Love Jones

Why i started blogging again

2011-03-02T18:20:00.003-05:00

After 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

Has anyone seen Zoe Jones?

2010-04-07T20:01:00.002-04:00

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) We

The waiting game

2010-03-29T11:34:00.001-04:00

So 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

A peak at my pictures

2010-03-19T23:40:00.003-04:00

I 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!

Decorating continues and the countdown begins

2010-03-15T10:37:00.005-04:00

This 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

TGIF and let the decorating begin!

2010-03-05T22:05:00.001-05:00

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

6 weeks to go!

2010-02-24T11:41:00.002-05:00

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

Just Checking in

2010-02-11T15:29:00.001-05:00

As 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

Let it Snow!

2010-02-05T15:06:00.002-05:00

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"

My new year progress continues!

2010-01-28T16:24:00.004-05:00

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

Simplifying my life

2010-01-21T20:45:00.004-05:00

If 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

Friday Morning random commentary

2010-01-15T11:51:00.002-05:00

A 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

Christmas break

2009-12-29T22:39:00.004-05:00

I 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

Said bye to the dress and 22 week photo

2009-12-22T22:30:00.003-05:00