How do I say this...

I had a terrible week last week. You know the kind where everything goes wrong-and in three's! Car broke down, really bad work week and my birthday basically sucked. What I wanted to do was go back to bed and hide under the covers! Oh wait, I did do that. How mature of me. There were small footsteps coming into the room to see if Mom was 'okay'. DID I LOOK OKAY! There, now I'm the grown up. And then the inevitable happened. I had to go back to work. Nothing like being depressed and having to spend all your time smiling in front of people (retail beast). But you know, something happened that surprised a miserable synic like myself. After pulling myself out of bed by the bootstraps, believe me, no small feat, I decided that, or told myself to forget about everything that happened. I could take the bus to work ( I actually enjoy public transportation), the holidays are coming, and (hopefully) people will be happier when they shop, and my birthday's done. So what, right?
Let me tell you, so what. My car got fixed, yeah, I can drive around at lunch and not get stuck in the breakroom. The San Francisco Giants won the World Series! Yes, I'm still screaming. I won a raffle from a blog I follow. How cool is that! (and way more on that later when I devote an entire page to this lovely lady at Simply Kierste (what, right click not working?) And, I received a Fossil watch form the company I work for because of my customer service skills.
Good things happen in three's too!
All I had to do was relax, get out the bad mojo, and go on. This is proof that it all comes back to you. So simple. Appreciate the little things that happen to you. Do something nice for someone else. You think I'm gonna pay this forward? Oh, you betcha. I've already started. It's not because I want things to come to me )well, I do, but who doesn't?) It's because this world is so hard to live in all by itself without having to fight against stupid stuff in our lives. Yes, I will pass it on, and on, and on...Will stupid stuff happen to me again, probably. I'll be ready for it next time and realize that it's just stuff. There's always Plan B.
Here's hopinng you get the next nice thing!

Things To Love

I found this on FFFFOUND. Sweet!

Also, this on same post:

Somethings just make me smile. Also check out CatScans. Yes, people scanning their cats. Lots of chub out there. But lots of squishy cats too.

Day What?

This has been a difficult weekend. I realize that I need to take care of myself. And I mean, stop obsessing about everything. The weight, the job, family. I can control what I eat, what I do, where I end up. There are always obstacles, but it's how I go around those obstacles that determine where I go from any given point. So I am going to relax, learn to love myself (gulp) and appreciate what I have now in my life and not worry about what might happen. Because I don't know what will happen tomorrow, but right now I can love what I have, look around (at the craft hoard) and love where I am right now.

Day 4 Appreciation is in the Little Things

I did not have to do anything for Appreciation month today. I worked all night however on my presentation for tomorrow. Sneak peak here! I got the downloads for the flowers from Skip To My Lou. One bouquest says 'Thank You' and the other says "Great Job". I think they turned out fabulous. (I tend to use that word a lot) How about Fantastical! I'm sure everyone will be happy tomorrow to get a little appreciation.

Day 3-Appreciation

So, this was my contribution to Cashier Appreciation Month. It was a Football Raffle. Everything was dirt cheap, I got the bucket at Goodwill and everything else was less than $1 each. So not bad. And the winner loved it! I'm glad I could do it. Next project, the Thank You Lollipop Tree.

Day 2 Appreciation

Ah, a day off from work. But htat doesn't mean that I haven't appreciated anything today. My husband and I went thrift store shopping. (I didn't tell him about my foray from the other night without him). Slim pickings today. He found some electronics stuff. I found a good bag of yarn that I am going to make a pom pom scarf out of. (yes, ending a sentence with a preposition is a bad thing). The morning was fun, and we decided not to purchase the Gumby Snuggie. But it would have been good for laughs, especially living in Tucson. I mean, when would I ever use it?
So, I appreciate my husband, my day with him, my afternoon with my son (who went to the Home Show with me), the cooling wind and possibility of rain and coming home to a peaceful house laundry!!!

30 Days of Appreciation

My company recognizes this one department once every year to show their appreciation for their hard work all year long. I am involved with this because I can't keep my big mouth shut and offered some suggestions to help appreciate these associates for the month of October. So day one, I was not involved and I wasn't at work, at least for regular work ( I was involved in another project today).  But I do have some craftsy things coming up for the month which I will share. It also made me think that, although these people are being appreciated for the month and that's fabulous, I also think we should show a little bit more kindness to everyone all year long. Is that so hard? And it doesn't cost anything. So I will do my part and tell people at work, and family how much I appreciate them every day-and not wait an entire year to say it!