I guess Jeremy will always be plagued with rats. On this episode he regales us with more tales of tails.  We also talk about Halloween in Utah and the Saturday vs Sunday trick or treating dilemma.  Last year, Chris and I started a new tradition of heading over to Jeremy’s for trick or treating since no one does it in our neighborhood.  For the record, we went to the movies on Saturday and had four folks stop by for candy but Jeremy and Heather had lots on Saturday and again Sunday.  Our Halloween celebration was cut short though by a family emergency and maybe that was a good thing since Chris and I found out we contracted COVID!  Don’t worry, all is well and we are on our way to full recoveries.

Enough about us though.  This week we are joined by the delightful Nikki Nelson with Cousin Ross Productions and CR Effects.  Cousin Ross is a full service, ecofriendly, print shop that focuses on recycled products and CR Effects is working on making the world a better place through small changes.

Nikki comes to us through partnership with the Neighborhood Hive.  She was born here in Utah and grew up in Bountiful until she moved to LA when she was 15 to live with her sister.  After LA, she attended Northwestern University where she majored in mechanical engineering.  Nikki was attending university on scholarships and then those ran dry, she stayed in Chicago as a nanny for a time.  She was very athletic but discovered she has a degenerative disc disease, needed surgery and lost six discs.  She ended up back in Utah where she finished religious studies and then became a physical and massage therapist.  She is also a yoga instructor and a nutritionist.  Because of her love for people and life, Nikki used her education to start up CR Effects where helps immunocompromised folks as well as folks with special issues. She also works to improve the world through kindness and passion. She proclaims it to be a life-long passion that she will never stop doing.

Cousin Ross Products started when Nikki lost her printer.  She had been providing her environmentally friendly products to the prison to print for her but they ended up moving that process out of the valley.  That’s when Nikki discovered HP and their recycled printers that use recycled products. Welcome in the birth of a fantastic new printing company that can pretty much do whatever you need!  Nikki works with the general public but also works with several artists on the reg. 

Nikki’s most interesting/unique things about Utah are Evermore and Capital Reef National Park.  She likes that in Utah, you can still go places where no one has walked.

Follow Nikki through CR Effects on Facebook @creffects and on Instagram @cr-effects.  You can also follow her and Ross on Facebook and Instagram @cousinrossproductions.  Listen to the episode to hear more about her and Ross and how to be involved with these two great Utah businesses.

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