one week

it has been one week since I last had a red bull... for those of you who don't know, I used to be a bit addicted to red bull... but its been a week and I am still alive YAY!!!

operation blessing

Every year my office raises money for an international mission, this year we are combining our efforts to raise $1800 to build a water well in Africa through a program with Operation Blessing. In an attempt to raise this money we held a silent auction bake sale and live auction of baked goods in our office. Each department was asked to bring a few desserts to put into the silent auction and then the best from each department was entered in the live auction. Now I am on the giving committee for my office and we only have 25 employees so as a committee we were hoping to raise about $600 from this fundraiser and then hold another few events through out the year to raise the rest of the money... but let's just say we wont be needing to hold any other events. The auction style fundraiser was such a huge hit, we had banana bread being sold for $45 and zucchini cake that went for over $200. I cant event put into words my excitement. I have never doubted that I work with phenomenal people but today just reminded me how blessed I am to be working with such thoughtful and1 generous people. We just received the total of what we raised today... $2500... WHAT A BLESSING :)

red bull

well today is day two of NO red bull...

lotion

Have you ever pored out way more lotion than you need? You know, like when you try really hard for it to come out and nothing comes and nothing comes and then... enough for your whole body comes out and then you're sitting there with two hand fulls of lotion, not really sure what to do with all of it... then you're trying to decide how the heck am I going to use all this lotion so your running around putting it on people, sending out emails to your office titled "anyone need lotion" eventually you find use for your handfuls of lotion... and you think... I will never do that again!!! Yeah, well that just happened to me!

inspiration

Happiness is always there within reach, no matter how long it lasts... lets enjoy life and don't live a complicated life. Life is too short.

Work as if it was your first day.

Forgive as soon as possible.

Love without boundaries.

Laugh without control

and never stop smiling.

quote

I am a big fan of famous quotes... I think quotes are similar to motivational books... during different times in your life you can get something totally different from the same words. Here are a few of the quotes I have really enjoyed lately:

"Every great accomplishment began as a dream in some body's heart. All things are created twice: first in your mind, then in your life. Dreamers allow their minds to wander outside the boundaries of what is, creating a mental picture of what could be"

"To accomplish great things we must dream as well as act"

I have a lot of opportunity in my life right now and I want to take advantage of every great opportunity placed in from of me.