So the title just about sums up my life for the past three days. I was home yesterday and today from work. Sick. I cannot believe that I have a head cold AGAIN!!! I think it is work - stressing me out. It comes around VMU time as well, so maybe that has something to do with it. I have spent all day yesterday on the couch - watching Gilmore Girls. I almost made it through an entire season the other day and today looks like another re-run of yesterday. I think I am going to try to sleep though today. I think it is sad that being sick is exhausting. Who knew that lying around the house all day could make someone tired and worn out.
I need to be better tomorrow though. Amber's wedding is tomorrow afternoon that I NEED to go to! I missed her bachelorette party because I was sick and now I am sick again! Her and Jenny are going to think that I am sick ALL the time!
Alright, I am going to go work on that - getting better.
have a good weekend everyone.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
A list of awkward happenings in the workplace - a female perspective
So, one of those awkward things happened to me the other day and that got me thinking...I should make a list of all of the other awkward things - especially around a workplace - that I have witnessed or have been told about happening... enjoy!
A list of awkward happenings in the workplace - a female perspective
Feel free to comment and add some from your own experiences!
-L
A list of awkward happenings in the workplace - a female perspective
- Bring called pregnant (and you are not) and watching them try to recover.
- Going into the restroom at the same time as another person when either you or the other or both have to do #2, and the awkwardness at the sinks afterwards. (I think each corporate office should have a copy of the Everybody Poops book on hand AND has a radio playing in the bathroom..
- Bringing salad for lunch, realizing you forgot dressing, decide to use someone else's bottle for a "quick bit" and they walk in and catch you in the act (thanks for this gem Katie!!)
- Talking about someone (good or bad) and having them come up behind, near you or call you.
- Trying to disguise (insert your choice of "feminine product" here) while heading to the restroom during that week of the month. Bonus points if A: you get stopped in the hallway or B: run into a male coworker.
- Being in the restroom the same time as someone higher up in the company - think director level and above - they finish, and just walk out, not washing their hands. Gross.
- When female co-workers decide to wear thongs, and guess what, it's your lucky day because they have made it their day to constantly bend over near you.
- Getting into a car accident right out front of work (on the way in or on the way out) with one of your fellow employees. (I actually haven't seen or heard of this one happening, but I am sure it has happened, and how awful and awkward!)
- Writing out your 2-week notice
- A coworker shares too much personal information with others...
- When you hear (not by choice, but by their sheer volume) all about a coworker's personal life, the lives of their children, ex-husband and mother-in-law because they can't seem to shake it from their heads that they do not in fact have a cone of silence above their cubicle.
- After having been to the restroom, you are sitting at your desk for awhile, get a feeling or somehow notice, that your zipper, is in fact, down.
Feel free to comment and add some from your own experiences!
-L
Friday, April 9, 2010
On the road again...
So unexpected plans for tomorrow, Saturday! I will be picking up my mom, and driving over to their cabin. Tucker will be in the back seat of my car - so we'll see how that goes. First time for a longer drive in the backseat of my car!!
Derick will be (hopefully) be hearing his boat roar this weekend! After all of the labor and parts that have gone into it thus far- we are hoping that it works just fine now!! His cousin Joey and his new girlfriend are also going to be joining the festivities, so that will be interesting to meet her.
I will get to go see my grandma in the nursing home there, and my mom mentioned that I could help them "artistically" lay out the stone work for the bottom half of their garage exterior walls. So, that will be interesting. I might even get a chance to read a little bit while I am there, which is always a good thing. I just started another one of the Hannah Swenson Murder Mystery series (Sugar Cookie Murder).
Derick and I had "date night" tonight. We had a coupon for Ruby Tuesday and both decided that we both deserved a little nice dinner out, and the coupon sure helped :) After that we walked through Target a little while and stopped, deciding, for a long while about whether or not to get a PUR water filter for our kitchen sink faucet (which we did end up getting). So that was our new "toy."
I am getting really excited about camping this summer (already!). I went and looked on a few websites looking for some checklists as far as what to bring camping. We are going to be packing differently this year! And I wanted to also look up some recipes for camping - specifically so that THAT part of things would be easier and we would not be having hot dogs and marshmallows for every meal! So we'll see how that goes and what interesting concoctions I can come up with!
Have a great weekend!
L
Derick will be (hopefully) be hearing his boat roar this weekend! After all of the labor and parts that have gone into it thus far- we are hoping that it works just fine now!! His cousin Joey and his new girlfriend are also going to be joining the festivities, so that will be interesting to meet her.
I will get to go see my grandma in the nursing home there, and my mom mentioned that I could help them "artistically" lay out the stone work for the bottom half of their garage exterior walls. So, that will be interesting. I might even get a chance to read a little bit while I am there, which is always a good thing. I just started another one of the Hannah Swenson Murder Mystery series (Sugar Cookie Murder).
Derick and I had "date night" tonight. We had a coupon for Ruby Tuesday and both decided that we both deserved a little nice dinner out, and the coupon sure helped :) After that we walked through Target a little while and stopped, deciding, for a long while about whether or not to get a PUR water filter for our kitchen sink faucet (which we did end up getting). So that was our new "toy."
I am getting really excited about camping this summer (already!). I went and looked on a few websites looking for some checklists as far as what to bring camping. We are going to be packing differently this year! And I wanted to also look up some recipes for camping - specifically so that THAT part of things would be easier and we would not be having hot dogs and marshmallows for every meal! So we'll see how that goes and what interesting concoctions I can come up with!
Have a great weekend!
L
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Hump Day Slump Day
I think I used up all my motivation last week.
This week during work it has been hard to keep myself motivated.
Derick came back into town Saturday night, and pretty much showered and went to sleep. I got up Sunday morning and went to my parent's church for their Easter breakfast at 9am and then service at 10:30am. After that, I ran home to pick up Derick, and we went over to my parent's house for Easter lunch. My Aunt Marilyn, Uncle Dale, cousins Craig, Keith, Eric, Aunt Gail, Uncle Dan and cousin Nathan were over as well, Jana and her boyfriend, Matt were also later to breakfast at church and then the service as well as lunch at my folks' place. It was nice to eat and catch-up a little with them. It is amazing just how tired you can get though from eating a big meal, sitting around and talking!
I have a few things to look forward to later this month! In fact, it is all in the same weekend!!
Saturday, April 24th my cousin Liz and I organized a cousin's bowling night! We are making trophies for the winning and losing teams and everything!
Sunday, I bought tickets to go to Christopher Straub's (from Project Runway season 6) Premiere runway show at the St. Paul Hotel! So far Lissa and Emily are going with me. I am super super super excited for it! I actually bought one of his belts that was for sale on his website and asked him to sign it- which he did!! I am excited what else he has been up to and where his vision has gone post PR.
I am not sure what really got me thinking about it, or excited about it, but I was already getting excited for the State Fair! I think I might know what is to blame - I was looking at pictures of when Jana and I went to the fair together and made a day of it a few of years ago. But believe me, I can WAIT until the end of the summer thankyouverymuch! I am usually the normal person who enjoys living in the current season, not thinking too far ahead to the next. Only in the case of the extremely long winter will I want to look ahead to spring and summer! I am a live in the moment season girl.
Oh, I did end up taking Tucker to the dog park EVERY DAY after work last week in the back seat of my car! He actually did really well! I think he liked it because he could lay down against the seat and relax, rather than ride along in the back of the truck. There was only one time when we were getting ready to drive back home when it was wet and muddy and I told him to sit and wait so that I could pull the blanket back across the seat and tuck it in to make sure that he didn't get my back seat all dirty. Well, he was a little too impatient and jumped in the front seat, passenger's seat and back out of the car again and then into the back seat. my car was FILTHY! But other than that little mishap, it went really well. It is nice to be able to get him outside and let him run around awhile. It tires him out and gets him out around other dogs and people.
I think that is about all the updates for me for now.
-L
This week during work it has been hard to keep myself motivated.
Derick came back into town Saturday night, and pretty much showered and went to sleep. I got up Sunday morning and went to my parent's church for their Easter breakfast at 9am and then service at 10:30am. After that, I ran home to pick up Derick, and we went over to my parent's house for Easter lunch. My Aunt Marilyn, Uncle Dale, cousins Craig, Keith, Eric, Aunt Gail, Uncle Dan and cousin Nathan were over as well, Jana and her boyfriend, Matt were also later to breakfast at church and then the service as well as lunch at my folks' place. It was nice to eat and catch-up a little with them. It is amazing just how tired you can get though from eating a big meal, sitting around and talking!
I have a few things to look forward to later this month! In fact, it is all in the same weekend!!
Saturday, April 24th my cousin Liz and I organized a cousin's bowling night! We are making trophies for the winning and losing teams and everything!
Sunday, I bought tickets to go to Christopher Straub's (from Project Runway season 6) Premiere runway show at the St. Paul Hotel! So far Lissa and Emily are going with me. I am super super super excited for it! I actually bought one of his belts that was for sale on his website and asked him to sign it- which he did!! I am excited what else he has been up to and where his vision has gone post PR.
I am not sure what really got me thinking about it, or excited about it, but I was already getting excited for the State Fair! I think I might know what is to blame - I was looking at pictures of when Jana and I went to the fair together and made a day of it a few of years ago. But believe me, I can WAIT until the end of the summer thankyouverymuch! I am usually the normal person who enjoys living in the current season, not thinking too far ahead to the next. Only in the case of the extremely long winter will I want to look ahead to spring and summer! I am a live in the moment season girl.
Oh, I did end up taking Tucker to the dog park EVERY DAY after work last week in the back seat of my car! He actually did really well! I think he liked it because he could lay down against the seat and relax, rather than ride along in the back of the truck. There was only one time when we were getting ready to drive back home when it was wet and muddy and I told him to sit and wait so that I could pull the blanket back across the seat and tuck it in to make sure that he didn't get my back seat all dirty. Well, he was a little too impatient and jumped in the front seat, passenger's seat and back out of the car again and then into the back seat. my car was FILTHY! But other than that little mishap, it went really well. It is nice to be able to get him outside and let him run around awhile. It tires him out and gets him out around other dogs and people.
I think that is about all the updates for me for now.
-L
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Just call me Speed...
Ok, so I think I have a problem. Either that, or I desperately need to get away from here and go on a vacation!
Derick left early Saturday morning to go to my parent's cabin to help my dad for the day, and then he was going to hitch up his boat and travel to Medford. Long story short, he found someone selling a part for his boat, the part is being mailed to Medford, where he and his family can tinker with it and get the boat all ready for fishing season. He will be gone until next weekend!
So, with that, I woke up early Saturday morning when he was getting ready to leave for the week. That was 6am. I don't know when it happened that I can wake up at 6am on the weekend and stay up...all day! Anywho, after he left I was lazy for a couple or hours. Then the "to-dos" kicked into high gear! I ran to the grocery store to get food to feed me for the week (think big casseroles that make awesome leftovers) and came back home. I think that must have been the fastest shopping trip ever, and I even let the little old man go in front of me because he had a small bag of things.
So, get home, put the stuff away, look around the kitchen and say to myself, "that is IT! I am sick of the way this kitchen looks - it is a disaster!!" Then comes fully cleaning the kitchen, all counter surfaces, vacuuming the downstairs, cleaning both bathrooms and start dusting, all while doing a load of laundry and trying to entertain Tucker. whew. and all of that took place while I am sick with a bad cold! So...yeah.
And that was only the cleaning part.
I also made a casserole dish and caramel rolls! I was really in the mood to cook more, but, go figure, when that bug gets me, no one but me is here to eat it! And i can't really have people over because I am sick...
It is going to be weird around here for a week. Quiet and weird! Oh well, at least it will give me a chance to catch up on some things.
Derick downloaded the entire set of Gilmore Girls to the PS3, so I have a go-to show when I don't want to watch anything on TV. I also have the little projects around the house that I have been putting off, but can do some of those things while I am alone! I took Tucker outside to play frisbee the other day, and am contemplating prepping my car to take him to the dog park some nights next week. I'll report on how that goes if it all goes according to plan!
Well, I think I am off, again to do more things around the house, although today I think i might need to rest up a little more since I am feeling worse today than I have been feeling. boo for that.
-L
Derick left early Saturday morning to go to my parent's cabin to help my dad for the day, and then he was going to hitch up his boat and travel to Medford. Long story short, he found someone selling a part for his boat, the part is being mailed to Medford, where he and his family can tinker with it and get the boat all ready for fishing season. He will be gone until next weekend!
So, with that, I woke up early Saturday morning when he was getting ready to leave for the week. That was 6am. I don't know when it happened that I can wake up at 6am on the weekend and stay up...all day! Anywho, after he left I was lazy for a couple or hours. Then the "to-dos" kicked into high gear! I ran to the grocery store to get food to feed me for the week (think big casseroles that make awesome leftovers) and came back home. I think that must have been the fastest shopping trip ever, and I even let the little old man go in front of me because he had a small bag of things.
So, get home, put the stuff away, look around the kitchen and say to myself, "that is IT! I am sick of the way this kitchen looks - it is a disaster!!" Then comes fully cleaning the kitchen, all counter surfaces, vacuuming the downstairs, cleaning both bathrooms and start dusting, all while doing a load of laundry and trying to entertain Tucker. whew. and all of that took place while I am sick with a bad cold! So...yeah.
And that was only the cleaning part.
I also made a casserole dish and caramel rolls! I was really in the mood to cook more, but, go figure, when that bug gets me, no one but me is here to eat it! And i can't really have people over because I am sick...
It is going to be weird around here for a week. Quiet and weird! Oh well, at least it will give me a chance to catch up on some things.
Derick downloaded the entire set of Gilmore Girls to the PS3, so I have a go-to show when I don't want to watch anything on TV. I also have the little projects around the house that I have been putting off, but can do some of those things while I am alone! I took Tucker outside to play frisbee the other day, and am contemplating prepping my car to take him to the dog park some nights next week. I'll report on how that goes if it all goes according to plan!
Well, I think I am off, again to do more things around the house, although today I think i might need to rest up a little more since I am feeling worse today than I have been feeling. boo for that.
-L
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Video Game Launch Widows Club
Due to today being Tuesday, March 9, 2010, I feel the need to start a new club. The New Video Game Widow’s Club.
Today, after months of my husband's anticipation, Final Fantasy 13 has been released.
Phone call from the husband this morning at 8:20am – He had already been to Target, purchased the game and had come home. I didn’t even know Target OPENED before 10am! (and I thought I was the one with the Target love affair…)
I left the house today saying, "goodbye, have a good day, see you in two weeks!" Because for about that duration of time, my TV, PS3 and couch will be occupied every non-working, or bathroom moment until the game is conquered in all of it’s entirety.
Now, I don’t really have anything against video games. People who know me, realize that I actually play a few. Actually, up until last night I have never played a video game all the way through from start to finish before! That all changed with the game Heavy Rain…but that is another story.
At least this means that I should have the computer and the Wii all to myself for the next few weeks while Derick tries to master the new game. I also have a book that I want to get through and that will more easily be accomplished without the TV being free - not that I watched much TV to begin with.
Heavy Rain
So this game was introduced to me by none other than my husband. He thought that I would like the game based on the demos of the gameplay that he watched prior to getting the game from Gamefly. I thought I would give it a shot as I had watched and played one sequence of the game myself.
After playing the game through one time, I am not sure that I would play it again. It seemed to take a long time to get through the game, even though it was about a 10-hour game (which I am told is a short game). I played the game in smaller chunks of time, and it took me about 4 days to beat the game. I find it kind of funny that Derick recommended the game to me because he knows my likes and dislikes of games and movies. I do not like scary movies and I do not like things jumping out at me or that cause me to jump. This game had BOTH of those things happen throughout the gameplay! There were a couple of moments where I was actually afraid and panicked and had to hit pause to think about it for a second!
So yeah, I think I will stick to my puzzle games and car racing games for the moment. I just need a new snowboarding game like SSX to come out and then I will be SET!!
Game on,
-L
Today, after months of my husband's anticipation, Final Fantasy 13 has been released.
Phone call from the husband this morning at 8:20am – He had already been to Target, purchased the game and had come home. I didn’t even know Target OPENED before 10am! (and I thought I was the one with the Target love affair…)
I left the house today saying, "goodbye, have a good day, see you in two weeks!" Because for about that duration of time, my TV, PS3 and couch will be occupied every non-working, or bathroom moment until the game is conquered in all of it’s entirety.
Now, I don’t really have anything against video games. People who know me, realize that I actually play a few. Actually, up until last night I have never played a video game all the way through from start to finish before! That all changed with the game Heavy Rain…but that is another story.
At least this means that I should have the computer and the Wii all to myself for the next few weeks while Derick tries to master the new game. I also have a book that I want to get through and that will more easily be accomplished without the TV being free - not that I watched much TV to begin with.
So this game was introduced to me by none other than my husband. He thought that I would like the game based on the demos of the gameplay that he watched prior to getting the game from Gamefly. I thought I would give it a shot as I had watched and played one sequence of the game myself.
After playing the game through one time, I am not sure that I would play it again. It seemed to take a long time to get through the game, even though it was about a 10-hour game (which I am told is a short game). I played the game in smaller chunks of time, and it took me about 4 days to beat the game. I find it kind of funny that Derick recommended the game to me because he knows my likes and dislikes of games and movies. I do not like scary movies and I do not like things jumping out at me or that cause me to jump. This game had BOTH of those things happen throughout the gameplay! There were a couple of moments where I was actually afraid and panicked and had to hit pause to think about it for a second!
So yeah, I think I will stick to my puzzle games and car racing games for the moment. I just need a new snowboarding game like SSX to come out and then I will be SET!!
Game on,
-L
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Walkin' on SUNSHINE...WHOA!
I am so thankful for the sunshine this week! It is amazing what a little of that big golden ball in the sky can do for your mood!!
This weekend has been very nice so far, and it has consisted of me pretty much staying in the house-and I am perfectly alright with that! After working on the VMUs all weekend at home, I am glad to not be doing much!
I guess I got SOME things done today...
- laundry
- dishes
- started planting my seeds to get them started (hey, I was really thinking spring today!!)
- fixed Tucker's turtle stuffed toy
- put together 2 button designs for the Annual Father Hennepin Days Festival button design contest
- played more of a new video game that I am more and more into
- photo editing
For the most part, that was my day. Watched some TV, relaxed and got in the design groove. yay! I am looking forward to another day like this tomorrow, although more cleaning and workouts need to happen...heh heh.
Oh, and one more thing...Girl Scout Cookies are the devil...that is all.
-L
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