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Mother Nature has finally picked up on the term "timing" by providing us with very nice weather and a weekend at the same time.

Sunshine, low 70's, light winds and the weekend.... gee what more could you ask for.

Now to find things to do "outside" to keep the kids busy. The girls have been all over me about taking them to the zoo, and while there request usually comes as I pick them up after school, the easy answer has been, "not enough time, now." But man, if they hit me about Saturday, I'll be plum out of excuses. Even though there is a good chance the Zoo is going to be a Zoo. I'm sure we won't be the only ones with this idea. I believe they have a new area that has opened, Teton Trek I think? Just read up about it "on line" and learned, that the bears at the Memphis Zoo, don't hibernate! Why? Cuz they eat such healthy food, there is no need to "sleep away the winter." I ask you though, how do you convince them of that? Isn't it like, nature, and in their DNA to take that longer winter snooze? It's in MY DNA, and I have to fight it every day!

The "Children's Museum of Memphis" is always a good choice, only that is "inside" and the goal is to capitalize on the weather, with out getting too much sun.

Was out at the Southaven Business Expo Thursday with Kris. You can see some of the folks we ran into, and took the time for photos at the "See Me, Stop Me" page. I created this page after having so many friendly folks stop me in my "non-work" travels to say nice things about our show and station. I wanted to reward them some how... and I'm hopeful they watch when we give them a "shout-out" in the morning on Daybreak. These folks can go to this site, and with just a couple of clicks share this picture with their friends if they so desire. The concept was "Team Daybreak" and my hopes were that Markova, Corie, Kris, Melissa and Candace would all take part, as I gave them the super secret email code that allows them to snap a photo, enter a name, and when they send it to the email address, it immediately and automatically goes to the web site. No Fuss, no muss, couldn't make it any easier. But it's really turned into the "Todd Demers, See Me Stop Me" page, with little input from others. I was hoping to see something from Corie and Markova, in the target rich environment of the Business Expo, but, nada. Well, I thought it was a good idea. Speaking of ideas....

Working on a new product. Heading off to the production offices today for proto-type construction. Again, it sounds like a good idea to me. Time will tell if others feel the same way. I'm not going to share what it is, or what it does, but the market is universal. I've had so so many ideas over the years, it sure would be great if I can make one stick. The crazy thing is, I start working on all aspects of marketing and selling a product before I even have it finalized, the commercials, the websites, the billing, the shipping. And oh yeah, getting the product made! I'm lucky because I believe there are a couple of companies near by that could crank them out by the thousands when I say "GO!" Just wanting to make sure I have my own infra-structure set up. AND, on this product, unlike others, I'm having trouble coming up with a name for it. I've always believed the name of your product should pretty much explain what it is. This one is hard to describe.

Ask me about "Scoops" chips when you have a moment. I've learned to keep my mouth shut until my idea has been protected.