Sarah Collins: 2010

Monday, August 16, 2010

You know you've waisted 8 hours of your day when...

-You are at a training meeting and ask the question "Are they working on putting the training books online so that you wouldn't have to use all that paper... also you could update any information immediately rather then making new books?" The answer was "It would be really complicated to do because they would have to put up firewalls."

-You attend a meeting where you talk about words that are associated with the 5 senses.... for 3 hours.

-Be talked to like you are in 1st grade and talk about 1st grade topics...like the 5 senses.

-The people heading the meeting have to put toys in the middle of the table to keep us occupied. (Well I guess it worked because I played with a koosh ball, and other assorted gooey squishy things for 8 hours so I could keep my sanity.)

-Play pass the pigs for 15 minutes. (Okay maybe that was fun)

Thursday, July 29, 2010

I think it's time to get a new ipod

My nano died. :(

Monday, May 24, 2010

Recycling

At work I ordered a recycle bin because the only thing the store recycles is plastic bags. The thing is a piece of crap, it was $70 and made out of flimsy plastic. Anyway I was going to make it work! I don't know if people are uneducated about recycling or they can't read or if they are plain stupid because people keep using it as a trash can. I found out real quick that this is going to be hard work if I want to get everyone to get on board with this. Oh yeah, the other thing is I will be taking the recycles to the recycling center myself. I will go when I recycle my stuff from home so I'm not making extra trips. I went today and I didn't sort through the stuff at work, I just grabbed the bag and decided I would figure it out at the recycling center. Well I sure did figure it out! Not only did people put trash in the bin, but they left their bottles half full of liquid too. So now I have a plan for next time. I'll just have to sort through the bin at work, throw stuff away and empty bottles. To me it will be worth it, and I'll just do it while I'm at work.

The other thing I learned today was that I had to take the bottle caps off bottles! I didn't realize that bottle caps can't be recycled with regular plastic bottles. It apparently will ruin the whole batch of recycled plastics. So I found this site that will take caps and recycle them on their own! I'm still trying to figure out if my recycling center will take caps by them selves or not. Maybe I'll try and talk to someone next time I'm there. It's hard to get people to do something so simple but I'm determined to get everyone recycling!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Fun with PhotoShop

Alicia took some fun pictures of me and Lilyana. Check out Alicias blog for photos of Lily!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

New Hair Cut

Before and After

Great, I can be a novelist

What career will suit your personality?

You would be very happy in a career that utilized your level-headedness, and allowed you to work mainly on your own. You want a career that allows you to stimulate your senses and your mind, without having to be involved with lots of people. Some careers that would be perfect for you are:

Novelist
Photographer
Vet
Medical Technician
Paralegal
Geologist
Marine Biologist
Graphic Designer
Online Content Developer
Webmaster
Computer Security
Producer
Computer Programmer
Technical Writer
Systems Analyst
Meteorologist
Artist

You like working and being alone. You like to avoid attention at all costs. You tend to keep to yourself, and not interact much with the people around you. You enjoy spending time with a few a close friends. You like to listen to others, but don't like sharing much about yourself. You are very quiet and private.

You are very practical, and only act after thinking things through. You don't like being forced to answer quickly. You have to evaluate the situation completely. You make decisions based on what you can verify with your senses.

You like to be involved deeply in one or two special projects. You like to be behind the scenes. You are very logical and fair. You feel you should be honest with others at all costs.

You trust what is certain. You only like new ideas if they can be practically applied to the situation. You value what is real. You use your common sense. You like to utilize the skills you have instead of learning new ones. You are very specific and detailed when writing or talking to others. You follow directions well. You like things to be laid out for you to do instead of working them out for yourself. You like decisions to be made. You don't like things to be left in limbo. You like to know what you are getting into before you commit to something.

You like to focus on the here and now. You enjoy completing projects. It is important for you to achieve and succeed. Therefore, you believe in working hard and playing later. You like to set goals and work towards them.

WTF

For the past few weeks we have had this bird flying into our basement sliding glass door. It drives me crazy not to mention the bird poo and the mess he's making of our door. I found this link that might explain the birds behavior.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

My third time

in the emergency room. When I was in brownies we were going to stay the night at a rollerskating rink. I was so excited because I loved skating. I had my sleeping bag and was ready to go! My mom brought me to the skating rink, I put my skates on and started skating past everyone going really fast and then fell on my left arm. A few years later in elementary school I remember going to the hospital and explaining to the doctor how I hurt my left arm this time rollerblading. I was skating in the street, jumped up over the curb and onto the grass and fell on my arm. I guess I needed a different hobby. Well last night around 9:30pm I put eucerin cream on my arms and hands. It's really great for dry skin, but it's pretty greasy. I was getting sleepy so I rubbed my eyes a half hour later and immediately my eyes stung and my vision became blurred. I washed my hands and face and thought I could sleep it off. Well I didn't sleep very well and my eyes were in so much pain that at 1:30am I woke up and told Brandon that I should probably go to the ER. At this time my eyes felt like they were twice their regular size and my eye lids were really puffy and I couldn't see very well. The doctor checked to see if I had scratched my eyes from rubbing them (luckily I had not) and also gave me saline drops. Basically the doctor told me to go to CVS and get Opcon A eye drops. I just have to wash my eyes every few hours use the eye drops 4 times a day and wait it out. I should be better in a few days. So the lesson here is don't put lotion in your eyes. And the good news is I am taking 3 days off work!