ideas

It's a snowy yet gross day, due to the fact that it has been sunny and warm for weeks and everything is melted and dirty, and the snow today unfortunately is not helping enough to cover up the ugliness. So I thought I'd put up this Thailand photo to remind me of better weather times.

I'm at work, the job I despise as a concierge, therefore I am thinking. Thinking a lot. And I am enlisting you for help. I realize that I want to work only for myself. That way I don't get annoyed at people who are incapable of doing a good job and I only have myself to depend on. I just need to think of what I want to create. I'd like it to incorporate photography. But I want to do my own business, be it creating some sort of craft and selling it, creating a service for people to use, lord knows. But if you have any ideas as to what would make your life easier that you have been waiting for someone to come up with, please share. Maybe I can help. I am all ears.

Otherwise I am going completely stir crazy. I need to stop this six day work week as I need at least two days off where I can relax. I have learned my lesson. One day off per week is not enough because you inevitably spend that day worrying you aren't doing everything you need to do and trying to get all your fun in on one day combined with your errands you need to do, therefore not relaxing one bit. Sigh. I'd like to also take a road trip of some sort that gets me beyond Montrose and its Target and DMV. That is not a whole lot of fun. But soon...off season and Nicaragua. I can make it!

sneak preview

Tonight was a great night. For 2 reasons.

1. We hosted an event here for the film festival that has been on my mind for months now, has stressed me out the past few weeks, and eventually it snuck up on me and before I knew it, tonight it was to happen. A lesson I learned is that I am not, nor do I want to be, an event planner. I mean, let's talk about it. RSVP's. It is on the invitation for a reason. Just let me know! Don't make me contact you repeatedly to get an answer. This was necessary because part of the event was a movie at our theatre here, which only seats 185. Considering we sent invitations out to over 200 people and I hand delivered about 80, I spent the past few weeks concerned we would oversell it. Anyways, 130 responses later, and only 80 people come. You just can never know I guess. Hence why I don't like planning events. But it was a great night - everyone was really happy, the reception afterward went well, the people were so friendly, and it left me with a warm happy feeling that makes me happy about my job. Something to remember when I start complaining about it in a few weeks.

2. The film we saw was amazing!! I can't explain how much I liked it. Since I was working as everyone was coming in, I creeped in as it was starting, sat in the back corner and laughed out loud all by myself. I couldn't help it! It's going to be released in July - our director saw it at Sundance and loved it, so she had it brought here for this event, and everyone here loved it too. It's called 500 Days of Summer, and I highly recommend that you all see it when it is released. It's a romantic comedy that is intelligent, quirky and unexpected. The actual film was a surprise for everyone (including me) until the film started rolling in the theatre, which made it that much more exciting. Suspense is a good thing, I am learning. Check out the trailer for it here.

Oh and I forgot there is a third reason why tonight was amazing - I got to take a box full of chocolates home that were leftover from the reception. A highlight indeed. My painful sugar headache I am feeling at the moment is well worth it.

muddy mess

Someone got into some mud the other day. And was quite happy about it. Although her mother was not.

let's play ball

Nothing like a good game of catch with Charlotte using snowballs as the object to catch. The game never ends! The snowballs are everywhere!

Note: the game seen here is being played in the pond in town park that snows over in the winter. Everything was fine that day. However - after over a week of sun and no snow, it has returned to being a slushy pond beneath the snow. Which I found out the other day after finding myself and Charlotte knee deep in dirty water. Lovely. My shoes, after laying them on the heater to dry overnight, are about a size too small.

move in ready

Cute house, right? Modest, simple, basic...and $6.9 million. Still want it? By the way: no yard, no covered garage, small downstairs bedrooms with windows more like air shafts. Sigh.

Or, if that's too much money, feel free to check out this one. It needs a "major remodel" but is priced low, at $1.495 million.

Gotta love this town's realtors. Really helping the average local people to afford a place in this town. Although I do like one - the one who let me take photos of this listing.