Every now and then, some sweet, precious colleague will say to me, “I don’t know how you do it all,” and for a flash of a second, I’ll feel like I’m accomplishing something extraordinary. Reality is a swift kick in the pants, however, and the statement quickly just becomes a reminder of two things: 1)…
This morning, I called my sister. “I need to preface this conversation,” I warned her. “I have the gimmes and I want to wallow for just a minute.” She replied with “What?” “The gimme-gimmes,” I said. “You know, where are you comparing yourself to others and it makes you want stuff you can’t have that’s…
So this is what I’ve been up to lately: She was born last Wednesday. While both my boys had “labor stories” to tell, she was relatively easy. My blood pressure spiked on Tuesday, and to prevent pre-eclampsia, my doctor induced me on Wednesday. Yes, I was a pansy and got an epidural. She was born…
Hi Friends, Since I last posted, I think I’ve been working almost non-stop on all things Stationery Academy. I can hardly believe it starts tomorrow. Natalie and I are totally fired up and can’t wait to meet everyone and see some old friends! We’ve got a few exciting announcements up our sleeve after we return,…
It’s funny how a small community like Oklahoma stays so inter-connected. A couple of years ago, we interviewed a gal for a position in marketing. We loved her, adored her, but the fit for her and us just ended up not being ideal. We friended each other on Facebook, and I followed her life from…
So today started off not too well. I woke up at 3:00 a.m., dove into marking a few things off my to-do list, and as one thing led to another, I quickly found myself dissolved in a pile of (hormonal?) tears, at the end of the proverbial rope. When my husband woke up shortly thereafter,…
A recent post on a favorite blog just took me back. If you will allow me the indulgence of recollection, I’d like to share my memories on a brief three months of perfection. It was the summer after my junior year of college. As an interior design major, I had drooled for years over Charles…
Well, things are starting to wrap up here. TODAY, I have to ship stuff back to Oklahoma so that it’s there when I get back. It’s amazing how much stuff I’ve amassed. I think I will be buying boxes at the UPS store around the corner. Yesterday, we had two fascinating speakers in class. The…
OK, so at least I started out blogging with the best intentions. I haven’t kept up with this as well as I hoped it would. Every time I turn around, there is something else going on, something new to learn, someone saying we have to go try this restaraunt or see that show. Last Friday…
