Its been a madhouse around here this past two weeks. Far too many projects and the whole hassle of moving office has been taking a toll on this girl- she’s not been sleeping too well, she has dreams of her having dreams about work which is oddly trippy and makes her think she’s in some [...]
Archive for the ‘the sock shop’ Category
let it be.
Posted in decluttering, emo-ments, music, pregnancy, sock stuff, the boy, the sock shop on October 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
is loving…
Posted in new things, the sock shop, tagged beauty, cherry blossom, conditioner, fragrance, L'occitane, shampoo on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Each time this girl and The Boy head to Hong Kong they get to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel with their great service, great suites and great food. In particular, they love the fact that its connected to the IFC buildings so they have access to great shopping, more great food and a cinema.
But [...]
hell hath no fury, Pt III
Posted in GOoD things, causes, life learnings, new things, politics, the sock shop, tagged aware, christian, miss america on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having dropped the car off at the groomers, this girl had an animated discussion with the cab driver that came to pick her who had alot to say about the whole AWARE debacle saga that pervaded over the weekend. Aside from applauding the girl for going by to vote, he had many nasty pointed things [...]
kings and paupers
Posted in new things, politics, the sock shop, writings on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Smartest Friend introduced This Girl and The Boy to a new- and spectacular- show called Kings about a fictitious country called Gilboa warring with its neighbour Gath. (Read more here.)
Loosely based and entirely inspired by the biblical story of King David, this contemporary soap-politico drama tells the story of a small town guy who becomes involved [...]
getting things done (part I)
Posted in decluttering, projects, sock stuff, the sock shop on April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This girl has decided that she plans to, this year, to show down. You heard, her right, she plans to sssslllloooowwww dddoooowwwwnnn…
To. Slow. Down.
It by no means mean that she plans to down size her business, contrary, she plans to plough on and expand as plan but with better effeciency and productivity. And to begin [...]
of sensitive skin and make up
Posted in sock stuff, the sock shop on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This girl has really sensitive skin and for most parts is stuck using Avene products for sensitive skin as prescribed by her very good skin doctor who lives next door to The Parents. Most over the counter products, even their sensitive range, are far too harsh for this girl so she sticks with the brands [...]
work schedule
Posted in adventure, just me, new things, projects, the sock shop on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This girl has resolved that she’d do her best to be more tech savvy this year. She’s got herself a new ipod touch, a new lappy (ok, last year’s buy) and the new mac Mobile Me which gives her a virtual desktop anywhere she goes. She’s got online calendars which help her stop double booking [...]
warm ups
Posted in GOoD things, just me, new things, projects, sock stuff, the boy, the sock shop on February 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
When the company was first incepted in April 2008, it was meant for this girl to have somewhere to bill when she does frivolous work. The Boy figured she’d never be able to sit still anyway so it seemed like a great idea to the both of them. Then came the steady flow of projects [...]
learning to let go
Posted in chapters, emo-ments, just me, life learnings, sock stuff, the sock shop on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This girl is learning to let go.
In this grand process this girl is undertaking; this streamlining of her life, she’s had to learn to let go. That sometimes its easier for her to put the ball in someone else’s court and wait for them to decide if they want to hit the ball back and [...]
when together is a good place to be
Posted in GOoD things, friends, just me, life learnings, the boy, the sock shop on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today this girl attended the wedding of an old church friend who was marrying the love of his life, one of the greatest girls in this girl’s long list of girlfriends. It had all the wonderful trappings of a tug-at-the-hug romatic comedy: the bride battled tears just before the processional was set to begin and [...]
sneak peak
Posted in just me, new things, sock stuff, the sock shop on October 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Since April, this girl had been helping The Father out at his company and have been running far too many projects, expansion plans and new initiatives that seems wholely feasible and possible given the first rule of thumb was: do everything you can to clean ship, streamline, expan business but don’t spend money. It was [...]
in the stillness
Posted in Life in the Town House, just me, life learnings, the boy, the sock shop on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And it was, as usual, another long, long work day for this girl who got up early to let the maid in and pack The Boy off to work. She had fully planned to rest a little more since she has been sort of fighting an impending flu; her flu vaccine’s starving the brunt of [...]
walking on stones
Posted in chapters, family, friends, just me, life learnings, life rules, the boy, the sock shop on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One supposes that this girl and her friends reach this stage in their lives, it becomes defined by alot of relationship changes and milestones. Its the time this girl receives far too many wedding invitations for her to actually attend (she does try her best to get to most of them, though her traveling schedule [...]
three new stuff everyone should own
Posted in family, new things, the boy, the sock shop, travel on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Over the last six months, this girl has come across a whole bunch of stuff that she is so deeply in love with and have decided that- on some level- she cannot live without them.
1. Origins.
This girl has notoriously sensitive skin and while she’s plugged for Bio-Essence before, she’s now also adds Origins to [...]
cleaning house
Posted in Life in the Town House, life learnings, the boy, the sock shop on October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There’s a show on the Style Network called Clean House where a team of experts help families clean out their house. Most of the guests have houses that resemble a pigsty with things everywhere. One family had their monitor lizard and two bunnies ruling the roost all over the place. They had so much stuff [...]
