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How much info do you want? I am going to start with my career....if you want more information, well, let me know on my blog and we can talk.

Career

Well let me start of by saying that I am no longer with the shoe company you have grown to know me for. It's time to grow up and explore all the wonderful possibilities out there! There are so many more things I am passionate about and that we could have fun together talking about. Handbags, jewelry, more footwear designs by Sally!!!! Let me know your thoughts...the world is our Oyster; let's build something great together!

Life.... I love it! The greatest gift from our creator. It is what we make of both pleasure and pain. As long as I am conscious and open to every experience I believe that it was all meant to happen and that there is some sort of plan. Yes, please blog me if you agree or not. These are all good conversations that we should have.

Forgiveness

This is one of the greatest rituals that has changed my life and made it bearable. This is the practice that has helped me appreciate life, family and friends. The more I have incorporated this into my life the more pleasurable and open I become to every experience and emotion that life has to offer. The one guarantee in life is that we are all human and will make mistakes. It is how we handle these moments that our lives are formed.

Favorite Sayings

'What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger' -?
'I believe in the institution of marriage, but who wants to live in an institution?' -Cher
'Housework won't kill you, but why take the chance' -Phyllis Diller
'Smile, it's a small way to make a big difference' -Sally Combs
'You're not fat, just juicy couture' - Christina Friedman, Pretty Girl Make-up
"Motion is Lotion" – Paul Kochevar my fabulous personal trainer
"A body at rest, rusts" - Diane England
"There’s no way to Peace, Peace is the way’ – suggested by Paul Kochevar, author unknown
‘You snooze, you lose" – sally running for the last piece of dark chocolate anywhere….’there’s no shame in my game" again Sally Combs
‘I thought monogamy was a city I Wisconsin?" – Sally Combs
"Everything I did in life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for" – Chief Justice Earl Warren
Breathe...Mary Krmpotich, 'The Spinmaster'
'Live in the solution, not the problem' - Unknown
'If I drank, I'd be drunk right now' - Sally Combs
'Do the next right thing' - Mary Krmpotich

Favorite prayer

'God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.'

You want to know more??

Who am I as a person…? You see what you get. I am tender; I wear my heart on my sleeve, which is good and bad. I’m funny, I use humor to deal with all sorts of things, and usually I am making fun of myself though. I am loyal, to my family, friends and jobs. , sometimes to my detriment. But most importantly I am open to life. I like to experience it to my fullest capability at the time! I won’t ever jump out of plane though; I am afraid of heights and sometimes won’t get in a crowded elevator for fear of tight spaces.

I was born and raised just outside of Minneapolis, MN. The third of five children I grew up in neighborhood that still carries the fondest memories of my life. My parents would join together for 'happy hour' while the children in the neighborhood played night games till we absolutely had to go home. My parents would actually ring a bell and we were expected to go running home. These friends from this time are still my best friends today. Life was great; we could and were expected to stay outside all day no matter how cold it was! Just throw on that snow mobile suit....'it builds character' my parents would say as they shoved us out the door. I love them for that as you can see character is not a problem for me, usually!

My family still lives in this area today, as do I. I travel a ton, as you may know, but my roots always go back to being a 'corn fed', 'funny talking' Minnesota girl!

I still drive by my grade school and junior, high school. Very fond memories. Late high school was a little harsh. The realities of life and living in this world were becoming clearer and I didn’t like it. I wanted out of here! I used to sit on the roof and look in the sky and ask the powers that be ’what am I doing here?” Well, with out that clarity I turned to alcohol and drugs to cope with this confusion. It was easy…it was the seventies. I went on to a year of college in Eau Claire, WI. I call this the lost year; I was told I had a great time although I really don’t remember much of it. I am sharing this part of myself as I know many people can relate themselves personally, or know someone who has struggled with this, and you asked for the truth and more information, so here I am! So far, life is much better. There are lots of funny stories in between as well. It is a large part of the human condition here n this planet and rather than ignore it, deny it, I have found that owning it and facing it brings freedom that I have never experienced before.

On to Europe! After college I worked for a year and saved my money to get the greatest education of all. Europe on $5 a day. You could still do that in the eighties! Good luck now! I went over there with my very first boyfriend, Matt! Yes, I was 20 years old before I had a serious boyfriend. I am really conservative you know. ϑ We went over seas for 5 months and had the best time. Greece - I had sudziki, Greek salad and swordfish every night and yes, a bottle of Retsina! A whole bottle, all for five dollars! LOVED IT. Retsina tasted like turpentine, it was great! Germany, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, Tunisia. It was the best education for me at the time. People were so warm and generous and brought us into their homes and shared what little they had. It was amazing to see how people from all over the world lived!

Upon my return, I thought Matt and I would for sure get married. He woke one day to tell me he was going to northern Minnesota to be a dog musher. I was a little dumb-founded and asked him what about me? He shrugged his shoulders. So the dream was crushed but I survived and Matt and I are still very close to this day. He’s still some sort of back-woods fella in the great north.

From that point I realized life was out there waiting and I better get out there. So I threw all my stuff on the lawn, sold everything and hitch hiked to Madison, WI. Not the smartest thing to do, I wouldn’t recommend it, but I was young and rebellious. I got a ride the whole way there and lived with two really close friends and to this day, are very god friends of mine. We had a blast! They went to school and I sold falafels on campus, and did whatever odd jobs came along. After six months I realized I better go to school or leave. I left.

Came back to Minneapolis and worked at a mortgage company and moved through the ranks there.

Then the drinking took its toll and the best thing for me to do was to get it together and give it up. This was six months of great introspection and therapy. It changed my life and I am still sober today. I would not be here had I not gotten rid of these chemicals that I was using to cope with my life. I did this while working at the mortgage company.

It was great but I realized if I didn’t get out of there I’d get stuck there. Either by a man, money or fear. So I quit. Packed my bags and drove to California, the long way. Through Iowa, Dallas, Santa Fe and finally ended up in the Bay Area. I went to school there and loved it. I got there, found the school, got a loan and then needed a free place to stay because I did not have any money. It never occurred to me that there was no such thing, so of course, I found one. Her name was Sharon, and she was a quadriplegic. She needed someone to stay with her over-night and feed her dinner, with my nursing background. Yes, I was a nurse’s assistant in my early 20’s; I was perfect for the job. I learned so much from her such as, how blessed I was to have a body that had all working body parts! How we need very basic things to survive, mainly hugs and smiles and water! How perseverance and humor can be key ingredients in people’s lives. My favorite quote from Sharon was when her parents were over trying to help her and she looked at me with her eyes crossed and said, “sally, it’s like the blind, leading the blind and they’re trying to help the disabled”. I couldn’t help but laugh…she was a blessing and I will never forget her and the impact she had on my life.

While going to school I worked in a coffee shop and every day this handsome guy would come in and I literally would get flustered and break stuff. It was hilarious. Well, I ended up marrying him and divorcing him very quick. The lesson….I asked for a handsome man and that’s all I got. His family was wonderful and I think now that we’ve all grown up, well, I am sure there is more there, we were just so young.