Tuesday, September 7, 2010
What I Have
Today I was checking facebook and saw a bunch of new pictures that one of my friends posted. It reminded me that I have really good friends and a really good life.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
A Passion
Nothing makes me happier than to discover a passion or see someone else doing something cool with their passion.
I read an article yesterday about a woman who has a passion for the sewing machine. In an ambitious one year challenge, Marisa Lynch is taking $1 thrift store finds and sewing them into something magical every day. That's 365 new outfits for only $365. Wow. Passion, an incredible skill, a new wardrobe - what more could you want?
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Before and After
I read an article yesterday about a woman who has a passion for the sewing machine. In an ambitious one year challenge, Marisa Lynch is taking $1 thrift store finds and sewing them into something magical every day. That's 365 new outfits for only $365. Wow. Passion, an incredible skill, a new wardrobe - what more could you want?
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Before and AfterTuesday, August 17, 2010
Kindness
There are people that I come across now and then that really make me stop and think. People that are so friendly and cheerful that it just makes me happy.
If you have worked retail you know how physically draining and emotionally draining a day at work can be. The work is never ending and customers can be very demanding and just plain rude. There are however gems that come along and turn my whole mood upside down, and today I was fortunate enough to meet two of these gems.
The first was a sweet older women that I was helping at the register. I took over for my coworker in the middle of her transaction and right off the bat she had the kindest smile. I asked her how she was doing and she answered, " just great" then said, " I love your eyelashes!" When everything was finished I handed her her bag and said, "thanks for coming in today, have a great day!" She replied " you too, and I just love your eyelashes, so pretty!"
Seconed gem. I was helping a women find an item but we didn't have the color she wanted so we needed to order it from our in store kiosk. I have never used one of these things before today so I was a little worried but we figured it out together and it was pretty fun. She was so nice and patient and treated me like I saved the day.
These two women don't know it, but they made my day. I was not having a good day at work. I was tired and my feet hurt and was feeling so low that I wanted to just leave. Coming across these ladies and their happieness turned it all around.
They say happieness is contagious, and I believe it! When I meet people like that it makes me want to be a better person. I'm so greatful for people that make life brighter with thier kindness.
If you have worked retail you know how physically draining and emotionally draining a day at work can be. The work is never ending and customers can be very demanding and just plain rude. There are however gems that come along and turn my whole mood upside down, and today I was fortunate enough to meet two of these gems.
The first was a sweet older women that I was helping at the register. I took over for my coworker in the middle of her transaction and right off the bat she had the kindest smile. I asked her how she was doing and she answered, " just great" then said, " I love your eyelashes!" When everything was finished I handed her her bag and said, "thanks for coming in today, have a great day!" She replied " you too, and I just love your eyelashes, so pretty!"
Seconed gem. I was helping a women find an item but we didn't have the color she wanted so we needed to order it from our in store kiosk. I have never used one of these things before today so I was a little worried but we figured it out together and it was pretty fun. She was so nice and patient and treated me like I saved the day.
These two women don't know it, but they made my day. I was not having a good day at work. I was tired and my feet hurt and was feeling so low that I wanted to just leave. Coming across these ladies and their happieness turned it all around.
They say happieness is contagious, and I believe it! When I meet people like that it makes me want to be a better person. I'm so greatful for people that make life brighter with thier kindness.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Hot, Hot, Hot!
What I'm about to tell you didn't actually happen today, it was yesterday but, too good to not tell.
Yesterday I took a trip to Multnomah Falls with five friends. We took two cars, mine was one of them. I have had a few problems with my car, but none recently so I felt pretty good taking my little red 94' Mazda. The weather was even perfect for my car, since I don't have air conditioning, we didn't have to roll the windows down and get blasted from the wind. Everything was going quite well, that is until these words left my mouth, "there's smoke coming out of my car"!
My car was hot! The little gauge was past the "h" and traffic was barely moving, which didn't help. I was able to pull over and let my car cool down, thinking the whole time of how bored we would be. I was on the verge of getting upset when one of my friends found a can of silly string (that was given to me by Ashley) in the back seat and started spraying us with it. I didn't know that silly string would come in handy just sitting in my car, but it did! Instead of being bored we had a silly string fight. There was also a very nice trucker that gave me two gallons of water, because the coolant I always have in my trunk wasn't there like it should have been.
We finally made it to Multnomah Falls and over all had a very fun trip. Thank goodness for silly string and thank goodness friends!
Yesterday I took a trip to Multnomah Falls with five friends. We took two cars, mine was one of them. I have had a few problems with my car, but none recently so I felt pretty good taking my little red 94' Mazda. The weather was even perfect for my car, since I don't have air conditioning, we didn't have to roll the windows down and get blasted from the wind. Everything was going quite well, that is until these words left my mouth, "there's smoke coming out of my car"!
My car was hot! The little gauge was past the "h" and traffic was barely moving, which didn't help. I was able to pull over and let my car cool down, thinking the whole time of how bored we would be. I was on the verge of getting upset when one of my friends found a can of silly string (that was given to me by Ashley) in the back seat and started spraying us with it. I didn't know that silly string would come in handy just sitting in my car, but it did! Instead of being bored we had a silly string fight. There was also a very nice trucker that gave me two gallons of water, because the coolant I always have in my trunk wasn't there like it should have been.
We finally made it to Multnomah Falls and over all had a very fun trip. Thank goodness for silly string and thank goodness friends!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Happy Book
"I wonder what Piglet is doing," thought Pooh, "I wish I were there to be doing it too."
Sometimes I randomly google Winnie the Pooh. It never fails to bring me a small bit of happiness.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Cravings
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you would rather not."
~Mark Twain
Monday, August 2, 2010
Progress
Today I saw the new layout for the blog for the first time and that made me really happy! I love progress. Ashley is amazing! :)
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