Wednesday, June 14, 2006
WorldVitalRecords.com
The reason that I went to Chicago was to land some partnerships for our genealogy company that we are starting at work, WorldVitalRecords.com. We had AMAZING success! I went with a collegue, Darla, and we worked extremely hard but it paid off.
Paul Allen, my boss, started the #1 genealogy company in the world, Ancestry.com and now he has left that company and plans to start another company to compete with it. I am on the team that is creating and shaping this company and it has been an awesome experience even this early in the game. I am excited to be a part of it. We probably won't we fully ready to launch until a year from now, but we have a landing page up at www.WorldVitalRecords.com.
Here is my new business card.
One of the best things about my Chicago trip...
the Pizza!! This was soooo good. I probably gained 5 pounds per slice but it was worth it!
Monday, June 12, 2006
Calling for Parental Advice...
Not that I think Lissa and Nate need it, but I think that it will be funny...so have at it tell them what they need to know!!
Our Family Just Added One Branch to our Tree!!
Evan William Webster
Born: 6/7/2006 @ 4:32pm
Weight: 7lb 0oz
Little Evan William Webster was born 5 WEEKS early!! I am so excited and I can't even begin to explain how happy I am for them. Big Nate and Big Momma Lissa are going to be the best parents in the whole wide world! (of course except my Big Momma Starr and Big Hugh Daddy and I guess Mike and Charla and Jeremy and Chauntel.....anyway, I should have kept my mouth shut.....)
By the way, mom and baby (and new daddy Nathan) are doing well. His little lungs are trying to keep up with that big 7 lb preemie body. Who the heck knows how much bigger he would have got in that last five weeks. I think Melissa was drinking some protein shakes or something. **Shout out to Mike: Big Body, Little Lungs*** I can say that cause I already said it to Lissa and she laughed--because we all know that he will do just fine.
When things settle down a bit I will get Lissa to post on here about her experience with having Mr. Little Evan William Webster. He is so loved he doesn't even know how much!!! Enjoy the pics and please comment your first message to Evan and Lissa / Nate here.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Wow! Long Time No Postski!
I have been super busy with work and super tired when I get home. I started a 6 a.m. workout class that is kicking my trash. Seriously. I love it though. Hey Mom and Dad...I actually get up at 5:15 on my own!! I bet you never thought you would see the day, huh? It's mostly kickboxing and they seriously work you out hard.
I go 3 times a week for an hour. The first day my instructor was starting the "cool down" except they don't call it cool down they call it "recovery". I was like sweet, I can't do it anymore let's slow this thing down. Then we got on our mats and she told us to get in the push up position. Then to pick up our weight with one hand and lift one hand in the air. So, you have two feet on the floor like a normal pushup, one hand on the floor and a weight in the other hand and you are doing tricep presses with the weight while you are doing a one-handed pushup!
I actually got pumped up when we started doing this because I seriously thought that my teacher had lost it, so I joined her. But MAN did it feel good to actually do that and squeeze everything out of me that I had. So we did like a ton of those and some other hard stuff and that was our "cool down".
I am feeling better and my back and neck aren't hurting me as bad. I think one of the best things about it is that it's only $38 for an entire semester for 3 days a week at BYU. BYU rocks!
I go 3 times a week for an hour. The first day my instructor was starting the "cool down" except they don't call it cool down they call it "recovery". I was like sweet, I can't do it anymore let's slow this thing down. Then we got on our mats and she told us to get in the push up position. Then to pick up our weight with one hand and lift one hand in the air. So, you have two feet on the floor like a normal pushup, one hand on the floor and a weight in the other hand and you are doing tricep presses with the weight while you are doing a one-handed pushup!
I actually got pumped up when we started doing this because I seriously thought that my teacher had lost it, so I joined her. But MAN did it feel good to actually do that and squeeze everything out of me that I had. So we did like a ton of those and some other hard stuff and that was our "cool down".
I am feeling better and my back and neck aren't hurting me as bad. I think one of the best things about it is that it's only $38 for an entire semester for 3 days a week at BYU. BYU rocks!
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Genealogy, I am doing it!
My work has been very busy as of late. One of the reasons is that we are starting a genealogy company. My boss, Paul Allen is the one who founded Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com. Since then he has left and we are starting another genealogy company that will compete with Ancestry.com (and eventually become the #1 genealogy provider).
This will be an opportunity for people from beginners to extremely advance to help up build the site and the features that we provide. I am the Research Manager for this project and one of my jobs is to speak to experts as well as amateurs all over the world, acquire content for the site and help design the layout etc.
If anyone wants to be involved (as little or as much as you want) just email me and let me know. If you know of those who do genealogy please let me know and give me their name and email or pass this message on to them. Actually, pass this email on to anyone you know who does genealogy. I would love to speak to them.
P.S. I actually am working on my genealogy but not as quickly as I want. I am so glad to be working on this project to learn more than I possibly imagined about genealogy and that will help me with my own.
If you want, feel free to share your genealogy stories here!
This will be an opportunity for people from beginners to extremely advance to help up build the site and the features that we provide. I am the Research Manager for this project and one of my jobs is to speak to experts as well as amateurs all over the world, acquire content for the site and help design the layout etc.
If anyone wants to be involved (as little or as much as you want) just email me and let me know. If you know of those who do genealogy please let me know and give me their name and email or pass this message on to them. Actually, pass this email on to anyone you know who does genealogy. I would love to speak to them.
P.S. I actually am working on my genealogy but not as quickly as I want. I am so glad to be working on this project to learn more than I possibly imagined about genealogy and that will help me with my own.
If you want, feel free to share your genealogy stories here!
Keeping Journals
I have not written in my journal in a very long time but I want to really bad. I keep this blog but sometimes I want to keep a journal that is personal but "I never have time."
Can anyone give me some ideas or help on being better at keeping a journal? Mom, you have been doing it lately...any suggestions? Anyone? Anything?
Thanks!
Can anyone give me some ideas or help on being better at keeping a journal? Mom, you have been doing it lately...any suggestions? Anyone? Anything?
Thanks!
These Ads
OK. So these ads are supposed to be relevant but they have been ads for tummy tucks lately. What up with dat??
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Love the picture
I had to steal this picture of Jeremy, Chauntel, Jackson, Grammy and Poppy. You all look so nice. This was on Jackson's blessing day.
Help me pick a domain name...
OK. I am starting up a blog network thing for work (sort of) and I have to come up with a blog domain name. This url will host about 10 different blogs that I will be doing and the topics will range from like digital cameras to business to household products to dance to whatever I want.
I need to come up with a domain name for me (but it doesn't have to have my name in the url)...I am emailing you to call your suggestions. I am not thinking really clever right now and I know how random you are and thought that I would get your help. One of my friends that is doing this too just started halfmowedlawn.com (Half Mowed Lawn) for ADD stuff. Pretty funny. I have to buy the domain name soon so send me your suggestions when you can.
I need to come up with a domain name for me (but it doesn't have to have my name in the url)...I am emailing you to call your suggestions. I am not thinking really clever right now and I know how random you are and thought that I would get your help. One of my friends that is doing this too just started halfmowedlawn.com (Half Mowed Lawn) for ADD stuff. Pretty funny. I have to buy the domain name soon so send me your suggestions when you can.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
I Learned a New Craft.....Yeah!
Thanks to my awesome neighbor Marcie Jesse, I learned how to make baby headbands. They are super cute and addicting. Here are a few pics. I'm sorry that the multi-colored one's picture stinks.
Cool Tool from Flickr
http://metaatem.net/words/amy%20rhoads
I chose to have the vintage feel. I like this tool and it has RSS capabilities.
I chose to have the vintage feel. I like this tool and it has RSS capabilities.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Funny Story from Lissa
I really think that this story should remind us to be happy with ourselves and truly try to be happy with what God gave us. We are His children and He loves us how we are. What more could we ask for?
A middle-aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table, she had a near death experience.
Seeing God, she asked, "Is my time up?" God said,
"No, you have another 43 years, two months and eight days to live."
Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a facelift, liposuction and tummy tuck. Since she had so much more time to live, she figured she might as well look good.
Following her final cosmetic operation, she was released from the hospital. While crossing the street on her way home, she was struck and killed by an ambulance.
Arriving in front of God, she demanded, "I thought you said I had another 40 years? Why didn't you pull me out of the path of that ambulance?"
God replied, "Girrrl, I didn't even recognize you!!!"
Monday, March 27, 2006
Call for LDS stories...
Hello all.
I am letting you all know that I am writing a series of children's books. This is on a speck basis which means I write the series first and then pitch the idea and then see where it goes. We are going to pitch to Deseret first and take it from there. They are children's books for the church and I am so excited to be writing for this project.
In some of the series we are calling for "readers" to submit their own stories or stories of their family and friends. These submissions will be reviewed and then if your story is chosen, I will contact you with more details. I will have to edit these submissions and remember that this is for children and you don't have to write an elaborate entry. Please keep your entries simple and no longer than 1-1 1/2 pages (even one paragraph will do in some cases). Please include basic principles like kindness, love, forgiveness etc. as well as heroic acts and deeds.
More details will come to those whose entries are chosen. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at all. Some guidelines are below:
* Do you have a pioneer story to tell? Were your ancestor's pioneers? How are they an example to you? Do you remember a heroic act they did? Please submit a story about your pioneer.
* Did you or someone you know serve a mission? It could be a ward missionary, couple's mission, husband's mission, member missionary experience etc... Please give name, dates served (i.e. 1999-2001) and where served (i.e. Santiago, Chile) Tell me about an event/deed/act of kindness etc. where they served.
(Blessed sick/baptized someone/saved a little boy that was drowning...anything along these lines...)
* Who has done an act of kindness for you? Did they introduce you to the church? Did they help you when you were having a bad day? Did they babysit so you could go to the temple?...
By submitting your stories, you are giving me permission to edit them, shorten them etc. Before anything is published, you will get the chance to review your story within the context of the book and give me the OK and work with me on any changes that you want to see made.
I know that we can all think of something or someone in our lives that we can write about pertaining to this--even ourselves and our own experiences. Please take the time to jot something down and pass it along to your friends. The more stories the better. Again if you have any questions email me or post a comment on this blog.
Amy
I am letting you all know that I am writing a series of children's books. This is on a speck basis which means I write the series first and then pitch the idea and then see where it goes. We are going to pitch to Deseret first and take it from there. They are children's books for the church and I am so excited to be writing for this project.
In some of the series we are calling for "readers" to submit their own stories or stories of their family and friends. These submissions will be reviewed and then if your story is chosen, I will contact you with more details. I will have to edit these submissions and remember that this is for children and you don't have to write an elaborate entry. Please keep your entries simple and no longer than 1-1 1/2 pages (even one paragraph will do in some cases). Please include basic principles like kindness, love, forgiveness etc. as well as heroic acts and deeds.
More details will come to those whose entries are chosen. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at all. Some guidelines are below:
* Do you have a pioneer story to tell? Were your ancestor's pioneers? How are they an example to you? Do you remember a heroic act they did? Please submit a story about your pioneer.
* Did you or someone you know serve a mission? It could be a ward missionary, couple's mission, husband's mission, member missionary experience etc... Please give name, dates served (i.e. 1999-2001) and where served (i.e. Santiago, Chile) Tell me about an event/deed/act of kindness etc. where they served.
(Blessed sick/baptized someone/saved a little boy that was drowning...anything along these lines...)
* Who has done an act of kindness for you? Did they introduce you to the church? Did they help you when you were having a bad day? Did they babysit so you could go to the temple?...
By submitting your stories, you are giving me permission to edit them, shorten them etc. Before anything is published, you will get the chance to review your story within the context of the book and give me the OK and work with me on any changes that you want to see made.
I know that we can all think of something or someone in our lives that we can write about pertaining to this--even ourselves and our own experiences. Please take the time to jot something down and pass it along to your friends. The more stories the better. Again if you have any questions email me or post a comment on this blog.
Amy
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Anybody want to get this for me?
http://deseretbook.com/store/product?sku=4962263
I think that this is a book that women, especially women who are just starting to raise little ones and those who will soon have children should read. I know that the world will just get worse and with that includes girls and women receiving messages from the media and the world hundreds of times a day that beauty only comes through immodesty and surgery. Our testimonies need to be strong and we need to live with that message in our hearts. We need to show our children beauty. And before we can show our children beauty, we really need to become acquainted with what beauty really is ourselves.
I think that this is a book that women, especially women who are just starting to raise little ones and those who will soon have children should read. I know that the world will just get worse and with that includes girls and women receiving messages from the media and the world hundreds of times a day that beauty only comes through immodesty and surgery. Our testimonies need to be strong and we need to live with that message in our hearts. We need to show our children beauty. And before we can show our children beauty, we really need to become acquainted with what beauty really is ourselves.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
$ Saving Tips from AOL
DAY 1
Buy chicken breasts in bulk and freeze individual portions in plastic bags. The meat will keep longer, and you'll have dinner for two ready to go without having to defrost all of the chicken
Calculate which daily commute saves you both time and money. If two different driving routes take the same amount of time, compare mileage to find out which route saves you more on gas
Create a stir-fry to combine all your veggies before they expire. This meal only takes minutes to prepare, and you can add chicken or beef for added protein. You won't waste rapidly expiring produce, and you'll have a quick meal in a pinch.
Gas up your car before you hit the highway. The worst place to get gas is at an interstate exit, where you can expect cost increases of about 20 cents more per gallon. You'll end up overpaying over five dollars for a fill-up!
Buy a grocery gift card in the amount of your allotted monthly food spending. You'll keep track of your spending for the month and save time at the checkout line.
Freeze! Stockpile food in your freezer to save money on your grocery bill. And since a full freezer is actually cheaper to run than an almost empty one, you'll also save on your electricity bill!
Renew your library books and CDs over the phone. You'll save time by not making an extra trip to the library, and avoid needless overdue fees.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
UtahMonitor.com
Check out my latest press release picking up some coverage...
http://www.prleap.com/pr/28925/
http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/9984005cp.shtml
http://www.prleap.com/pr/28925/
http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/9984005cp.shtml
For Immediate Release
Amy Rhoads
Provo Labs, Media Relations
801.437.9667
801.437.9661 Fax
amy@provolabs.com
Orem, Utah, March 8, 2006 Provo Labs announced today the formation of a free online business community that will serve as a one-stop news source for Utah business and technology professionals, UtahMonitor.com.
UtahMonitor.com is a collaboration of
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“Through frequent, informative articles Utah Monitor provides fresh insight into all of the important local news, events, people, and companies that shape Utah's unique business landscape,” Jordan Gunderson, Editor of Utah Monitor said. “By giving open access to rich and pertinent local content, UtahMonitor.com helps
UtahMonitor.com provides a free and easy way for local businesspeople to keep a finger on the pulse of
For additional information on Utah Monitor or how to contribute, please visit www.UtahMonitor.com, email amy@provolabs.com or call 801.437.9667.
For more information on Provo Labs, please visit www.ProvoLabs.com.
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Monday, March 06, 2006
Software For Starving Students
One of my friends at work helps with this S.S.S. project. Go to this site, http://softwarefor.org/, and you can download open source software for free. They have something that is just like MWord and it's even compatible so if I sent a document using that software you could open it with word. Dusty and I use two of their programs a lot. Gimp 2 and Inkscape. They are cool free versions of Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
Enjoy and tell me what you think. I did this with one of Dusty's photographs. It was way easy and we are going to use it on his website soon. It looks like an oil painting.
What do you think?
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