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Friday, November 4, 2016

Good morning, world!

Jason has just left to go to work, and of course my sweet Sophie girl is curled up asleep, next to me, as I play on my computer this morning! This is starting to become our morning ritual, Sophie girl & I! I am so thankful that she is able to stay with me.

This transitioning to working from home can get really lonely really fast!

I talk to her a lot! and I mean, like, “Girrrrrrrl, has she lost here ever-loving mind???” a lot!! Don’t worry, she doesn’t actually speak back, like with actual words or anything, but we do pretty well understanding each other!

I am really in my head this morning. Hell, who am I kidding??? being an introvert, I am in my head a lot most mornings! Today, I am thinking about all of the work that still has yet to be done!

Like a crazy person, I have committed to posting 1 YouTube video every day of November, and then I had already decided that I wanted to do a 24 Days of Christmas series, which means I will be posting a YouTube video EVERY-SINGLE-DAY-FOR-54-DAYS!!! The reality of that boggles the mind!!

And if that weren’t insane enough, I have thrown a BIG move right into the middle of all of that!! The YouTube videos right now are a full time job, in and of itself, but then I realize, “CRAP!! Someone has got to pack this house up!!!” Well, that someone is me!

My hubby and I have moved A LOT in our 21 years of marriage!! So many times, that I honestly have lost count!! Moving has kind of fed the gypsy in me. The one that is always want to purge, pack, and start brand new. I haven’t moved in 10 years. THAT IN INSANE to me!! That might be where my longing for a change of scenery has come from, my soul getting itchy to stretch out and try on a new environment.

This is both scary and exciting!

What this has done for me, which is surprising to me, is it has reawakened my passion for decorating, decor, and home DIY projects!!

That is where I started my creative life, originally!

It is my roots, so to speak!

My mom was a very talented crafter, matter of fact people used to give her the moniker “Queen of Crafts”. I wanted to be crafty too, but someone in the family said, “We already have one creative person in the family, we don’t need two.” Well, apparently that person was mistaken, because here I am!!

The thing that I am finding most joyous about creating YouTube videos, especially having committed to posting every day for 54 days, is that it forces me to look around my world, and find ways to be creative, EVERY-SINGLE-DAY!!

That makes my soul sing, really, REALLY LOUDLY!!!

I think that is what my soul should be doing.

If I am going to spend a good half of my lifetime working, I want my job to be joyous, and make my soul sing really, REALLY LOUDY, at least once, EVERY-SINGLE-DAY! Now, don’t get me wrong, there are so many things that go wrong with the process of making YouTube videos, or creating, or just life in general. I can not even think to tell you how many times some computer-ey thing that I was trying to figure out how to do, has frustrated me to the point of tears. Way too many times that what I thought could be humanly possible when I first started my YouTube career!! 😉

But, at the end of the day, when the tears have subsided, and I’ve cozied up in bed, next to my hubby, for a good night’s sleep, I can honestly tell you that, when I close my eyes at night, I am seriously happy. Like down to my tippy toes, if I could do this for the rest of my life, with no pay, I would still die an EXTREMELY HAPPY girl, and is that what it is all about anyway!??

I know, I know, life is not all rainbows, and unicorns, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t at least try to make every moment as close to that as possible, does it? What is wrong with being happy in your work?

I have always believed that “work” was supposed to be a sad, depressing, durge. A task, that when you had completed a day of it, you were supposed to be left completely wiped out, with nothing left for anyone else. If it wasn’t, then you weren’t doing it right.

Man, oh man, I was so wrong!!

Now, mind you, I don’t actually make money doing what I do. I am not sure how that works, yet. But, that is okay with me. I am in the stages of learning the process, and doing the ground work, so that in 5 to 10 years, someone can say, oh look at Chrissie, she was an overnight success, and I can just stand back and smile, and laugh to myself, “Oh, if only they knew how much real work, and blood, and sweat, and tears has gone into this “overnight success”!”

Man, I can honestly say I can’t wait for that day to come!!

As for now, I am going to count my blessings, and just keep doing creative work, that continues to make my soul sing!!

Here is to a life filled with many happy songs!!

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A Peek into My Work Day!

Good afternoon!

I thought that I would share a quick peek into my day with you! These pics are pics are from random moments in my work day!

A Peek In My DayMy day job is as a data programmer, so I sit at my computer for what feels like 68 hours every day!! 🙂

A Peek In My Day 2Yep, this is a peek of what I do during my working hours! 🙂

A Peek In My Day 1Another peek! Not very artsy/creative is it? That’s ok – this job has brought my sweetie and I SOOOO MANY blessings!! 🙂

A Peek In My Day 2aHere is one of the main ways I stay sane while programming!! Music on my i-Pad ALLLL FREAKIN’ DAY!!! That is such a MUST for me!!! 🙂

A Peek In My Day 3Round all that out with lunch with the girls (have I told you I have THE BEST girl friends!!!!), mixed with a bunch of giggling, and keeping it all in perspective, I can honestly say that life is very VERY good!!

Here is to another FABULOUSLY productive work day! 🙂

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If you want to have a different life, you have to live differently!!

An Evening of Organizing!

Good evening!

I am going to try and make this a quick post this evening! I am in the middle of getting some organizing done and I don’t want to take too long, but I thought I would just quickly stop and tell you how my day has gone.

Work? Well, it was alright! I am doing some research right now, and every time I think I am getting close to figuring out what I am looking for, I realize I am stumped again, and almost feeling as if I am back to square one!! So, tomorrow, I will just roll up my sleeves and start again, and if I don’t figure it out by lunch, I will put this assignment away and work on something else for a while!! 😉

I had another Zumba class today, and it is official, I love Zumba, I don’t love this class. I know myself, and if I feel like I am not having fun then I don’t want to do it, and it makes it harder to get to the next class. Well, this instructor, although a fabulously nice person, doesn’t know anything about being plus-size. So, I am trying to do stuff that God had never meant for a body of this size to be doing just yet!!! If we could just stick to all of the fun-crazy dancing, and skip all of the crunches, squats, and yoga/pilate moves, that would be cool – at least for now!! My knees, ankes, elbows, and wrists just aren’t faring so well. Even with two days between classes, I am finding that I am still hurting so badly!! So, with all of that said, I am not sure if I am going to quit yet, or if I am going to stick it out and just modify more!! We will see, and I will keep you posted!!

Oh, I wanted to give a shout out to my sweetie this evening! When I got home, I had the most pleasant surprise, not only did he wash my car today, but I was completely amazed that the house had been cleaned while I was at work too!! Isn’t that just the sweetest thing??? Well, let’s just say that his brownie points meter was busy racking up points tonight!! Thank you, Love! I appreciate all you do for us!! 😉

Anyway, one last thing before I get back to what I was doing. I just received this letter in my e-mail from the Borders CEO, Mike Edwards. Borders happens to be my husband’s and my favorite bookstore and we have spent many hours there reading books, magazines, enjoying a coffee, people watching, visiting with each other, and with all of their stores closing it is going to be quite the culture shock in Jason’s and my world – truly. I thought this letter was sweet, and I wanted to make sure to keep it, kind of as a memento of this great company who I have been a loyal, and frequent customer of for so long.

 

With that, I bid you good night, and…

Have a FABULOUS evening!! 😉

A Thursday of Randomness!

Good evening!

I am so tired! It has been a long day! Well, where do I start?

I got up this morning, late, because I had stayed up too long last night, trying to cram a little more time with my sister! Shocking, right?? Anyway, I finally got myself out to work this morning and even managed to surprise myself by getting there on time. WHOO! HOO!!

I had a pretty darn good day at work today! I just love working with my girlfriend, Chris. She always has a way of explaining things to me that makes either understand them, or makes me feel better! It is important to work with friends!! 😉

When I got home this afternoon, it was to a too quiet empty house. Jennifer and Austin went home today, after stopping by my work place so we could all have lunch together, which is part of why I was having such a good day at work! Ok, so maybe a BIG part of it! 😉 But is was very quiet when I got home this afternoon, and my sweetie came home and made a fabulous – and healthy dinner this evening for us! That was so fabulous!!! I got to cuddle with him on the couch a bit this evening, before he headed out to his truck to do some final errands of the evening! 😉

I am excited that tomorrow is Friday! I can’t wait!! Our house is clean, and after some organizing in the dining room tomorrow night, I will be able to claim that my house is spotless, well, at least for 10 minutes!! 😉 But, when the house is clean, I have a MUCH EASIER time of relaxing, and I know that makes both Jason and I happy!! 😉

Oh, I wanted to tell you that I signed up for a 5 week, 2xs a week Zumba class down at my place of work! It only cost me $25, because I am an employee – I can not wait to start!! I know that Zumba is supposed to be really tough, but I am falling in love with dancing – the ultimate un-exercise feeling exercise for me!! 😉 Plus I start my intermediate belly dancing class next week. I am scared and nervous at the same time, but I know I will have a blast!!

Anyway, I am going to close up shop here, and get my booty into bed for the night!!

Have a FABULOUS evening! 😉

Wednesday Good Morning!

Good morning!!

Well, it is Wednesday, which just happens to be Chunky Dunker Club night!!! YEAH!!! WHOO! HOO!!! So, I had better get to thinking about what tonight’s post is going to be about!!

I am praying for a good day today!! Work is a little…well, let’s just say harry! 😉 I am going for a level 10 day anyway!!

  1. Get to work early
  2. Make sure I get my water so I have plenty to drink at my desk
  3. Make sure I have my i-pod with peppy music on and playing
  4. Breathe! Breathe! Breathe!
  5. Think happy thoughts
  6. Take a nature walk if things get really stressful
  7. Today is the day that breaks are going to be mandatory – but don’t abuse the privilege
  8. Text my sissy if I need help getting back on track
  9. Keep saying my blessings mantra, “I am blessed, God is with me, He will never give me anything without making sure that I have the resources, wisdom, or the talent to make it through.”
  10. If all else fails, keep SMILING, baby!!

Plus, I get to leave a little early today! I have a hair appointment!! NOW, COME ON!!! What is in that day that wouldn’t make it a level 10!! HAHAHA!! It is going to be a GREAT DAY!!!

I hope to see you all tonight!!

Have a FABULOUS evening!!! 😉

Catch-Up Tuesday!

Good evening!

I have to tell you that today has been such a very good day!! REALLY!!! The sun is shining, Chris and I have help at work now, which is DIVINE!!! Plus Julie really is VERY SWEET, so she has been a joyful addition to our team!!

I am sorry that my posts have been a little sparse the past two days! I had gotten caught up in a book – yes, I still do read, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE!! I just finished reading  City of Fallen Angels, by Cassandra Claire, with my girlfriend, and co-worker Chris. She had finished it before me, which meant I HAD TO GET IT READ so that we could discuss!! WHEW!! So that is what I have been busy doing.

Ok, I got the last few pages read right before bed last evening! and can I tell you???

WHAT A HORRIBLE ENDING!!!

There is a movie that came out in 1982 that my mom used to watch A LOT when I was a little girl, it was called The Pirate Movie. Well, at the end of that movie, the main character, Mabel, who had been having a pirate dream for the length of the movie, realized she was getting a bad ending. She start calling out, “I want a happy ending! I want a happy ending!!” and the dream froze and, long story short – she got her happy ending!! Well,

I WANT A HAPPY ENDING!! I WANT A HAPPY ENDING!!!

For those of you who haven’t read City of Fallen Angels yet, Chris and I are both sooooo dang frustrated that we have to wait probably another year before we get to find out WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!! UGH!!!

What is a girl to do??

Hmmm… I could always start another book???

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As I said earlier in this post, it is so nice and sunny here today – the first real feeling day of Spring!! FINALLY! This cheery, warm weather has started me dreaming about my farm again!! I am so ready to go out and find my farm! Today would be the most DELIGHTFUL day to go out and play in the gardens, take a nice leisurely walk, and spend some time laughing with my sweetie in the great outdoors!!

My sweetie is out working on a roof for a customer, and so I am home alone for dinner. I had a pretty big lunch today, so I have decided to do a light fruit and veggie based dinner tonight – kind of like a mini cleanse!! I have had a lovely pear, a nice crisp apple, and some freshly sliced strawberries!! Later, when/if I get hungry again, I have the makings of a fresh, crisp, green salad, which should be DELICIOUS!! if I get really hungry, we have some fresh baguette in the kitchen too, that I can tear a chunk off of!! Or maybe I can add about an ounce of cheese to the mix, for some calcium-rich protein! YUM! We’ll see! (NOTE: this is my attempt to live spontaneously! WILD? I KNOW!!!!)

I have decided to start buying only organic produce. It is more expensive, but I think in the long run, it can only help us by not consuming quite as many chemicals as we have eaten in the past! So, we have been eating organic produce for a few days now, and I have to tell you, that I was pleasantly surprised by the taste of a lot of these foods. They just taste better. More flavor, richer, somehow!! It has been less than a week, and I am already hooked!! Go figure!! Thanks for the words of encouragement, Sis!!! 😉

Tonight, I am going to do a little more reading, but I think I am also going to go take a nice walk out in nature, and just soak up as much vitamin D as I possibly can!!! Doesn’t that just sound lovely???

Have a FABULOUS evening!!

Note to Chunky Dunkers: I can’t wait to see all of you at our Chunky Dunker’s Club, here tomorrow night!!! It will be great to talk about our ups and downs in our efforts to getting fit and healthy!! If anyone would like to join us – I should have the night’s post published by 6:30 PM! The more the merrier! GO CHUNKY DUNKERS!!! 😉

Hi, Honey! I’m Home!

Good evening!

I have just gotten home from work, and man did I have a rough day!! Nothing in particular, but there is just a lot of work coming at us, and not quite enough of us to get it all done yet. I am so excited that Julie starts on Monday, even though part-time, I can’t wait!! She will be a breathe of fresh air for our team! Aaaah!

Anyway, there are so many changes going on at work right now, I have decided to pull out my copy of the book, “Who Moved My Cheese?”. Have any of you read that book before? This is a book that I pull out occasionally when I am feeling a little unsure of what the future holds!! I am not sure if my cheese is going to be moved, but let’s just say that I am getting my running shoes on and getting prepared. I know my cheese is out there, I just have to go find it!!!

It is Tuesday, which means it is my turn to cook tonight, and I have TOTALLY FORGOTTEN!! So, I gave my husband my leftover lunch, and I think I will have a bowl of cereal! Not the dinner of champions, but there you go!! Actually I may try and get it together enough to maybe make myself a healthy breakfast burrito! Ok, that sounds good!! I hope my meager lunch fixings will tide my Sweetie over until dinner is made! 😉

I have not been sleeping well, I am not sure why. I have been getting to bed earlier and earlier, but I seem to just toss and turn all night, and last night, I sat awake in bed for about an hour and a half, which kind of negates the reason for going to bed early in the first place, don’t you think??? 😉 So, I am going to take myself to bed a little bit early tonight, and then try and get some reading done before it is actually time to go to sleep. I will see if that gets me through the night. I am also thinking about possibly taking a melatonin. I hear that is a chemical that is a normally occurring drug your brain releases, maybe that will work. Has anyone used melatonin before? I have had success taking it before, but it has been so long that I have forgotten if I stay asleep all night, or if I have any problems getting out of bed in the morning! Anyone else have those problems??

Alright, so I do seem to be rambling a bit this evening, so I am going to get on the ball, and go make us some dinner – that is unless I can sweetly talk my honey into doing it for us tonight, which would be AWESOME!!! 😉 UPDATE: my sweetie has agreed to make dinner!!! YEAH!!! He gets to claim so buck-o brownie points tonight!!! Won’t he be pleased about that???

Have a FABULOUS evening!!! 😉

Note to Chunky Dunkers: Don’t forget that tomorrow night is Chunky Dunker’s Club Night!! I hope that all of you can be there! It is ALWAYS so much fun when we have a full house!! It is in’t too late to get some extra exercise in, or plan on eating a couple of healthy meals before we meet tomorrow!!! I can’t wait to see you there!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!! 😉

Week of Prepping for Changes!

Good evening!

I have just gotten home from work, and I have to tell you I have had a pretty good day! Busy, but very good!! You see, one of my very dear friends is joining my team next week, and the team is just soooo excited to have her start!!! She is just such a sweetheart, but she is also a self-starting, hard worker and she is going to be such a to our team!!!

To get ready for her arrival, my work partner and I have been putting together a task list, and cleaning up some otherwise confusing processes so that when we teach her how to use the tools that we utilize, it will be as least-confusing as possible!! So, that has take some time and attention, and I am sure I will spending more time on that for the next couple of days!! but it will be sooooo worth it!! 😉

Then that leads us to the biggest “change” for our team that may be coming up within the next couple of months, and that is that we may be relocating to a different floor of our building. There are a lot of pros and cons to the move, but I am always an advocate for change of scenery. But, I must tell you, my co-worker and I have been really spoiled by our current work spaces. We have GINORMOUS windows with the most BEAUTIFUL view! If we open our windows, we can hear the creek burbling by down below. There is a large tree, with birds and squirrels always stopping by and peering in. We also have the best view, in the entire building to the helicopter landing pad on top of the main hospital tower, so we can see every helicopter coming and going without fail!! So that will be sad. BOO! But, it will be nice to have the whole team together, however many we may end up as. So, we will see!!

Jason just stopped and told me about something that happened at the post office today. He said there was a little old lady who had walked into the post office, walked past the looong line of already waiting customers and said to the postal worker that she didn’t have time to wait in line, and handed her slip of paper to the gentleman. Apparently some other little old lady in the line took great offense at her audacity and started to wield her umbrella at the impatient customer. Jason said, he kinda got excited that there was gonna be a little old lady smack down, right in front of him. Well, thankfully, the postal worker was able to diffuse the situation, and all was well with the world. My hubby said he was kinda bummed not to see the grannies fight, but he was glad that no one was hurt. I am not sure how I feel about this story. A part of me wants to laugh, and another is just thinking “MEN!!!” What do you think???

Alright, well my sweetie almost has dinner ready so I am going to lend a helping hand!

Have a FABULOUS evening!!

Note to Chunky Dunkers: It is not too late to get some more beneficial exercise in before your weigh-in on Wednesday!!! Every minute counts towards your goal of fitness!! I am rooting for you, even from afar! GO CHUNKY DUNKERS!!! 😉

A Quick Post!

Good morning!

As I get ready to zip out the door this morning – I have been doing that a lot these past few mornings! I wanted to remind you that tonight is our Weekly Chunky Dunker’s Club meeting!!! So don’t miss that! I will see you here this evening!!

As for today, well, I am working on trying to get my workload back under control and have just been chipping away at it, little-by-little!! There is finally light at the end of the tunnel, but I think it is still a few weeks away before I will get a glimpse of my new “normal”, but that is ok. My motto is accept, adapt, make it a habit, and when all is said and done – freak out about what you were just able to accomplish!!! Right now, I am still in the adapting phase – trying to make it all work! So, far so god!!! 😉

Have a FABULOUS morning!!! 😉