I am thrilled to be here. This is like the Academy Awards of online business.

So here we are with the red carpet POTW link. Everyone one is pulling up to their computers. Wow, look at the crowd. I can hear them screaming (ok, that is just the neighbor’s kids).

Oh, here I come – yes, right out of the bathroom, oh I need to get a cup of coffee. I stroll around the vacuum to the computer - I am dressed in blue checkered flannel pajama pants, a t- shirt displaying a local casino logo (the baggy look is in with the home business people this year). Oh, the green flip flops set this Vegas look off! This outfit was designed by the one & only Wal Mart! My hair has a wonderful cut by Caitlinn Hagar (my 13 y/o) at her shop in the side yard (where she also bathes dogs). It is pulled back in a bobby with the un-brushed look. My make up was done by God; he always gives me that natural look.

Wow, Pauline has come into the CMU7 conference room and made the announcement – Adland’s POTW this week is (drum roll here) – Sheryl Loch!!! The crowd went wild -with questions “Sheryl, what do you think of this site, is it any good to post there?”, “Where is the link to my cpanel, & Is the site builder in there?”.

(That all taken care of, I am stepping up to my word doc. to give my acceptance speech.)

I would like to Thank Pauline & John for this great opportunity to share with you.

I would like to thank Carla, Lisa, Teddy,…for the nomination.

Adland & CMU7, for giving me a chance to learn so much & pushing me to learn more.

Before being an online marketer I spent 18 years growing up, the daughter of an IBM computer repairman. Spending time with my dad was the greatest thing there was. I remember going with him to fix a card punch when computers took up a whole room.

Dad passed away in 1991 & is looking down in shock that I have 2 computers on my kitchen table.

We had a red brick house in the middle of a field in Olney, IL. Our front yard was bigger than a football field & the drive was lined with blue spruce trees. Out back there was an orchard, barns, & garden. The garden had an endless supply of worms for fishing in the pond, down in the field. My dad & I spent much of our time together fishing, raising animals that had lost their mothers to tractors, enjoying the outdoors, & woodworking in the winter. I am not sure if my love for plants and animals was taught to me or just part of my DNA.

At 18, I left home & worked at a grocery store during the day & tended bar at night. Getting tired of living in the same town I thought I needed a change - I got married. We had 2 daughters & the Navy moved us all a crossed the US. Having figured out that the change that I wanted did not really work out so well – I divorced.

In 1993 I found myself pregnant & then Caitlinn entered the world. When she was about 2, I went through massage therapy school. I found that Washington State would not allow you to work on animals with out some vet training & that was out. So, I went back to working construction during the day & bartending at night.

Meeting Brad was a blessing. For the 1^st time I had a chance to stay home. We settled in Las Vegas & that is when we 1^st got a computer online. Brad thought it would be great to get a home business. After a long search I started with the Wholefood Farmacy.

About 1 year ago Brad & Beef Sloan decided to start an online training community (CMU7).  That was just fine until Brads job changed & he was gone so many hours. He had told Beef that I would help here & there, if I could. Well that turned into 18 -24 hours a day learning everything I could in the Conference room. What is the coolest? Since I homeschool Cait, she has been here learning just as much. Cait is only 13, has her own business & is learning about social networking, forums, autoresponders, splash pages, FTP transfer, HTML, hosting, affiliate systems….. Now, Cait is also a support member at CMU7. We have had some great people come in with us & have turned CMU7 into a multi talented hot spot. You are all welcome to come in & see what I have been doing for the past year. I spend hours a day in the conference room just waiting to meet some new & old friends.

(The music starts to play)

Thank you all & have a nice day,

Sheryl Loch ~ allmylovecrafts

http://sherylloch.com – All My Love Blog

http://www.cmu7.com/affiliates/jrox.php?id=102  ~ CMU7