End of Summer Cleaning & Thursday Quotes

I've decided I am going to use a little of my upcoming down time for the next week or so to do some major organizing around the house! Clean out closets, drawers, the pantry, the whole house. Make files, organize, throw out old junk and just get the house completely clean... you know like spring cleaning... but in typical Jamie fashion I'm a little behind, so we'll just call it end of summer cleaning??? I dunno, moot point! Anyways, I'll be documenting the process and I'll show you all how I do! Wish me luck! In the meantime enjoy a few quotes for your Thursday afternoon!

xoxo~ Jamie

P.S. If you are wondering if I Googled the word "moot" to make sure I used it appropriately here, you would be correct. 

P.P.S. Even if you have no desire to see how I've organized my house you may want to check back just to see how messy my closets currently are... yikes!

Kisses & Disses...

Because this day sucks (WTF market? Why ya gotta jump all over the place and freak people out, thus creating a very busy day for yours truly)... and I don't have much time for blogging today I thought I would do a really quick Kisses & Disses Post... So without futher ado:

Kisses:

1. E-books! I am OBSESSED with my Nook and everything Barnes & Noble and books! So I must say how much I loveeeeeee E-books!! I'm a fan for several reasons: 
1. I LOVE that when I hear about a good book, all I have to do is pick up my Nook and buy the book, I can read it in seconds! Love it! 
2. I am a spaz! And I drop books all the time while reading, or Gizmo jumps in my lap and closes the book, or I put the book down and loose my page... ugh so frustrating! But not with E-books, No matter what happens it saves my last page, no more fumbling to find where I left off! yay!  
3. Lastly I love me some E-books because I can read almost any book, any time, anywhere! Most summers we are really slow at work. So I usually have a little free time during the day. I love that even if I didn't bring my Nook to work (or on the lightrail or camping or on vacation...) I can still read on the computer or on my phone... no more wasted time sitting in line or surfing the net, just lots and lots of reading! love! 

Nook by Barnes and Noble 

 Photo courtesy of Barnes&Noble.com

1. Tigi Rockaholic Dirty Secret Dry Shampoo!!!! This stuff is SERIOUSLY a life saver! I have super blonde hair that shows grease like no bodies business... Before this amazing dry shampoo I had to wash my hair every.single.day... No matter how tired, how hungover, or how late I was I had to wash my hair or I looked like a grease ball gross! But not anymore! Although this stuff is pretty pricy I love it and cant live without it. Some days I just want to sleep in, or freshen my hair up a bit before heading out for dinner with the hubby, or I'm in a mad rush to get out the door and just dont have time to wash my hair; I love that not showering is finally an option for me! (I know how gross I sound right now but I totally don't care, I'm still clean and wear deodorant religiously ok!) Anyway just a little shout-out to Tigi because this stuff is amazing!!!

Rhockaholic Dry Shampoo

Photo courtesy of  Google

1. So You Think You Can Dance: I'm not a huge reality tv show fan but I LOVE So You Think You Can Dance!!! I love the contestants, they are always so supportive of eachother, sweet, and not to mention they have amazing skills, incredible dancers! I love the choreographers!! They rock! And I LOVE the music they pick for the routines! After every episode I'm left smiling and ready to dance (dont laugh I am totally an awesome dancer!)This season is almost over and I'm such a dork I'm totally going to miss it! 

The Final 4 Contestants this Season! Love them!! 

 

Photo courtesy of Fox.com 

 Disses: 

1. Waterproof Mascara: Ugh I seriously HATE waterproof mascara!!! I ran out of my usual mascara last week and was forced to use the only stuff I had left... it was waterproof that I accidentally bought a while back. It took me a few days of spider eyelashes and scrubbing my face every night to figure out what the heck was going on! After I found the culprit I once again swore to myself I would NEVER wear waterproof mascara again, because it's awful! 
2. Clowns: I honestly HATE HATE HATE Clowns!!! And I feel like they are everywhere! On TV, in magazines, being carried by a little girl in the elevator this morning (OH EM GEE soooo creepy!) Not sure why people like clowns, they are horrible and scary and I am soooo not a fan.
3. Automated Recorded Solicitation Messages: Eeek these things drive me bonkers! Since I answer the phone for my office I usually get about one of these a day and some loud, irritating, rude recorded message says something like "DON'T HANG UP, this message is for Financial Advisers...." so I promptly hangup! Not only do I not like being yelled at but I'm not really ok with being told what to do by a recording... so if you want me to take you seriously you're just going to have to call me personally or yes I will hangup.

xoxo ~ Jamie

 

Getting Back on Track

I know we've all been there. You come to a point in your life when everything is going really great. You're comfortable, you're busy, and you're happy... but there are soooo many things you have been putting off. I feel like I've reached that point lately. Adam and I have had a wonderful summer. It's the first summer in forever where we haven't had to be here, we haven't had to do this, and we haven't been slammed with weddings. So we've used this summer to just have fun together. This weekend we hung out with friends, walked in the Douglas County Parade, went to the Douglas County Fair, went hiking and finally tried out a new restaurant we've been wanting to go to (complete with crazy burgers and amazing milkshakes.) The weekend was awesome and everything that summer should be (we took lots of pictures and I'll be sure to do a quick post on it later.) But this weekend also reminded us of all the things we've been saying we need to accomplish and summer is quickly coming to a close (seriously how is it August already!!!??) So I've been thinking of all the things that I've been putting off and I'm making a vow to jump in head first and start checking things off the list! Yesterday at work I completed all the projects that I've had on the back burner (you know those awful projects you just don't want to do because they're well awful!) yep all done! Or at least I took the first step in completing them. So now I want to start completing things in my personal life. So here is my "Summer Bucket List." All the little things I want to do before summer kicks the bucket!

Summer Bucket List: 

1. Get back in shape! (Ok so I know this is a long term thing but I've broken it down into two more immediate steps:)
1. Get back in the habit of going to the gym
2. Start creating a weekly menu of healthy meals (this will do two things: help with calorie intake and keep us from wasting money on eating out and food that goes bad because we never eat it.)
2.  Hike more (again gets us back in shape and we had such a great time on Sunday!)
3. Finish projects around the house. We have a laundry list of things around the house that we wanted to do. I would like to start checking this off little by little, starting with finishing closing up the top of our master bathroom.
4. Pass the Series 63 & 65 (YUCK! I really don't want to do this, but I've been putting it off for way too long and I really need to dive in and just do it!)

I guess that's all I have for now, but all of these tasks take a lot of time and commitment so I think it's a great starting point... Wish me luck and I hope this inspires you to complete a few of those things you've been putting off!

xoxo ~ Jamie

And for a little eye candy here are some quotes!

Working in the World of Finance....

Most days I really do love my job, but there are some days where working in the world of finance can be incredibly difficult... yesterday was just one of those days. When the market drops 512 points I think it shakes everyone's cage a bit. Our clients are amazing and thankfully no one called completely panicked but watching those numbers drop can definitely be nerve racking. I have great bosses that do their absolute best to protect our clients from bad days. And they are pretty successful at it. My fear on days like these doesn't come from worrying about "our clients" my fear is more for worrying about others. I truly wish we could protect everyone from down markets, but thankfully the market comes back around, things stabilize, things grow, and unfortunetly one day the market will once again drop. I guess it's just the nature of the business. Anyway on days like yesterday I find my sanity in a cup of coffee, a few great quotes and a drink or two with great people after work. Here are just a few quotes that kept a smile on my face through the madness yesterday.

xoxo~ Jamie

Quotes for your Wednesday!

Today I will just leave you with lots of fabulous quotes! Happy Wendesday! Hope it's a great one.

xoxo~ Jamie