Monday, March 16, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Got Talent?
Okay, so I don't really have that many talents and am always amazed when people are super crafty or talented, but I thought I would share some of my friends and families talents with you (because if you don't have talents of your own, the next best thing is knowing people who do...right?)
My cousin Annie used to make up stories to tell her younger brother and he absolutely loved them. Turns out that a publishing company loved her stories too (as well as Barnes and Noble) and she is now a published author. Her husband illustrated the fun book and it's AWESOME. It's called "Harold the Duck" and it's about all these cool things that Harold does, like surfing, snowboarding, etc. Anyways, check it out!
In my last post there is a picture of a wedding present that Zacc's friend did for us. It's called scratchboard and it's amazing. I have seen him do it with various pictures, and they all look incredible. It takes forever to do one, but he has some for sell and I am sure he would do one for you if you gave him a picture. I have seen some of children and they are so detailed. I am hoping he will do one of Macey for us. Check out his artwork here
Oh yeah, and my other cousin, Heidi Mount, just replaced Claudia Schiffer as the new face of Chanel. Yeah, she is a big time model in New York and super successful. There are some talented people out there...some seriously talented people.
Looks like I need to start working on my talent...whatever that might be :)
My cousin Annie used to make up stories to tell her younger brother and he absolutely loved them. Turns out that a publishing company loved her stories too (as well as Barnes and Noble) and she is now a published author. Her husband illustrated the fun book and it's AWESOME. It's called "Harold the Duck" and it's about all these cool things that Harold does, like surfing, snowboarding, etc. Anyways, check it out!
In my last post there is a picture of a wedding present that Zacc's friend did for us. It's called scratchboard and it's amazing. I have seen him do it with various pictures, and they all look incredible. It takes forever to do one, but he has some for sell and I am sure he would do one for you if you gave him a picture. I have seen some of children and they are so detailed. I am hoping he will do one of Macey for us. Check out his artwork here
Oh yeah, and my other cousin, Heidi Mount, just replaced Claudia Schiffer as the new face of Chanel. Yeah, she is a big time model in New York and super successful. There are some talented people out there...some seriously talented people.
Looks like I need to start working on my talent...whatever that might be :)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
My Favorite Vinyl Vixen
I have been meaning to post these pics for ages now and am just finally getting around to it...sorry :(
So, often times I will go over to other people's houses and love how they have decorated and I often times find myself loving vinyl lettering that people have on their walls. The only problem with that is that I am REALLY specific about what I like and I don't want to have the exact same thing that everyone else has. To give you an idea, my mom made the bedding for Macey's crib and Zacc and his mom made the wall hangings in her nursery. It's totally unique and I absolutely LOVE that no one else's nursery looks like Macey's. So as much as I love vinyl lettering, I really didn't want to have the same thing everyone else has in their home. I wanted something unique and customized (this is where my cute friend Gretchen totally swooped in and saved the day).
I told her that I had been wanting some vinyl but wasn't exactly sure what I wanted.
Gretchen: No worries, I have a whole binder you can look through. (no kidding, the options seemed endless).
Me: Well, I really like this one, but I want the spacing to be different and I need the layout of the words swapped because it needs to go above this picture that Zacc gave me for a wedding gift.
Gretchen: No problem, just tell me what you want and I can make it for you :)
Me: Really? Also, I want this one for Macey's nursery, but I want the colors of the letters to be green and the butterflies to be pink.
Gretchen: Perfect, that would be way cute!
Me: Thinking to myself (Are you serious, you are really going to let me pick EXACTLY what I want, and make you change it all around and you are really going to be this nice about it?) Done, I am buying all of my vinyl lettering from you from here on out.
Not only was she AMAZING to work with (and quick might I add), I absolutely love the way they turned out. The lettering in Macey's room is adorable and the "icing on the cake" in her cute nursery.
Here are some pics to prove it:
To check out more on her website click here
So, often times I will go over to other people's houses and love how they have decorated and I often times find myself loving vinyl lettering that people have on their walls. The only problem with that is that I am REALLY specific about what I like and I don't want to have the exact same thing that everyone else has. To give you an idea, my mom made the bedding for Macey's crib and Zacc and his mom made the wall hangings in her nursery. It's totally unique and I absolutely LOVE that no one else's nursery looks like Macey's. So as much as I love vinyl lettering, I really didn't want to have the same thing everyone else has in their home. I wanted something unique and customized (this is where my cute friend Gretchen totally swooped in and saved the day).
I told her that I had been wanting some vinyl but wasn't exactly sure what I wanted.
Gretchen: No worries, I have a whole binder you can look through. (no kidding, the options seemed endless).
Me: Well, I really like this one, but I want the spacing to be different and I need the layout of the words swapped because it needs to go above this picture that Zacc gave me for a wedding gift.
Gretchen: No problem, just tell me what you want and I can make it for you :)
Me: Really? Also, I want this one for Macey's nursery, but I want the colors of the letters to be green and the butterflies to be pink.
Gretchen: Perfect, that would be way cute!
Me: Thinking to myself (Are you serious, you are really going to let me pick EXACTLY what I want, and make you change it all around and you are really going to be this nice about it?) Done, I am buying all of my vinyl lettering from you from here on out.
Not only was she AMAZING to work with (and quick might I add), I absolutely love the way they turned out. The lettering in Macey's room is adorable and the "icing on the cake" in her cute nursery.
Here are some pics to prove it:
To check out more on her website click here
Monday, February 23, 2009
St. George
We went to St. George this last weekend and stayed with the my mom's sister Karen. For those of you who don't know her (which is most of you), she has the most amazing house and it's pretty much like staying in a fabulous hotel...only way better in so many ways. I took my new camera and tested it out a little. I am very new at this and am just learning, but I liked a couple and I thought I would share them with you :)
Sunday, February 15, 2009
25 years young?
So tomorrow, I get to start "rounding up" to 30...at least that's what my brother-in-law says. That's right folks (both of you who read my blog), I am half way to the big five O...which seems weird since I still feel 21.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Banking 101
I started working at a bank (most of you know which one, but it will remain nameless on the blog) the summer before my sophomore year of college. I was a teller for 2 years, moved to new accounts for 1 year and for the past 2 years have worked in a division of the banks private services department. It has been a wonderful job and even now that I have Macey I work two 6 hour days and am very lucky to have such a flexible part-time job. There are a lot of things that I have learned about banking since starting over 5 years ago, but since I began as a teller, I quickly learned that banking is not for everyone...especially old people.
Here is one of my favorite examples that happens at least once a week:
Tellers have cash drawers. They stand behind the teller windows and are in a fairly secure location. New account representatives DO NOT have cash drawers at their desks. The money wouldn't be very secure in a desk, so obviously anyone sitting at a desk does not have cash. New account reps can run transactions, they just can't do any that either take cash in or give cash out...seeing as how they don't have a cash drawer. That being said, here is the scenario:
It's lunch time and the line at the bank is getting lengthy, I walk over to the line and say
"I can help anyone who has a non-cash transaction."
(This is where I usually get 6 blank stares, because I am obviously speaking a foreign language). I then say, I can run your transaction if you are just depositing a check or making a payment, just as long as your transaction doesn't involve cash.
"Oh, you can help me then."
As the client hands me their deposit I glance down to notice that they would like $30 cash back and have signed acknowledging that they would like cash back. I look up and say,
"Do you need cash back from this deposit?"
"Yeah, a 20 and a 10."
"You see, I don't have a cash drawer, so I can only run transactions that don't involve cash."
"Why did you say you could help me then?"
Aren't us bankers cruel...we are always trying to trick the clients, because we think it's just so much fun when they get upset with us :)
Also, banks are required to hold checks, we don't do it to be mean. If you have a $100 in your checking account and that is an average balance for you, you can't expect to deposit a $5,000 check and have the funds released to you the next day, especially if your account hasn't been opened that long. It takes a while for our bank to send the check you deposited to the bank it's from and then receive those funds in return, so if we immediately release those funds to you and you go out and blow $5,000 and then 4 days later, we find out that check is no good, we are out $5,000 so obviously we are going to hold your check until it clears...we aren't trying to be mean, we just have to make sure your check clears. I know, it sucks for the honest people out there who don't float checks, but trust me, it happens all the time. If any of you saw the movie "Catch Me if You Can," Leonardo DiCaprio is floating checks, so that is exactly why banks have to hold some deposits. And just because someone has a check that says "Cashier's or Official Check," doesn't mean it's actually guaranteed funds. We see fraudulent Cashier's checks all of the time (crooks are pretty smart, so while printing up these counterfeit babies, they decided why not throw some extra wording on there and make it look super official).
Sorry to vent, but next time you are at the bank remember to be nice to the employees :)
Here is one of my favorite examples that happens at least once a week:
Tellers have cash drawers. They stand behind the teller windows and are in a fairly secure location. New account representatives DO NOT have cash drawers at their desks. The money wouldn't be very secure in a desk, so obviously anyone sitting at a desk does not have cash. New account reps can run transactions, they just can't do any that either take cash in or give cash out...seeing as how they don't have a cash drawer. That being said, here is the scenario:
It's lunch time and the line at the bank is getting lengthy, I walk over to the line and say
"I can help anyone who has a non-cash transaction."
(This is where I usually get 6 blank stares, because I am obviously speaking a foreign language). I then say, I can run your transaction if you are just depositing a check or making a payment, just as long as your transaction doesn't involve cash.
"Oh, you can help me then."
As the client hands me their deposit I glance down to notice that they would like $30 cash back and have signed acknowledging that they would like cash back. I look up and say,
"Do you need cash back from this deposit?"
"Yeah, a 20 and a 10."
"You see, I don't have a cash drawer, so I can only run transactions that don't involve cash."
"Why did you say you could help me then?"
Aren't us bankers cruel...we are always trying to trick the clients, because we think it's just so much fun when they get upset with us :)
Also, banks are required to hold checks, we don't do it to be mean. If you have a $100 in your checking account and that is an average balance for you, you can't expect to deposit a $5,000 check and have the funds released to you the next day, especially if your account hasn't been opened that long. It takes a while for our bank to send the check you deposited to the bank it's from and then receive those funds in return, so if we immediately release those funds to you and you go out and blow $5,000 and then 4 days later, we find out that check is no good, we are out $5,000 so obviously we are going to hold your check until it clears...we aren't trying to be mean, we just have to make sure your check clears. I know, it sucks for the honest people out there who don't float checks, but trust me, it happens all the time. If any of you saw the movie "Catch Me if You Can," Leonardo DiCaprio is floating checks, so that is exactly why banks have to hold some deposits. And just because someone has a check that says "Cashier's or Official Check," doesn't mean it's actually guaranteed funds. We see fraudulent Cashier's checks all of the time (crooks are pretty smart, so while printing up these counterfeit babies, they decided why not throw some extra wording on there and make it look super official).
Sorry to vent, but next time you are at the bank remember to be nice to the employees :)
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Holy Boob Job Batman!
Okay, okay, no one got a boob job, but I don't have the most exciting blog and I needed to catch your attention somehow...(I know, kind of weaselly huh?) I actually need your help and am hoping that if you were interested enough to read my blog based off of the title, that you might help me out. I entered a contest on Jen Herem's blog to win a photo shoot for Valentine's day, but I need you to send an email to jenniferherem@yahoo.com and vote for #5 (that's Zacc and I), before February 5th. Jen is really talented and has a fun photography style, so I really hope we win! To check out the lovebirds and see some of Jen's work, go to jenheremphotography.blogspot.com
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