Here’s hoping that your food’s healthy, your body’s active, your energy’s high and your attitude’s great!
Sure beats "best regards!"
Friday, September 16, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Ten years later: 9-11
It's crazy to think that today is the 10 year anniversary of September 11. I think it's our generations equivalent of the JFK shooting or when they landed on the moon. You'll never be able to forget where you were or what you were doing when you heard the towers were struck.
Ten years ago today I was a freshman at St. Bonaventure. I went for a run at the track behind my dorm and remember thinking what a beautiful day it was. There wasn't a cloud in the perfectly blue sky. When I got back to my room I turned on the TV and got my stuff ready for a shower. That's when I saw it. The World Trade Centers were hit. I immediately thought about my family. My dad goes into the city often for work; our house was only 30 minutes from NYC; and I also had several extended family members who work in NYC - some in those buildings. Many phone call attempts wouldn't go through, and people were running up and down the hall screaming and running into each others room to watch the coverage. My neighbor, Nancy, came running into our room in tears. Her aunt works in that building but luckily just went on maternity leave that day. It was all so surreal. Our classes that day were cancelled and we all just watched the news and scoured the internet for updates.
I could only imaging how crazy 9-11 would be if Twitter were around back then. There would be tweets of love, fear, revenge. News would have traveled so fast.
It's unfortunate to think of how many people died on that fateful day, yet its amazing at how many lives were saved - whether people were traveling on business, caught the later train or bus, just decided to work from home or made it out of the towers okay.
9-11: Always remember. Never forget.
Ten years ago today I was a freshman at St. Bonaventure. I went for a run at the track behind my dorm and remember thinking what a beautiful day it was. There wasn't a cloud in the perfectly blue sky. When I got back to my room I turned on the TV and got my stuff ready for a shower. That's when I saw it. The World Trade Centers were hit. I immediately thought about my family. My dad goes into the city often for work; our house was only 30 minutes from NYC; and I also had several extended family members who work in NYC - some in those buildings. Many phone call attempts wouldn't go through, and people were running up and down the hall screaming and running into each others room to watch the coverage. My neighbor, Nancy, came running into our room in tears. Her aunt works in that building but luckily just went on maternity leave that day. It was all so surreal. Our classes that day were cancelled and we all just watched the news and scoured the internet for updates.
I could only imaging how crazy 9-11 would be if Twitter were around back then. There would be tweets of love, fear, revenge. News would have traveled so fast.
It's unfortunate to think of how many people died on that fateful day, yet its amazing at how many lives were saved - whether people were traveling on business, caught the later train or bus, just decided to work from home or made it out of the towers okay.
9-11: Always remember. Never forget.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
So I'm not completely domestic
I have some work to do when it come to learning about laundry. I get the basics (hot for whites, colors for cold), but for some reason every once in a while I'll get spots on the clothes or the whites don't look completely white. So yesterday I decided to add a little bleach to the load I was doing - which was mostly whites except for our sheets, which are a light tan. I didn't think a splash of bleach would have this much of an effect but now our sheets are somewhat tie-die. When I told Rob, I prefaced it by saying I have good news and bad news. Good news, we have clean sheets. Bad news, they're now spotted.
At least its just the sheets - something only for our eyes - and nothing major or totally visible to guests.
At least its just the sheets - something only for our eyes - and nothing major or totally visible to guests.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Most Stressful Jobs
I enjoy what I do for a living but lately things have been very stressful as more projects come down the pipe and the deadlines get closer and closer together. I've seen the Most Stressful Job Rankings before but agree now more than ever that PR Execs have one of the most stressful jobs. This career choice came in #2, with pilots having the #1 most stressful job.
"2. Public Relations Executive
Stress score: 47.60
Hours per day: 9
Public relations executives are "completely at the mercy of their clients and buyers," says Tony Lee, noting that their success or failure depends on the actions and decisions of clients, creating a stressful situation because their performance is in many ways out of their hands.
They also bear the burden of being connected constantly to social media while also managing small details of several campaigns at once."
My husband also says that sales is a stressful job, which I agree, but I guess we'd have to walk a mile in each others shoes to understand the other's point of view.
"2. Public Relations Executive
Stress score: 47.60
Hours per day: 9
Public relations executives are "completely at the mercy of their clients and buyers," says Tony Lee, noting that their success or failure depends on the actions and decisions of clients, creating a stressful situation because their performance is in many ways out of their hands.
They also bear the burden of being connected constantly to social media while also managing small details of several campaigns at once."
My husband also says that sales is a stressful job, which I agree, but I guess we'd have to walk a mile in each others shoes to understand the other's point of view.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
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A Day at Arrowhead Lake
It's only Sunday morning but Buster has had quite a memorable and exciting family weekend so far.
On Friday night we drove out to PA to spend some time with my brother, Joe, and my Mom out at my grandparents vacation house at Arrowhead Lake in the Poconos. On the way out we had to stop at the Crossings Outlets so Rob can pick up some new things for his upcoming business trip. This shopping spree gave Buster the opportunity to go into the Ralph Lauren Polo Store, which was one of his many first for the weekend.
By the time we made it out to the house it was late, so we hung out with some pizza and movies. Saturday morning we were bright eyed and bushy-tailed for an exciting day out. Although the weather wasn't as sunny and warm as the weathermen suggested, we took Buster for a very long walk (it was more than 3 miles, and boy was he beat!), had a delicious lunch, and then went out to the lake to attempt row-boating. I'm sad that Rob missed our boating experience (he was taking a nap) because me, my mom, brother and Buster were all piled in to a row boat and hysterically laughing as we tried to figure out how to operate it. Yes, it may look easy, but for the first few minutes we just went in circles or in the opposite direction of where we wanted to go. After 20 minutes and barely getting out of the loading zone we decided to trade it in for a paddle boat. The paddle boat was only built for two people so my mom hung out with Buster on land while Joe and I took the boat out on the lake. While it seemed like a great idea, I was pretty beat after an hour of paddling around. Good thing I had my stronger, younger brother to keep us moving :)
On the way back to the loading area we decided to pick up Buster off the dock and let him ride back to the boating area with us on the paddle boat - which he absolutely loved! To top off his day Buster had a very special homemade dinner. I'd say it was a successful day of "firsts" for our little puppy!
On Friday night we drove out to PA to spend some time with my brother, Joe, and my Mom out at my grandparents vacation house at Arrowhead Lake in the Poconos. On the way out we had to stop at the Crossings Outlets so Rob can pick up some new things for his upcoming business trip. This shopping spree gave Buster the opportunity to go into the Ralph Lauren Polo Store, which was one of his many first for the weekend.
By the time we made it out to the house it was late, so we hung out with some pizza and movies. Saturday morning we were bright eyed and bushy-tailed for an exciting day out. Although the weather wasn't as sunny and warm as the weathermen suggested, we took Buster for a very long walk (it was more than 3 miles, and boy was he beat!), had a delicious lunch, and then went out to the lake to attempt row-boating. I'm sad that Rob missed our boating experience (he was taking a nap) because me, my mom, brother and Buster were all piled in to a row boat and hysterically laughing as we tried to figure out how to operate it. Yes, it may look easy, but for the first few minutes we just went in circles or in the opposite direction of where we wanted to go. After 20 minutes and barely getting out of the loading zone we decided to trade it in for a paddle boat. The paddle boat was only built for two people so my mom hung out with Buster on land while Joe and I took the boat out on the lake. While it seemed like a great idea, I was pretty beat after an hour of paddling around. Good thing I had my stronger, younger brother to keep us moving :)
On the way back to the loading area we decided to pick up Buster off the dock and let him ride back to the boating area with us on the paddle boat - which he absolutely loved! To top off his day Buster had a very special homemade dinner. I'd say it was a successful day of "firsts" for our little puppy!
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