“Let me explain.…No.…Let me sum up…”">“Let me explain.…No.…Let me sum up…”

Those of us famil­iar with The Princess Bride will remem­ber these words uttered by Inigo Mon­toya. So much had hap­pened and there was just not enough time to share the details. So began the “sum­ming up”. In my case there is no Prince Humperdinck schem­ing and plot­ting to ruin things. If any­thing, I’ve got “Mir­a­cle Max” in my cor­ner giv­ing me a mag­i­cal and tasty chocolate-covered nut to bring me through.

SUM-UP #1: The last we chat­ted, I was embark­ing on the 30 Day Chal­lenge. I’ll sum up my chal­lenge by stat­ing that by day 16 the real world had stepped up some chal­lenges and that was the end of that. It so hap­pens that was right about the time that Web 2.0 put a lit­tle hic­cup in the project. I won’t elab­o­rate fur­ther except to reit­er­ate an ear­lier mes­sage board post, ” Spam is spam no mat­ter what plat­form you are using.” That’s not to say folks weren’t suc­cess­ful. On the con­trary there were a few folks who did quite well.

To me the amaz­ing thing was that the folks who were the most suc­cess­ful at it used the 30DC & the Web 2.0 tools they learned about to enhance their exist­ing busi­nesses. The rea­son I think it was amaz­ing to me was due to the fact that I have an exist­ing busi­ness and have been using Web 2.0 tools for some time. Yet, I had never put the two things together. It was a bit of a V-8 moment for me.

SUM-UP #2: This Texas Gal has been busy with all the New Media/Social Media/Tech oppor­tu­ni­ties. From Co-Working to Bar­Camps to Blog­to­ber­fest to a Halo3 Pre-Launch at Microsoft. I’m here to tell you there is a grow­ing inter­est in what we’ve been doing for the last 2 years. I only wish I could par­tic­i­pate in all the new and excit­ing events that are hap­pen­ing in Dal­las, Hous­ton, Austin. I get to as many events as I can and love it! I’ll admit I’ve drunk the kool-aid and being able to hang out with oth­ers in the New/Social Media arena is just grand! The folks I’ve met con­tinue to amaze and moti­vate me. I’m look­ing for­ward to meet­ing the folks I haven’t met yet. If that’s you, then send me a line or bet­ter yet find me on Twitter.

SUM-UP #3: Dur­ing this time of the year our fam­ily & busi­ness rotates around foot­ball. Our old­est son plays in a 6-Man Foot­ball team, the San Anto­nio FEAST Patri­ots and has since it’s incep­tion 3 years ago. With prac­tice 4–5 days a week plus weekly games, half of which are any­where from a 1–3 hour drive. Well you don’t have to be a rocket sci­en­tist to fig­ure out that equals up to a lot of time. It seems like the sea­son is so very long but when it’s over we are always sad to see it end. We really are blessed to have the oppor­tu­nity to fel­low­ship with the other FEAST fam­i­lies thru foot­ball. I call it “Foot­ball & Fel­l­low­ship” We see our fam­i­lies grow and change with each sea­son. I wouldn’t change it for anything.

SUM-UP#4: The Morn­ing Brew­Cast has been through a slow period while Jackie and I were oth­er­wise engaged. We tried our best to pro­duce at least one show each month dur­ing this time. You all were patient and sup­port­ive. We think we have some of the best lis­ten­ers in the Pod-O-Sphere. We’re back in the swing and are back to pro­duc­ing shows on a more fre­quent basis. If you’ve got a topic you’ve been dying to hear, then send us a com­ment at the Morn­ing Brew­Cast. We’d love to hear from you!

This con­cludes the “Sum­ming Up”. Feel free to drop me a line jen­nifer AT jennifernavarrete.com Yeah, I know it’s long, but hey it’s my name and that’s that. Or you can send me a voice mail by using the CALL ME but­ton on the left side of the site. Until next time.….. remem­ber, “I have spent the last few years build­ing an immu­nity to iocane pow­der and am not some­one to be tri­fled with.”