Connecticut, in a nutshell.
Daily Chris: Haircut Edition
- Me (last Wednesday): Chris, I was at the hair place so I just went ahead and made you an appointment for next Friday, at 5. You need a haircut.
- Chris: uh huh ok thanks
- Me (last Thursday): Chris, don't forget, hair cut next Friday at 5
- Chris: uh huh
- Me (last Friday): Chris, don't forget, hair cut next Friday at 5
- Chris: uh huh
- Me (on Monday and Tuesday): Chris, don't forget, hair cut THIS FRIDAY at 5
- Chris: Meggg ok
- Chris (today): Hey Meg, when is my haircut again?
- Me: *face palm*
PR FAIL
When you send out an important release and then run to the bathroom and see a missed call from your target city on your cell when you back.
Convinced you’ve missed the biggest placement in America, you dial back and discover it was:
a survey from Comcast.
In case you wondering if I still watched Teen Mom.
Lots of heartbreak these days. I’m struggling through.
Little cocktail photo shoot at work today.
I have graciously tasted every recipe.
Tuesday is better then Monday.
Chris returned to work today.
The wisdom tooth debacle has commenced.
Michigan State University surveyed more than 700 employers seeking to hire recent college graduates. Nearly one-third said parents had submitted resumes on their child’s behalf, some without even informing the child. One-quarter reported hearing from parents urging the employer to hire their son or daughter for a position. Four percent of respondents reported that a parent actually showed up for the candidate’s job interview.
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Bring Your Parent To Work Day: So-called helicopter parents have hit the workplace, phoning employers to advocate on behalf of their adult children. Human resource managers say more parents are trying to negotiate salary and benefits and are even sitting in on job interviews. (via nprfreshair)
I asked one intern candidate recently why they applied for this particular internship and she responded “because my mom told me to.”
oh.
a look to recreate.
My hair will never ever look like this. Ever.
I am a total FAIL at any sort of “casually disheveled” hairdo. How does it stay up? How do you get cute wispies instead of weird half-curly fuzz?
Please share if you have any words of wisdom.
(Source: hautemamasfaves)
It should be no surprise that this was my fav ad last night.
related: Coke needs to retire the polar bears. Like now. Also, the Superbowl needs to put a cap on the number of car ads. Ugh.
I am currently in no position to be purchasing any sort of residence, but I have been talking lately about potentially purchasing a second home before I were to purchase a primary residence.
The reality of where we live (CT) is that it’s going to be a looooong time before we can buy the sort of home that either Chris or I grew up in (ex: normal 3 br, 2 ba house). Taxes alone in this area run around $10k/yr. Bananas.
It is also no longer a safe bet that you can buy a small “starter home” and be able to sell it for any sort of profit down the road (thanks, recession) like our parents did.
We also live in a very affordable rental that we love and have no reason to think we’d need to move soon. We are also young and you never know what the future may bring (new jobs, cities, etc). Realistically I could be in the position to afford a tiny, small, cozy second home somewhere remotely by a shore/ocean/lake in the next 5 years.
My life dream has always been to own something, somewhere, that my family and many generations in the future will have forever. Somewhere that everyone gathers summer after summer to relax and reconnect. I come from a military family that moved every 2-4 years… owning a family home that would always be in the same place would be invaluable to me.
Anywho, the point of this post was to show you the photo above. I’ve been watching a few little bungalows along the Connecticut shore for a few months, just getting an idea of what sort of investment I’d have to make to make this possible some day.
This is a one-room log cabin. It lists the bath as “private”… which with this sort of home normally means…outside. It is so beyond creepy and has been on the market for 180 days. It is listed for about double the price of any other home for sale on this particular lake.
The price has increased about $2,600 every month or so.
Um. Typically if no one is bidding on your home, upping the price will not encourage activity…??
