Last week we participated in the Online Net Group LLC’s Ultimate Spring Business Expo at the Marriott         Hotel at Legacy Town Center in Plano, Texas. I thoroughly enjoyed sharing our three Web sites with         other business owners and realtors from the Dallas area.   

        Braden Howell, my daughter’s brother-in-law who is involved with the Online Net Group and who helped         organize the event, had a booth right next to mine. Braden works for New York Life/NYLife Securities. He         helps people and families accumulate, protect, and conserve wealth in the most tax-efficient method         possible. And is he ever excited about it!! Braden was fun to watch because his enthusiasm for his         product just bubbles over!

        In order to show our remote video monitoring system at the trade show, I set up a laptop and logged         into www.TenderTidingsPets.com so we could see the real-time streaming video from my daughter’s         house, just like a customer would see from a work computer when logged on to a Tender Tidings         account. At first, all we saw was a rocking horse and a few stuffed animals. It was hard to tell it         was live because there was no action going on.

        But then Suki, Amy’s beautiful Bengal cat, walked into the picture. The woman I was talking with who         was looking at the live cam picture said, “Oh look! There’s a kitty!”

        Of all the stir! People flocked over to see Suki sniff and stalk the rocking horse. Then, as cats are prone         to do, Suki flopped down below the rocking horse as if its purpose was to provide the perfect lounging         place for cats.

        Braden could see what was going on, got his phone, and texted Amy to look at Suki on www.Tender         TidingsPets.com. Amy emailed her husband Barrett and her grandparents, and called over several work         associates. It was, “Oh, look! She’s getting up!” and “Look at Suki! She’s walking to the camera!” and         then howls of laughter when Suki put her face right up next to the camera lens.

        Suki was a big hit at the trade show to say the least. And all she did was be a cat.                 

        But that’s the beauty of Tender Tidings. It captures the love we have for those we adore just for being         themselves.

        Visit www.TenderTidings.com, www.TenderTidingsSeniors.com, and www.TenderTidingsPets.com to see         how remote video monitoring works. It's a great way to stay connected to those you love.