Tips for Newlyweds: Don't forget to save your manuals & receipts!
As you are setting up house, don't forget to save your manuals/warranties and receipts. Doing so could save you money! For all major and large purchases, I put the manual and receipt together in a plastic ziploc bag. I keep all of the ziploc bags together in an accordian file.
Recently my Genie garage door opener started going on the fritz and finally died. My husband was all set to run out and buy a new garage door opener (which usually cost around $150-200). However, I had an idea to check the warranty. Our garage door opener unit was slightly over three year old. However, the warranty showed that we had a 20 year warranty on the motor. We called Genie and explained the problem. After asking us to do a little trouble-shooting, Genie agreed it was a motor problem and are sending out a free motor at no charge to us. We just have to manually raise and lower the door until the motor arrives in the mail. A little inconvient, but it beats spending the money on a new garage door opener. It's not just enough to save the manuals - you have to remember to pull them out when an appliance, etc. stops working:)
August 2009
August 21, 2009
August 05, 2009
Tips for Success: Is it time for an updated head shot?
When was the last time that you had a professional head shot? Have you ever had one taken? If not, why not? I am pleased to announce that I just had new professional head shots taken. The last time I had head shots taken was 2006, so it was time to update. Videographers should be networking with photographers so there should be no excuse for not knowing who to turn to when you need updated photos.
The photos were taken by my friend and fellow Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) member, Kim Shokouhi of Kim Shokouhi Photography (yeah for women business owners who name their businesses after themselves! says Elegant Videos by Kris:) I think it shows a certain level of pride and commitment.
Who says you can't mix business & pleasure? Kim also took some fun photos of me with my car!
Kim is available for weddings, engagement sessions, corporate head shots, and tasteful boudoir photography. Let's face it, who wants a strange guy taking those kinds of pictures?
Kim (to the left) took lots of cool photos of me when I went to her studio in Wilmette (see below). We even drove around Wilmette scouting locations. Kim is an amazing photographer so send her an email at ks-photography.com or call her at 224-676-0604. When you call Kim,
be sure and tell her "Kris sent you!"
