Humpday Confessional

I am happier than a camel today, because the week is almost ovah! I mean it has been a trying week already, and it's only Wednesday so imagine how it is going to be for the rest of the week.

- My Marketing in Social Media Class is too easy. I mean I have my homework for the next 5 weeks done because in my mind it needed to be done on week two when I set up Life After 5. And when you take a quiz in 30 seconds and get 100% it has to mean something. The only thing that I am still stuck on is SEO because we only spent an hour on it. I know this whole scenario is a first world problem, but still.

- #wcw to me means Water, Coffee, and Wine. Because those will be all of the liquids I will be consuming today! There is a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio and a Cab Sav sitting in my fridge begging for me to set them free!

- Chicago PD will be the only show that I am totally current on, because I CANNOT miss an episode. Did anyone else realize that Ruzek is Jeremiah from The Princess Diaries?

Now you know.

- I totally FanGirled and obsessed over the new Game Of Thrones poster. I mean can it be April 12th?!I mean look at this Bad Assery! <-- Yes I count that as a word. I also watched all of the available trailers for it and recaps of last season.

- I did absolutely nothing for my last Influenster VoxBox but take the survey and yet I am getting more VoxBox opportunities than I ever have before. I mean there is no logic to this site sometimes! Does anyone else have the problem where they go months with out even getting a word from them and then out of no where you have three opportunities that don't really work with you?

- Llamas were all the rage last week, when two got loose in Sun City, AZ. So of course being from AZ all of my friends were posting about this llama, so I started messaging and commenting with  The Emperor's New Groove Comments. And because I was doing that, I had the sudden urge to watch The Emperors New Groove. So I did and I loved every second.

March Goals

It feels criminal for it to already be March! Only 2 short months away and I will be 26, in 3 days I will have worked at my current job for 6 very long years, and it is 9 months till Christmas. And with it being a Monday, it feels just as criminal that the weekend ended so quickly. 

March Goals:

1.)Spending Freeze: this started on Saturday though I did spend an unnecessary $10 on lunch and Redbox movies. But for the most part I did well grocery shopping and not spending money on anything that wasn't on my approved list.

2.)Order Contacts! It is on my approved list to order contacts, because I need them.

3.) Post 12 new posts. I know that this seems like a low number but with running 2 different blogs, it feels like a good place to start. 

4.) Bring my lunch to work all month. This was the main reason to do a spending freeze, I mean last week alone I think I spent $60 on going out to lunch. So I stocked up on enough Lean Cuisine's to last me a couple weeks until I have to go shopping again.

5.) Clean up my Living Room. It is pretty much where I live, because it is the only room I have a working TV in. So needless to say it is messy, and I really need to deep clean. 

6.) Re-Organize My Closet. I have seen quite a few other posts about reorganizing closets, and it has me inspired to do the same with mine. It could definitely use it.

Happy Monday!

This is a mandatory, I am still alive post, because I haven't posted something on almost 2 weeks.

No I have not been ill, just in a personal cyclone of craziness. Last week I had a tricky day off, a falling grandpa who ended up at the hospital for a day, and the sudden urge to move our offices downstairs into an empty suite.I may still request this until we  get an official home of our own. I also have been constructing a blog, which is harder than I thought it would be. 

Friday, I hung out with my grandparents while trying to put off more homework. 

Saturday, I completely cleared out my DVR, which is not only a massive amount of Television but also so much drama! 

Sunday, I spent a lot of the morning putting of homework and then went out to see Jupiter Ascending and eat dinner with a friend. 

Now it is time for me to: 

• Go back to work 
• Write a poem of sorts for tonight's class
• Finish up this other blog of mine so that I can get a post out. 

Think About It Thursday: What Love Means to Me

In 2 short days, I will have been single for over 4 years. That means that I have spent the last 4 Valentines days being a single gal. Amongst my list of really Awesome Holidays, Valentines day is no where to be found. Talk Like a Pirate day and Christmas definitely, but not the day dedicated to St. Valentine. 

Please don't mistake this for me being Anti- Valentines day, because I'm not. It's just not one of my favorites. I will probably wear black, because 3/4 of my wardrobe is nothing but. I will probably be irritated by the fact that some guy bought over priced roses for his wife and had them sent to the office. Many say that it's a day that has been singled out for love, and that you should tell people that you love them every day. Maybe it has become some Hallmark Corporate Holiday where companies want you to buy mass amounts of candy.

To that I say, what girl doesn't want copious amounts of chocolate??? Also, I love the cheesy, sappy Hallmark Movies where the guy gets the girl in the end. It gives me an incredible amount of hope sometimes. In the end it is all about the love.

There are at least 3 different saints by the name of Valentine or Valentinus in the Catholic Church. All of which were considered Martyrs. One story is that Valentine went against his Emporer when he realized the injustice of a marriage ban, and as a priest wed young lovers in secret. His actions discovered and he was put to death. Another story tells that Valentine was helping Christians flee Roman prisons, and that the first Valentine was sent from him to a girl he had fallen in love with while imprisoned. It was simply signed From Your Valentine. 

These two martyrs understood the power  of love, and why it is so important to have in life. Even in the dystopian books where the world and all emotions have been stripped away, it always comes back to love.

So, What does Love Mean to Me? 

It Looks Like This:

Unconditional - Accepting- Forgiving me for my faults- And never hogging the blankets.

It feels Like This:

Exciting- Bright- Unpredictable- Adventurous- Happy

It Means This:

Through the good and bad, no running. It's there no matter what, and fights like hell to stay around.

What does love mean to you? 

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5 Things I Will Always Be

As I was flipping through the number of wonderful posts, that were beautifully crafted during my 3rd cup of coffee yesterday morning; I came across a wonderful idea.

Now I have thought that I had quite a few wonderful ideas lately, but I hated every single one of them. And not like a I am just going to stop and come back hate, more like I need to delete this immediately.

Nicole however, always has the most perfect ideas. And when I saw her 11 Things I'll Never Be, I thought it was BRILLIANT! But there are many things that I will never be, and very few that I will always be.

So here are 5 things I will always be:

1.) I  will always be in decisive. I am one of those horrible people that you will meet that will NEVER know what they want for dinner.

2.) I will always be able to fall asleep anywhere. At a table, as a passenger in a car, or even in a sitting chair, it is a family trait that we can fall asleep in any condition.

3.) I will always be the person who requests the piece of cake with the blue frosting. My inner child can't help it.

4.) I will always be sarcastic. Chances are I will throw in a sarcastic comment in any conversation. It could be a simple "NNOOO" or it could be a little bit wittier than that. Just think of me as the Chandler Bing of the group.

5.) I will always be the socially awkward friend. You all have that one friend, that laughs randomly or trips over thin air. I am that friend. I accept my fate.

What are some of the things you will always be?

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Don't Forget! Another Think About It Thursday will be posted tomorrow. The topic is:

What does love look like to you? 

Grab a button and link up! I can't wait to see what everyone has to say!

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Confession Session

-That is totally a picture of my white board standing desk. Because only 2 sticky notes have been murdered this week. I call that a small victory.

- It's a Thursday, and I really feel like it should be Monday. My brain is in a bit of a fog and just does not want to work properly today.

- Today I dislike everyone at work strongly. Not Everyone.... but specific people.

- I get my tax return back tomorrow (YAY!) but a good portion of it is already spent because the phone I sent back to Verizon for their edge program was shattered. And because I am a nice sister I am not making my brother pay for it.

- I have to create a new blog for my Marketing in Social Media Class. I asked if I could use mine, but my teacher was wary about it and wanted newer data. So I am all game with making a new one. While I have to do a bunch of it, because hello homework, I am thinking that it would be awesome and beneficial to have a co-author or two on it, and keep it going afterwards.

- I plan on giving my blog another face lift. But this time with professional help from my lovely friend Emily. So get ready for that! 

- I am so leaning against a stool today versus standing. I think it is because I really just want to take a nap, but I am so not up for this standing desk today. I love it, but don't have to like it. 

- This is going to be short and sweet, because I want it to be. 

My Ikea Hack: Stand Up Desk

If you didn't see it on instagram, I am testing out a new office lifestyle. Standing up while working! I got this simple hack from Megan and decided to put my own twist on it. Since I knew that I was going to be doing this project I traveled to the land of Ikea, at the beginning of what would be a really busy Saturday and bought all of the necessary supplies. Sunday morning when I woke up to the fog of terror, I knew that I was not going to do anything outside anytime soon. So what better time than that to put on a chick flick and use some power tools? 

Thanks Seattle for the crazy weather! 

What you need: 

2 Ikea Lack side tables (Mine)

1 set of two Wall Brackets (Mine)

1 Ekby Viktor wall shelf (Here)

Added: 

Bygel Rail (Here)

Bygel Containers (Here)

Essentials:

Screws: preferably a flat top screw. 

Drill : Fully Charged! 

First things first. Take the table that you are using for your keyboard stand, and attach the shelf brackets to the legs first. I did mine the shorter length side and placed them all the way at the bottom of the leg. If you are taller than 5'5" than you may want to put it a little higher. You should attach the legs to your table, and then attach the shelf to the brackets. 

** I put the shelf on my desk and then flipped my Ikea table over with the table upside down so that I could easily screw together the shelf. 

For the second table all I did was screw the railing into the top portion of the table using smaller screws. I got halfway through the last screw and then... my drill battery decided to die a slow and painful death. So there I was watching the last 5 minutes of Meet the Robinsons, waiting for just enough drill power to finish. 

  

Monday came along and I took it into work. The hardest part of this adventure was trying to get the tables to fit in my car! But, everyone in the office has since come up to my desk to see my crafty little DIY. And now I see the wheels turning on how they can do it for their desk. 

The differences from Megan's hack and mine were the actual tables. I used a high gloss white so that I could make the top into a white board. I wanted a way to stop using so many damn sticky notes, and this seemed like a reasonable solution. 

My overall cost ended up being $71 (rounded up) because I bought the high gloss tables, fancier brackets, the railing and buckets, screws, and a little lamp that clips onto surfaces. But if you did the basic tables and a basic bracket it should only cost you $30 total. 

What do you think? Would you be able to stand at work all day?