...ventures through life

our other "blogs"

Abbey — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:30:00 GMT

I would like to direct everyone's attention to the various other outlets that we have been voicing from. It seems as though we have lost the spunk for hetts.com, but a revival is sure to come. Until then, please enjoy...

macfowler.com
abbeyfowler.tumblr.com

twitter.com/syddesign
twitter.com/macfowler

facebook.com/abbeyfowler
facebook.com/macfowler

syddesign.net

hello

Abbey — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:39:00 GMT

anyone still there?

some new pictures

Abbey — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:10:00 GMT

SNOW!

... and more pica.

halloween 2008

Abbey — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:06:00 GMT

Halloween this year was very festive for us - we spent devil's night dressed as zombies, walking around downtown Grand Rapids along with over 3,500 other zombies. We were apart of the largest zombie walk in history. It's a Guinness World Record holder, and might show up on the Discovery Channel.

Then we hosted a small party, which was a great time because everyone dressed up!

Photos of each are here!

wisconsin

Abbey — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:26:00 GMT

thanks andy and dona for a great weekend!

videos of the crazy boat ride back here.

Syd Design is on it's way

Abbey — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:12:00 GMT

For those of you who do not know, I quit my job this summer at the publishing company and started my own business in invitations and stationery — Syd Design. Business has been going well with little advertising and a lot of word-of-mouth, but I was ready to really take the next step, which meant focusing full time on this venture.

It was definitely a good time to do so as I was able to get my stuff together to do handouts for the Grand Rapids Wedding Affair, which got out 300 samples and coupons for me. I was also somehow able to get a booth together in time for the Fall Bridal Show of Grand Rapids. It was a fantastic opportunity for me to promote myself directly to brides in this area. I ended up handing out 600 pieces of information and filled up about 10 pages in my guestbook. There were lots of interested Brides and Moms that I am very much looking forward to working with in 2009!

Unfortunately I didn't get great photos of the booth b/c it was constantly busy - but here are some shots of prep and setup that should give you a good idea of what it looked like.

Thank you Tracy and Beth for all your help manning the booth, Mac for helping setup and tear down (twice), mom and dad for helping with the architecture of the booth, and Kim, Sara, Tracy & Mac for helping me envision how to successfully display my work! I am SO thankful and grateful to have so much love and support all around me as I take on this new venture!!

And now on to my biz and marketing plans... :)

in stores now — my 6-year-old, neon green wardrobe

Abbey — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:29:00 GMT

so i went to the mall today to pick up a couple necessities and search for some happiness in something new (preferably a clothing item and preferably cheap). instead of happiness, i found depression and anxiety over clothing that is not only frumpy and ugly, as seems to be the trend that won’t go away, but now also resembles colors and designs right out of the exceptionally bad 80’s. i’m talking about bright yellow triangles on a black shirt with blue stripes, bright glow-in-the-dark colors (the ones that we tried so hard to forget about), t-shirts with graphics from schoolhouse rock, rolling stones and blondie. do teenagers even know who blondie was (oh wait, google search = is (apparently they are doing a 30 year anniversary tour))!?

i feel old to say this - but why in the hell are these fashions resurfacing after we exhausted their brightness and ugly graphics beyond any appropriate amount of time! i mean why would i ever want to throw on an outfit that resembles my 6-year-old wardrobe!? come on!!

New Photos

Abbey — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:12:00 GMT

misc summer fun
my flowers/garden
there's always new pica pictures

new videos here: www.youtube.com/abehetts

and... new Syd web site! syddesign.net

Living life

mac — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:27:00 GMT

Abbey and I are both living life to the fullest, we haven't really posted here in awhile so I wanted to take a moment and make sure you check out our two other blogs, Abbey is doing a "daily" photo from her cell phone here and I usually blog here at least once a day.

Earth Hour

mac — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:17:00 GMT

We're going to participate in Earth Hour this year (Mar 29th @ 8pm EST). Neat little cause, maybe you should play along too....just for fun. Learn more here

buttcheeks

Abbey — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:05:00 GMT

so, for some reason I have neglected my blogging responsibilites on this awesomely professional, noble blog of ours ... and have joined facebook... wtf, right? oh well - look me up if your on facebook, i'm enjoying wasting some time there:)

this years trip to vegas was a success as far as the events went, an annoyance as far as my boss goes ... and well my assessment on the sexy costumes for 2008 is that buttcheeks seem to be in. When you didn't think the skirts could get any shorter ... they did, and A LOT of them did!

that's all for now.

Annual Boyne trip

mac — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:18:00 GMT

Abbey and I had a good trip up to Boyne Highlands a couple of weekends ago....Was nice to for the two of us to just get away for a couple of days. We did some of the usual relaxing and skiing, but I also got a super sweet chance to ride around in a snow cat with Rich. We spent a few hours grooming the ski hills. I have to say skiing a black diamond is fun, but going down in a cat, then doing a 180 and going back up is super cool...hanging off the edge of the half pipe is pretty sweet as well.

We also got a chance to break in our snow shoes...The weather was perfect and the snow was in an awesome condition. All in all it was a great weekend and I got some pictures posted here.

Me and the guys are going to be heading back up to the highlands this weekend for Grant's "bachelor" weekend...I'm looking forward to it as it should be a good time.

And breathe...

mac — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:31:00 GMT

Finally, some time to breath. Let’s recap; it started back near the end of October with a trip to Phoenix to visit some of my family. November rolled in with a trip to the east side to visit some friends and Mom and Dad, then out to San Diego for Thanksgiving, and that was just the beginning.

December felt like quite the whirlwind. We found ourselves on the east side once again for my company’s annual holiday party, the following weekend included a hockey game in GR courtesy of Abbey’s holiday party promptly followed by a late night drive to Wabash for the weekend.

Fachew, let the holidays begin. The following weekend we were back in Wabash for four or five Christmases, I lost count. After those festivities we jumped back into the car and drove up to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas with my parents and sister. Once we were Christmas’ed out we headed back to Grand Rapids for a couple days of work before our long haul trip.

New Years brought a trip up to Marquette. We picked up Jake on our way and headed up north for Kevin and Marie’s wedding extravaganza. I don’t remember most of the drive up due to the mixture of a nasty cold and small dosage of Nyquil, but Abbey and Jake both ensure me it was a long and snowy one. The wedding itself was quite an event and I’d have to say, as weird as it sounds, but New Years Eve in Marquette is one not to be missed.

Imagine 2000+ people out in single digit temperatures in a small intersection to watch a ball made of chicken wire, tinfoil and xmas lights drop from a piece of wire.

All in all it’s been a busy couple of months. I did some of the math, in the last two months of the year I did over 30% of my total miles for 2007. Crazy.

Photo Update

Abbey — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:20:00 GMT

More Pica Pics

Fowler Family Fun in Arizona

Thanksgiving in San Diego Which you will find pics from the Wild Animal Park, Baring, Surfing, Turkey Cooking, and lazy computering:)

Some more congrats are in order

mac — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:04:00 GMT

Big ole' congratulations to Don and Somer, details here