And all I have to say is THANK GOD someone forced Dawna to cut her hair. I'm horrible. And yet I'm secretly hoping she wins now. As much as I dislike her blah personality, she deserves it.

I don't know if it's because I'm so excited about the holidays or what, but I've just been having great days at work lately! ( Finally getting used to this under-the-cut stuff )

( Two quizzes under the cut )

Another nice weekend, but nothing too exciting. Friday was my dad's birthday, so Dave and I headed over to my parents' house for dinner, cake (Dave made two of them -- one a tiramisu cake, the other a chocolate sponge cake with buttercream filling!), and some tree decorating ( Read more... )

I'm still wide awake due to my excitement over The Apprentice finale, so thought I'd fit in one more entry. I had such a great day. After yesterday's venting over my boss, today was the exact opposite. Everything I did garnered some sort of thank you from whomever I happened to be working with at the time. I had an excellent meeting with a ( Read more... )

Just watched The Apprentice finale and I am astonished.  Simply astonished.  I was thrilled that Randal won.  He truly deserved it.  But I was also positive that at the same moment "The Donald" announced Randall as the winner, he would announce Rebecca as the co-winner!  And when this didn't happen, I was fine with it.  Good for Randal, I thought ( Read more... )

1. What color are your kitchen plates? I love collecting plates, and my most recent acquisition are ocean blue and a bright green, which I bought on sale at Pottery Barn this past summer. The colors are so vivid and just make me happy. Current every day plates are a hand-me-down from my mom -- cream, tipped with forest green, and tiny little ( Read more... )

What a rough day at work, ugh. I had another big meeting, and my boss totally made me take credit for one of HER lame ideas -- an idea that totally backfired. I won't get into details, but it was not fun having the CEO and several Executive VPs staring at me as if I had three heads. Especially when I've been working very hard to get them to take ( Read more... )

Here's an excerpt from an interview with Martha Stewart, taken from this week's issue of Business Week. Posting this just because it makes me laugh. She certainly is not afraid to be honest!

BW: A big part of your reintroduction to the public has been two TV shows that launched this year: The Apprentice: Martha Stewart and Martha. Which has ( Read more... )

For future reference....

Luna di Luna Sparkling Chardonnay: I used to drink a lot of Luna di Luna wine when I was in college -- they were always a cheap, safe bet. My friend Jess and I picked a bottle of the sparkling chardonnay up last weekend on the way to the engagement party, as we were looking for a champagne we never tried, and one that ( Read more... )