Hello blogosphere! I realized as I was catching up on all my blogs I follow that it's been a really long time since I've written one myself. Since I love to write I'm not sure why I stopped....life hasn't been too busy, in fact I've had alot of free time on my hands recently. So this morning I decided I'd give everyone a quick update.
My 28th birthday is coming up really fast (Sept 6th)!! This year instead of asking people for presents I'm asking them to donate money to charity:water, a charity that raises money to build wells all around the world and provide people with clean drinking water. Did you know that every 21 seconds a child dies from lack of clean water? Neither did I until a few days ago!! I knew that the statistics were bad, but not that bad!! Since I'll be turning 28, I'm asking people to donate $28. My ultimate goal is to reach a donation amount of $1983 (for my birth year). If we reach this goal 99 lives can be saved! How awesome is that?! If you'd like more info or like to donate you can checkout my page at mycharitywater.org/shannonwatkins.
I'm also gearing up for a work conference in Myrtle Beach thats coming up September 2-4! Anyone who knows me knows I love the beach, so this is going to be epic for me on many different levels! I'm so blessed to work for companies that allow me to travel to such awesome places....even if it's for a conference!
There's one more big thing coming up in my life....I've finally decided to go back to school! (I bet you thought I was going to say we're expecting didn't you?!) My dad has offered to help me get my bridal consulting/event planning certifications. I had such a blast planning my own wedding, and I get excited and emotional everytime I go to a friend's wedding or see pictures from weddings so I think this will be a great career path for me. It also helps that I have alot of contacts that can come in handy while planning a wedding....everything from photographers, djs, bands, caterers , etc. And my mother also has a weddind planning certification so we could eventually go into business together (as long as we don't butt heads on planning skills that is). I'm hoping to be able to start online classes this fall, as soon as I pick a school. My mom went through Ashworth and said they were bad at keeping in touch if you had questions or any problems during your course, so I've decided to see what other options I have. I think Kaplan has a bridal consulting course and I've heard really good things about there online courses. Any suggestions?
