Shopping, Shopping, Shopping!

I woke up at 7:30 this morning with the intention to go shopping by myself. J woke up at around 9 and decided that he wanted to go. Rare moment for me, I was really excited about this! We left the house at around 10 and went to J's "favorite if he HAS to go" outlets. There are stores there that he doesn't mind spending time in if I get stuck in a "girly" store for too long. J & I both need new work clothes. We found some really good deals! Here is what I found: pair of running shoes, 2 skirts, 2 pairs of capris, 1 pair of pants, a cool tray to put on our coffee table and a bright orange Happy Bunny purse for my neice's 14th birthday. After shopping all day, we were pretty tired. We got ready and went to a fancy italian resturant with J's Mom & Dad. It was really yummy. I had buttered butterfly prawns, handmade 4 cheese tortelini and chicken bolognese. I have to check the spelling on all of those. We had creme brulee for desert! Yummy. It was a nice evening out with the in-laws. I am tired now. Goodnight.
-Until tomorrow

TGIF!! 7:30-4:30

Today was a weird day. I went in at 7:30 hoping to leave at 3:30. Didn't happen, of course. I worked on the revisions of Sim for most of the day, getting interupted only a couple of times by "senior" designer. I was free at 4:30! Once I got home J & I ordered Pat & Oscar's to go! We went by Blockbuster and picked out 3 movies. We watched Monster-In-Law with Jane Fonda, Jennifer Lopez and Michael Vartan. It was really cute and funny. I liked it. We went to Wal-Mart to pick up a few essentials that we needed...cat food, toothpaste, toilet paper! I have nothing interesting to say at the moment. I am definitely ready to be brainless for 3 DAYS!!
J & I just decided on going to a Steven Curtis Chapman concert on December 10 in LA!!! Steven Curtis Chapman is my favorite Christian Artist!! I added a new list to my side bar: My Favorite Christian Artists. Steven Curtis will be the first on the list!
-Until tomorrow

I want to help!

My heart is hurting for the victims and the family of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I am searching for some way to help them. I have heard about a local company that is taking donations of water, food, clothes, anything that will help. I am going through my closets, pantry...and going to the store to buy stuff that will help. I haven't been watching much of the footage on tv because the pain is so hard to carry. The media that I have seen is so heart wrenching. I am praying constantly for these people. I feel so helpless. These people need prayers for strength, courage, safety and hope! There is hope!

A clean desk makes me happier!!

My desk when I left work today.

Worked 10 hours again today. I've got to stop this bad habit. We had a company meeting this morning. All the installers were at the office. Honey almond cream cheese on a sun dried tomato bagel, that's all I remember. I took good notes...I took the only notes. After the morning it was crazy. "Senior" designer was asking me about the airplane hangar vanity doors. I didn't have an answer right away. I looked through my archived notepads and found the delivery date of the missing doors. It was delivered November last year. They were buried in dust in the shop. "Senior" designer was not happy about that part, but he was glad we found them and he gave me kudos for being so organized and keeping such good records. I worked on the revisions for Sim for the rest of the day. I did about 25 other interupting things in between. I only got half of the revisions done. I cleaned my desk before I left. I wanted to feel good about my space before I started work tomorrow. Afterall, tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!!!

I got my nails done today. They were so overdue! I love the little butterflies and flowers!

On my way home from the nail salon I saw this...


It's out of control!

It's so crazy. When I got home J needed to get gas. We decided to go check on the price of Ethanol. It was $2.49/gallon! Better than $2.99. Tomorrow it will probably be over $3.00 everywhere. One more day and I will be free...3 DAY WEEKEND!!
-Until tomorrow

Another 10 hour day...

My Office

This is me in my office. This is actually pretty clean for my desk. Usually I am doing about 4 to 5 tasks at one time. It is really hard to keep my desk clean when the "senior" designer is around. I worked from 7-5 again today. My brain checked out at about 4 and by 5 my brain was mush. I worked primarily on two jobs today: Gor & Sim. Sim has lots of details that have to be decided and drawn and then it will be ready for production. With Gor I am waiting on veneer color approvals from the clients before it can go into production. The clients are in Italy and can only communicate by email. Must be nice!! I asked "senior" designer today that since I am putting in so many hours could I take every 3nd Friday off, he said Yes! Wha-hoo!! I know I'm a workaholic and it's really hard to stop. I know I just need to take more time off and just be brainless. I just love my job! There is so much to do and I don't want to get anymore behind that I already am.
When I got home J & I went to Costco to get some gas. It took 30 minutes the lines were so long. We paid $2.79/gallon. It was $2.89 at AMPM and $2.95 at 7-eleven. That is for the lowest grade gas. Needless to say that we won't be going anywhere this weekend. I have a gas guzzler:


Anyway, after we got gas we had our couples small group. We are in between studies so we had a potluck and games. We had Chicken caesar salad, pasta salad, taco dip, verde enchiladas, and vegetarian lasagne. For dessert we had oreo pie and fruit cobbler. It was so delicious!! After we ate we played Scattagories and Spoons. I stank at both games. I am a stinky game player. It was a lot of fun though! We just got home and I wanted to get a quick post in.
-Until tomorrow.

Just another Tuesday.

Today was a full day for me. I just got home. I worked from 7-5:15. "Senior" Designer forgot to tell me about an appointment we had today at 12:30. He calls me at 11:40 and tells me to meet him at the jobsite with plans, interior color choices and details that need to be gone over. Well needless to say I was late because I didn't have anything ready. So I printed out plans, packed up the interior colors and doors. I left the office at 12:15 and got to the jobsite at about 12:45. Not too bad late for last minute. It got done, I survived...as usual.
After work, J & I had a quick dinner at Burger King. It was so nice to just sit and talk about stuff with him. When we are at home there are too many distractions...tv, laptops, etc. I love him so much! He is so my soulmate!! We are the best of friends! He had a softball game tonight. He plays on the Men's church team. They won like 16-8. Yay team!!
I had my ladies small group tonight. We are reading The Purpose Driven Life. We are half way through the study. The ladies in my small group are such a wonderful support to me. It is really scary to share your problems and make yourself vulnerable to another person. It is also scary to have someone who is always holding you accountable. We are all so afraid of failing or having someone look at you disapprovingly. I have developed such a special bond with these ladies. I am trying to change my way of thinking. They love me for me and we are all sisters in Christ. Change is always hard. Our small group runs from 6:30pm-8:30pm. I stayed till 9:40 talking and didn't get home till 10pm. And here I am, writing past my bedtime!
-Until tomorrow.

Popcorn for me!!!

Popcorn & Diet Cherry Pepsi!



Peanut Butter filled Chocolate Chip Cookies

J & I just made snacks!! He loves cookies & milk...who doesn't? I have been looking forward to this bowl of popcorn all day long! I actually left work somewhat on time today. I only had 2 major goals today and I finished them both. First, to get the Wolf rangetop delivered to the jobsites. Second, to verify, label and draw details for job: Gor. This job is a Kitchen, Pantry area, Guest bath & Master bath. I completed all of it at 5:10 and emailed it to the cabinet company. I cleaned my desk and was free!! I went by the grocery store and got Jell-O Oreo pie mix and an Oreo crust! That's what we are taking to our small group on Wednesday night. We are in the middle of study books so we are having a potluck and games!

I worked out when I got home. I sure didn't want to. I worked out so hard all my muscles were shaking when I got done. I am going to be sore tomorrow. That's what I get for not working out in a while. I also gave myself a pedicure. I am nice and relaxed and ready for bed!
-Until tomorrow

Nice peaceful day of nothing

J & I got up early and went to the 8:15am service. The sermon was very convicting. We, as Christians, should not keep a list of things that we think our brothers & sisters are doing "wrong". We should support them and share our own "wrongs" that we are struggling with. We must lead through brokenness. You can get tangled up in "man's" rules and forget that it is all about having a relationship with Jesus. God wants relationships, not rules.

J & I stopped by Subway on the way home and picked up somes sandwiches for lunch. We veged a majority of the day. J had softball practice at 6 so I got to have some "me" time. I did a quick run through and clean of the house and was done in 15min. I called my Mom and we spoke for about a hour and a half. I just ordered our new small group book In the Footsteps of Faith by John McArthur. Can't wait to dig in to a new study. -Until Tomorrow

All in a day's "work"

Here are the photos from today. They turned out great! It is such a blessing to have such great friends and to be able to take time from our busy lives to do fun things for each other!
-Until tomorrow

Photos from Baby Bees Barracks Party!

Chica & I


Closeup of Chica's wall


Sarah Jean's puppy


Nessa's wall


My wall


The "design" crew!

Creatively Productive Saturday

Today was Sarah Jean's baby room decorating party! We had lots of fun and it looks great!! There were four of us! Me, Chica, Nessa & Sarah Jean. We painted one wall baby blue, hung the beautiful window valance and stenciled nursery rhymes! It was so time consuming. Each letter was a different color and it turned out BEAUTIFUL!! Sarah Jean and hubby were really happy with it! I had a great time hanging out with my friends today. It was very theraputic!
Now I am getting ready to go to a family birthday party. J (my hubby)'s dad and sister's birthday! Time to get ready. I don't want to be late. -Until tomorrow

TGIF, 7:30am-3:30pm

Yay, it's finally Friday! I have to admit I am always working for the weekend! I had three goals for today: first, to submit the order for the job: Ken cabinetry. Second, to make sure that the granite , appliances and plumbing fixture pricing was in the works for job: Barn. Third, to turn tif photos into jpegs and email them to a possible new client. I accomplished all and I got out of the office at 3:30. I went to Michael's on the way home. I picked up the stencil paint, stencils and brushes for Sarah Jean's baby room party. When I got home I picked up the house pretty fast because Kaydee & Sarge are coming over at 7:30pm. I have been reading blogs for the past two weeks and have finally decided to have my own! -Until tomorrow