10.24.08

1. Texting and Facebook. Perfect ways to keep in touch!

2. Being far enough away from home town, and being away from there long enough to really love and appreciate it.

3. Getting to take a bath in my parents extra big bathtub

10.23.08

1. I got to have a yummy dinner with an awesome friend who always makes me laugh.

2. My house is cleaner than usual.

3. Tomorrow is Friday!

{Heading home for the weekend. Anna and Ryan are having their 5th and 3rd birthday parties at Chuck E Cheeses. Where did the last 5 years go? Jeesh!}

10.22.08

1. I laughed a lot today

2. I got to sleep in

3. I got to text back and forth with my roomie and hope to see her this weekend.

Gratitude

We had a training at work today and the CEO's wife, co-owner of the company, gave us her annual talk on the importance of maintaining balance in our lives. She always starts with a written survey with questions like:

1. What did you eat yesterday? Did you have breakfast this morning? (I ate a piece of cake and a Smart One yesterday; No, no breakfast this morning)

{uh-oh}




2. How much water did you consume yesterday? Caffeine? (NO water; about 20 oz of caffeine)



{not good}


3. How much sleep did you get last night? Do you ever take naps during the day? (This is the one area I'm GOOD in. I was so exhausted last night that I had to bide my time until I could finally feel ok about going to bed at 8:30...it's embarassing, but boy do I love my sleep!)

{it mostly went downhill again after this point!}





The survey went on to talk about procrastination, exercise, dates with friends/spouses, etc. There were lots of guilty looks and hanging heads in that room--believe me. It's always a good reminder from her and it's nice to know that the leading lady in the company is ok with us getting a pedicure in the middle of the day or taking an extended weekend.





The other thing she talked about was having an attitude of gratitude or a critical spirit. She gave all of us journals to encourage us to keep a gratitude journal of 3 things we're grateful for that day.





Since one of my last posts was positively mopey, I thought that the gratitude idea sounded good (not to mention I was envisioning how i could turn that into a SCRAP-project!). Instead of a paper journal though, that would give me something worthwhile to blog about (at least something worthwhile to me!).





Here goes! I am grateful for...





1. Getting to work with people who make me laugh on a daily basis.
2. Being able to appreciate the little moments with a very special person in my life who is going downhill slowly but surely. His little whispers and bursts of laughter today absolutely made my day.
3. A job where I get to make a difference in the lives of the people I work with.

We'll see how long I can keep up with the idea of posting these daily!

Week in the Life of Me

2 weeks ago already! The album is very much in-progress. I'm using a chipboard album with rings and my beloved 2" square punch. I think I'm in love.

Life

Work is stressful. I still love it, but my morale is low (along with many of my co-workers).

I have clutter everywhere and hate it.

I haven't talked on the phone to my mom in weeks.

I only see Ryan on the weekends.

I'm sad that my friend isn't talking to me.

I work 10-12 hour days and this week I'm working all 7 days.

OK...that's the negatives.

There are a few positives...

I have regained a new appreciation for where I started with my job. I love spending time upstairs with the guys and the staff. They are fantastic.

I've grown closer to all my co-workers lately and am starting to develop more "friendships" there...even outside of work. I love that.

We were supposed to book our Mexico vacation today, but will wait til Monday. Then, we get to spend a week in May with some of our very best friends in the whole, wide world.

Speaking of them, I am a much better friend to them then I had been for a long time, but no grudges were held.

I did the "week in the life of" project on Ali Edwards' blog and almost have the finished project. Love that.

Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win

When things go wrong, as they will,
When the road you're traveling seems all up hill,
When the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to cry,
When life is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is a challenge with its twists and turns,
As each and everyone some day learns,
And many a failure would hve turned out,
Had they not given up, had they stuck it out,
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

You can never tell just how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
'Cause quitters never win, and winners never quit,
When the time arrives that you might give in,
That's when you know you're about to win.