Miss Crystal

5 things on today's to-do list:
1. Errands
2. Personal trainer appt
3. Read over the creative brief
4. OTC in house procedure book
5. Date night!

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. pitas + hummus
2. Chex Mix
3. Gelato
4. Carrots & Celery + ranch (for real)
5. Corn Nuts (I know, I know.. random)

5 things I would do if I suddenly became a billionaire:

1. TRAVEL, travel, travel.
2. Buy a mediteranean  style house on the water in Tempe
3. Buy office & studio space for OTC... one here in town, one in Flagstaff.
4. Get out of debt
5. New wardrobe / shopping spree

5 places I've lived:
1. Montreal, Canada
2. Pierrefonds, Quebec
3. Pincourt, Quebec
4. Chandler, AZ
5. Tempe, AZ

5 jobs I've held:
1. Pontiac, Buick, GMC - office assistant
2. Serendipity/West48 - Owner, Editor in Chief, Writer, Advertising, etc
3. Labelhorde Fashion Magazine- Editor / AZ Fashion Foundation - Founding member, web design, writer
4. New York Times -Teen Fashion Columnist
5. Outside the Cube Marketing - Owner, Art Director, Designer, Sales, Marketing

5 things (most) people don't know about me:
1. I have the worst memory
2. I haven't seen my best friend in 9 years
3. I used to sing on stage, and at birthday parties while I was in high school.
4. I have a pink Centro
5. I don't run Windows or MAC OS.. I run Linux on my PC.

Because I LOVE Brian, his line and the amazing show he put on.. here's the video from the Femme Athletic show atr Axis-Radius, May3 08

Franci and I are sitting on the right hand side, you'll see me pointing obnoxiously at the AMAZING detailing on the clothes.. triple stitched trousers & bras, fabric crosses in the back for support, the cutest tees ever, and def one of the best tennis dresses I've seen in a long time. Check out the full line at FemmeAthletic.com - he also has an amazing line called iFemme.. made to hold your ipod when you're working out. Genius!

Franci and I always manage to run into the coolest people when we're out networking. Good connections were made last night, and what started as a routine networking event, ended up as a night at a local bar in Mesa.

So after a week of manicures, hair, massages & facials.. Franci and I were invited to the launch of the Femme Athletic show. Hosted at Axis/Radius in Scottsdale, it was a great show, with great clothes and great cosmos!

Here are a few pics, taken with my Centro camera... more to come as I find them online

...hey, if you're going to do it, you might as well do it somewhere beautiful. :)

Monday:
8am-12: work in office
12-1: lunch
1-2: personal trainer
2-6: work in office

Tuesday:
7am - 1 hour workout
8am - design newsletter
930am - website/email marketing consult with hip little hair salon
1200-130 - brainstorm in-house email marketing
130-230 - lunch
230 - 5pm - email campaign design for awesome bartending company
5pm-6pm - meeting/follow up with lovely financial advisor
6-645 - dinner
645-11pm - in house marketing campaign design

Wednesday:
8am - website design for client
930 - drive to north end of town
10am - website/directmail/email consult
12 - LUNCH
1 - 3: Brainstorming for client
330-6pm - Feel overwhelemed and as if sleep hasn't happened in years. Remedies this by manicure & massage. Ahh, much better.

Thursday:
630-945 - Meeting with local Chamber of Commerce
10-11 - Personal trainer
1115-1230 - Consult with prospect
1230-130 - Lunch
130-430 - Consult with client who has NINE LOCATIONS (WOOHOO!)
430-6pm - Visit with Kade
6-8 - Wrap up emails, designs, cook dinner
8-10 - Pretend the world doesnt exist and watch GREYs & LOST. Turn off phone. Bless.

Friday:
730am - Conference Call
830 - wrap up blog
830-9 - shower/dress
9-12 - work with client at client location
1230 - HAIR!
130 - Lunch meeting
230 - work on laptop at some coffee shop in Scottsdale with wifi.
345 - FACIAL!
5pm - Home & possible date night. AMEN!

Saturday:
630pm - Networking/Pre-party
830 - Fashion Show at Axis/Radius to support new awesome client
930-?? :  PARTAY! :D

LA VIE EST BELLE, YO!

This weekend I...
1. Drank a ton of cosmopolitans
2. Went bar hopping (Hello, haven't done that in YEARS)
3. Was told "Honey, do you know where you are?" by a bartender after ordering a cosmo in an Irish pub.
4. Got hit on by white boys (!!!)
5. Watched all 3 Back to the Futures
6. May or may NOT have sang the Enchanted theme song out loud
7. Played Bennie and the Jets in an Irish Pub and danced&sang like a chubby Katherine Heigl
8. Wore something relatively conservative out partying! (wtf!me!)
9. Had an amazing time with some amazing girls.
10. Was totally the Charlotte.

Today I...
1. Was on the radio in Montreal
2. Listened to the Habs kick ass and wrap up the series
3. Had a Manicure
4. Really, really missed living in Montreal
5. Received a gift from Favourite Client from Italy
6. Wore a dress
7. Met with my personal trainer
8. Felt really, really good about my design skills.
9. Designed some new business cards for Franci and I
10. Loved life, OTC, friends et al.

Fin.

Life for the past month or so, in photos. Roughly 50 new pictures, ranging from the Ren Fest last month, to a seminar, to a night at Salty's, a trip to El Paso, and of course, some of me and my new lovely VERSA <3 Oh, and can't forget little Harley pup!

Enjoy!

.. most of you know the story by now.. the reason I've been absent from the blogosphere is that my Jeep had taken a turn for the worse, and I was scrambling to get to meetings, appointments, and trading back and forth with our ford F150 and Nick's Grand Prix. Finally, after a week of doing that, I decided enough was enough, and stumbled upon this gorgeous lil creature:

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