It's so challenging keeping up with this thing when life is so busy! However, if for nothing else, I need to stop in every once in a while so I can keep tabs on all that I have going on!
So far this year - my daughter finished her freshman year of college, I was the Publicity Chair and captained a team for the East Boston Relay for Life, participated on the committee (my first year not as chair) for the 4th Annual Sacred Heart Festival featuring the Stylistics and coordinated a community forum to discuss the advent of a Casino Forum at Suffolk Downs.
That combined with my full time/contract gig as a training coordinator at a downtown financial firm, the continued growth of my business and event consultancy and my clothing line and a couple of sales gigs - is keeping me pretty busy.
But, like I said, I need a place to stop for a moment and make note of the noteable stuff. So - hopefully, ideally - I'll be back soon!
Showing posts with label life changes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life changes. Show all posts
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Year in Review
So...I didn't really do a great job of blogging last year but have a plan to keep up for this year. I'll share that in the next post.
I was going to do a quick year in review but decided that a lot of last year's activities and milestones will make a cameo appearance in this year's blog posts - if not completely feature. A few items include my one and only daughter turning 18, graduating high school and beginning college; running several successful events for the church - including another amazing annual festival, Captaining a team for my first 'Relay for Life' all night walk, becoming laid off - deciding to go out on my own as a freelance admin/event planner - join the chamber, coordinate a series of successful client events AND beginning my own clothing line!
Stay tuned for this year's posts. They are sure to be interesting!!!
I was going to do a quick year in review but decided that a lot of last year's activities and milestones will make a cameo appearance in this year's blog posts - if not completely feature. A few items include my one and only daughter turning 18, graduating high school and beginning college; running several successful events for the church - including another amazing annual festival, Captaining a team for my first 'Relay for Life' all night walk, becoming laid off - deciding to go out on my own as a freelance admin/event planner - join the chamber, coordinate a series of successful client events AND beginning my own clothing line!
Stay tuned for this year's posts. They are sure to be interesting!!!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
10 Miles Behind Me and 10,000 More to Go...
So - as I'm sitting here at 12:30 A.M. on Friday 5/29 I'm pondering my one and only daughter's last day of high school and her upcoming graduation while watching the last episode of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He just had James Taylor on who performed our (mine and Jay's - who knew?) favorite song - Sweet Baby James. The lyrics that resonate with both of us the most are " ...10 miles behind me and 10,000 more to go..."
I've done a lot of thinking lately - particularly today - about how much work it has taken to get my little cherub to this point in her educational career and how much more work she has ahead of her and I have ahead of me. So it's interesting how appropriate those lyrics are.
It's also funny how quickly time flies and major milestones creep up on you. I remember when she got accepted to this school and I contemplated the 6 year path ahead of her/us. It seemed like an eternity but it all went by in the blink of an eye. There have been dozens, no hundreds of activities and and events, projects and papers, dances, shows and competitions, breakfasts and banquets that have distracted us along the way. Each occasion stealing a slice out of this 6-year eternity. This morning I woke up and it was my baby's last day of - well being a baby. We have exactly 1 week and 3 days until graduation - then that's it. It's over. She's a grown up who will be heading to college in the fall. Hey wait - it's not over yet....she's going to college in the fall!! Where she'll spend 4 long years....Phew! That was close!
I've done a lot of thinking lately - particularly today - about how much work it has taken to get my little cherub to this point in her educational career and how much more work she has ahead of her and I have ahead of me. So it's interesting how appropriate those lyrics are.
It's also funny how quickly time flies and major milestones creep up on you. I remember when she got accepted to this school and I contemplated the 6 year path ahead of her/us. It seemed like an eternity but it all went by in the blink of an eye. There have been dozens, no hundreds of activities and and events, projects and papers, dances, shows and competitions, breakfasts and banquets that have distracted us along the way. Each occasion stealing a slice out of this 6-year eternity. This morning I woke up and it was my baby's last day of - well being a baby. We have exactly 1 week and 3 days until graduation - then that's it. It's over. She's a grown up who will be heading to college in the fall. Hey wait - it's not over yet....she's going to college in the fall!! Where she'll spend 4 long years....Phew! That was close!
Monday, February 18, 2008
New Job & Other New Beginnings
Ok, so a while back I blogged about my new temp assignment and how I hoped the pace would pick up a bit and wondered if it would evolve into the all-American 9 to 5 dream. Well, it has picked up and it is evolving into a 9 to 5:30 dream. Hopefully I'll have my job offer tomorrow and it lands close to my target. Then I'll be able to accept the offer and live happily ever after!! Aaah!!!
The people are great, the work is interesting and a far cry from the tech mfg. environment I spent the last 7+ years in. Isn't it interesting how much less affected an investment firm can be by investors than a technology company? Probably because investors understand a lot more about investments, than say - how to design, develop and manufacture semi-conductor test equipment???? I imagine in the new employer's investor meetings there are a lot less screams of "send it to China, it's cheaper in China!!!". Oh the insanity of it all!!
Sorry - I was having flashbacks for a minute.
So, on other new beginnings, I recently started a new nutrition management program. It's not as much a program, as it is a plan. I made it up myself based on observations and common sense judgements from myself and folks who have had success with weight loss and mgmt and I think it's actually working. Are you ready for it? It's really simple. Consume reasonable amounts (not weighed or measured, just eyeballed) of basic proteins(chicken, fish, lean beef), fruits and vegetables (low carb ones - mostly greens)and complex carbs (brown rice, high fiber bread and oatmeal) and that's it. By doing that about 2/3 of the time over my first week, I lost 2.5 lbs. I also had my period when I weighed in so you know the loss would have been higher if not for the bloat.
Additionally, I have blogged about wanting to - no needing to- join a gym. I think I have my answer, planet fitness has a location near gov't ctr. (not far from the new office) and on 1A. I can do downtown during the week and 1A on the weekends. Plus 1A has free tanning!!! Love that!!!!! So, when I get the first "real" check, I'll probably sign up and be at the gym daily in the AM. I love it!!!!!!
So, here's to new beginnings, new jobs, and a smaller, tanner, richer, happier me!!!!!!
The people are great, the work is interesting and a far cry from the tech mfg. environment I spent the last 7+ years in. Isn't it interesting how much less affected an investment firm can be by investors than a technology company? Probably because investors understand a lot more about investments, than say - how to design, develop and manufacture semi-conductor test equipment???? I imagine in the new employer's investor meetings there are a lot less screams of "send it to China, it's cheaper in China!!!". Oh the insanity of it all!!
Sorry - I was having flashbacks for a minute.
So, on other new beginnings, I recently started a new nutrition management program. It's not as much a program, as it is a plan. I made it up myself based on observations and common sense judgements from myself and folks who have had success with weight loss and mgmt and I think it's actually working. Are you ready for it? It's really simple. Consume reasonable amounts (not weighed or measured, just eyeballed) of basic proteins(chicken, fish, lean beef), fruits and vegetables (low carb ones - mostly greens)and complex carbs (brown rice, high fiber bread and oatmeal) and that's it. By doing that about 2/3 of the time over my first week, I lost 2.5 lbs. I also had my period when I weighed in so you know the loss would have been higher if not for the bloat.
Additionally, I have blogged about wanting to - no needing to- join a gym. I think I have my answer, planet fitness has a location near gov't ctr. (not far from the new office) and on 1A. I can do downtown during the week and 1A on the weekends. Plus 1A has free tanning!!! Love that!!!!! So, when I get the first "real" check, I'll probably sign up and be at the gym daily in the AM. I love it!!!!!!
So, here's to new beginnings, new jobs, and a smaller, tanner, richer, happier me!!!!!!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
The Rest of My Life...
Happy New Year!!!
I'm not sure if anyone will read this. If anyone is out there, I am inviting you to take a journey with me. I hadn't intended to wait until New Year's Day to start this process however as cliche as it is, I decided that I wouldn't let that stop me.
I am a 35 year old wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and work in progress.
Until recently, life has seemed to have just "happened" to me.
Lately, I have started to make some major decisions. Although the results of some of those decisions have been wildly successful, others have been a bit dismal.
Tonight, the catalyst for sitting down and creating this blog has been the realization that I am in control of my life - nobody else. I need to take charge and drive my own destiny, for better or for worse. Hence the title, because today is the first day of "The rest of my life..." Stay Tuned!
I'm not sure if anyone will read this. If anyone is out there, I am inviting you to take a journey with me. I hadn't intended to wait until New Year's Day to start this process however as cliche as it is, I decided that I wouldn't let that stop me.
I am a 35 year old wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and work in progress.
Until recently, life has seemed to have just "happened" to me.
Lately, I have started to make some major decisions. Although the results of some of those decisions have been wildly successful, others have been a bit dismal.
Tonight, the catalyst for sitting down and creating this blog has been the realization that I am in control of my life - nobody else. I need to take charge and drive my own destiny, for better or for worse. Hence the title, because today is the first day of "The rest of my life..." Stay Tuned!
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