today's tidbits

:: I had some fun this evening, printing out photos. It's so great to have ink again! :) I filled some new frames for my new cubicle in our new department...now I'm all set to decorate, now the department just needs to get finished. They predict the second week of October. It's really coming along and looking great! It's going to be a definite showcase!

:: Found out today that we have Casual Days for the rest of the week! Three whole days of comfy jeans and kicks. Ahhh...

:: Having a "creative" job is interesting...since my job doesn't call for me to be creative all the time, I have had to learn to turn it off and on like a switch. Many aspects of my job are detailed and repetitive and tedious. I have my to-do list and I crank through it, marking things off efficiently. And then wham! I come upon a big design job and I have to totally switch gears. Sometimes I find it a bit difficult to make that transition. For weeks, I have had one design job plague me. I would try to work on it, and just hated what I was coming up with. Finally, today, I had a good stretch of time in the afternoon that I was able to dedicate to the project without interuption (that's the key!). I put on my iPod (a definite savior in our cramped quarters), did some visual research to kick my creative juices into gear, and set about doing some bona fide design work. And it felt good. I felt like it was coming together. I even stayed about 45 minutes late, because I was feeling the flow. I now feel that the project is off to a good start, and I can go in tomorrow and continue on...

:: Clean Eating update: still going strong. I kick butt all week. My eating is really healthy, and that makes me happy. I have co-workers asking me lots of questions about what I'm doing (which I'm always happy to talk about), I even have co-workers wanting me to make double my snacks so they can have some. Who knew that people would be so intrigued by healthy foods? :) I have been more lax on the weekends, and I want to reign that in. I am finding that I don't enjoy the treats, and I don't feel so well afterwards. Then I feel like I've gone back two steps. My weight loss has stagnated, and I am happy with the number I'm at. However, I have been feeling a bit thick. I want to feel long and lean and tone. Where I'm losing a lot of that "puffy" gross feeling that comes with eating processed foods, I'm not slimming as much as I'd like. My main goal up to this point has been to embrace the ideals of Clean Eating and get my body used to those changes, without being too strict with portion control. Now, I want to switch gears a bit and refocus. Watch my portions a bit more closely, and try to cut out the sixth meal. And I want to kick my workouts up a notch, because I don't feel I'm seeing much results from my efforts so far. So, that is where I am...

:: My current "it" song...I'm really loving this one...

:: I've added a new "last finished book" to my sidebar...

:: Well, I got a bit wordy tonight...if you're still with me, thanks! :) Have a great one...