jessica*bree

Weekly Update

What I have been doing: work, work and more work. And in between I have been running over to the new house each night to take care of new house stuff! Exciting but exhausting.  How the hell can I try out 8 different shades of grey and still not be sure. For pete's sake its just paint. I need to move on.

 

What I have been thinking about: I have been living like some kind of bachelorette lately... girls clothing, make-up, curling irons where ever.  Girl food in the fridge.  Lots of shoes all around!  I am slowly cleaning up to get the place ready for Thomas and Seven.

 

What I have created: I scrapped this past weekend and love it. I didn't have any photos with me so I saved spots in my book (using a smashbook) but it was just great to document the little things while they are fresh in my mind.  I love that the more journal style format frees me up to actually focus more on journaling and less on the "pretty".  :)

 

What I have planned: I am really looking forward to one last quick trip back to Atlanta.  I will be going to see the girls at Tah Cha tea house on Friday, I have bowling for Jojo's bday on Saturday and at some point will do some errands.  Then the big drive on Monday night.  Yikes!

 

What I have been into: Storage Wars, tex-mex food, trying new places to eat, facebooking to feel like I am not out here in Texas all alone, smashbooking, crochet.

 

What I want to do: I want to be less cranky, less stressed.  I want to just do what I need to do and realize that things will get better and that I don't have to try to control or fix everything.  We'll see how I do on that one!  lol

Weekly Update

Art work in Philly airport

Smashbooking

First real traffic jam in DFW

What I've been doing: Finished my crazy travel, had dinner out with the "freaks", hung with Monica

What I've been thinking about: I have been thinking about stress and change and how to manage both. I have also been thinking about how cool it is that my job takes me to new places so I get to know new people and have friends around the world.

What I have created: spent more time on my Weekend in Stockholm afghan and did some fun entries in my smash book

What I have planned: I am picking out paint and flooring tomorrow. I am trying a new ravelry group on Tuesday hopefully.

Where I am going: I am going to house closing on Monday and fly to Atlanta on Friday/span>

What I want to do: Finish American Gods; work on my afghan; watch the BBC version of being human; plan more of my trip to Amsterdam.

Thought from the road

Random thoughts while on the road...

Does "lol" translate if you are not American? I am guessing not. But how else do you make it clear you are not being so serious? I guess a smiley face?

Why does it seem that everyone under a certain age flips their smilies? Like is (: so much cooler than :) ? Oh and I guess saying cool makes me old as well???

Can I call it going "home" when its just corporate housing and all my stuff and husband and dog are some where else?

Oh and how is it that I go home to see my parents and then go home back to my house? How many places can I call home? If your parents still live the same city as when you were kid how do you refer to it?

Are previous trips really as great as we remember them or do the photos and stories just make us remember it that way? Does it matter? Is it better if I can trick myself into thinking things went better than they did?

Boarding soon... Glad my tour of America (said with sarcasm and an eye roll) is almost over.

Weekly update

What I've been doing: Going to farewell lunches, happy hours, crops; traveling for work; adjusting to being here in DFW alone

What I've been thinking about: I have been thinking about the circles of friends in my life and how people impact each other. If find it fascinating who is in life now and who is no longer in my life. Some people I wish I had tried harder to stay in touch with but there are others I am honestly glad they are gone.

What I have created: working on a table runner for the new house made from crocheted circles in multiple colors. I promise photos soon. Also doing my first smash book

What I have planned: I am spending lots of time online to keep me connected to my friends during this transition (jessicabree on facebook and jessicabree22 on yahoo! IM). Working on my plans for a trip to Amsterdam this October. More on that later I am sure... I also have some fun plans like lunch and dinners and cropping.

Where I sm going: traveling to Baltimore, Philly, and Charleston next week

What I want to do: Read American Gods; check out more of the area; make a fantastic homemade soup (but it's too hot!); try Mi Cochina again; see a movie

My short lived boycott of all things Swedish...

So I have this project at work that I am having to take over that I do not love.  Not only is it just not something that excites me, but its also coming in crazy late.  In the world of market research, getting results late is a major sin.  And why is it so late?  Well I could go into a long winded explanation that only another market researcher would follow (and that no one really cares about) but basically it boils down to the fact that the data collection in the Nordic markets, particularly Sweden, is taking FOR-E-VER.  And I am not thrilled about this one bit.

So I began to threaten to boycott all things Swedish and Nordic.  You know, if my crazy conservative coworker could refuse to drink French wine because of the whole war thing, then surely I could give up imported salmon or whatever, right?  (I am mean I like French wine way more than smoked salmon!)  So, I began to consider what I  would have to give up...

1. Saab and Volvo - done
2. Swedish Meatballs - yeah, I can skip those.  I mean the sauce is yummy, but no problem.
3. The Swedish Chef - I find him endearing, so its a bit sad, but okay
4. Absolut - hmmm... I think I can manage 
5. ABBA - I seriously love singing along to my Mamma Mia soundtrack and I still love the movie Muriel's Wedding with its awesome ABBA soundtrack.  But this one I could maybe give up for a bit...
6. IKEA - I found a couch and some tables I love at IKEA... giving those up would be HARD.  This boycott is not looking good
7. Alexander Skarsgard - I love Eric & True Blood and sorry, this is not negotiable.

So despite all my tough talk (for all of a day there) the ban is over as of Sunday, when I go to IKEA to look at couches and then watch Eric and Sookie... heck, I might even eat some Swedish meatballs while at IKEA.  I am so weak.