&quot;&gt;Louis Vuitton&lt;/a&gt;. French designer, American staple. No explanation needed.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.l-a-m-b.com/&quot;&gt;Gwen Stefani&lt;/a&gt;. Say what you will, but I like Gwen&#39;s house of style. It&#39;s quirky, edgy, and sexy all at the same time. Forgive me, but I admire someone who can pull that off and still look as glamorous as she does.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.betseyjohnson.com/&quot;&gt;Betsey Johnson&lt;/a&gt;. The lady is a weirdo [you know she is], and some of her designs are a little too crazy for me. But, I admit - every time I go to the Galleria, I make it a priority to walk into her store just to see what&#39;s there.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;So there you have it. Heaven&#39;s Six Designers, from my point of view. [And no, these aren&#39;t in any distinct order. I&#39;d be here all day if I had to figure that out.]&lt;/p&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/heavens-six-designers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/186207204_c3b234a71d_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-1188619103872318711</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-11T00:08:45.484-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Things to Look Forward To</category><title>The Cinematic Adventure I&#39;m Dying to See</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/2114450940_d1875ed601_m.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/2114450940_d1875ed601_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is probably extremely obvious just from the title of this blogging expedition, but I&#39;ll say it anyway. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am a huge fan of Sex and the City.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I&#39;ve only recently started watching the show [I got hooked my senior year of high school, watching it on TBS], but ever since my first encounter with the girls, I&#39;ve been a true devotee. I&#39;ve made three different boyfriends watch it, and while those guys are long gone, you&#39;ll still catch me comparing something to a certain event from one of the episodes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus, I like to think of myself as all four girls rolled into one. I have Carrie&#39;s love for fashion and romance, and strutting down sidewalks. Samantha is one of my personal heroes when it comes to being a sexy, powerful, and successful woman in a &quot;man&#39;s world.&quot; Miranda is inspiring me to still pursue my dreams and goals, even with a bomb in the oven [as I affectionately call my unborn child]. And Charlotte - well, I don&#39;t really see that much of myself in Charlotte, other than the fact that she&#39;s really reserved, yet can lose it in a heartbeat. But i still love her nonetheless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, with all that being said, you can see why I&#39;m so excited about the movie. Yes, the movie!! I&#39;ll [hopefully] be in line on May 30th, with as many friends in tow as I can force to come with me. And I&#39;ll probably be ranting and raving all about it here, so stay tuned for that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Got something to say? Share your musings in the comments section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Like what you&#39;ve seen so far? Go ahead and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/daynajones&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/cinematic-adventure-im-dying-to-see.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/2114450940_d1875ed601_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-8815780908962069480</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-13T22:17:18.225-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Developmental Musings</category><title>Why I Want to Be a Personal Concierge</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2171/1557567104_5c8848b9c3_m.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 255px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; height=&quot;174&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2171/1557567104_5c8848b9c3_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&#39;ve been looking to start my own business for some time now. I want to be independent and self-sufficient, and I want to do it on my own terms. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&#39;ve had plenty of jobs in the past, and I&#39;m really tired of having to live up to expectations that are lower than my own.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Plus, seeing that I&#39;m about seven months pregnant, no one in corporate America is willing to even give me a chance. But that&#39;s okay - I forgive you. In fact, I want to help you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Helping people is what I do. Whether it&#39;s with kind words [though I&#39;ll never admit to it later on], new ideas, or running errands and taking care of sick friends - I actually like to help people. And it&#39;s not to say that you owe me later on. I really could care less. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Half the time I don&#39;t even realize that I&#39;m helping people - I just tend to do it. [Maybe that&#39;s why everyone thinks I&#39;ll be a good mother. I can&#39;t really tell yet.]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, in looking for the perfect business to start, I scoured the internet, reading through countless articles from Entrepreneur.com and Inc.com and even Visa.com. After giving a few business ideas a try, I came to the conclusion that being a personal concierge is the best thing that I can do.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Not only will I be able to help people who need it, but I&#39;ll be getting paid to do it. Also, I can set my own prices, my own hours, and my own standards and expectations. No more showing up for a paycheck - this is my business, and I get to run it as I see fit. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Being a personal concierge is about helping people create the lifestyle that they&#39;ve always wanted. Whether I&#39;m helping stay-at-home moms or corporate executives, I&#39;m giving them a little more of the one thing that no one can ever get back: time. And being able to say that about myself is really special to me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Plus, being a personal concierge allows me to do all the things that I love to do anyway. I&#39;ll be shopping, keeping things organized, working with multiple projects at once, and staying on top of the latest trends, sins, and events. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;God, I&#39;m so excited about this. [Wouldn&#39;t you be?]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
Sincerely,
Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://fabulousmsjones.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-i-want-to-be-personal-concierge.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Jones)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2171/1557567104_5c8848b9c3_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048028965230965160.post-7683484400137292621</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-09T21:39:45.137-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Developmental Musings</category><title>Welcome!</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCw1-dCasDCEC4Ws3ImkCdpWC_Xre3RnnF8iR0YAPZrhjvX1A5vUfwI4RlwXxu58utpiChQvNV8RrIy5vcNO6z-oOVDlUq7M_eNfjoh9Ydvkemei6668scMA7ITdSa7KT8TZPxvDnjRU/s1600-h/favicon.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177430767894661570&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 61px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 59px; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; height=&quot;98&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCw1-dCasDCEC4Ws3ImkCdpWC_Xre3RnnF8iR0YAPZrhjvX1A5vUfwI4RlwXxu58utpiChQvNV8RrIy5vcNO6z-oOVDlUq7M_eNfjoh9Ydvkemei6668scMA7ITdSa7KT8TZPxvDnjRU/s320/favicon.jpg&quot; width=&quot;89&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Welcome to the very first post of Fabulous in the City! My name is Dayna Jones, and I&#39;ll be your hostess throughout this blogging adventure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fabulous in the City, or &quot;FabCity&quot; as I call it in my head, is [or will be] full of all the random thoughts, musings, and findings that pass through my head as I embark on the awe-inspiring journey of becoming a personal concierge with &lt;a href=&quot;http://daynajones.org/&quot;&gt;The Dayna Jones Company&lt;/a&gt;, or simply DJC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a side project, I&#39;m also looking to start an online stationery and gift shop, where I&#39;ll offer my creations and ideas for public consumption. I&#39;m really excited about FabCity as well as the new endeavors that I&#39;m starting in this new year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With that being said, I hope that you&#39;ll come back often and check up on me - leave me lots of comments and suggestions, and even subscribe [no pressure] to this blog if you really like what you see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://daynajones.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Signature.66124610_std.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://daynajones.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Signature.66124610_std.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dayna Jones&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Thank you for subscribing to me blog. Feel free to check up on me anytime.
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