I've spent my day off grocery shopping, watching TV, and dodging tornados. Between hiding out due to tornado watch's, I happened to see this commercial. It. is. so. funny.
Don't get me wrong, I love my Toyota, but this commercial almost makes me want to go out and buy one of these cars:
On a heavier note, please pray for the victims of the Joplin tornado. Also, 9 more people died in Oklahoma from a tornado. This isn't a fun time around here, and Ryan, Zoe, and I are just hoping & praying we make it through tornado season healthy & alive! Remind us again why we picked an apartment at the end of the building on the second floor????
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
VOILA!
A little over a month ago, we had a bad hail storm hit our area. We may, or may not of, purchased a beautiful new bedroom set from Nebraska Furniture Mart with the money that Ryan may, or may not of, received a check for his car that didn't even appear damaged.
This may, or may not, be our beautiful new set and comfy new mattress (just in case Geico reads my blog):
We got a dresser too, but for size's sake we put it in the walk in closet. It's from AspenHome and it's made from mango trees! The drawers at the foot of the bed pull out for extra storage. looooove it.
Zoe loves it too and climbs it like a mountain of fluff that it is:
On another note, I heard that the world is supposedly ending tomorrow. If you believe this, I'll talk to you on Sunday! :)
This may, or may not, be our beautiful new set and comfy new mattress (just in case Geico reads my blog):
We got a dresser too, but for size's sake we put it in the walk in closet. It's from AspenHome and it's made from mango trees! The drawers at the foot of the bed pull out for extra storage. looooove it.
Zoe loves it too and climbs it like a mountain of fluff that it is:
On another note, I heard that the world is supposedly ending tomorrow. If you believe this, I'll talk to you on Sunday! :)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Blue Thumb
Some people think that you're either born with a green thumb or not. I think I was born with a blue thumb. I'm attempting to keep SOME plants alive around our house just because I like looking at them, but I'm awful.
I received a plant for my one year anniversary with my last job, and I've managed to keep it alive for over a year. It's a peace lily plan (I think) and all I ever do is give it some water every couple of days. It doesn't look pretty (drooping and brown spots all over) but hey, it's alive.
I blogged earlier about some hydrangeas I saw at Costco that I had to get. Well, they aren't looking so pretty a month later :(
When I was researching how to care for them, I read that they require a lot of water, but not too much, and no direct sunlight. I've done all of this (I think), but they are still looking sad.
See for yourself:
Why are they losing color and looking so brown??? Who can help me out with this?? Anybody? :)
I received a plant for my one year anniversary with my last job, and I've managed to keep it alive for over a year. It's a peace lily plan (I think) and all I ever do is give it some water every couple of days. It doesn't look pretty (drooping and brown spots all over) but hey, it's alive.
I blogged earlier about some hydrangeas I saw at Costco that I had to get. Well, they aren't looking so pretty a month later :(
When I was researching how to care for them, I read that they require a lot of water, but not too much, and no direct sunlight. I've done all of this (I think), but they are still looking sad.
See for yourself:
Why are they losing color and looking so brown??? Who can help me out with this?? Anybody? :)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
"I can do anything"
Do you ever have those days where you're feeling a little down? You wonder if you're doing what you're meant to do? Or what you set out to do?
I had an incredibly tough month at work, and sometimes I have to create my own pick me up to get me back in the good moods I usually find myself in.
I'm not talking about shopping, chocolate, or wine.
I'm talking about good friends and excellent coworkers who have been in the very same shoes I'm wearing right now. Being a sales/store manager is stressful, and when you put 50+ hours into work a week and still don't get the results and you know the results aren't because of you, it's hard. I think the profession I'm in isn't appreciated because I'm not teaching kids or healing people or saving the world. I don't get a summer break and I don't get presents. I work early mornings, late nights, and will sometimes work over 7 days straight if it's needed.
As a manager, I feel I'm every occupation rolled into one. I'm a mentor to my team. I'm a psychologist when someone on my team is feeling down. I'm the leader that everyone looks up to. I'm the person who makes sad customers feel happy, and happy customers feel even better. I'm the person who gets yelled at often as if I'm not really a person, and I'm the teacher when there's something that needs to be taught. I'm the administrative assistant that does all of the paperwork, and the HR manager that handles difficult situations and schedules. I'm the one who answers to my boss if we have a bad day, and the first one to celebrate if we have a good one. I don't get overtime, and I don't get told everyday I'm doing a good job. After everything that happens at work, I come home and try to be a good wife to my husband and a good mom to my pup. As you can imagine, this can become stressful.
But somehow, I find joy in this. If my last job taught me anything, I realized I need to be moving at a fast pace to be happy. If there aren't a thousand things to do on my To Do list, I find myself bored. I need to lead or inspire something in someone, or I feel like I'm not needed. Hard days hit me hard, but good days feel sooooo good.
Thank God I have excellent coworkers to talk to, a boss that is incredibly hard to work for but at the same time, very inspiring, and a husband that deals my emotional roller coaster that I don't sometimes leave behind once I leave my store.
With my job now, I can only help but wonder what in the world I'm going to do when we have kids. I hope whenever we do decide to have kids, I want them to be happy and have a "can do" attitude, just like this one :)
I had an incredibly tough month at work, and sometimes I have to create my own pick me up to get me back in the good moods I usually find myself in.
I'm not talking about shopping, chocolate, or wine.
I'm talking about good friends and excellent coworkers who have been in the very same shoes I'm wearing right now. Being a sales/store manager is stressful, and when you put 50+ hours into work a week and still don't get the results and you know the results aren't because of you, it's hard. I think the profession I'm in isn't appreciated because I'm not teaching kids or healing people or saving the world. I don't get a summer break and I don't get presents. I work early mornings, late nights, and will sometimes work over 7 days straight if it's needed.
As a manager, I feel I'm every occupation rolled into one. I'm a mentor to my team. I'm a psychologist when someone on my team is feeling down. I'm the leader that everyone looks up to. I'm the person who makes sad customers feel happy, and happy customers feel even better. I'm the person who gets yelled at often as if I'm not really a person, and I'm the teacher when there's something that needs to be taught. I'm the administrative assistant that does all of the paperwork, and the HR manager that handles difficult situations and schedules. I'm the one who answers to my boss if we have a bad day, and the first one to celebrate if we have a good one. I don't get overtime, and I don't get told everyday I'm doing a good job. After everything that happens at work, I come home and try to be a good wife to my husband and a good mom to my pup. As you can imagine, this can become stressful.
But somehow, I find joy in this. If my last job taught me anything, I realized I need to be moving at a fast pace to be happy. If there aren't a thousand things to do on my To Do list, I find myself bored. I need to lead or inspire something in someone, or I feel like I'm not needed. Hard days hit me hard, but good days feel sooooo good.
Thank God I have excellent coworkers to talk to, a boss that is incredibly hard to work for but at the same time, very inspiring, and a husband that deals my emotional roller coaster that I don't sometimes leave behind once I leave my store.
With my job now, I can only help but wonder what in the world I'm going to do when we have kids. I hope whenever we do decide to have kids, I want them to be happy and have a "can do" attitude, just like this one :)
Sunday, May 1, 2011
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