Fabulously Fall

Oct 12, 2010 by

Here’s what I’ve been up to….

Working like champ

Lately, I’ve been pushing myself harder at work. The environment is a little more intense lately and we’ve all been working harder. It’s been kind of fun in a weird way. As a unit, we recently went to do a Real Colors seminar to help us work together better. There are four colors, and each color group has it’s own characteristics:

  • Blue- driven by feelings, caring, people person
  • Gold-organized, proud to serve, task oriented, routine
  • Green-analytical, driven by logic, not driven by emotions, complex
  • Orange-spontaneous, creative, adventurous

So do you want to guess what I am? Well I’m a Green primarily, which makes tons of sense. And my second color is orange, which also makes sense. I’m very low on the Blue scale, which absolutely makes sense. I don’t get moved emotionally at work, I certainly don’t cry, and I try to keep it professional. In the seminar they asked how each group would handle hugging a co-worker. Blues would do it sincerely, orange would give a nice pat, orange could be all in, and green’s…well…we all shook our heads. We wouldn’t hug at all.

Knowing this about each other has really helped us work together. Hopefully now people won’t just think I’m a bitch.

A little fall cleaning

So when I signed my new lease, I was offered a complimentary carpet cleaning. I went for it. I’ve had it scheduled for a few weeks now, and it’s really been stressing me out. Something about having people in my house just drives me batty. So I’ve been strategizing and I even rescheduled once to make sure I would have enough time to clean up and get everything in good order and off the floor. It  only took about a half hour for them to come through and do it all. Which was way fast, but it turned out great. It feels fresh and new and that is an awesome feeling.

Nanowrimo is just around the corner

So November is National Novel Writing Month, and there’s a little program called ‘Nanowrimo’. I did it last year and it was so much fun. Even though I feel like my time out of the office and away from work is limited, I still want to give it a shot. The idea is to write 50,000 words in a month. So I’ve been dreaming up what to write and I think I’ve settled on rewriting an older story and seeing if I can write it differently and in a simpler way.

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Craving autumn

Jul 17, 2010 by

It’s always about this time of year when my sight gets set on the next season. Maybe it’s the oppressive heat, or the chaos that comes with the summer, but I’ve hit my point and I want the fall to be here like yesterday.

Blog readers — you may be familiar with posts like this in the past. I’m a big fan autumn. I’m more productive, I eat better, my house is cleaner, I’m happier, and everything is cozier. So yeah, I’m ready to put an end to the summer of fun.

Anyway, this weekend is going to be a quiet one. Lots of golf on TV sets a very peaceful mood around the house, and so hopefully I can use that to finish up some reading, do some laundry, and a little bit of cleaning.

I should be able to finish up Bel Ami this weekend. That’s been a pretty decent read. I’m excited to see it adapted to screen, because I think it will be way better.

aRP!

This weekend, I might even do some knitting! Yes, blog readers, knitting. Crazy, huh? Another reason I look forward to the fall. I’ll be more inclined to knit.

I’m still working on this red scarf. It’s so easy. I don’t know why I don’t finish it.

Never ending scarf

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A little piece of the forrest

Jan 30, 2010 by

One of the units across from mine was vacant for well over a year. It wasn’t until last fall that I noticed someone finally moved into it. It was the subtle changes at first, a doormat, an open window.

And then Christmas rolled around and there were decorations.

And then Christmas passed, and it was a new year. And as my other neighbors around me, plopped their dying Christmas trees out for pick up, I barely even noticed the greenery on this unit’s balcony.

Until I looked closer and realized, it wasn’t a Christmas tree…

January 2010

It’s actually some sort of bird and squirrel play zone.

At first, I laughed. Who does this? I thought. And why?

But the more I’ve seen the cute little wild life around, I’m kind of happy about it, even if it’s not the prettiest balcony decor.

January 2010

The only birds that we usually get are pigeons, so I’m happy to see these cute little fatties.

What’s even more baffling is how it’s stayed up this long. I can’t believe the management company hasn’t gotten on it. And to think, I’ve been paranoid about keeping a small trash can on my porch!

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Smart enough to cook

Jan 10, 2010 by

The weekend, the weekend! Oh, how I have waited for it.

We’re ten days into the new year and I’m still hoping that energy and motivation will kick me in the ass and get me cleaning, organizing, and purging.

I’ve put a lot of pressure on myself to make this weekend awesome and productive, and so far it’s been all right.

I finally went to the grocery store and stocked up on relatively wholesome foods. I got all the Christmas stuff taken down. I even scrubbed the stove to a sparkling state…a deep overdue scrub.

When at the store, I bought some healthier items with this notion that I may try to ligthen up (probably a good idea since some of my jeans aren’t fitting like I want them too), and one thing I got was Oatmeal to have for breakfast.

There hasn’t been a day in my life that I’ve enjoyed oatmeal, ever. Even with all the bells and whistles like honey, syrup, fruit, you name it. It actually makes me gag. I was always more of a malt-o-meal kind of gal if I was even venturing into the warm cereal-esque waters.

So when I woke up yesterday, and I pondered that box of oatmeal with pure dread, I had a way better (and not nearly as healthy) idea.

Oatmeal cookies of course!

Jan 09 2010: Domesticated

With some left over chocolate chips for good measure.

Jan 09 2010: Domesticated

They turned out pretty yummy, although the recipe I followed guaranteed softness, and well they aren’t quite as soft as I would like. I probably didn’t adjust it enough for altitude.

While at the grocery store, I also bought a whole chicken for $3. Why did I do this? Because I read something earlier this year (ha ha) that was called “America: Too Stupid to Cook.”

It popped up in the “What’s Hot in Google Reader” RSS feed one day and I checked it out and thought the writer had some great points. To summarize and then I’ll link ya to it, Americans are being taught that they are too stupid to cook, basically to sell books and television programming about really “easy” recipes that are supposedly fast as well, because we have no time to cook! No time at all!! Only time to watch television for three hours after dinner.

At the end of the article he describes how actually easy it is to roast a whole chicken, even though there’s a stigma about a meal like that being too hard and too time consuming.

He made some good points, and you should check it out.

Anyway, while at the store on Friday night, I saw the whole chickens, just sitting there, only a couple of bucks and thought…why not. So I went with it. Along with a few other cheap ingredients, that I mostly had on hand…

Jan 09 2010: Domesticated

…it turned out pretty good!

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And I had more than one very happy customer.

Jan 09 2010: Domesticated

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Project 365: The Fail Edition, November 2009

Nov 30, 2009 by

So like I mentioned in the previous post, I have been terrible, just TERRIBLE at my Project 365 this month. I mostly blame (besides myself) NaNoWriMo, which I’m using as an excuse for everything else I’m behind on (particularly cleaning). But for what it’s worth, here are some of the photos I did take:

November 14, 2009: Pumpkin Pancakes

Nov 15 2009: Pumpkin Pancakes

I made these delicious Pumpkin Pancakes that I found the recipe for at This Week For Dinner. They were delicious and perfect for the season.

November 15, 2009: Penny

Nov 15 2009: Penny

Just a simple shot of my dear Penny cat. She’s such a cutie.

November 17 2009: Water Spots

Nov 17 2009: Water Spots

After a weekend of doing lots of laundry, I noticed these water spots on the ceiling. It freaked me out! So I worked from home and had a very nice maintenance man over, who told didn’t really fix anything but cautioned me from over doing it with my washer. Then he came back a few times to paint over it.

November 18 2009: Rochelle in Curly Hair Form

Nov 18 2009: Rochelle

A self portrait, basically used to show my twitter friends about how I wore my hair curly. I can’t tell you how much I love my current haircut. It is one of the best I’ve ever had. And so for the first time ever I’m going to go back to the girl who cut it. I’ve never done that because I typically have such poor experiences.

November 19 2009: New Moon

Like I talked about in my last post, I went to the midnight show of New Moon with my sister and my friend Michelle. It was such a blast. First Twilight at 9, and then New Moon at midnight. The atmosphere was such a blast!

Nov 19 2009: New Moon

And that’s about it! Everything after New Moon was all about writing my NaNoWriMo novel!

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