A friend of mine at work ordered a few of these for her office walls - so awesome! They are called "emergency compliments," and I think they would be great anywhere and would make cool gifts. Check them all out here.
In preschool, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I said "the President." It was true, I really thought that would be the best job ever. I loved presidential trivia books and dreamt of the White House. That seemed like a good idea all the way through high school. My friends were always claiming cabinet positions based on what they wanted to be when they grew up ("I'll be the Secretary of Music." "I'll be the Secretary of Art.") Sorry guys, not going to happen. But let's continue to dream big, eh?
Just in case you haven't seen this yet, it's awesome, and a great way to start your week:
We dropped Nora off at the nanny share for the first time this morning. She's going to be with a wonderful nanny and new friend named Nick (he's 9 months old) during the weekdays - it's going to be great (she says while crying just a little bit). We really do feel lucky to have found some people that we know will take great care of Nora and give us peace of mind while we're at work. Hope we can all encourage Nora to have big dreams too.
My office building is up for an award, so I thought it was a good excuse to brag about the fact that I work at a place called the "Gee Whiz Factory." Totally why I applied there in the first place.
Anyway, yes Trozzolo is up for an award - People's Choice award in the American Institute of Architects Kansas City Design Excellence Awards. Being up for an award is not a new thing for our company or our cool building (again, just taking this opportunity to brag), but would appreciate if you would vote for us nonetheless. :) Visit: http://www.aiakc.org/vote/
Speaking of work, I've been jamming out to a lot of Pandora at the office. My station rotation lately has been Mumford & Sons, The Head & the Heart, and The Lumineers. Ok, and the occasional Taylor Swift. I'm sure you've all heard The Lumineers' song "Ho Hey." It's pretty great. Another one of theirs I just heard for the first time that I love:
Will try to have a few house update pics for you soon!