Home Repair - ME???

I am not good with home repairs – you are speaking to the women who would go ahead and hit a nail with her shoe heels instead of a hammer.  But, I finally had to do something about it.

In October I had a new thermostat installed which left a hold where the old one was; as well as, a blank area that was not the same color as the rest of the room.  For months (as you can see) I was hoping that my boyfriend would take care of it – he offered.  Or I was going to call a Honey Do Man.

As you can see it is mid-July, 9 months later and I had no clue how to fix this myself.  Well, I was watching HGTV’s Star show and one of the designers showed how to plug the hole, sand it and then just paint over it.

Yesterday on my way home from the gym I stopped by Home Depot picked up spackle, a putty stick and fine sandpaper.  An hour later, the hole is plugged, sanded and painted.  I will no longer have to look at the eyesore; AND, more importantly I did it myself.

Long Day at Work

Friday was an extremely long day and there were changes at every point of the day.

At 8PM I was still on a call with a vendor, my boss and one of my team members trying to get resources to fix our Executive Conference rooms.  That was how I ended my day.

It began with the Operating Room that was supposed to have a site survey at 10AM being unavailable and surgeries booked all day.  I had four different people heading out to that site – Oy Vey!!!.  Messages, phone calls and some wheedling and we were able to get a 2 minute look at the OR and determine what we needed for the July 25^th event.

I am hoping that when I get back on the call for 9PM that all will be resolved for the Executive Conference rooms.  If not it will be a VERY long weekend and an even worse Monday.

Not the Router

It is not the router.

Today one of the Geek Squadron came to my home to switch out my router.  This is a small community and it turned out that he was the individual who had installed the router in October 2011.

After 10 minutes of working with my new Lenovo ideapad he advised me that it was not my router; but, I had a faulty new laptop.  The very nice thing is that I bought it on July 4^th and with Best Buy you have 14 days to return the item.

Well laptop was returned to Best Buy, a new one is with them and they are configuring it, backing it up and doing everything they need to make it work for me.

Hopefully, I will be enjoying my new laptop and its full functionality tomorrow.

Hot & Humid in New York City

I had forgotten how sticky and uncomfortable a summer business day could be in New York City.

Generally, I am not bothered by the heat and humidity because I am going from my air conditioned home to my air conditioned car to my air conditioned office and I am in the heat maybe 5 minutes.  But, yesterday I was not driving to my Long Island office; but, taking the train to Manhattan for meetings in two different offices.

For over a week now the temperature at 6AM in the morning has been 80 degrees and yesterday was no exception.  And as we dress professionally for work there I was in the heat in a pants suit.  Well, waiting for a taxi and walking a few blocks through the city had me stripping my jacket off and glad that I had worn a sleeveless blouse.  Going home on the train even though it was air conditioned I had to take my jacket off because it could not battle the sun reflecting off the window and the Hudson River.

We keep waiting for the thunderstorms that will ease the heat; but, right now it is only making it more humid as the steam comes up from the streets.

 

Me - Looking Good?!!!

I cannot believe how many compliments I received yesterday and how many people said I looked good yesterday.

I wore a mock wrap dress that has greens, browns and oranges as the pattern and it is a jersey material - not something I would normally wear; but, with the right undergarments there are no bumps.

I think part of it was that it wasn't something I would normally wear - it is rare for me to have a dress on in the office with a pair or wedged sandals.  I am more conservative and go for the pants suit.  But, it is the summer and a dress is infinitely more comfortable in the heat than a jacket, pants and a shirt.

Plus I need to give myself credit for continuing to workout, tone up and drop a few pounds here and there.

So what is the lesson learned here?  Accept the compliment graciously and be a little more adventurous.

Planning a Birthday Party

The next big event to plan for before vacation is Callum's 5th birthday party.

He has become obsessed with Thomas the Tank and his friends - so that will be the theme.  While at the Party Store on July 4th I saw that they had a Thomas the Tank pinata - I will purchase that for him although it will not be used like a traditional pinata.  Our concern is that if we start whacking it Callum would get very upset - so it will just be something for him to take home.

All the other decorations will also be Thomas and I have started to put the menu together - from the Food Network Bobby Flay has a cordon bleu grilled chicken that has brie, prosciutto and arugula, I also found a corn dish and a raspberry lemonade - all things that will be refreshing.  Of course that is the menu for the adults and the children will just get hot dogs.

I am looking forward to this milestone - then we will celebrate some more at Disney World. 

Nothing Like Zumba

I thought I would take my Zumba class this morning to sweat a little more and see if whatever cold is trying to come I could get rid of.

Sunday's is Pam's class and it is not overly strenuous; BUT, I didn't know that Pam was not going to be there and instead Bernadette was filling in for her.

There is nothing low-key about Bernadette and it began with the music which was so loud when it first came on that I had to cover my ears - eventually we got the music down to a respectable level.

Then it began - a very strenuous, jumping and lively Zumba session.  It was so intense that throughout the one hour class I drank 40 ounces of water - that is something I struggle to do on a daily basis.  No wonder I spent the rest of my day running to the bathroom.

All I can say is I needed that!!  Thank you Bernadette for a great, upbeat, kick my butt class!!!!