Photo of the day

Times have certainly changed

One year ago I was working part-time and wondering if I would have a job at the end of the month.
Two years ago I was FUNemployed and enjoying being a stay at home mom.
Three years ago I was pregnant, traveling all the time for work, and generally stressed out as hell.
Four years ago I was on a cruise with 101 of our friends.
Five years ago I was living in Washington DC and miserable out of my fucking mind.
Six years ago I was working at Global Knowledge on the inside sales team, and not really caring about much of anything.
Seven years ago I was pregnant was Brier and was coping with the immediate fallout of my sisters death.
Eight years ago we had just bought our house and were beginning construction and the start of our married life.
Nine years ago I was newly engaged.
Ten years ago I was young and hot (I kid, I kid) and in the beginning stages of a relationship with a guy who turned out to be a loser.

Life changes in an instant.  I wonder what my next ten years will hold?

I need to be here

I need a mental break.  I need some relaxation and I need some time to sort things out in my head.  In essence, I need a beach day. 

Song lyrics of the day

No we don't have to dance
in perfect present tense
And I want my own parade
Golden streets and pearly gates

-"Chemical dependency", Patrick Rock Band

Thought for the day

On that note, currently on my nightstand you will find: 1) the Idiots Guide to Project Management, 2) Project Management Essentials, 3) Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover, 4) This is Why You're Fat, and 5) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

I think I'm somehow missing the point of this picture.  Any suggested reading that will make me look better?  haha

Grrrrr

I'm in an incredibly foul mood this morning.  I'm hovering somewhere between anger and feeling sorry for myself, and no matter what I do, I can't change it.  UGH.

My VERY favorite thing on earth:

Song lyrics of the day

If I could only find the note to make you understand
I'd sing it softly in your ear and take you by the hands
To keep me stuck inside your head, like your favorite tune
And know my heart's a stereo that only plays for you

-"Stereo Hearts", Gym Class Heroes

An Irish Blessing

May there always be work
for your hands to do;

May your purse
always hold a coin or two;

May the sun always shine
on your windowpane;

May a rainbow be certain
to follow each rain;

May the hand of a friend
always be near you;

May God fill your heart
with gladness to cheer you.

and may you be in heaven
a half hour
before the devil
knows you're dead.

EEEEEEEEeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my first blog post from my new iMac!  Hooray for new technology!

I am

Prayers for the Pittman family

This is a horrible tragedy.  I can't even imagine.

True story

Sometimes...

Day 22 - where you work

I work at home, in my home office.  And it looks like I've been robbed or a bomb went off.  It's looked like this for at least a month.  Ugh... I need a day off just to clean it...

GPOYW

I took this last friday.  I was having a good hair day!

WOO HOO!

Guess who can play a G chord pretty well?  Know any good songs that are in G... and nothing else?

Playing the guitar is hard, y'all!

I need this

Thought for the day

GO TAR HEELS!

Song lyrics of the day

I'm not afraid of anything in this world
There's nothing you can throw at me
I haven't already heard

I'm just trying to find
A decent melody, a song that I can sing
In my own company

-"Stuck in a moment", U2

Day 21 - a favorite picture of me

From our first cruise with our friends in 2008. 

True story

Monday Check In

Obsessing Over:  Making sure I do everything right.  I'm tired of making stupid mistakes lately.

Working On:  100 things for 8 high maintenance clients.

Thinking About:  How bad I need a pedicure, but I can't because I have 5 ugly stitches in my foot.

Anticipating:  Going to bed early.  Dead serious.

Listening To:  The whirrrr of the space heater.  Damn it's cold today.

Drinking:  Water.  And only water for the next several weeks.

Wishing:  That 2012 would treat me better than it has.  Fucker.

Day 20 - handwriting

 

Meeting notes from my conference call this morning.

Day 19 - Something I hate to do

File papers in my office.

Thought for the day

What happens when it snows in the South

Snow!

This is what I woke up to this morning.  It looks pretty right?  Too bad everything in Raleigh is covered in ice and there are more accidents today than in the last year alone.  CRAZY.

Day 18 - drink

The only thing I will be drinking for the foreseeable future.

OK seriously...

I realize that the "writers" of my textbook are trying to relate to college students and all, but I'm in a marketing management class for an MBA program, not sociology 101 for 18 year olds.  What's up with this text book and using the word "DUH?"   It's annoying and frankly it's insulting.

Day 16 - something new

Jelly shoes.  Just in time for the Breakfast Club show tonight with Derek and Courtney!  This is one 80s trend I will gladly wear!

YES!!!!!

 

This bitch is paid off, in full.  YAY!!!!!!!!

Holy shit I'm rich!!

I don't know how I forgot that I was getting paid commissions this week, but I just checked my bank account and had the shock of my life!  I finally got paid on the huge deal I closed last August...

I'm rich!


Oh yeah, not really.  Every dime of that is going to pay off credit cards.  Sigh...  financial freedom is great but man, I want to go shopping so bad.

Day 17- time

Don't freak out - I missed Day 16.  I'll catch up.

This is what time I got in from Philadelphia last night.  That's 12:33 A M !!!!  I'm so tired today.

Song lyrics of the day

I go back to the smell of an old gym floor
The taste of salt on the Carolina shore
After graduation and drinkin' goodbye to friends
And I go back to watchin summer fade to fall
Growin' up too fast and I do recall
Wishin' time would stop right in its tracks
Every time I hear that song, I go back, I go back

-"I go back", Kenny Chesney

(I'm feeling incredibly nostalgic today.  Sigh...)

I must have been crazy

I'm sitting here in the airport in Philadelphia, waiting for the last flight out to Raleigh, and I'm sitting here wondering how in the world I did this multiple times a week.  I mean yes, I am a pro at getting through security.  I know the drill for getting on and off the plane, I never check a bag, I'm good at packing etc.  But how in the hell did I EVER deal with the frustration that accompanies every aspect of airline travel?

I have spent time on here complaining before about US Airways.  Well, to be honest, I have spent my last dime with them.  I only flew on that airline because I didn't know what other airlines flew into Elmira, NY.  Well, I now know that Delta flies there too.  SO, moving forward, for the one time a year I visit upstate NY, I will be flying Delta.  US Airways can suck it.  And I mean that. 

My mantra, moving forward

Song lyrics of the day

Drove downtown in the rain, nine thirty on a tuesday night
just to check out the late night record shop
Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane
but when I'm surrounded I just can't stop

-"Brian Wilson", The Barenaked Ladies

Brrrrrr

It's cold in upstate New York, y'all! This is what I was greeted with when I climbed into my rental car this morning:

THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is a solid sheet of ice.  It rained, then froze, then snowed on top of that.  And yes I wimped out and let the defroster do the work.  I didn't get a scraper out or anything. 

BRRRRRR.....

Really?

I'm sitting in the Cracker Barrel in Elmira, NY, and ELVIRA by the Oak Ridge Boys comes on the radio. 

Cliche'?

Day 15 - phone

Otherwise known as the SlaveDriver.  I am chained to this thing from sun up to sun down sometimes.  I guess that's the trade off for getting to work from home, not having a commute, etc.

Day 14 - heart

Uh oh.  Scandalous!

The "heart" I keep year round to remind me when I'm losing my tan and it's time to visit the salon...

Day 13 - blue

My son Tyler's beautiful eyes.

My life right now

Respect

Day 12 - Inside my closet

A few things to note about this picture...

1.  Harley has to sleep in the closet because she snores
2.  Those "perfect push-up" thingies NEVER get used
3. This picture does not do our closet justice.  The closet in our room runs the ENTIRE width of the master bedroom.  It was THE selling feature in this house.  This picture only shows about half of the closet.

Day 11 - Makes me happy

This is admittedly not the best picture of my mini-mes, but it made me laugh this morning so I thought I would use it.

Brier and Tyler

RIP Ramses

This makes me sad.

Day 10 - Self portrait

Day 9 - Front Door

I meant to post this yesterday and I got so behind I gave up.  My front door.  It looks kind of sad...

Day 6- Dinner

Sorry these are a bit out of order - I forgot to take both a picture of dinner (day 6) and a picture at 10am (day 5).  So I'm catching up now!  This is what I made last night - cream cheese chicken chili in the crock pot.  OMG, this was SO amazingly good.  We had zero leftovers.

Damn.

Stupid dookies.

GO HEELS!

Um, so there's a pretty big game going down in North Carolina tonight.  UNC vs. dook.  One guess who I'm rooting for...

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Day 8 - sun

Um... the sun? This is what it looks like outside right now:

It's blah and cold today.  Matches my mood perfectly...

Would you do me a kindness...?

True story

Portrait of a curious 2 year old - a Pictorial

This is what happens when Mommy walks out of the room and leaves her iPhone in the hands of the curious toddler.  I found these today.  SO FUNNY.

Day 7 - button

OK so I totally forgot to take a picture at 10am and of dinner, so I'll get those some other time this week.  Here's #7 - button.  This is on my pinstripe suit I'll be wearing next week at a client meeting.  I kind of miss getting dressed up for work all the time (said as I look down at my gym clothes wardrobe...).

Picture of the day

I love you THIS much.

Day 4 - stranger

The Brawny Man was spotted at the Harris Teeter this morning, looking much older than I remember, and clearly loving retirement.