Running...

Ran 3 miles tonight and I am outta shape b/c I am pooped. Bummer.

Countdown to CHA...

CHA is just around the corner...Chicago... like 15 days... are we ready? Well, we will be but the work that goes into a small biz is more than I ever imagined. I have a new appreciation for the entrepreneur esp the small ones. But we will be ready. I am excited about our new stuff. New stamps, new ribbons, new everything.

The cycle begins again. It is with excitement that I approach these next two weeks...hard work - more work than when I worked for a big corporation but this is what I want to make of it. Who wouldn't enjoy that?

My first published LO...

After submitting umpteenth times over the last year, this year is FINALLY my year. I found my first published LO at the store the other day. I don't have a copy of the ST mag yet but here is the LO.

What is it about recognition in print? Why is it satifisying? Dunno right now and don't care just happy about the LO.

Speaking of NYC and LOs, check out my fab NYC purse design - can't make enough LOs about this great city - my old stomping grounds. This purse be at the MR booth at CHA this year as it incorporates some of our new FOAM STAMPS. Deb did an amazing job designing these. Letters, shapes and more, oh my! And the purse clasps will be out L8R this year...

TP...

Why can't I run out of toilet paper, paper towels, cotton balls and q-tips all at once. It would save me a lot of trips to the store...

Type A personalities...

Ok, so I will admit to having a type A personality (those driven, aggressive, competitive ones)... well I guess even in the type A personality there are genres and sub-sets of those so I guess really I am an A minus type A personality. Except when it comes to running.

Did you ever have a feeling "hey this is something I might be good at"? That is how I feel about running. I can remember feeling this way even in elementary school. I could outrun the boys when we played tag. I captured the flag in an intense game at Bible Study (lol!) Now, I will never be Paula Radcliffe or Deena Kastor or Prefontaine but I am decent. Except for my flat feet. Rumor has it flat feet people run slow. I am out to dispell that myth.

I do find however, that as I grow and get older, I run for different reasons. Used to be I would seek out local races (5ks, 10Ks, 15Ks) to do and I wanted to WIN (ok at least place in my age group) but it is different now. I haven't done a race in a year - that is a long time for me. But I still go out and pound the pavement when I am worried about MR or something else or I need to shift into creative mode. So all my medals sit in my office collecting dust now but perhaps, it will come back to me - I want the feeling again like in this LO. I want that A+++ type A personality when it comes to running - it will keep me from being that way in other aspects of my life (LOL!)

Ok back to work...

Testing, testing 1...2..3...

I have to admit, the first time I heard the word "blog" I said "What is THAT? Sounds blobby and strange" but you can't fight technology. I decided to plunge in rather than fade into the neverland of those who become afraid of keeping up with IT and technology - I do have the potential for that. So here it is.

Excuse the typos and run-on sentences - my left brain is more highly evolved than my right one.

I plan on writing about life in general and what it means to be a managing partner at Maya Road and other random musings about whatever tickles my fancy.

C

PS. this is my "what a feeling" pic from Cali.