What Happened to March?

So I apparently skipped a month with my blogging. Sorry! Ive been pretty busy lately so I apologize that I haven't been posting. I haven't even be reading any blogs. So whats been going on in my life since the end of February...

- work has been crazy. Lots of new clients and new projects. Lets hope we can keep up with the demand.

- Brett is going back to school. He started classes for the University of Phoenix Online and has been hogging the laptop. I usually post at home so I have to go into the other room to use the computer. too much work.

- my grandfather passed away. He was a great man. We miss him a lot.

- my family came back for the funeral. Thankfully they also all left again. It's nice to see ya - even better to see you go!

- I've been doing well on Weight Watchers. I switched to the Core Program and I've lost a total of 9.5 pounds. Good huh? I need to keep on it. I hate paying $156 for someone to weigh me but its my only real driver. I don't want Arlene to give me dirty looks!

- I bought my first expensive bag. I will have a separate post for this one. It deserves it!

- Billie Jean turned 1 year old on 4/1! Happy Birthday Billie Jean!

- I realized I cant drink like I used to. I puke now. God - I used to be able to drink like the Irish Woman I am - what happened? Now I puke. I hate puking. I should stop drinking so much but now I just want to know if I can drink my way out of this issue. I feel like im in the drinking marathon and I just need to get over "heartbreak hill" (Boston Marathon reference). What do we think? Should I just give up? Am I ever going to win this drinking marathon? or am I just too old?

- I made a huge dent in my debt. yay me! In the past two years I have canceled two credit cards and brought my debt from upwards of $9K down to $1,700!! How on earth did I ever have $9K in debt? My goal before I got married was to be debt free. I was able to get down to one credit card before the wedding (I had three) and Ive been working on the Amex ever since that damn wedding!

- I'm learning how to manage different people. Its a challenge for me to manage people with such different personalities from myself. I am trying not to make people cry. Honestly... its going to take a lot for me to be empathetic at work. I can train people but its when you train and train and train and they still don't get it. I cant handle it and I need to work on that. OR perhaps change my training style b/c apparently some people just cant understand. I'm working on it...

- I went on vacation to visit the In-Laws in Cali at the end of Feb. I ate tacos, fish tacos, burritos, nachos and more Mexican food on top of more Mexican food! Oh and some King Crab Legs! I think I would be down more than 9.5 pounds on WW if I didn't eat like a pig in Cali. We had a blast. I love going out there. We miss you guys!

I think thats it. I'm back. Sorry about March! -Jaci

sneaks with the furrrr

On Tuesday night I went to an event with one of the sites I work with. We went to the Puma store on Newbury Street and made our own Puma's. The process is called Mongolian BBQ and it starts with one unisex shoe. You then can pick the outside, the "claw" aka the Swoosh, the toe, tongue, laces, logo, inside, and sole. It was a blast. Some people made some very plain shoes and some of us went a little wild. One of the fabrics was fur. I decided that I wanted to make some "sneaks with the furrrr". Check em out. You cant really see but the entire inside of the shoe is fur with a gold snakeskin claw and green accents.

"I'm gonna be SHITFACED"

Last night Brett and I went to a wedding and sat at a table with my parents. My dad started the night out with 4 classes of wine. After about 1 hour the quote of the night was said... "Oh ya- well I'm gonna be shitfaced!"

Well... Dad did not disappoint. He was pretty shitfaced and all together probably drank 10 glasses of wine. He was hysterical. He kept going over to his "dates" of the night including the now infamous "LoLo" who apparently is a waitress at his bar. When Dad wasnt chatting up LoLo and her friends he was dancing up a storm with my mom on the dance floor. The two of them always make the best couple on the floor. The moves are unique and always seem to make me laugh my ass off.

The other best quote of the night was... "I think that we met so I could become friends with your dad. It was Karma." Brett pretty much thinks my father can do no wrong and makes my dad think he's the funniest person alive when Brett is around.

It was a great night and we all had a blast. Here's to you Nancie and Tallis! Thanks for having a wedding so Dad can get SHITFACED and Brett can follow him around like a puppy carrying the credit card for the bar! :)

This is why I love my job

I feel everyday that I do some of the coolest stuff in advertising. TV is very cool but its becoming hard to really BE cool on TV. Only the beer and soda companies can really pull it off.

I saw a Kenneth Cole ad today and clicked on the banner (yes - i actually clicked! eek). It brought me to this site:



Watch the video and then watch some of the other videos of the people within the campaign. Most people dont realize that online advertising is just this - a way to extend the TV screen and sometimes in a BETTER way. Kenneth Cole did a very cool job here with this campaign called "We all Walk in Different Shoes". Brilliant! You never see clothing/shoe retailers doing things like this online with targeted banners.

Check it out! I think I made the best choice to go from TV to online advertising. Did you know online could be this cool?

http://www.kennethcole.com/default.asp?pw=advertising&adid=daily300x600&s=advertising

Weight Watchers

Ok so two years ago I did WW for 12 weeks. I lost almost 20 pounds. I also weighed over 150 and I'm not even 5 feet tall. I went to Ohio after the WW program was over and I was able to work out with a trainer and on my own at least 4-5 days a week. I lost 8 inches around my waist and 1 1/2 inches on each leg and calf. My arms also looked amazing. Everything went downhill when I moved back to Boston/Andover a year ago. Anyways... I'm back on the WW train.

I have been doing it for 2 weeks but I havent really been focused even though I have lost 4 pounds. Starting today I am focused!!!! Hopefully in 10 weeks you guys will get a post from me that says I lost my 20 pound goal!

Let me know if you have any tips? Right now work is hard because of the many parties and a candy jar and free food lying around. Home is better but we eat out constantly so it’s not THAT much better. All I do is eat sushi and these Thai noodle soup bowls. I can’t live on that crap alone. Chocolate kills me. I NEEEEEEEDDDDDD chocolate - esp after the hellish days at The Agency lately.

I need to work out too. I know my friend Amy got into great shape doing Tae Bo and I have all her DVD's so I just need to stop being so lazy and just do it. Do you have any other tips?

Wish me luck!

Weekly Billie Jean

Billie is watching the Super Bowl too.

She is watching for the commercials.

purple

does Giselle put foundation over Tom Brady's purple lips?


I would...

would you go out like this?

fat lip from playing with Billie Jean

Ya... we have a party to go to tonight. oops

See You Next...

So my co-worker knows someone who works at lets say a Clothing Retailer. This Clothing Retailer has an Asian company work on their clothes and the tags for the clothes. The tags are coded with various elements: Size, Color, Garment Name

This Clothing Retailer has a lovely shirt in the color Currant. The code for Current is the first two letters of the color (CU) and the last two letters (NT).

There is a picture but we are not allowed to post b/c it would give away the Clothing Retailer.

Sooo... the story goes...

Customer Service Man in India: Miss Blah Blah I dont know what the problem is!

Marketing Person in USA: Ok tell me what everyone is saying to you.

Customer Service Man in India: All the women are screaming "See You Next Tuesday!" when they cant because I am in India and they are in New Jersey! Why are they saying that Miss Blah Blah??? Why?? why???

Marketing Person in USA: (Dying laughing) Well Mr. Blah Blah.... (and you can imagine the rest)

So Tired

So today is Friday and I am so happy. I flew in from VA today where I had a client presentation at Colonial Williamburg. We were excited to get there and check it out but unfortunately January is somewhat of a dead month there. We had an interesting dinner and back home to watch LOST.

Its so nice to have some GOOD TV back on again! yay!

I didnt sleep well so its going to be an early night. Tomorrow we are off to Keene NH for a Back from Iraq Party for Gerry. Gerry is brett's kryptonite aka - he gets brett into some situations he just cant resist. Like... strip clubs and staying out so late you pass out somewhere else. Lets hope Superman can resist any of Gerry's powers this trip!

What is everyone doing for Super Bowl? I want to watch the commercials ummm i mean the Pats in the game. hehehe