I know there is a lesson somewhere to be learned!

Patience is not my virtue, i'm terrible in traffic, long lines at the pharmacy counter make me insane and stupidty! Lately i've been tested by the challenge of being the president of the board of directors of my condominum association. I KNOW, I KNOW, I deserve every horrible thing that comes with the job for agreeing to it!
Now the job itself isn't that hard, i've done it before and with experience and age, i know to ask a lot of questions regarding budgets, monthly reports, and i've learned that when there is a subject I don't know a lot about to invite a very seasoned board member to get involved. I am wise enough that in this uncertain economic time we don't spend like drunken sailors and that we prioritize. I have 2 members of this board who really are on my last nerve. I don't begrudge the board members that are on the board and need to be explained 100 times what our governing documents require to change things, they mean well. What does drive me nuts are the ones that comes in and wantsto be the monday morning quarter back, wans to make NEW AND IMPROVED the motto, of course the new and improved only has to do with things that they thinks are important.
These are the same board members who don't bother to check their mail in the office for a month and then complain that they too have a roofing contractor who could submit a proposal. Or the guy who thinks the association should pay him for his office furniture and spend money to make the floor and walls of the loading docks travertine! Here's what these board members haven't asked, what is our annual budget, what amount of money goes into our monthly continegency account, how many unit owners are behind on maintenance and what are we doing to correct the problem, what are the ways in which we can bring in money if possible.
I'm trying so hard to hold my tongue, to not let my head explode at a board meeting when they want to talk about moving the gym into the recreation room so that they can look out onto the pool deck. JOIN A FREAKIN GYM you cheap bastard!
But, i think the lesson i'm learning is that good things come to those who wait and when I sit at the meetings and stay calm and they start talking and the whole room is chuckling at their nonsense I realize that at the end of the day, at least for this term logic and practicality will prevail!

Less is More in so many ways!

Less is More really holds true on so many levels. First, less is more always when it comes to clothes and shoes and bags. I mean, i'd much rather have less crap and more of the good stuff! Think expensive shoes, good black dress and bag, beautiful pearls and a pair of fab boots.

But less is more holds true to purge the extra in your life that really doesn't give you much. Recently I parted with a friend, actually let me rephrase that, we had been friends, the kind who laughed, went to dinner, shopped. And then that friend did something that really clued me in that we weren't friends, and that's ok, but when I realized I wasn't getting much out of the situation and that all she really created for me was work, I was honest enough to say, maybe we shouldn't be friends because really its just a facade.

So here's to cleaning out your closets and looking at your list of friends and remembering its quality in life that matters in all aspects, not quantity!

News from Liz

I agreed to be PTA president next year. That should give me a lot to write about.

New Things i find FAB

Happy 2010! From time to time I find new and fabulous sites that I think are either hip and creative or are selling something good that I want to touch or taste or try!

so here is my first list!

www.crumbs.com the best cupcakes ever

www.milkandkrunchies.com i so want to taste these

www.kellyraeroberts.blogspot.com her stuff looks super cool and I wish i had creative in my bones!

I'll admit i'm a blogger stalker! I've found a few blogs and I'm just addicted to them, i'm hoping that someone out there feels that way about me!

But before I go, here's a sneak peak of a new top that I ordered!

Can't wait to bring this great looking grecian styled top to you! More to come!

Heading to The OC!

I've been wanting a trip to California, I love LA, and its no secret ultimately i want to move there. I've been lucky enough to go for B.Dazzled several times but with the economy, i've skipped the last 2 years of trips. I'm long overdue!

I'm not lucky, I say that all the time, never win raffles, certainly not lucky in love, at least not yet and usually not in the right spot at the right time. That being said, the stars must have lined up because tomorrow is my birthday and the day after i'm heading out to Newport Beach, California for a conference. I'm not 100% certain what the conference is about, except that is has to do with courts and children and best practices! What I am certain of is, i've got a car, have mapquested directiosn to South Coast Plaza, Sprinkles and Fashion Island. I've found restaurants and even a ferry ride and directions to Laguna Beach!

I've become a blogger addict!

I'm not great at blogging here. Sometimes i'm funny, other times just boring. I think about putting out really juicy stuff, cause I know tons of stuff but then I wonder who will be mad or offended, even without using names. Juicy stuff just finds its way to me. For instance over the last 2 days I pieced together a big secret regarding a secret relationship! And yet, i'm keeping it to myself. So to those of you that always say i have a big mouth, TOUCHE!

So, instead of blogging about stuff, i've become addicted to blogs of others. And random blogs too! It started out with Stephanie Klein, (a shoutout to my friend Allison M in in NY, who got me hooked) and for those of you who aren't hooked its a good place to start www.stephanieklein.blogs.com. But it's mushroomed, i follow legal blogs, jewlery blogs, blogs of artists who i've met at tradeshows, blogs of people i know and friends of friends who blog about love, laugh and too often illness. And all these bloggers give you leads to new bloggers. I'm fascinated by their stories, i tune in every day, just like i tune into the news. I have a morning agenda, Yahoo mail, aol mail, facebook and my blogs!