Days of Thanks: Day 6

Yes, of course I am thankful for the right to vote. I exercised that right this morning with my husband. We were in and out in less than 30 minutes.  We chose to vote via paper ballot because there was a line to vote electronically.  This was my first time voting "live" since all 3 other elections I have voted absentee for Texas.  It is a little more exciting voting in Missouri than in Texas because Missouri can go either way and Texas is and always will be a red state.

I just am ready for the whole thing to be done and over. Friendships hopefully can survive different party line.  I try my best to not let politics or religion get in the way of my friendships.  I know my friends no where I stand on most issues. I do not vote a straight ticket and I do not fit into any "mold". I have issues I am passionate about and argue with what my party feels/
          I am pro choice---and I do not think Roe vs Wade will ever be over turned
          I am in favor of stem cell research
          I am for same sex marriage
          I do not agree with Robin Hood projects
          I do not agree with universal health care
  I am not going to debate anyone on this.  I never get involved in people's political debates on Facebook, so I'm voicing my thoughts here.

Day of Thanks: Day 5

Today I am thankful for working from home.  It is cold and raining here in St. Louis today, and I am thankful that I do not have to get all dressed up for work. Instead, I have been writing quotes and drumming up business from the cozy comfort of my home in leggings, a thermal shirt, uggs, and with my hair in a pony tail.  Working from home has been a blessing and a curse for me.  Sometimes it is very hard to get motivated to do actual work, especially on days like today. However, I am able to get a lot of things done while I work. I am a great multitasker. For example, I am doing laundry, have chili in the crock pot and have gone to the cleaners in between calls and forecasting.

Day of Thanks: Day 4

Yesterday, I was thankful for new paint.  Yes, that is right...paint.  We have been working hard over the weekend to get our new home painted. I say we, but I mean, J does the painting and I do the Lowe's runs to buy said paint. You mess up one room, one time, and you are banned from ever picking up a paint brush again.  (I am not sure that is really a punishment for him or for me!)  We have our room and bathroom done, Peyton's room and bathroom done. Now we just need to paint the loft and the living room and it will give the house such a new fresh look.  We are not changing anything drastic, except Peyton's bathroom.  It was hidious, neon teal with a horrilbe fish border.  J's sister and I worked on scrapping off the wall paper boarder so J could come in behind us and paint.  I don't think I will ever have a house with wall paper...on purpose. It is such a pain in the ass to remove when it is put on wrong. 

This is also my 100th post!  I have not blogged as much this year as I would have hoped, but I am doing better than any other year :)

30 Days of Thanks: Day 3

On saturday, I was thankful for Ann Taylor.  I have had the pleasure of wardrobing clients for over 6 years now.  I love my non real job.  I am lucky to have to opportunity to only work friday nights and saturdays, putting the store together and helping put together fabulous outfits.  Retail can be a pain in the ass. I never like the slow days when we are dead. I thrive in the holiday season of hustle and bustle.  On the otherside, I love the employee discount.  I have way too many clothes and have a hard time getting rid of anything Ann.

Epic Fail

Recently, I have come to the conclusion that I am addicted to diet coke or diet dr pepper.  They say the first step is admitting you have a problem. I have a major problem. It is my coffee in the morning and what I love to drink during my windshield time in the car, what I drink with meals, and basically what I drink when I am thirsty. Yes, I know this is not a good thing and yes, I know it is not in my best interest.  I try to drink water, I just don't care for it too much.  The crystal light on the go's help, but they are not diet coke.

I decieded that November 1 was going to be the day where I cut back drastically or quit my DC habbit.  I did very well and ordered a water and apple juice at breakfast.  Usually it would be a diet coke, no water.  Mid morning, I bargained with myself and said that for every diet coke I drank, I had to combat it with a glass of water.  By noon, I was on the verge of a major caffiene headache.  Danm the luck, if we did not have lunch at a place that has the really cool new coke dispensing machines. It has a million flavor options....like diet cherry vanilla. I was completely powerless to this damn machine.  I only had 1.5 of them, so I thought that was a win in itself.  As the day drug on, I became weak.  I didn't drink as many as normal but I did drink more than I would have liked. 

So far today, I have been up since 6am. Had apple juice at the hotel and bought a bottle of water at the airport.  I plan to make it to lunch before having a DC with lunch.  I think I can not quit cold turkey......and heaven help those who get in my way before noon.....you have all been warned.

Give Thaks: Day 2

Today I am thankful for free wifi at Kansas City Airport.  I know, it sounds like such a petty thing to be thankful for, but without it, you would not be reading this post.  I am not just thankful for the free wifi at MCI, but also pretty much any public free wifi.  Life as a sales rep becomes much easier when wifi is easily obtainble.  I think some of our customers forget that we are out and about in the field, we are not able to instantly send them a price quote or look important information up. Yes, our iPhone can do a lot of things, but I can not send a quote from my iPhone....and iPad perhaps, but I'm holding out to have Sartorius provide me with one. 

We live in a era of instatnt gratification, You send an email, you expect a response pretty much instantly.  I have leanred that if I do not send a quick, "I'm out in the field, I will get you the info when I get home or in my hotel", I can lose the sale to another rep who is sitting in their home office.  Plus, I can always waste time looking at pinterest or facebook!

30 Days of Thanks: Day 1

Look at me, starting a challenge on the correct day! Now, if I can just keep up....that will be the question.  I am of course thankful for many things in my life....husband, family, friends, etc. I thought I would take this challenge to share with you things you may or may not know I am thankful for.

Today, I am thankful for Sartorius.  Sartorius is my company. Our main headquarters is in a city in Germany that I never pronounce correctly, but we have our North American headquarters on Long Island.  Side note:  we substained limited damage at the office from hurricane Sandy, just a lot of phone and power problems. I think we are open today...haven't been so far all week. The reason I am thankful for Sartorius, other than the fact that they offered me a job 2 days before my wedding, is the amazing people I get to work with.  I have a very down to earth, hands off type of manager, which works very well for me. I have a great support team back in the office, friendly, and always willing to help a girl out.  I have made it a year here and it really seems like just yesterday that I started working.  The product line is not the most sexy or glamourous but in the end, I really believe that good people make more of a difference than a hot and novel product portfolio. 

Even though we, globally, are a billion dollar company. I am not treated as just a number. I know our North American president (and she knows me.) I even did a few shots in Aruba with her!  I think this says a lot about a company. They honestly care about me and my growth.