Arthur!

The company I work for made the jewelry that Jen Garner wears in Arthur! Love her and Russel Brand, I am super excited to see it. Now if only there was a cute boy to see it with! ;)


(changing up the blog name/url... seeing as I've been settled on one coast for almost a year now!)

Pardon my dust...

I'M MOVING! Not coast to coast again, but 25 miles north to Beverlywood so that I'm only 3 miles from work. And yes, most of my things are still in NYC so I have to go back or get them shipped. But work isn't going to slow down until mid or late July and I have a busy, busy summer planned. So we'll see what I get around to. I still have a lot to blog about, so be sure to come on back when I get settled and finally post up my sweet Swapaholics finds!

TGIF

This week was rough. My boss is out of town and we're dealing with one of the biggest orders our company has ever had, along with all new styles and figuring out how to execute them. I come home exhausted, with more work to do at home, and I still haven't found an apartment so I've been driving from an hour to two hours (EACH WAY!) back and forth from work and my parents house. Also been dealing with a lot of extra BS. Life comes at ya, you have to be ready.

I cannot wait to kick back, relax and enjoy my favorite drink over soccer and breakfast... mmmmmmm.

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10 things of the week

I worry that...

10 ...I won't ever be able to control my diet or get into a healthy work out routine. 

9 ...I'll never be comfortable with my body...

8 ...I'm not doing the right thing...

7 ....I'm not a good friend.

6 ...maybe I'm not a good person. 

5 ...I drink too much...

4 ...I'll lose everyone I care about.

3 ...I'm wasting time in regret. 

2 ....maybe I'm never good enough.

1 ...I'll never find love again. 

List is self explanatory this week. I am having a bit of a quarter life crisis. I am back in LA, rehired full time at DC, yet most of my things are still in the apartment back East. What am I doing? I don't know. But I'm going to take the summer to figure it out. Life is really weird and confusing right now. I really love and miss NYC but I really don't think it's a good time for me to be there. And as far as being in a relationship, that is on hold for now too. I don't know what the right thing to do is. I am very unhappy, very conflicted... I need some time to figure me out again. Mind and body... I am in a really bad place. I just want to get into a stable and healthy place with work and myself and cuddle with my dog. Of course I miss Eric and crave his love, but I don't know if I am being fair. So we're going to do the cliche thing and revisit us in a couple months. It's scary but it's what needs to happen. 

This is my 100th blog post. Thanks for reading. I will try to be more present, and you bet your ass I'm going to just be brutally honest from here on out. And a little more fun too, I promise. 

I just want to ask one thing, how do I get motivated to eat right and work out every day? I am getting there but it's hard to get up in the morning. Seriously. Help.

Back on the east side

I was gone for 3 and a half weeks! I got back really early this morning and slept most of the day. Went for sushi dinner and then into the city for an interview. It's for a new company and I'm really excited. It went well so I hope I got it. Anyway, it's Tuesday...so here we go!

1. I went to the 1984 Olympics. 

2. I was once on The Hills. 

3. I met all of Kings of Leon before I knew who they were.

4. I'm afraid of the ocean. 

5. I got paid to see Simon and Garfunkel.

6. ...and Muse... and Red Hot Chili Peppers... and The Police...

7. I've flown alone more times than with someone else. 

8. I once babysat for Scott Weiland's children. 

9. I went to Catholic School for 4 years. 

10. I engineered $4,400 earrings. 

One of those days.

I'm stealing words of wisdom I found along the web from Kelly Cutrone. They spoke straight to my heart.

- Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
- Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
- Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
- When you say, 'I love you ,' mean it.
- When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye.
- Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
- Believe in love at first sight.
- Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
- Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
- In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
- Don't judge people by their relatives.
- Talk slowly but think quickly.
- When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'
- Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
- Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.
- When you lose, don't lose the lesson !
- Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.
- Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship..
- When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
- Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice..
- Spend some time alone.

Kell On Earth

Those of us who (embarrassingly enough!) watched The Hills are fairly familiar with one of the gals' bosses who appeared on the series several times.


Kelly Cutrone!

Well now the scary mean lady has her own TV show for our personal enjoyment. She is pretty scary but you can't blame her, she is also very successful. I watched the premiere ep on Monday and it was like watching my own work life unfold in front of my eyes! (I can't even tell you how many times I've had very...similar...battles....with........PRINTERS!) My own boss is a little... overwhelming. But, such as life, this is the fashion business. I want to stay in New York (I love it) and fuck it, I can handle it!

Watch this show Monday nights on Bravo and let me know what you think ;)

11/09

This month was my birthday month. My birth DAY is November 9 but it was 11/9 all month :) it was an insane whirlwind of fun and madness and emotion. I was fired on the 3rd day of the month and proceeded to have 2 days of depression, until my best friend flew in from North Carolina and I was forced to put it aside in my mind.


the coolest bar in brooklyn, where you win tickets for free beers!


Then, my old job asked me to fly home to LA to help them with a huge, crazy Neiman Marcus order. So the day after my birthday Eric dropped me off at JFK at 5AM and I had a day to hang out with my dog, lunch with my parents, and trek 2 hours with Melissa to see 311 on their fall tour opener. I saw a lot of old friends at that show, celebrated Mel and I's mutual birthday week... just had a ridiculous amount of fun.



The next day it was back to work and I crammed in long days and got tons and tons of stuff done. I finished my work load and didn't have to work Saturday so Friday night I went to see my Lojic boys. It was a great show, great bar, great night. The next night we went out in Long Beach for my sister's boyfriend's sister's birthday (a grand family affair) that ended with a late night stop at Wockano.



Sunday was my cousin's baby shower, which I was very happy to be in town for. Got to hang with the family and the kids and eat some crazy good food and play the rice, tp and all the other random games.



That rounded out the middle of November... I didn't do much the other days I was in town other than work. Flew back to NYC on the 20th and I'll blog about that week tomorrow :)

what can I say? I'm a slacker!

...but no, I haven't really been slacking :(

I've been a busy bee... and I've been on the computer with things to blog about but I just really lack concentration. Anyway, my birthday was not awesome. I lost my phone (aka missed all my birthday calls and texts... very disappointing!) and realized a lot of things... I'm happy to say that I have made some changes. Small steps, but I am proud of myself. I did have a nice lunch with my family and I got a great gift from a really great friend...


finally some real sunnies! best gift I've ever gotten :)

I've been working hard... I really love my job. It's a great place to be. I have a lot of positive, gorgeous, fun and young people around me... it's great. But it's not a piece of cake, I am working hard! And it's a little frustrating at times... but it's really refreshing to me how simple and natural design feels, at least the production side. It is something that the designer has commented on as well. It's great.

I produced my first Neiman Marcus ad, worked a crazy stressful day getting everything all together and perfect... aaaand the next day, they decided they weren't going to go with it. But that's the way it goes in the industry, I can't take it personal. So, someday it'll be my work in the ad, I just have to be patient!


(here's what it would have looked like... I made everything minus the small earrings and the pendant)

That's all for now, I feel like that was a good update! ;)

My kid is cute

LA is so random.

Last night I was at The Grove with my work family and kids. As Dash and I were waiting in the valet area for the rest of the crew and the car, Sharon Stone got out of one of the cars that pulled up. Dash was hanging from the barrier and I was calling his name.

Well, Sharon took one look at him, walked right over and knelt down. It was really cute. She said to him, "Are you not listening to your mommy?" and he smiled shyly at her.


Hilarious, but very cute. Abra was really excited about the exchange. Only in LA!