Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

I don't know how I got so lucky to have you for my mother, but I'm incredibly glad for my good luck. Thank you for being such a wonderful teacher, role model and friend. I love you more than words can say.

Happy Easter!

Blog Homework!

I was 'assigned' some blog homework by a friend in order to post more. She wanted each of us on our message board to post something from the weekend on our blogs.

Unfortunately my weekend was spent working. This has been a lot of my life lately and it's tiring. The good news is that in one more week I have an assistant starting that should really take a huge burden off of my shoulders once she's trained.

So, here are a couple pictures of my weekend.

First, this makes me smile. A little photo strip of three of my favorite wedding pictures is taped to one of my monitors.



I love the large windows I have.



And finally, where all the work happens. I love my widescreen monitors, they make all the difference in the world and I know I'd never be able to work with single monitors again. You can see some of our products on the shelf at the left. Oh, and my new glasses on my desk because (according to my eye doctor) I work too much. I agree, I do.



So that's what my weekend was composed of. Super exciting, I know.

This is a really cheap attempt...

This is a really cheap attempt to get one last post up before the month ends. I have a goal of blogging at least twice a month and I'll screw it up today unless I get something up here. So, this is my half-hearted attempt at a post.

Things that have happened recently:

• My amazing Grandmother turned 94!
• Pat and I went to a cat show.
• My awesome coworker gave her notice at work.
• I went to Pittsburgh to see our manufacturing facility.
• My friend had her baby, their third girl.
• My other friend had her baby shower (due in May).
• I've worked a ridiculous number of hours.

I'm in the process of hiring someone to help me out at work so hopefully the hours will go back to somewhat normal in the near future. I'm dreading the training process because the learning curve to this job is long...but it will be good eventually. I'm really going to miss my coworker here though, she's an excellent worker and a good friend.

So that's pretty much it! I'd like to say I'll be blogging more in the near future, but I hate to lie.

Where has the time gone?

It has been almost a month since I posted! Not that I'm a super-regular blogger or anything, but a month is a long time!

In order to at least get something up here today I'm stealing a post I've seen on quite a few blogs lately...The ABC's of me:

A - Age: 32

B - Bed Size: Queen (hoping for a King when we buy a new bedroom set)

C - Chore you hate: All of them. Dishes especially.

D - Dogs: None, but I can't wait to have one someday.

E - Essential start to your day: Free Beer and Hot Wings (morning radio show).

F - Favorite Color: Pink

G - Gold or Sliver: Silver

H - Height: 5'4"

I - Instruments you play: Flute & Clarinet. I've dabbled in others and I really miss playing in an organized band.

J - Job Title: Chief Financial Officer

K - Kids: None yet, much to the dismay of my parents.

L - Live: In Maine

M - Mom's Name: Laura

N - Nicknames: James, J, Bear

O - Overnight hospital stays: None since I was a baby

P - Pet peeve: Text speak

Q - Quote from a TV Show: "Yeah, it's like a cow's opinion, you know, it just doesn't matter. It's 'moo'" Joey, Friends

R - Right of Left Handed: Right

S - Siblings: One, my older sister Julie

T - Time you wake up: Eh, somewhere between 6 and 7:30.

U - Underwear: Yes, I wear them.

V - Vegetables you dislike: brussel sprouts

W - What makes you run late: Not much, I really like being on time.

X - X-rays you've had: Ankle multiple times. Teeth, again, multiple times.

Y - Yummy food you make: Cake Balls

Z - Zoo, favorite animal: Polar Bears

A few random pictures

I love getting mail

When Pat and I got engaged I didn't have a clue about how to plan a wedding. I had heard about The Knot, which is a wedding planning website. I registered and got a few ideas here and there and then I discovered the message boards.

I had never been part of an 'online community' before, but I was excited to find there was a board specific for people getting married in September 2008. Those girls became my lifeline for months and knew every detail about our wedding. They helped me with all of my projects and became a real solid support system.

I am so excited to say that there are a lot of us that are still members of the community and remain in contact each day. I have built some really strong friendships from the message board and it is a integral part of my day.

Some of the ladies I've met in real life and some I hope to one day. I know that no matter what is going on I can turn to them for support, sound advice and some good laughs.

What does all of this have to do with the subject of this post, getting mail? I came home to a package today from one of my "September '08 girls" as I call them. How sweet is my fabulous friend? I can't wait to meet her in real life.