post-valentine's day post

Hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

I spent 11 hours of my lovely day in the office... which sounds just awful at first, but when you share an office with your valentine, it's not so bad. :)

He actually goes into the office before me, but I snuck in before he got there to set up his loot:

The cookies, card, and Star Wars placemat were made by me, and the little takeout box actually contains the photo magnets I made a few days ago.  They were actually a hit.  Apparently physicists love magnets.  Go figure.

The chocolates were obviously not made by me, but Ghirardelli does a much better job at making them anyways. ;)

I also came in later with a homemade meal (which was the original reason for making the placemat).  Nothing fancy... just monte cristo sandwiches and some mac and cheese, but he loves those foods, so that's what I made.  [Star Wars, sandwiches, cookies... yes, I am aware that it sounds like I'm dating a 10 year old, but I'm a firm believer in keeping some of the child in us alive, so I encourage it. :) ]

I also erased whatever important things we had on our giant whiteboard to write this:

...because I thought that was also very important (and we got to see the magnets in use! sort of. :P).

Hope your day was full of love and joy... and chocolate! :)

office daze

About a year ago while I was cleaning out some of the desks in our office, I discovered a package of construction paper.  It's almost sad how excited I got over this discovery.  Since then, I've been using it for various "projects" and decorations for different occasions.  It's always kind of a fun challenge to see what things I can make with just the supplies we have here.  

Every now and then, I'll whip up something quick while I'm waiting for documents to load or when I'm on hold during a call.  It's never anything spectacular, but it keeps me busy, and keeps me happy. :)

Today I got a small jump start on valentine's day decorations by making a small banner.  Unfortunately, one of the tools we don't have (but always need) is a ruler, so I always have to cut things by freehand.

And since you can't tell what the heck that is from far away, here it is a bit closer:

Just a quick "happy valentines day" banner using red and white paper and some string we had left over.

But my favorite part is what I did with the scraps of red and white paper I had:

One of the perks of having your girlfriend working at the same office is that she makes you pretty things :).  I love that you can see his reflection in the framed photo of us.  And I love how the flowers came out.  Better than I thought they would, especially considering I only had a glue stick to work with (note to self... keep hot glue gun in purse at all times!)

[sorry for the terrible photos.  I don't bring my camera to work, so I improvised with my phone.... it goes along with the whole use-what-you-can-find-in-the-office theme, I guess. ;) ]