23 Going on 80

I am starting to feel like an 80 year old.

My back hurts from my new desk chair.  It's just so big!  I feel like a 5 year old sitting in it.
When I come home from work, I am locked in for the night.
Once I finish dinner, I turn out all the lights in the living/kitchen area, because I know I am not going to leave my bedroom for the rest of the night.
I am in PJ's by about 7, when I like to turn on Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.
Then at about 8 I crawl into bed, read my blogs, check Twitter, etc.
If I am lucky I will stay up to watch my 10 o' clock shows.
Confession: on Monday I went to bed at 8:45.

If you asked me last week how old I felt, I would have said 17 but now I'm not so sure!

On the bright side, tomorrow is Friday, and for the first time in a long time, I do not have to work this weekend.  Hallelujah!  

Today

Today I...

Sent a shoe sample to St. Louis

Created an excel spreadsheet...and only had to redo it about 3 times

Tore apart a shoe sample with a staple remover

Put the shoe back together using scotch tape and my bare hands

Discovered buyers like to change their minds

Made trend collages for our inspiration board

Realized that there is always a new email with a new task

Learned a lot.

Big Girl Job

Yesterday, I started my big girl job.

It was scary.  Really scary.

I got there about 30 minutes early, meaning 6:30 AM.  Mondays I have to go in an hour earlier than everyone else to print out different sales readings for the buyers.  There are a lot of forms for me to remember, and a lot of people for me to remember to give them to.

Most of the day I spent awkwardly waiting for someone (ANYONE) to tell me what I was supposed to be doing.  When they did give me something to do it was usually a small task that took me about 5 minutes.

I thought it would get better at lunch time, but I soon found out that they all work through lunch (at least on Monday's ) so i went and got lunch and ate at my desk reading my 3 e-mails for the day over and over again.

Needless to say, I was an anxious mess ALL DAY.  I could not wait to go home!

Today was  A LOT better.  I still ate lunch at my desk, but it didn't bother me as much today.  I had a bit more to do today, and I got to sit with people at their desks and learn about their jobs, so it's all  making a bit more sense to me!

I know it will get better.  It HAS to get better.  

I also know that this is not forever.  And I am making more money.  So I can get married.  And buy a house. And a puppy.

Vegetable Lasagna and Cookie Bowls

So as part of my New Year's resolutions, I made a new recipe last night!  On fact, I made TWO!  I found a recipe for vegetable lasagna and decided to give it a try.  For one, Shane and I can both eat it (yay!) and two, it could be made in the new crock pot I got for Christmas!

Here is the recipe I used:

I left out the olives because neither of us like those, but I kept everything else.  I just put the cheese on one half for me!  Here is how it turned out

I think we were both impressed with how good it tasted!  Definitely will try this again!

Ok, so now for my next recipe.  I have a confession, I cheated a little bit.  Well, a lot.  I saw these cookie cups on Pinterest and thought they looked easy!

                                   

So, I made the dough, ok, here is where I cheated, I just used a mix but I had just made dinner and was really tired of cooking.  And then I only half read the instructions.  Usually I just take recipes as an outline and do my own thing.  This is probably why things don't always work out for me.  Anyways, so I just kinda stuck the dough onto the muffin pan instead of rolling out the dough and cutting out circles to place on the pan.  And this is how they turned out:

Yikes.  I was laughing forever.  I did manage to save 2 of them, but the rest just got cut up and placed in a baggie for eating later.  

So anyways, those are my 2 recipes this month.  January has gone by so fast!  Probably because I have been out of town a lot.  I probably won't be getting any kind of sewing done this month.  Fail.  How bout I sew two things next month to make up for it?  Sounds good to me.

New Year, New Resolutions

I can't believe I haven't been on here since October! Yikes! Anyways, here I am again with a new list of resolutions for 2012! 1) Make a new peice of clothing once a month. Usually when I am crafting, I make little things for around the house, but I want to get back into making clothes like I did when I first learned to sew! 2) Try out a new recipe at least twice a month. I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but I really don't cook. At all. So, I figure twice a month is good to start with anyway. 3) Explore Columbus more. I really only know the campus area but I want to take the time to see what else the city has to offer! I would like to go to more concerts, festivals, different restraunts, etc. to add some excitement to life! 4) Stop comparing myself to others. I do this all the time! I am always comparing myself to other people and thinking how everyone else seems to have everything together in life and I have nothing together. I know this is not true and I need to stop thinking this way! 5) Get in better shape. I am not setting a goal weight or anything I just need to be more active, wheher thats running, biking, or playing Just Dance on the Kinect! Ok so I think that's it. I am excied to see what this year will bring! Happy 2012!