My Office - Day 7

My business card holder is very, very, very special to me.  It isn't actually meant to be a business card holder, as you can tell since the cards are in there sideways but as with most personal items found in my office, it comes with a story.

I had a much beloved boss at a previous job and she used to keep this on her desk with her business cards in it.  I always thought it was so pretty and so feminine - just like her and it just fit her personality so well.

She left to move back closer to her hometown and I was helping her pack her office up.  She said she wanted me to have anything in the room to remember her by.  The first thing I thought of was her business card holder which she gladly gave to me.  She said that it actually came from a former (much beloved) boss of hers...so I told her that I couldn't accept it and she insisted that she wanted me to have it.  She said he had kept this on his desk for years and it was actually meant to hold cigarettes (which he did keep in it - back in the 80s/early 90s, you could actually smoke in your office believe it or not).

He had given it to her when he left.  I still was kept saying that I couldn't take something that was special to her and she still insisted saying that she wanted it to be special to me...and it is!!

I look at it everyday and I think of her.  Sadly, I lost contact with her over the past couple of years (she isn't replying to the email I have for her and when I call her phone it is just a generic message that I don't think is her number anymore) - I hope all is okay with her, she was a great boss and mentor and I learned a lot from her.  She is also just a great person!

Funny Friday - Knee Problems

My Office - Day 6

I don't really know what you call these things - Pin Frames??  I'm not sure - they are tiny little pins/nails and you press it and get a shape - in this case, my hand....

What makes this so special that I am giving it a blog entry?  It was my brother's!  It makes me think of him and my sister-in-law.  He always kept is sitting beside his recliner at home.  After he passed and I was helping my sister-in-law pack the house, she gave it to me.  I know it is just a novelty but when I look at it, I think of my brother.  I know he touched it and played with it many times.  It is nice to have something of his sitting in my office that I can look at every day.

W.I.P. Wednesday

Here is my KAL Sock Progress - I finished week 4 and today week 5 will be released.  I am amazed that I have made it this far without getting frustrated or just plain giving up.

I am also amazed that I am all caught up with the rest of the KAL members, since I was a week late starting due to getting the supplies a week after the KAL started.

I was so nervous about using DPNs - this section (the gusset of the sock) was the part I was most concerned about because it looks so difficult and I admit, it was the most challenging of all the parts so far but Marly Bird made it so easy. I just followed along with her instructions step by step and made it though without any problems at all.  She is a great instructor!!

I suspect the next 2 sections will be a breeze since I think I've made it through the trickiest part of making socks.

Now I want to make a pair using real sock yarn (this project uses worsted weight wool, and I love the yarn but want to try the fun self striping sock yarns)

#marlybird #chicsheep

My Office - Day 5

My friend and co-worker, Tammy, gave us all little stuffed animals. They used to belong to her kids and she was downsizing a bit...she gave me Terk!  Tarzan is one of my favorite Disney movies so Terk was a perfect choice for me (voice in the Disney film by Rosie O'Donnell).

Tammy still works at our company but is in a different division (movin' on up!) and so I don't see her as often as I'd like but whenever I look at Terk sitting on my shelf, it reminds me of Tammy and her wonderful sense of humor!

My Office - Day 4

I am not a coffee drinker but I love hot tea

I have a couple of mugs and get a lot of joy drinking out of them.

One of them is my Little Red Riding Hood Mug - so cute!!  The Big Bad Wolf is holding a red umbrella over her head and the umbrella is removable and is actually a lid to help keep your tea warm while you are not sipping it.  This is great for a busy office worker, trust me!

The other mug is a more recent purchase.  My favorite show is Grey's Anatomy.  I have watched it from Day 1 and will watch it until the very end - I still love it ! It is one of the shows that I look forward to each and every week.  The fictional hospital in the show is called Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

Here is what the back of the Red Riding Hood mug looks like.  Super duper cute, right? (Note, it includes the strainer inside)

I think I paid $6.99 for this mug and I recently looked it up and it is going for $3,000!!!  Wow! Guess I made a good investment in this little mug, huh?

Funny Friday