Last night the snow was coming down in giant snowflakes and I fell asleep praying that work would be cancelled so I could catch up on all my non-work stuff. While my wish wasn’t answered I was fairly pleased with the alternative of driving through a stunning winter-wonderland and traffic-less route.
Enough about today though, let’s travel back in time to when I used to blog on a regular basis but seemingly dropped off the face of the blogging world for awhile. Since my last post…
Aunt Lisa came to visit (with a smile on) and we enjoyed her visit so much we didn’t want her to leave (and it wasn’t just because you filled up our pantry and fridge with food!). She, apparently informed by my mother that I was scared I would be a bad hostess, brought Yahtzee for us all to play (right after the spectacular seafood dinner she took us out to on D.C.’s waterfront) and it was hoot despite her endless winning-streak. No worries though- I came back strong during our one-on-one battleship tournament where I beat out her career-military training with my rookie randomized ship strategy. Anyway, when she left I started to ask myself, "Who hosted who?"
My birthday....
Husband cooked me this delicious, and beautifully decorated, chocolate chocolate cake. He also bought me two super cute dresses from the online store- modcloth.com. I could live in their vintage-style dresses.
I got this super cute box'o'popcorn from my coworker Sarah- super yummy. And my other coworker Kara got me two champagne flutes and some champagne- which she must have been paying attention, because I am always saying I need some champagne glasses. Kara- just wait for your gift, it is still in the making, but you wont be disappointed.
Surprisingly they didn't go too crazy destroying my office, but my lovely boss Jeremy was kind enough to deface my super star trek wall calendar, literally... he put push pins through Captain Kirk's eyes.
One of my best friends from college, Jessica John, sent me a very unexpected birthday letter- in the actual mail- who our age does that these days? She made a sign on one side where she misspelled "Birthday" as Birt-day, which made the letter even better. She also reminded me of my New Year's resolution to write people hand-written letters more often- one of the many I have been struggling to do or, in this case, even begin.
Speaking of New Year's Resolutions....
Two or three saturday nights ago, as Husband was hard at work on some law school something, I remembered my New Year's resolution to read a book a month, at least. I decided if I didn't buy a book that very second, I wasn't going to meet my goal with only a week left. Luckily, I had been reading this old copy of Time or Newsweek that had good "Summer Reads" suggested by other authors and so I ran to Borders to pick some up. My first read is called "The Wife" by Meg Wolitzer- it piqued my interest because all the reviews kept saying "surprise ending that even the most intuitive reader won't guess." I consider myself very good at prematurely knowing "who done it" or what was done, in television, movies, and books.
I was less than a chapter in before I had already guessed not one, but two!, of the "surprise endings". In the end, my theories were confirmed and I elevated myself to the Hall of Fame of Storyline-Guessers. Regardless, it was still a really good book about a woman who is on the brink of breaking off her marriage to a man she has spent her entire life putting his career (and scandalous habits) in front of her own needs. The real reason I chose it- it was only 216 pages and I had a deadline to meet. I ended up finishing it the next day- so at least I have managed to keep one of my resolutions this year (so far).
Other things… hmmm… my camera has been on the fritz (because I keep forgetting to charge it) so I have been slacking in the picture department, but I was recently voted in as Secretary of the Arlington County/Falls Church Young Republicans- It was a hard-fought campaign against our non-existent opponents, but a win is a win, yes? Come out to the meetings!
I recently worked on a marketing presentation for West Tennessee Baja, the baja company Bryan Boggs’ works for (see below). So if your company is looking for a great way to get national exposure, or even just local exposure, you should check out their unique sponsorship opportunities. Yes, this is a shameless plug, but it's baja! Who doesn't think bajas are awesome?
This past weekend, Husband was busy studying or something else law school-related, so I graciously devoted my Saturday to working on a new background and header for my mother’s blog (click here to check out Cindy Lou Designs) and setting her up an Etsy online store (click here to see her new store) to sell the items she makes while feeding her crafts and sewing addiction. Yes, this is a shameless plug for my mother's blog and online shop- but she's my mother, who doesn't love their mommy? (don't answer that- this is not a therapy session)
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And because it was snowing, and I once again had nowhere to turn for entertainment (I am so over television lately), I decided to design a header for my sisters’ bakery’s blog (click here to make your mouth start watering, you can see the new header in action). It was so fun designing things that were so girly rather than most of the firearm-related things I am usually designing. I love doing both, but the range (no pun intended) between the two is so wide it cracks me up. Yes, this is a shameless plug for my sisters' bakery- but who doesn't love cupcakes?? Exactly.
But the real reason I have developed this compulsion for working on other people’s blogs is because I desperately want to redesign my own, but have absolutely no idea what I want to do with it. If you frequent my blog, you may see me try a bunch of different things over the next few weeks. I am taking suggestions…
There is a load of other things to include as well, happy hours, fund-raisers, happy hour fund-raisers, etc. But this post is already entirely too long and I have no pictures to tell the story for me. Tune in later to see how I have been correcting my poor-posture back and neck pain- it will probably be the most exciting thing you’ve ever read. Until then, enjoy this picture of one of our National Managers standing on my desk and a picture of me pondering the meaning of life over Mexican food...
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