end of february

and another month zooms by.
Jacki has been visiting the past week, she and I have had great times together, we have done lunch, shopped, registered at Baby's r us, watched trash tv, slasher movies and shared moments of inspiration with each other. I miss having Jacki living with us.
looking forward to March.

end of January

Hard to imagine that the first month of 2011 is almost behind us.

Personally we celebrated the birth of our 3rd grandchild, Kamryn in July and found out a 4th would be on the way in 2011. We continued our Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, our week vacation in Captiva, big 50 (Dago, Mary, Terri) birthdays and not to forget the big 30 (Manny) in October in Lafayette, weekend wedding in Virginia and to end the year with a wonderful wedding in December. Along the way we also experienced the unexpected loss of two wonderful friends.


For work it's the end of 2010 and so much happened during the past 12 months and I know so much will happen during the next 12. Going back through my mind the biggest thing to affect myself was the change I elected to experience at Macy*s. I had always said that I would retire at Millenia Macy*s, but an opportunity, something I feel I am good at, presented itself to me during July and I jumped on it. I have just finished up 6 months of a multi store operations mgr and I love it, struggled some days, celebrated others and found my groove and know that this year the focus will be on the basics to be the best in this position.


Wishing all a Happy New Year 

random

i just finished catching up on blogs and i must say i get the prize for least consistency of blogging.....
love reading all about resolutions, but in my retail world the new year begins after inventory which i am currently in the middle of. then we can talk about 2011 goals.
thanks to all who keep consistency going in their blogging.

morning dew

 – a weekly ritual inspired by Carey and Cimi.

A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week.
A simple, special, extraordinary moment.

A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

enjoying the last days of shower flowers

 – a weekly ritual inspired by Carey and Cimi.
A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week.
A simple, special, extraordinary moment.

A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

blogging

WOW, can not believe that July was the last time I blogged. It is amazing how time gets away from you. August was here and I was in the full swing of my new position. Can I tell you, I love, love my job (my boss is great too). Then it was September and I felt that it was all about birthdays, Jeff's, Chris's Stephanie's and mine of course, visiting and just enjoying the end of summer, and thank you, the heat. Now October is half over and that means Christmas in my world is here. So I am not promising any continuous posts, but I will steal the picture of the week from Carey and Cimi.


 – a weekly ritual inspired by Carey and Cimi.
A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week.
A simple, special, extraordinary moment.
A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

July 2010

An exciting month of July is almost over. Some big things happened this past month. 
The most exciting in the family was the birth of our first granddaughter Kamryn Abigail, mother and dad Monica and Chris. Note the pix on the right side. That was really exciting. I finally get to purchase "girl" stuff after having grandsons for so long. 
The second big thing was me leaving Macy's at the Mall of Millenia. I moved to Orlando to open up that store about 9 years ago. It was very melancholy for me to depart since I always felt it was mine. I was promoted to the Operations manager for 2 Macy's locations here in Orlando, Fl Mall and Fash Sq. Totally different than Millenia. Fl Mall is about a year older than Millenia and really geared towards the tourist customer while Fash Sq is almost 40 years old and located in what Orlando is downtown and very different ethnic groups shop there. So a big change and lots of opportunities to apply what I love most about retail, Merchandising and Operations.

Finally we started out the month on our annual Captiva Vacation with Bonnie, Rob, Olivia and Alexa. It was truly an experience staying on an island with the only transportation off was by boat. No fast grocery stores, which I do believe the men missed and not any good restaurants to eat out. The house we rented was great and the stroll down the lane to the beach each day was wonderful. The only transportation on the island was by golf cart which Olivia loved. No TV in the master bedroom, no cell service, but we did have wi fi. Just relaxation, seeing the sun come up on one end of the beach and sunsets at the end of the lane. The widow's walk was a great place to view the stars and the wonderful lightening shows with the passing of evening showers several times. There is also a state park which we hiked in our flip flops and found lots of sand dollars in perfect condition. We also saw where Hurricane Charlie came in at. WOW, 5 years later and things still have not grown back to where they were prior to the storm. We saw lots of animals of the sea, sting rays, urchins, live sand dollars, dophin pods, manatees, never knew they could move so fast, crabs, they are so funny to watch, men fishing at sunrise. No jetskis, no fast motor boats, just relaxation for 6 days. Sad to see the week end, but we will be back on some beach next year and hopefully on the west coast of Florida.