My favourite site of the day

Go check out Garfield Minus Garfield which tells the tale of Jon Arbuckle and his eccentricities....

Hrmmm

well I appear to be having trouble embedding the video into the previous post. Anyone wanna give me some tips?
If not you don't get to see the video :-p

This made me cry (at my desk at work how embarassing)

Things I love Thursday

• Writing up my business plan. I’m getting a great feeling from doing this and am discovering skills I didn’t even realize I had.
• Bread rolls with gravy – Maybe this is just a pregnancy thing but it tastes so good. Normally I hate salt but I think my baby likes it 
• Being back in Recruitment – I worked for an IT recruitment agency for four years as my first “real” job and now I am temping for the next month in a different IT Recruitment agency. It’s nice to be back in the industry that I learnt so much in, and to see that not much has changed, especially for such a fast moving industry as IT.
• LinkedIn. I’ve never really used it before but now that I’ve decided to start a business I’ve discovered how great it can be as a networking tool. I’m currently building up my network and getting referrals. Feel free to add me to your network: http://www.linkedin.com/in/officemagic
• My boyfriend > Kisses for Andy xoxoxo

Is this the most beautiful smile ever..... (you better say yes)

This is my neice with my beautiful patient cat Mack.

The next frame she is licking him to see how he tastes but this moment here is perfect.

Quote of the day

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else.

I only try to dance better than myself."

--Mikhail Baryshnikov

Step 1

I now have an ABN (Australian Business Number) how exciting.

Next step is to register the business name and domain name and then I can really get under way.

I've nearly completed my business plan as well.  And I think I've done a pretty good job for my first time.  I'm just a bit confused as to if my pricing and short term goals are realistic.

Update on my work status

As I mentioned a few weeks ago I did end up losing the job I was working it.  Coincidentally it happened straight after I told them I was pregnant but lets not dwell on that.

I'm now temping until the baby comes which is fantastic.  The work is easy and fun and everyone is really friendly.  Plus because your constantly changing roles it's not boring.  

Looking at our finances we can't really afford for me to take much time off work to be a stay at home mum once the baby comes.   I've always wanted to be home as much as possible when I have kids to spend time with them and help them learn and develop.  This baby is about 7 years earlier than I had planned to enter mummyland but that's no reason why he shouldn't get the childhood he deserves.

I've been thinking long and hard on this one and have finally come up with the solution.

I'm going to start a Virtual Assistant business so that I can work from home, be a fun games and cupcake baking mummy, and also build my career at the same time.

I have about six years strong administration experience and feel that this is a great starting point to be able to offer this service.  I've also been studying Event Management this year and would like to build the business up to specialize in Events.

I'm a little bit scared because this is a pretty huge undertaking and I'm going to have to complete all the set up work whilst working full time so that once I do finish working I can jump straight into marketing and getting some clients.

Everyone wish me luck and I'll give you lots of updates along the way.

Weekly Goals for w/c 25/03/2008

Taking the lead from the lovely miss Gala Darling; I’ve decided to start setting weekly goals for myself.

Sometimes when you set big heavy goals for yourself be it yearly, quarterly or even monthly it can be too huge to manage. Looking at such a large concept of something that needs to be done it can be hard to decide where to start and hard to feel any sense of accomplishment as you work towards it. Plus, if your anything like me it’s easy to just forget them and end up setting the same goal year after year without ever getting to tick them off your list.

Shorter goals are much easier to focus on and give a greater sense of achievement.

My goals for this week are:

- Reply to all emails, phone calls and text messages I receive.
- Get out of bed by 7.00am every morning. (I know that doesn’t sound hard but believe me, I’m nearly 6 months pregnant, heavy, tired and lazy. This is harder than it sounds)
- Post on my blog at least once a day.
- Make sure I eat three meals a day every day.
- Start writing up a business plan (I’ll fill you all in on this in the coming weeks)

Messing with Mondays #2

Now I know some of you may believe that there have been several Monday’s in between the first and second installment of this series, but obviously you’re imagining it. One week has passed…. I promise… Trust me…..

Ok, perhaps I’m exaggerating. Well I hope you all had lovely Monday’s in between and I will definitely be updating this weekly so you won’t be left all alone and defenceless against the cruel early mornings again.

Tips for this week are:

#6 Have a long shower or bath and give yourself a face and scalp massage. (If your on water restrictions do this out of the shower)
#7 Drink at least two litres of water. Not only does this make you feel great but it makes you look great too.
#8 Make sure you get enough sleep. This will improve you week no end. If you have to leave the dishes or clothes on the floor then do it. Some things are more important.
#9 Do something spontaneous. Be it venturing outside your usual area for lunch, joining a tai chi class in the park or asking out that cute girl or guy you’ve had your eye on. Do it! Doing the same thing all the time is just plain boring, not to mention incredibly draining.
#10 Go to the library and get a book you wouldn’t normally read. Research the history of a nation you know little about or the religion of your new neighbours. Or just get yourself a trashy chick lit. Sometimes reading about martini’s and art openings is the best medicine.

Quote of the day

I'm so fucking glamorous I piss glitter!

- Unknown

Quote of the day

When you succeed in creating a fulfilling career, it will be uniquely you.  Your career will absolutely ooze with your own creative self-expression.   It may take the external form of a job, a business, a web site, volunteer work, or some other entity, but it will never be generic because you are not a generic person.  the right career will be so ridiculously you that if you thought about replacing yourself with someone else, it just wouldn't make sense.

- Steve Pavlina

Style dedication

I know many people have blogged about this article, but I have to give in and join the masses as I can't stop thinking about it.

Basically The New York Magazine ran an article about five creative types who wear only one colour.  Always.

I can't decide what I think of the idea.  I do think that they look terrific and a lot of the follow on posts I've seen about it have some great idea's on how to pull this off but I can't comprehend the dedication it would take to do it full time.   I could easily wear all green one day, or all pink or any colour really.  (Probably not white because I'm a grub but oh well)  But I think it would put so many limits on what you can and can't wear. 

Think of the heart break, you walk into a shop and see a dress that makes your heart stop, it's bright, it's vibrant, it makes you look like a star.... BUT.... It doesn't come in your colour.  Too much pain for me.

I've always been this way with sticking to styles I would love to be "The girl in the purple dresses" or something and have such dedication to a style and be able to pull it off.   My taste is too eclectic.  As a teenager I spent about four years being the only Goth who managed to sneak pink into every outfit (often barbie brand from the kids section).  

I don't look nearly as 'together' as these people but I do get t have alot of fun. 

Baby boy pics

Here is a profile of my baby's face and cute little photo of his feet.

I must say at this age his profile kind of looks like Charlie Brown lol.

Slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails

That's what little boys are made of....

I certainly hope not seeing as I'm terrified of slugs and snails although I do have alot of love for puppy dogs tails.

Hurry up and get to the point Bec!!

Alright, Alright I'm sorry.

I'M HAVING A BOY!!!!

I'm so excited.  I was really hoping for a boy.  Of course the cliche is true and I would have been happy with whatever as long as it's healthy but let's be honest here boys are so much more fun.

The only downside to having a boy is the clothes.  Baby girls have such cuter clothes and an amazingly huge range.  Boy's clothes are pretty boring.  If anyone knows of any great shops (that are in Australia or deliver to) please let me know.

xoxoxo

Well, it looks like I lied....

It's been nearly a month since I promised to post more and I haven't posted even once.

I don't have a single excuse for you guys but we will see if the future shows me to be better.

At least this does prove I have incredible skills at procrastination.