Loved By Lisa

Tell Us How You #promotewomen

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:35:37 -0500

Last week, we asked you to do your part to end the gender gap in your industry by promoting women through your networks. The five-minute task: Find three up-and-coming women in your field. Pair them with three established professionals. Then connect them via three quick, personal emails.

In the past week, we’ve heard from women nominated for bonuses within their companies, recommended to editors and bosses, and shouted out publicly for doing good work. Now, it’s time to share your story.

Thanks to GOOD and to a GREAT coworker, I was one of the people nominated for bonuses. February, you’ve taken a turn for the better. Woot woot! How do YOU #promotewomen?

The time spent waiting for Advil to kick in so you can go back to sleep is the worst.

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:35:04 -0500

Apparently this saga is not over. (Uggh dot com slash whyyyy) However, that means I had an opportunity to get on Pinterest this morning.

(I’m sorry, or, you’re welcome.)

Sitting like a little nuclear bomb in my subconscious today.

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:12:29 -0500

Sitting like a little nuclear bomb in my subconscious today.

ilovecharts: Typical Childhood Conversations with Adults This...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:49:28 -0500

ilovecharts:

Typical Childhood Conversations with Adults

This could be extended through college (“Major” “After graduation”) and adulthood (“Career” “Marriage” “Kids”).

I didn’t make it to the GIF party…so I just made a...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:46:19 -0500

I didn’t make it to the GIF party…so I just made a gif.

Tradeoffs.

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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:27:57 -0500

"Do you ever do this, you think back on all the times you’ve had with someone and you just..."

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:12:05 -0500

“Do you ever do this, you think back on all the times you’ve had with someone and you just replay it in your head over and over again and you look for those first signs of trouble?”

- (500) Days of Summer

"Just because she likes the same bizzaro crap you do doesn’t mean she’s your soul mate."

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:11:05 -0500

“Just because she likes the same bizzaro crap you do doesn’t mean she’s your soul mate.”

- (500) Days of Summer

"She had never understood either of the men she had loved and so she had lost them both. Now, she had..."

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:19:05 -0500

“She had never understood either of the men she had loved and so she had lost them both. Now, she had a fumbling knowledge that, had she ever understood Ashley, she would never have loved him; had she ever understood Rhett, she would never have lost him. She wondered forlornly if she had ever really understood anyone in the world.”

- Gone with the Wind (via thewaspsnest)

Cryptic posts are cryptic.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:14:04 -0500

As terrible as things feel right now, I think they are about to get worse.

My Spidey sense is tingling in a bad way, and I really really really hope I’m not right.

"Don’t settle because you’re afraid you won’t find something better. Don’t compromise because you..."

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:05 -0500

“Don’t settle because you’re afraid you won’t find something better. Don’t compromise because you don’t want to be alone. Give your perfect life, lover and job time and space to grow into our life. Don’t rush, don’t hurry. Take your time, be easy, have patience. Allow everything to come to you with your subtle guiding and intending. Your days of constant chasing with little reward are over. Everything you’ve ever wanted and more coming to you, you just have to let it in with love, receptivity and non-judgment. Letting it in is how you become it.”

- Jackson Kiddard (via elige: ohheyychrissy)

Super Bowl? Super hungover.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:22:02 -0500

Feeling nauseous and headachey again today, like I did all weekend.

It’s either because of this, or because I’m post-Super Bowl hungover.

(But really, the magnitude of my alcohol consumption last night was directly related to this, so I guess it all comes full circle.)

Take all the courage you have left,Wasted on fixing all the...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:48:33 -0500

Take all the courage you have left,
Wasted on fixing all the problems
That you made in your own head.

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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:46:42 -0500

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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:23:59 -0500

lots of pain. lots.

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:12:36 -0500

Well yesterday was a banner day.

12 hour work day (no lunch, of course). 6 days into my 17 day wait for an urgent-but-not-quite-ER-urgent medical issue associated with lots of discomfort. Plus major cramps (continuing today). Plus breaking up with the guy who I had thought was perfect, who I had been crazy about and told my family that I could see spending the rest of my life with. A draining conclusion to a rough couple weeks.

I’m contemplating staying in bed all day, but I know that’s not going to make anything hurt less. I just wish I could be numb, just for a little.

littlelaur: superbowl snack idea #6 : for a quick sweet...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:12:06 -0500

littlelaur:

superbowl snack idea #6 : for a quick sweet treat at halftime

no bake chocolate, peanut butter, & oatmeal cookies

ingredients

- 3 1/2 cups dry quick-cooking oats

- 1/2 cup peanut butter

- 2 tsp vanilla

- 1 stick [8 tbsp] butter, cut into pieces

- 2 cups sugar

- 1/2 cup milk

- 4 tbsp cocoa

instructions

place several sheets of wax paper on your counter or kitchen table. measure 3 cups of oats, the peanut butter, & vanilla into a large heatproof bowl. place the butter, sugar, milk, & cocoa in a small saucepan. give them a quick stir. turn the heat on high & leave the mixture alone. bring the mixture to a full, rolling boil, & let it boil for exactly 1 minute. remove immediately from the heat & pour the chocolate mixture over the oats and peanut butter.

use a large wooden spoon to quickly stir the ingredients together. [if the mixture seems runny or it’s a very humid day, stir in the remaining half-cup of oats]. working with 2 spoons, drop the mixture by tablespoons onto the wax paper. let cookies cool until set.

[recipe via ezra pound cake]

These are called Raggedy Robins in my household and they are the best. thing. ever. May have to make these this weekend, and I may already have everything I need on hand(!)

What a sweet idea: 52 Things I Love About You

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:19:10 -0500

What a sweet idea: 52 Things I Love About You

Because you know sometimes I can’t help but...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:46:05 -0500

Because you know sometimes I can’t help but auto-reblog…

"Let today be a day of grace for you. Be gentle with and kind to yourself. Embrace yourself often..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:41:43 -0500

“Let today be a day of grace for you. Be gentle with and kind to yourself. Embrace yourself often with words of warm encouragement and positive affirmation. Bask in the radiant truth that you are dearly loved and uniquely special just as you are. You are a gift and a treasure. The world is a better place because of you.”

- Robert Emmanuel Grace (via shetakesflight)