Steven’s brother, Andrew, asked for records for Christmas – two specifically, but then any other records as long as they weren’t country or folk. We were planning on only getting the ones he asked for, but I came across a record bin at a shop on Sunday and it was so fun to look! Sadly, the wrong record was inside the Nazareth Hair of the Dog album, so that one didn’t come home. But I got a few others. Too bad we can’t listen to them when he opens them – we don’t have a record player!
I feel bad it’s going to be so freakin’ cold when Steven’s dad and brother are here for early Christmas this weekend – on Sunday the high is only 4°F. It will get in to the 20s on Friday and Saturday, but with a messy snowstorm. It’s not like we’d all go outside together, but I thought maybe Andrew would run with me outside. Maybe he still will!
OMG, my snister’s work had a holiday costume contest yesterday and I am STILL laughing about her costume (that’s her pulled out on the right side of the photo). She won the contest, 0bvs.
I also got a bit festive for work yesterday, too!
And I got an early holiday present at work yesterday – the project manager I had been covering for while he was on paternity leave came back to work. I was SO relieved. They keep pushing me toward project management stuff at work, but I don’t feel like it’s for me. Or, maybe I should actually be trained and not thrown in to it.
Did anyone else watch The Fate of the Furious trailer like “No, Dom, no!” Actually, I first saw it without sound in a restaurant, so it wasn’t until I could watch it on my phone later that I understood what was happening.
Ooh, I just watched the trailer. It started out so weirdly, but it got better. I think it’ll be good.
I like Andrew’s idea for a Christmas gift. (Not that I have a record player either.) I just read an article about how the best gift you can give someone is something they ask for. This way is a good balance between a wishlist and some flexibility on the part of the gift-giver.
I went to see Rogue One last night, and when The Fate and the Furious trailer came on I thought of you! Though I suppose I should’ve been thinking of you in the first place, since I was at a Star Wars movie, after all. Haha.
I don’t know why anyone would try to force anyone else into being a project manager. Obviously you can be trained on how to manage projects, but I really feel like that’s a skill you have or you don’t. Like, I could take math classes for the rest of my life, and I’d probably get better at math, but it still wouldn’t come naturally to me to think that way, and I’d still have to work 10 times harder than someone who IS naturally gifted at math. And yeah, maybe I could do math-related things at work after taking all of those classes, but I’m still probably not going to like it, because I never was that inclined towards math in the first place! Why not just hire someone who IS good at math and IS passionate about math and have THEM do the math stuff instead? I feel like project management is a similar thing. If someone is inclined towards it or has a lot of interest in it, fantastic! Lay it on them. But if they’re not, pushing them into it isn’t going to do anyone any favors. That’s what I think, at least.
Ha! I appreciate that you are thinking of me for WHATEVER reason! 🙂
I feel the same way about PM. And I feel like I didn’t even get a chance to see if I was good at it because they threw me in w/o training (not how to manage, but how to use our systems at work) and I was on a HORRIBLE project that is over 1.5 years late and STILL not over… so it just left me feeling like I was drowning. It gave me a bad taste for it
My youngest son is a big fan of LP records – he got a new record player to play them, and the nice thing is sometimes he plays our old ones from the 70s and 80s…
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Ooh, I just watched the trailer. It started out so weirdly, but it got better. I think it’ll be good.
I like Andrew’s idea for a Christmas gift. (Not that I have a record player either.) I just read an article about how the best gift you can give someone is something they ask for. This way is a good balance between a wishlist and some flexibility on the part of the gift-giver.
I hope it’s good! I am nervous! LOL
So the article meant the best way is something they asked for, but with a little of “you pick out what you like best from it,” kind of vibe?
OMG what a great costume!! Love it!!
I still laugh when I look at it 🙂
I love the cat gifts!!
Her costume is a LOL moment!
I have never seen a Furious movie…I’m out of touch lol
You sister’s costume is perfection.
I went to see Rogue One last night, and when The Fate and the Furious trailer came on I thought of you! Though I suppose I should’ve been thinking of you in the first place, since I was at a Star Wars movie, after all. Haha.
I don’t know why anyone would try to force anyone else into being a project manager. Obviously you can be trained on how to manage projects, but I really feel like that’s a skill you have or you don’t. Like, I could take math classes for the rest of my life, and I’d probably get better at math, but it still wouldn’t come naturally to me to think that way, and I’d still have to work 10 times harder than someone who IS naturally gifted at math. And yeah, maybe I could do math-related things at work after taking all of those classes, but I’m still probably not going to like it, because I never was that inclined towards math in the first place! Why not just hire someone who IS good at math and IS passionate about math and have THEM do the math stuff instead? I feel like project management is a similar thing. If someone is inclined towards it or has a lot of interest in it, fantastic! Lay it on them. But if they’re not, pushing them into it isn’t going to do anyone any favors. That’s what I think, at least.
Ha! I appreciate that you are thinking of me for WHATEVER reason! 🙂
I feel the same way about PM. And I feel like I didn’t even get a chance to see if I was good at it because they threw me in w/o training (not how to manage, but how to use our systems at work) and I was on a HORRIBLE project that is over 1.5 years late and STILL not over… so it just left me feeling like I was drowning. It gave me a bad taste for it
OMG your sister’s costume is HILARIOUS!!!
Christina’s costume is the BEST!
My youngest son is a big fan of LP records – he got a new record player to play them, and the nice thing is sometimes he plays our old ones from the 70s and 80s…
I used to love listening to my parents records. Pretty sure they had that Carpenters record.
I lover your sister’s costume!! I did see the trailer but not the whole thing so my guess on what you posted is that Dom is NOT a bad guy after all?
I am guessing there will be some reason why he turned on his family that is all resolved in the end of the film 🙂
Nice find on the records. I know I had that Carpenters album.
Your snisters costume is so good. LOL