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World's Tallest Snowman is a Woman
Posted by: | CommentsThose that know me well know I am from Maine and that I love the state dearly although I have not lived there for almost 20 years. This website shows you one of the the things I love about the state. It’s a spirit, creativity and sense of fun paired with hard work that is rare. The town of Bethel, Maine for the sake of publicity for their town built a giant snowman in 1999 that became the world’s record for snowmen. Then they sat back to see who would break the record. No one did. Last winter they had record breaking snowfall and decided that was the incentive to break their own record. You gotta love those Mainiacs!
Thus was the beginning of Olympia, the world’s largest SnowWoman. Standing 122 feet tall and weighing an estimated 13 million pounds, she was the labor of love of an entire community. She was adorned with hat, scarf, necklace and 30 foot spruce trees for arms. You really need to see the pictures and check out the eyelashes. The builders had a nice sense of humor.
What I love about this story is how it shows the work ethic of the true Mainer – I don’t know too many places where people would be willing to stand inside a giant structure in order to shovel and pack snow. Hard work for sure. Another piece of this story that I love is that it is an example of someone thinking way outside the box and it working. The project was the brainchild of the local Chamber of Commerce and Olympia became a tourist attraction for the month’s of her life. The building process and the size of the project received press attention from all over the world and the Bethel area and its Chamber of Commerce benefited greatly. As you are doing your own business planning, take a cue from those crafty Mainiacs and take a calculated step out of the box.
Tag – Now I'm "It"
Posted by: | CommentsHave you seen the blog game of Tag that is going around? I have just been “tagged” by Linda Dessau of the Idea Generator blog in the game called 7 Things about Me. Here’s how it works – if you are tagged, you write 7 wacky, offbeat, random or unknown things about yourself on your blog, link back to the person that tagged you and link forward to 7 other bloggers who you are tagging. Make sure to include these rules in your post and notify the people you are tagging either with a comment on their blog or a Twitter post. That’s it. A great way to generate some traffic to your blog and help out some fellow bloggers at the same time.
On to playing the game with 7 Weird and Wonderful Things about me.
1. I am still in touch with many childhood friends and was visited today by a friend I had not seen in 25 years and we both live more than a thousand miles from our childhood homes.
2. I love photography and have thousands of photos I have taken stored on my computer. If only I could find a good way to share them without tons of trouble.
3. I am a huge football fan. My daughter is teaching me to love Clemson where she went to school in addition to Tennessee where I went. And my father taught me to love the New England Patriots on his knee as a child.
4. My college degree was in botany and I worked for years as a chemist for a water department.
5. I can speak about 10 words of five different languages, but 20 words or more only in English. Not counting Pig Latin, in which I am fluent.
6. I hate shopping.
7. My motto is “If it is not chocolate, it is not worth the calories.” This helps a lot at this time of year when pumpkin and pecan pie are everywhere.
Now, my turn to say -”you’re it!”. Here are my choices for seven bloggers who I think you will find interesting and who I would like to hear unusual things about -
Sophfronia Scott – Business by the Book
Bea Fields – Biz Tools Blog
Maia Berens – All About Life Coaching
Becki Noles – The Coach Virtual Assistant
Suzanne Falter Barnes - Get Known Now Blog
Michael Bungay Stanier – Great Work Blog
Michelle Ulrich – The Virtual Nation
Have fun with this – networking and business building can really be just that!
