tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54829724167328236422024-03-19T06:42:51.571-04:00Love JonesThe life and times of a happily married, urban-dwelling, modern-design-loving, career Diva and momNJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-43213529072805913122011-03-02T18:20:00.003-05:002011-03-02T18:58:50.345-05:00Why i started blogging againAfter a 1 year hiatus I felt the need to start writing again for 3 reasons:
1)For my daughter. Should she decide to travel the path of being both a mom and a career woman, I want her to have the insight on my own roll and tumble years. Everyone is talking about the work-life balance challenge but concrete, actionable plans for handling it seem to fall in the quit or put your nose to the NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-46048869592808465152010-04-07T20:01:00.002-04:002010-04-07T20:20:32.666-04:00Has anyone seen Zoe Jones?So my due date has come and gone and still no Zoe. I told her this morning that I had really hoped that she would show up on time and I even mentioned the fact that she has tons of newborn clothing that she is outgrowing as we speak but no go. So now we are in the daily phone calls and e-mail territory from everyone wanting to know that she is born yet...even random coworkers in Florida :o) WeNJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-42376702986048235152010-03-29T11:34:00.001-04:002010-03-29T11:39:12.904-04:00The waiting gameSo now I get to play the waiting game....I am thinking that a 3 mile walk is in my future to speed things up a bit. Yesterday I managed to take care of lots of mini-projects around the house like organize and label pictures (i have had that on my list for years!), change out light plates and assemble my new lamp. I am still waiting for Todd to put together the bookcase...if it wasn't so darn NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-45095032519052019062010-03-19T23:40:00.003-04:002010-03-19T23:45:13.027-04:00A peak at my picturesI hesitated up until the last minute but in the end I decided to go for the professional pictures because it's the first time and I am not sure if we will go down this road again so I should have good pictures to document what I looked like...even if they were taken at 9 months :o) I am pretty happy with how they came out...now I just got chose a few and figure out where I am going to put them!NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-23040859466345098682010-03-15T10:37:00.005-04:002010-03-15T16:13:17.284-04:00Decorating continues and the countdown beginsThis weekend I made an attempt at continuing to decorate my guest room. The only thing that is currently missing is pictures for the wall, the changing table and bookcase (dh wants is waiting for his dad to help him assemble...I could have done it by myself but I will try to play the helpless pregnant woman role on this one). I think the pictures for the wall will have to wait because I NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-39870908608780932802010-03-05T22:05:00.001-05:002010-03-05T22:07:29.036-05:00TGIF and let the decorating begin!It's Friday again, wuh-huh! San Antonio was insightful from a work perspective but totally a bust as far as places to visit go. It somehow managed to be more boring as a destination than Memphis...it was a ghost town every night because nobody lives downtown. I had a burger for lunch every day since I was in Texas but none of them really measured up to the burgers in New York (?!?). So NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-58764738336193828252010-02-24T11:41:00.002-05:002010-02-24T11:55:05.561-05:006 weeks to go!This weekend I am heading out to Texas for a business conference. I was really hoping that it would be my break from the winter but it's snowing in Texas! So there goes my fantasy of lounging by the pool at night...sigh. I do plan on exploring the River Walk and enjoying my hotel room nonetheless. I honestly love traveling for work as long as I go to good places ;)My co-worker just came back NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-74241054026860084362010-02-11T15:29:00.001-05:002010-02-11T15:31:16.051-05:00Just Checking inAs promised, here is a picture of the great wall of diapers.I have been making lots of progress on my to-do list this week: Taxes are done, files are cleaned up and I Costa Rica Hotel booking is almost set. DH doesn't understand why I someone else couldn't handle the Costa Rica trip and I see his point but I also know that is far less aggravating if I just handle it; besides, if you want NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-46880467614721492782010-02-05T15:06:00.002-05:002010-02-05T15:14:29.669-05:00Let it Snow!I am hoping for snow tomorrow so that I can stay home and get stuff done on my to-do list (so geeky, I know). I have 4 boxes of baby clothes to sort through and a box of baby toys in addition to working my Costa Rica trip and taxes. I am going to focus on getting my taxes and Costa Rica taken care of because I still have plenty of time to actually convert my guest room.We did get our "pallet" NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-72955265246579200552010-01-28T16:24:00.004-05:002010-01-28T17:03:43.265-05:00My new year progress continues!All is well in my little world. As of today in week 30, I can still wear heels, run up stair and walk fast. I can't however finish my food because my stomach has zero room...so it gets exponentially bigger every day but I have no room to eat, ain't that something?Zoe's room is making some progress as my mom dukes ordered her crib today. This weekend I am going to get the matress and the NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-1737535549802890752010-01-21T20:45:00.004-05:002010-01-21T21:58:32.427-05:00Simplifying my lifeIf you have ever spent a lot of time at my house, you know that I run my home life and my work life pretty much the same way: I have a system, schedules or to-do list for everything. Due to upcoming important new demands on my time, I started working on improving my home system last year to create more free time in my life. Here are some of the things that I did:-Got rid of clothes that don't NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-69569754208720712852010-01-15T11:51:00.002-05:002010-01-15T11:58:25.403-05:00Friday Morning random commentaryA funny thing happened on my way to work today...I got on the train and realized that I had no wallet! I had not train pass and no money at all...how reliant I truly am on my wallet. So I had to call DH and have him drive my wallet to Penn Station New York so I could get to work and back home today. It didn't feel funny at the moment but now I have to shake my head and smile because I am the NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-59126179829411384272009-12-29T22:39:00.004-05:002009-12-29T23:10:11.545-05:00Christmas breakI feel extremely lucky to have a job that actually closes down the last week of the year so I can chill. I was in pajamas until 11 am today and I only left my house to drop of some returns at the Post Net store...it felt so utterly decadent! Aside from reading through the New York Times and watching daytime TV, I managed to finally order my summer cruise pictures from Kodak Gallery and I NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-14002139794057743212009-12-22T22:30:00.003-05:002009-12-22T22:37:56.560-05:00Said bye to the dress and 22 week photo<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-46561824044836673932009-12-09T17:15:00.003-05:002009-12-09T20:49:26.539-05:00Surviving the crunch timeSo today I just had to order pork fried rice and chicken wings. Now lets keep in mind that I eat this stuff once per year in real life so it's highly unusual for me to even think about it. Earlier this week, I went through the trouble of making turkey casserole and green beans (which DH totally killed) only to decide that I didn't feel like eating it. Finally at 9pm, DH convinced me that Zoe NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-66504369752743694052009-12-02T10:46:00.003-05:002009-12-02T11:26:22.311-05:00Mental BreakI am currently working on a data governance presentation but I am kinda tired so I decided to take a mental break by updating my blog ;) The thanksgiving break while fabulous is now but a distant memory as I make my 3 week push at work and at home to get ready for Christmas break. At work, that involves no less than a dozen meetings per week plus all the required prep and debriefing work. In NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-78267342997366918152009-11-18T12:27:00.000-05:002009-11-18T13:30:51.093-05:00What day is it anyway?Because I work in Academia, the assumption is always that every single thing in the world must be done before we leave for winter break in December. Due to this artificial deadline, it has been nonstop at work, all day, every day; in fact, I am eating my lunch and responding to e-mails simultaneously while typing this ;-) This weekend I get to go to NC to visit some friends and I am tres NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-1695547612842942462009-11-11T17:19:00.004-05:002009-11-11T18:08:47.789-05:00The mystery is over!Today I finally got to have the mid-term ultrasound. I made sure and had a good breakfast with eggs, toast, Orange Juice and Coffee so that the baby would be up and moving because I have no idea if I will get another ultrasound before its over and really, 20 more weeks is a long time to wait to finally learn the gender. To my delight, it worked like a charm and the baby was up and moving and NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-74542171234824569132009-11-04T11:31:00.003-05:002009-11-04T12:16:01.905-05:00T minus 1 weekThe wait is almost over, if all goes well, the Jones fetus will be "the boy/girl formerly known as it" next week! More good news, in my weekly chiropractor visit today it appears that my legs are now even again. My hip area still hurts but I am making progress in my stretching and I am going to be taking a weekly yoga class starting next Saturday. I was laying on the floor doing stretches NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-80102902853171865122009-10-27T11:45:00.001-04:002009-10-27T11:47:45.964-04:00The joys of commutingAs a rule, anytime it rains is just a bad day to commute. To magnify the drama that is my rainy day commute to work, first , I had to go to a doctor's appointment at 8:15 in the morning. As I am getting dress, I realize that the tank is almost on empty so now I have to come up with a gas station strategy. I get into the car and as I start driving my number of miles to 'E' starts to drop NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-19453077362769529972009-10-20T13:58:00.006-04:002009-10-20T14:14:51.284-04:00Tuesday check inI discovered just this week that for the first time ever in my life I do not have love handles or any sort of fat on my back! of course, i now have a pot belly.... God just playing a jokie-joke on me. Anywho, here is a picture of me with my stomach not hidden in layers of clothes. Yup, no bump yet, but now we all get to see what I look like with 5 extra lbs on.I attempted to do some shopping NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-74238232965045715812009-10-14T10:43:00.002-04:002009-10-14T11:00:07.377-04:00Night at the rock and fancy daycareYesterday DH and I went to go see the Nets exhibition game at the Prudential center which was fun until the last 60 seconds where they couldn't keep it together and lost to the Boston Celtics. I must say, although the Prudential wasn't sold out, it was more filled than any Nets game that I have seen in Secaucus. However, I now realize why the Nets will probably never pick Newark over Brooklyn..NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-75908341102427772402009-10-06T21:19:00.002-04:002009-10-06T21:22:23.719-04:00Somebody stop me!I am online at old navy and they actually have clothes that will not make me look frumpy and I am totally filling up my cart. So what if I only need jeans and everything else fits...well what if in 7 weeks when I actually have a belly all the good clothes are gone?NJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-9057960262378485652009-10-06T14:36:00.002-04:002009-10-06T14:42:12.091-04:002 years and still growingTomorrow is our 2 year anniversary! We decided that we will keep it simple; so our next anniversary trip will be to Italy in 2012 to celebrate 5 years if God spares us. In the spirit of keeping it simple and within budget, we are going to go to Bahama Breeze which was my favorite chain in Memphis and it has just opened up in Wayne. I have a card and since the 2nd anniversary is cotton, I willNJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482972416732823642.post-2366065948804174902009-09-30T11:33:00.002-04:002009-09-30T11:47:14.670-04:00Maybe I should say I have weight management issues...I find it amusing how much people feel like the can interject in your life once they find out you are pregnant. I am pretty sure most of these people will not be concerned once the kid is here. Early this week, the "Office Manager" was appalled by my sushi consumption. I had to tell her that I read all the scientific research that was blown out of proportion to justify all the "forbidden foodsNJDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123452264374571719noreply@blogger.com6