Thankful Today – July 25, 2008

1. New meetings on my calendar. New product.
2. Finally getting organized.
3. David napping again in school.
4. Finally feeling like I’ve accomplished something.

Photo of the Day – Day 207



My minibook baskets. Ali’s idea of course.

Daily David – Day 207



Techniques

Thursday’s prompt from Shimelle is: What artistic technique do you
love but not use often? What artistic technique intimidates you? Maybe
you’ll find an expert in that technique reads your blog and can comment
with tips for you!

A great question as always. There are too many for me. Sewing. Vintage.
Painting. I would love to do any of these. They all intimidate me.
Especially the drawing. I so wish I could draw and paint better. I’ve
also always wanted to make a quilt.

Thankful Today – July 24, 2008

1. Having lunch with Cole and Ty

2. Fran helping me with design questions. Fran helping me all the time.
She’s the best!
3. David napping again at school!
4. Finishing my project. And liking how it turned out.

Photo of the Day – Day 206



I know this one is lame but I like that I have apples in my backyard.

Daily David – Day 206



Cat’s Cradle

Here’s Shimelle’s prompt from Wednesday: If there was just one thing
from your youth that you could pass on to today’s younger generation
what would it be? Something as simple as the original Sesame Street
theme song or something more complex, like growing up more
slowly?



For some odd reason, the very first thing that came to my mind was Cat’s
Cradle.



My sister and I played this game for hours when we were kids and I loved
it so much. Thinking of it makes me think of being a kid. In that
non-electronic, non-email way. Like jumping rope which I also loved.

Thankful Today – July 23, 2008

1. Lori chatting with me and helping me center myself.
2. Music. Really good music.
3. David napping at school.
4. Watching a movie (21) with Jake.

Photo of the Day – Day 205



Daily David – Day 205



Today David got a new toy for taking a nap at school.

Working Girl

Today’s prompt from Shimelle is: Write about your first job and ask
your blog readers to share their first job stories too.

Another interesting one for me. In Turkey, it’s not common for teenagers
to work like it is in the US. So I never had a real paying job until I
moved to the US. It all depends what first job means to you. The first
time I got paid for doing something was proofreading for the college
newspaper. The first “corporate” job I had was for Bell Laboratories my
Junior year in college. I was a programmer. And the first
“real/fulltime” job I had was as a programmer at Goldman Sachs. Most of
my career has been about programming or managing people who are. Now I
manage products and not people, but it’s still about the code I suppose.
I had a brief period where I taught 5th grade which was the most
interesting and the most dreadful year of my life.

So I guess, career-wise, my life hasn’t been incredibly interesting. But
it’s also not horribly boring. Something in between. I’ve almost always
been lucky enough to work for reputable companies and with intelligent
people. I can’t ask for more.

Well I can. But not yet.