Friday, January 20, 2012
Today I’m grateful that creating videos like this will not result in about five years in prison. #SOPA #PIPA
Thursday, January 19, 2012
It’s hard to dance with a devil on your back, so shake him off…
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Today I’m grateful that now my friends actually have a teeny understanding of what I do for work. Managing social media for an audience of trademark professionals is not something that usually comes in handy in Facebook and Twitter conversations with my friends. Thank you, SOPA!
(And thanks to http://nickthejam.tumblr.com/ for the photo!)
Not My World... Thankfully
Monday, January 2, 2012
Today I’m grateful that I live in a world where THIS limited mentality of husband vs. wife, man vs. woman, is fading into oblivion.
I’ll give the writer credit: I believe to be true one of the main points in the blog post, that being respected by their partner is usually of significant importance to a man in a relationship. I believe this because my husband actually — hold on to your hat — told me so! Imagine that.
I’m pretty sure the first time he told me this was after he’d just finished doing the dishes while I watched a hockey game.
Welcome to 2012, everyone!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
I feel grateful and honored to have been part of a very special, heartfelt celebration of the marriage of our friends Silvio and Danielle.
Silvio, an American of Honduran and Guatemalan descent, and Danielle, an Australian, have started their new life together in Hong Kong. For their wedding celebration, they brought 15 of their friends and family from literally around the world to Ireland. We all spent a few days together ahead of the wedding, staying at Bansha Castle, exploring the beautiful countryside during the day and cooking for each other and visiting the local pubs at night.
What a way to start a life together!
Friday, November 25, 2011
Today I’m grateful to spend more time with my family. How can anyone resist the adorable face of my youngest nephew, Mateo?!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Today I’m grateful to be able to spend Thanksgiving with the Capellmans. I appreciate the many cooks that contributed to the abundance of food, and I appreciate that even though many of them have a second Thanksgiving dinner to attend, they take the time to hang out with us.
I’m also grateful that my Dad has let us borrow one of his cameras in prep for our upcoming trip to Ireland, and we’ve been able to try it out during this trip.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
The Most Non-Romantic Romantic Happy Anniversary Wish
If someone had told me when I got married eight years ago that marriage would be a fair amount of hard work, I would have said something like, Well, that sounds entirely unromantic!
But on the 8th anniversary of walking down the aisle to marry Chad, I understand more than ever how romantic that hard work is. There’s actually something extremely romantic and even sexy about a man who will stand by you through literally everything, even when lesser men would have walked away.
Marriage IS sometimes very hard work, but the result is infinitely better than any paycheck, any earned vacation time, any big bonus, any office award that you could possibly imagine.
These words are not cliche: I am luckier than ever, and understand better than ever, how lucky I am to be the wife of Chad Capellman. Cheers!
Our wedding song was Forever by Ben Harper. The lyrics spoke to us then, and even more so now. Listen, and read below.
/sap
Forever
Not talkin’ ‘bout a year
No not three or four
I don’t want that kind of forever
In my life anymore
Forever always seems
to be around when it begins
but forever never seems
to be around when it ends
So give me your forever
Please your forever
Not a day less will do
From you
People spend so much time
Every single day
Runnin’ ‘round all over town
Givin’ their forever away
But no not me
I won’t let my forever roam
and now I hope I can find
my forever a home
So give me your forever
Please your forever
Not a day less will do
From you
Like a handless clock with numbers
An infinite of time
No not the forever found
Only in the mind
Forever always seems
to be around when things begin
but forever never seems
to be around when things end
So give me your forever
Please your forever
Not a day less will do
From you
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Today I’m grateful to have taken part in an inspiring, productive, not to mention FUN party to raise funds for the Komen Race for the Cure in support of my friend Kristen, who’s recently completed a year of treatment for breast cancer.
Thanks to the many, many generous contributions, we were able to raise more than $5,000 at today’s event, bringing the total raised to date by our Team to more than $22,000!!!
Special shout-out to Ashley for her stellar organization of the team and this fundraising event. Beyond impressive!
Our group, Team Hardcore, is the top fundraising team for the Boston Komen race. Team Hardcore kicks enormous amounts of ass. Our motivation to raise boatloads of money for this cause comes from our desire to be a great friend to a great friend, Kristen. We love her!
We still have a week to go before the race. If you’d like to donate to this extremely worthy cause, here’s the link. Thank you!
(Photos courtesy of Ashley Nelson Renzi)
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Today I’m grateful to see months of hard work come to fruition with the launch of our LinkedIn Group about managing trademarks and brands on the internet. Witnessing genuine excitement in reaction to this launch from a wide variety of internal folks was just the icing on the cake.
