Wednesday, December 31, 2008

last post of the year

This is my last blog post of the year.

Next year I vow to:

eat more bread, cheese and pasta
take more naps
watch more reality TV
read more tabloid magazines
exercise my fingers on the computer more
order in food more

Kidding.

No really-

This year, I got be healthier. I think that's been my resolution since I was 14, but seriously, this is the year....it is...it really is...yeah...

My personal resolution is to enjoy every minute as much as I can and stop wasting my time doing things hat don't matter.

My professional resolution is to work as hard as I can so that my company can be successful in the National Stationery Show.

Overall, I would love to eat, drink and be more merry in 2009!!!

Happy New Years!

Monday, December 29, 2008

Send and ANONYMOUS POSTCARD

There is a great website I had to share called ANONYMOUS POSTCARD.ORG. You go online, and can send an anonymous compliment/complaint/or whatever to whoever you want. It's funny. You enter as much as you want and then as much of the recipient's info as you have, whether its an email or mailing address or just a city. The team at this website then goes through them and picks out the ones that are the best and sends them directly to them.

Here is how their website describes it-
"Anonymous Postcard is a suggestion box for the world, designed to allow anyone to openly communicate to a third party without the complications of personal contact. Claims submitted by the public are turned into vague and largely indecipherable postcards and mailed toward the intended recipients."

It's fun to check out the gallery of all the postcards people have sent- some have sent postcards as thank yous to the troops, someone else sent one to a restaurants complaining about the music during lunch. Some are fun and some are sweet.

Check it out.

www.anonymouspostcard.org

Saturday, December 27, 2008

home is where you park it

There is nothing like spending the holidays at home. My "home," or parents home, has moved around quite a bit since I left Charlotte, NC when I was 18. After living somewhere for 18 years straight, my parents have now moved homes about 18 times. When my mom retired, they moved to Nashville, TN for several years. Then, off to Atlanta, GA for a few more. Then, came the decked-out RV that hey have lived in for several years now. They have moved it from city to city because my Dad's job involves a lot of traveling and it's easier to move their home with them. They parked it for periods of time in Richmond, VA, Virginia Beach, VA, Atlanta, GA, Myrtle Beach, SC, Louisville, KY, Lexington, KY, and finally they have settled on a farm in Chattanooga, TN (actually a town called Ooltewah). So, home really is where you PARK it. To come from NYC to the country of Tennessee is such a treat. Last night, I could see Venus so clearly. I can barely see one star in NYC.

But for some reason, I always feel like it's home. Wherever my parents are, is my home. Even though it's all enclosed in a moving bus, it is somehow still comforting to come home to. My mom still makes all the food I grew up on. That makes it truly feel like home. Actually, she is now making her famous Turkey and Rice soup that she makes with leftovers after the holidays. I love our home on the farm. My sister has now moved into the house on the property with her family. It's a family compound now. Hopefully this will be the place we call home for many years. We'll see. They like to keep it exciting and they're always picking up and going somewhere, so we'll see.

Happy holidays from my home to yours.