Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Laugh of the day.

How can you not think Ellen is funny?

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Just do it.

I decided after 6 years, it was time to get a new pair of tennis shoes. I had a hard time finding ones I could tolerate (all the shoes right now are so bright with neon colors!) but found some at a beloved DSW. This turned out great, because I had a $10 coupon from there, just for signing up for their rewards program.

I'm not even a pink kind of girl at all, but I like these. I hope they will be as good to me as my last ones!

Monday, November 7, 2011

Yep, 5 cans in my cupboard. I believe in all things pumpkin this time of year. Although I'm still not a big fan of plain ol' pumpkin pie. Weird huh? I'll soon share my recent pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe. (my FAVORITE!)

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Rain, Rain...we're glad you're here.

It is currently pouring y'all!

I love the sound and smell of rain. For some reason when it rained in Hawaii, it didn't have that distinct smell, and I came to miss it.

Tomorrow's high is supposed to only be 61 degrees. 61!! sheesh. Good thing I work indoors tomorrow.

Happy and Aloha Friday.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

The cure.

Having a bad morning? I've got just the cure for you.

Step 1. If you are able to download apps, go right now and download Smacktalk. (don't have anything where you can download apps? well then, proceed to step 2, which will be shared shortly). Have fun and take out your anger/stress with these cute little furry animals by making them say ridiculous things. I personally suggest laughing and making weird sounds for an optimal experience.

Step 2. Eat something really unhealthy.

Step 3. Take a nap.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go take care of Step 2 and 3.

Have a great day!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

It made my day.

Warning: the following post contains some bragging.

Alright I'm sorry, but I have to brag about, well, myself.

About 2 months ago or so, I went "above and beyond" and did something really nice for a guest. Without giving you every little detail and making this longer than it needs to be, let's just put it this way: incident happens, I have a nice little package sent to a guest's room for a kid, which, in order to make complete, I go out of my way to buy something little extra at Target. I see family the next day, they are incredibly nice and complimentative (not a word? I don't care) and even send me a nice and sincere card.

A few days later, my manager shares my story at a meeting with the rest of the other managers/leaders of the hotel.

Now fast forward to today. My manager comes back from her meeting, beaming and so excited to talk to me. She informs me that in the meeting, a new manager over the Sales & Marketing department had shared a story.

The other day, he was giving a property tour to a representative of a multimillion dollar company. The rep puts him on the spot and says, "Ok, tell me why I should pick your hotel to host our meetings (event, etc.)? What sets you a part from the others?" The employee said he was cut off guard by the question, but then quickly remembered, my customer service story. He proceeds to tell the story to the potential client, and the client is very impressed and touched. After this scenario, the client sends the employee an email or card, thanking him for the visit and tour, and then proceeds to say that he is going to tell his boss (did I mention multimillion dollar company, boss?!) about the story, I mean, my story.

Isn't that SO COOL?! It made me so proud and just smile ear to ear. It helped me realize that even though I'm just a Recreation Attendant, I can actually make a small impact in my work place. I'm not just a worthless pool girl!

And that my friends, is what made my day today.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Happy Halloween!

This year, we did absolutely nothing for the "holiday" this year. It's not really that tragic, because I never really go out of my way to do anything special for Halloween anyway. I don't even know if we had trick-or-treaters, because we both were at work tonight. Although I do have some regret of not doing our family tradition this year {sorry mom} of the jack-o-lantern sloppy joes {this is when I would usually link that to a previous post when I blogged about it in years past, but remember, Google suuucks and deleted all my previous photos...#*&#%$(*&...}

I also kind of wish we would have went to a haunted house, I really enjoy going to them, even though I'm a complete pansy.

Instead, I watched a few minutes of Ellen's show today while at work which of course, was Halloween themed. I forget how much I love Ellen until I watch her show. I laughed a lot. She's hilarious.

I hope you enjoyed your day and ate lots of candy and dressed up in ridiculous outfits, if, of course, that's your thing. If you just watched Ellen instead as well, then two thumbs up for you too.