yesterday i decided to snap some pics of josh while he was playing guitar.
[he's fast!]
i also took some pictures of the doggies...
[i'm not saying josh is a doggie.]
annnnd that was my weekend :)
Monday, March 9, 2009
clearance
saturday i bought these awesome shoes for $5...after being prompted by kristen. she wanted them first, but they didn't have her size :(
yesterday i decided to snap some pics of josh while he was playing guitar.
[he's fast!]
i also took some pictures of the doggies...
[i'm not saying josh is a doggie.]
annnnd that was my weekend :)
yesterday i decided to snap some pics of josh while he was playing guitar.
[he's fast!]
i also took some pictures of the doggies...
[i'm not saying josh is a doggie.]
annnnd that was my weekend :)
Friday, March 6, 2009
area 1 complete
i posted a few weeks ago about how we are doing some fun new things at our office. "phase 1" was completed last weekend.
my boss put new carpet in his office and the conference room and reconfigured a mock-up of Knoll Autostrada for his office. i think i have some before pictures somewhere, but i can't find them right now...so here's the after!
the carpet looks SO amazing in the space. it's so fun and funky, but the color is very calm, neutral and professional. the color of the wood in AJ's office is awesome too. he's goal is to keep it as clean as you see here. we're going to order an arm for his monitor, so that will look even cleaner!
my boss put new carpet in his office and the conference room and reconfigured a mock-up of Knoll Autostrada for his office. i think i have some before pictures somewhere, but i can't find them right now...so here's the after!
the carpet looks SO amazing in the space. it's so fun and funky, but the color is very calm, neutral and professional. the color of the wood in AJ's office is awesome too. he's goal is to keep it as clean as you see here. we're going to order an arm for his monitor, so that will look even cleaner!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
what's in a name?
ever since i was young i have been known for my messiness...and clumsiness. i constantly trip over things in my room [the corner of the bed...the blankets cause i don't make my bed], run into corners of walls or desks at work, yesterday i knocked over a full glass of coffee on my desk [i do this probably once a month]. one time at my parents house, i was coming downstairs and my foot slipped and i slid on my butt half way down the stairs. my parents ran to my aid [they always prepare for the worst], my dad leaping on me to stop me from falling down anymore stairs. i look up at them, and my mother just says, "oh ame. that's the third time you've fallen today."
my parents gave me my dad's mum's name for my middle name - Grace. little did they know this would shape me to be ungraceful for my entire life.
i used to dislike my middle name. i guess i thought it was old fashioned. now i love it and use it wherever i can. it's tattooed on my ankle.
i probably had one of my worst episodes of "grace" on Monday. i'm the first one to work in the morning, so i always make coffee for the office. while doing so, i get my breakfast of yogurt & granola and toast. then, i take everything upstairs where i eat it while checking emails and beginning the day's work. about an hour later, i take everything back downstairs [plate, bowl and large mug], wash it, get more coffee and come back up.
Monday was no different, until i took the trip back downstairs. somehow my heel caught on the SECOND STEP and i went down - face first. i was balancing the bowl and plate in my left hand [where the railing is] and a mug 1/2 full of coffee in the right hand. i had no way of stopping myself. i managed hitting my feet on every stair, landing on my right side [thigh/leg/ankle] 1/2 way down the stairs, and flopping face first onto the concrete below. thanks to my 13 years of volleyball and diving experience, i landed on the ground using my left knee, hands and chest as my buffer. my face never hit the ground once.
as i lay sprawled on the ground, i imagined i looked just as a cartoon character "splattered" on the ground would look. co-worker bethany was in the office, on the phone upstairs. i knew she had to of heard my fall, but i couldn't tell if she was talking to the person on the phone or me. i waited. she tells me she called my name several times, and i didn't respond. of course, she thought i was unconcious or something. i heard her run and get to the top of the stairs where she yelled "AMY! are you alright?!" to which i responded, "well, i haven't broken any bones." and i started to move. i looked around, at the nail sticking out of the door 12" from my face. the bowl and plate still intact behind me, and the mug [and coffee] shattered EVERYWHERE around me. bethany ran back to the phone and told the woman, "i'm sorry, but my co-worker just fell down the stairs. i have to go." to which the woman seemed irritated. THANKS, LADY.
needless to say, i managed to survive from this fall with a bruise on my knee and thigh and a small cut on my finger. pretty amazing.
i would say my experience in falling really helped here. i have fallen so many times, i know how to position my body so that it will hurt the least. several time's i've tripped on a cord or rope and just thrown myself on my chest, like i would in playing volleyball. i've avoided skinned knees in this exercise, but managed to attract a lot of attention in doing so.
i'm not sure what to do about my clumsiness. maybe i'm doomed for life. maybe when i TRY harder to NOT be clumsy, it makes it worse. maybe i need to slow down and take my time and i will stop falling all the time.
my parents gave me my dad's mum's name for my middle name - Grace. little did they know this would shape me to be ungraceful for my entire life.
i used to dislike my middle name. i guess i thought it was old fashioned. now i love it and use it wherever i can. it's tattooed on my ankle.
i probably had one of my worst episodes of "grace" on Monday. i'm the first one to work in the morning, so i always make coffee for the office. while doing so, i get my breakfast of yogurt & granola and toast. then, i take everything upstairs where i eat it while checking emails and beginning the day's work. about an hour later, i take everything back downstairs [plate, bowl and large mug], wash it, get more coffee and come back up.
Monday was no different, until i took the trip back downstairs. somehow my heel caught on the SECOND STEP and i went down - face first. i was balancing the bowl and plate in my left hand [where the railing is] and a mug 1/2 full of coffee in the right hand. i had no way of stopping myself. i managed hitting my feet on every stair, landing on my right side [thigh/leg/ankle] 1/2 way down the stairs, and flopping face first onto the concrete below. thanks to my 13 years of volleyball and diving experience, i landed on the ground using my left knee, hands and chest as my buffer. my face never hit the ground once.
as i lay sprawled on the ground, i imagined i looked just as a cartoon character "splattered" on the ground would look. co-worker bethany was in the office, on the phone upstairs. i knew she had to of heard my fall, but i couldn't tell if she was talking to the person on the phone or me. i waited. she tells me she called my name several times, and i didn't respond. of course, she thought i was unconcious or something. i heard her run and get to the top of the stairs where she yelled "AMY! are you alright?!" to which i responded, "well, i haven't broken any bones." and i started to move. i looked around, at the nail sticking out of the door 12" from my face. the bowl and plate still intact behind me, and the mug [and coffee] shattered EVERYWHERE around me. bethany ran back to the phone and told the woman, "i'm sorry, but my co-worker just fell down the stairs. i have to go." to which the woman seemed irritated. THANKS, LADY.
needless to say, i managed to survive from this fall with a bruise on my knee and thigh and a small cut on my finger. pretty amazing.
i would say my experience in falling really helped here. i have fallen so many times, i know how to position my body so that it will hurt the least. several time's i've tripped on a cord or rope and just thrown myself on my chest, like i would in playing volleyball. i've avoided skinned knees in this exercise, but managed to attract a lot of attention in doing so.
i'm not sure what to do about my clumsiness. maybe i'm doomed for life. maybe when i TRY harder to NOT be clumsy, it makes it worse. maybe i need to slow down and take my time and i will stop falling all the time.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
[weekend]
here's some things i did this past weekend...
became a penn stater for the night.
went with the roomie to a basketball game with Behrend alumni.
almost got in another car accident.
some stupid person blew off a stop sign. luckily, kristen's fast thinking and my force field [i put my hands out to physically stop the car] prevented us from hitting the guy.
became a pots and pans professional photographer.
kristen was the model. she was given new stainless steel pots & pans for her birthday! yay!
hung out with some of my favorites.
kristen, staci and i went to dinner & out [stayed out past midnight!!] on Saturday to celebrate kristen's birthday.
sang at church.
and messed up on a song. it's ok...i don't think anyone noticed, but i started the bridge way too early! and i couldn't sing "perplexed." it came out like..."perflexpsed."
had thanksgiving dinner in march.
josh and i celebrated his brother jer's birthday at his house on Sunday. jer's girlfriend cooked an amazing dinner for us all. we spent most of our time entertaining their son, Miah.
well, there's my weekend wrap up. maybe some day i'll have more interesting things to post about. :)
became a penn stater for the night.
went with the roomie to a basketball game with Behrend alumni.
some stupid person blew off a stop sign. luckily, kristen's fast thinking and my force field [i put my hands out to physically stop the car] prevented us from hitting the guy.
became a pots and pans professional photographer.
kristen was the model. she was given new stainless steel pots & pans for her birthday! yay!
hung out with some of my favorites.
kristen, staci and i went to dinner & out [stayed out past midnight!!] on Saturday to celebrate kristen's birthday.
sang at church.
and messed up on a song. it's ok...i don't think anyone noticed, but i started the bridge way too early! and i couldn't sing "perplexed." it came out like..."perflexpsed."
had thanksgiving dinner in march.
josh and i celebrated his brother jer's birthday at his house on Sunday. jer's girlfriend cooked an amazing dinner for us all. we spent most of our time entertaining their son, Miah.
well, there's my weekend wrap up. maybe some day i'll have more interesting things to post about. :)
Monday, March 2, 2009
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