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Hi B,
Just thought I needed to tell you every now and then how I feel about you.
I am so proud of you. I often brag about you at work. How I don’t know how you do it all. You work full time, go to school, you are very smart, do crafts, have a nice hubby and more. You seamd to have it all together. (I think you are very underpaid) And yet you have time to do nice things for others.
I appreciate all you do. I love you very much. (I would tell you that I miss you, but then you would start to cry)
I think of you often, that always makes me smile. So keep that in mind when you hare having a crappy day. All I have to do is look at my wallpaper (you and Scott kissing on your wedding day, you know, sealing the deal) and that makes me smile.
So have a great day.
Take care.
Love mom
I started to cry before the part she said I would cry. This comes at a time I really needed to see it – I’m having a rough week and have had plenty of moments where I’ve doubted myself. I really don’t have it all together – I’m just really good at faking it.
Seriously the cutest thing ever!
I literally spent 4 hours today trying to figure out these fiscal year numbers for one of the projects I was on. When I took on the task (tallying up each unduplicated client served in 2006 and 2007) I thought it would be easy. But when other people aren’t so organized it makes for a difficult task. Ugh! So I decided for the 2008 numbers, I will be prepared and have already started to come up with a way to keep track of them for my other projects. This question will no doubt be asked again so why not be ahead of the game?
Other than that, my weekend was glorious! Friday we got a big snow/sleet storm which started earlier than most people thought so it was a bit suprising. I was expecting to go into work on Friday morning and leave early if it got bad but apon waking, it was bad from the start. My supervisor decided to stay home so that made my decision easy. I worked a little from home and then I tackled our office/craft room. I got the idea to rearrange some things so my craft area will be more workable. My husband was at work on Friday (he has to work rain/snow/sleet/shine – no he’s not a mailperson!) but I did it all by myself and am damn proud of it! I have to buy a new bookcase/shelf and some decorative shelves for the wall but other than that, I think the space is more user-friendly. I’ve gotten more into Stampin’ Up lately and have joined a monthly club so I’m getting more supplies. I need to be organized and this big clean helped a lot.
My husband and I were sick the end of January/early February and our apartment showed it. We haven’t had the energy to clean but we did all weekend. I kicked butt and took some names! Anything that was within my reach was washed/dusted/folded/moved/sprayed/etc. Now I’m not embarassed if anyone just drops by unannounced.
That’s how I spent my wintry weekend. How did you spend yours?
Everyone at work and school was all in a tizzy over the storm we were to get Friday. It was wierd – none of the local weatherpeople had any idea exactly when it would start. Some were saying the morning, others the evening. I really thought it would start midmorning – imagine my suprise when I woke at 6am to a couple of inches of snow on the ground. I took my time getting ready and when I went to step outside, I saw it was still snowing pretty heavily. Immediately I turned around and retreated back inside. Checked my voicemail – my supervisor had problems trying to get in so she turned around to the safety of her home. I called my mom:
“Mom, I can’t decide whether I should go into work or not.”
“You’re not going – there I made the decision for you!”
So, I called my supervisor and told her I’d be staying home. Obviously that was fine since she couldn’t even get in and I live probably at least twice as far as she. I told her I’d do some work from home.
It’s nice to be snowed in every once in a while. This winter we’ve been fortunate in that it hasn’t been too bad. Yesterday, I decided to start tackling our office at home. It was such a mess and I wanted to rearrange some of the furniture because I’ve gotten back into scrapbooking and card making and thought if I moved my craft table, I would be more productive. It was nice to purge things and set aside things to give away. And the dust! Crazy! It’s getting there – still have a ways to go. I’ll take photos when it’s complete.
I’ve also finally put away all the Christmas decorations. We took down the tree and all the big stuff already, it’s just the little things that I keep coming across. We also finally put together my brother-in-law’s christmas gifts and sent those out this morning – totally slacked on that one! But in all fairness, he sent his to us a few weeks ago so it’s all good.
I love crossing things off my to-do-lists. Especially those that have been on there for months.
woah, this dude has a ton of makeup. but I love this video and want to be besties with him!
Looks like everyone but me and my hubby had to work today! GoogleReader has been very quiet – even my celeb gossip blogs have dust collecting on them! The state is shut down which means the clinics I work for are closed but yet, here I am. Lots of people in my building took off today as well. We get floating holidays and I figured I’d save mine for a sunny and warm day!
Since it’s been so non-eventful today, I took the opportunity and finally wrote emails back to friends that have emailed me in the past month. Ever since starting classes again, I just can’t find a moment to write a thoughtful email. I sent out 4 and got one response back – which means that’s another email I have to write! I also replied to old comments so if you got one and it’s from one that’s weeks old, I’m sorry! But I commented like I wanted to! And I cleaned out some of my emails. It’s nice to have a tidy inbox.
The good thing about working on a holiday is that there is hardly any traffic. Well, that would have been good today if I didn’t have to battle torrential downpours! This winter has been the strangest I’ve seen in a while. But I won’t complain – at least it hasn’t snowed much!
*knocks on wood*
Speaking of…here’s a little history lesson on that phrase.
Recently I’ve gotten out of my makeup rut. Something I think we all do is get so used to a routine such as putting on makeup in the morning that we don’t really mix it up unless we’re going out. For my birthday last month, my mom bought me an awesome makeup organizer that I’ve been lusting after which is really a piece of furniture…let’s be honest! It’s by Lori Grenier on QVC (I can’t post the link but you can look up: Deluxe Cosmetic Organizer by Lori Greiner on QVC if you’re curious). When I opened it up my mom and I thought that there was no way I’d be able to fill it. But, I have! Even after purging my makeup stash of old/hardly used stuff.
Let it be known I’m in a no way a huge collector of all things makeup. I still buy most of my makeup from the drugstore (gasp!). Just this summer I bought my very first MAC cosmetic (foundation if you’re curious). I have some Smashbox stuff and lots of Bare Escentuals stuff (can you tell I love QVC?) but that’s the extent of my makeup. I don’t really experiment with crazy colors – I still to nuetrals like browns, creams, grays, pinks, occassional purples. I just don’t know how to apply makeup. Though, thanks to the miracle of youtube, you can learn just about anything.
One of my new favorites and really the whole reason I got out of my makeup rut is because of the tutorials by Sarah Victor. Seriously check her out – she’s fun, sweet, pretty and knows her stuff. She explains everything which I love. She is the reason I’ve started using my Bare Escentual stuff again! She even has hair tutorials and I just started using Matrix’s Color Smart shampoo and conditioner and my hair loves it!
Anyway, I’ve been experimenting a bit with my makeup. I’ve also realized that in order for your makeup to look good, you have to have good skin to begin with. One mistake I always make is falling asleep with my makeup on. Really…it takes 10 minutes to wash off the grime of the day and the makeup but I just don’t. So last night I made myself wash (I use Cetaphil if you’re wondering) and I put on a mask. I went about my business while the mask did its thing. Washed that off and put on Nivea cream. Then I went to bed and guess what, my face feels so much healthier today! I’ve even been drinking more water as well – I always feel so much better doing so.
Do you have any skincare tips? How about any beauty blogs you like? I’ll share a few more of mine:
The past few weeks have been riddled with illness. My husband and I haven’t been out in a while as we’ve been home-bound with nasty colds/flus. It hasn’t been fun at all.However; today the sun is shining bright and I’m wearing a cute pink sweater and some pearls. Being that this is our 5th Valentine’s day (our first married though), it sort of loses it’s luster.
Honestly, I think that Valentine’s day is a Hallmark holiday – roses are jacked up in prices, stores have been thrown up on with pink and red and those disgusting conversation hearts, etc. But bottom line, this is a holiday about love and I’m down with that. It’s a great opportunity to send an email or card to a loved one just to say you are thinking about them. I plan to do that when I get home tonight (no access to email today).
My husband and I are saving for a house and have decided not to go overboard this year. But I still secretly want a box of expensive, decadent chocolates and maybe some tulips. If those things do not happen, it won’t break my heart. My husband is excellent when it comes to suprising me throughout the year – he buys me flowers every once in a while or brings home my favorite wine just because it’s Wednesday. My Valentine’s days with him have been wonderful – nothing over the top – just the two of us together. That’s all anyone can ask for really
So happy Valentine’s day my lovelies. Know that I am thinking of you and my heart is filled.
Sure it’s a Hallmark holiday and sure all week I’ve been poo-pooing it. But deep down there’s a part of me that wants the chocolates and jewelry and the flowers-that-aren’t-roses. So I felt empowered and didn’t want to give into the holiday by having my significant other buy me this stuff. I bought myself chocolate (that was on sale and not in an ugly red heart shaped box) and I wore a cute pink sweater and pearls. And I called a friend I hadn’t seen/talked to in a while.
After all – this day is all about love and I’m down with that.
Big Whiskey and the Groo Grux King by Dave Matthews Band
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