10 Things that Make Me Happy: May 2021

May seems like it just flew by. Here are a few things that made me happy:

1. Celebrating Derby Day with family at Wildflower Meadery in Navasota, TX
2. Celebrating my first Mother's Day! Oh, how I love being a mom. 
3. Celebrating Mother's Day the following weekend with my mom, aunts and grandma by going shopping in Old Town Spring. My grandmother had a little scare and I am so thankful she is ok.
4. Having the help of my in laws while Bryan and I have been back at work full time.
5. Seeing our sweet boy just grow and hit so many milestones.
6. Completing my first 10k ever by walking it. It took hours, but I felt accomplished. 
7. Bryan surprising me with a little staycation and planning the whole evening. Including an unexpected adventure that involved trains, buses and cars. 
8. Training a new team member who is rocking it.
9. Our sweet boy starting school / daycare. I hope he loves it. I hate that he has to go, but this is our life and situation right now.
10. Starting back to work full time and seeing so many clients that I have missed.

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10 Things That Make Me Happy: April 2021

1. Loving on our sweet boy and seeing him hit so many firsts
2. Celebrating my grandparents 60th Wedding Anniversary
3. Seeing family for Easter
4. Watching Final Four games with my in laws
5. Game nights with neighbors
6. Astros baseball
7. Daily walks and getting out of the house as a family
8. Visiting family in east Texas to meet our sweet baby boy
9. Finally having our house cleaner start back up
10. Finishing a HUGE whole house project for a client that was pregnant. We were on a tight deadline and got it done 2 days before baby arrived. 

10 Things That Make Me Happy: March 2021

March was a GREAT month with lots of new adventures underway. I loved every.single.moment. the good, the bad, the easy and the hard.

1. OUR SWEET BABY BOY BEING BORN!!! This absolutely tops everything else that happened in March. We are so incredibly in love with him. 
2. Seeing so many family and friends.
3. The help we have gotten around the house and to be able to catch up on some sleep.
4. Premade meals people have made for us. This has been a life saver. 
5. Being able to escape with just my husband. 
6. Going to Round Top / Warrenton with my mother in law.
7. Having a month of first being a family of 3.
8. Seeing the Easter bunny with our sweet boy. 
9. Every day being new adventure and not knowing what to expect.
10. Being on this new adventure of life, learning and figuring out how to handle everything.

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10 Things that Make Me Happy: February 2021

What a month February was trying to get everything done before baby came. Here are 10 things that made me happy last month

1. Checking things off our to do list at the house from painting to getting the deck built in our sun room that we have been meaning to do for 7 years to new carpet to deep cleaning the whole house, etc.
2. Enjoying our final days as a family of 2.
3. Going on maternity leave.
4. Seeing snow, but not necessarily the dangerous road conditions. 
5. Getting the Eco Modern Concierge website updated.
6. Making freezer meal preparing for baby.
7. Helping a family after them having a busted pipe because of the storm.
8. Celebrating Valentine's Day just Bryan and I. 
9. Watching the Super Bowl.
10. Playing lots of board games with neighbors.

What is currently making you happy or what made you happy in February?

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10 Things that Make Me Happy: January 2021

 

What a fun, productive month. Here are 10 things that made me happy this month. 

1. Intentionally slowing down towards the end of the month. 
2. Outsourcing big painting projects in our house. 
3. Being spoiled by friends and family for the upcoming arrival of baby. 
4. Not booking every weekend with something. 
5. Making lots of plans and just overall being productive. 
6. Daily walks even when I don't want to. 
7. Maternity clothes.
8. Slip on shoes.
9. Valentine's Day decor.
10. Cooking more meals at home.

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10 Things that Make Me Happy September - December 2020

Wow I really fell off of the wagon when it comes to writing these 10 things that make me happy posts. The end of the year was just really crazy, so I will sum of some things that made me happy from September - December 2020. 

1. Finally telling people we are expecting a baby boy. So in love and so excited.
2. Spending time with my family.
3. Family and clients treating our baby boy so well and giving us such sweet gifts.
4. Finishing the nursery. 
5. Seeing so much kindness around. Several people did random acts of kindness for me like someone paying for my kolache and donut because I held the door open, holding doors open, etc.
6. New & old clients trusting us with projects. 
7. Having a quick escape with my husband to a ranch during Christmas break. 
8. Celebrating my grandmother's 80th birthday & celebrating my cousin's wedding. 
9. Being able to give back during difficult times. 
10. I am so grateful for so much and feel very fortunate for so much we have at this moment and being able to navigate difficult times. 

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10 Things that Make Me Happy August 2020

August was a hot month and productive, but also hard in many ways.

1. Celebrating my dad's retirement and birthday.
2. Celebrating Bryan's birthday with family.
3. Seeing family the most this month the most since March.
4. Having some days off to get things done. 
5. Late afternoon naps, I am not a huge late afternoon napper, but lately I have been exhausted and they have been amazing to get home from work and take a 30 minute nap or so.
6. Celebrating Houston Restaurant Weeks. 
7. Finally, getting behind the scenes business things taken care of.
8. Getting things done at the house that I had been putting off for a very long time.
9. Evening bike rides.
10. Prepping for the holidays for Eco Modern Concierge.

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10 Things that Make Me Happy: July 2020

Here are 10 things that made me happy in July!

1. Scheduling so many move projects. We LOVE working move projects. 
2. Having a relaxing 4th of July with no obligations.
3. Seeing friends we haven't seen in a really long time.
4. Swimming.
5. Washing and detailing my car weekly.
6. Doing some of my own organizing projects. 
7. FINALLY getting my full refund from Bed, Bath & Beyond. I had mailed in a return in May before the store opened back up to the public and they have pushed around and around in regards to getting the full refund back from project supplies. It was several hundred dollars, it definitely needed to be refunded and not something I was willing to accept my loss on. 
8. Sonic cheese sticks and cherry limeades.
9. Quick road trip to Round Top with Bryan in the middle of the week. No one was around and we ate at Royer's Cafe.
10. Astros season opener.

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10 Things That Make Me Happy: June 2020

Here are 10 things that made me happy in June 2020:

1. Eco Modern Concierge finally receiving its Trademark!
2. Pool days
3. Organizing photos
4. Going to client's country houses. It is always so peaceful.
5. Chappell Hill Bakery. Love their kolaches and pastries.
6. Quick weekend getaway
7. Working really hard on a longtime project and it having a successful outcome.
8. Eating seafood on the water. I love seafood and we don't eat it often. 
9. Having a successful dermatologist appointment. It is important to get yearly skin checks. 
10. Slow days...

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10 Things that Make Me Happy: May 2020

We are still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but here are 10 things that made me happy and that I am grateful last month.

1. Seeing family, mom, grandparents, aunts, uncles and in laws. 
2. Starting working with clients on a regular basis. 
3. Getaway to Galveston.
4. Organizing cds and dvds at my own house.
5. Get a lot of back end business things taken care of.
6. Virtual cheese and wine tasking with Montrose Cheese & Wine for National Concierge Association of Greater Houston. 
7. Listening to podcasts and audiobooks.
8. Finally recording some new YouTube videos. 
9. Supporting local businesses as they begin to open back up.
10. My health.

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What I Have Learned During COVID-19 Pandemic & Quarantine

Wash your hands and clean surfaces often. Of course I wash my hands regularly, but man have I washed and sanitized my hands so much that they are dry beyond belief and my eczema has really been acting up. I use this lotion during the day and this lotion at night, which has helped tremendously.

Sloooooow down. I can't tell you how good it has felt to slow down and take each day as it comes. I love having so much more quality time with my husband. If we had to drive traffic was super light and so much less stressful here in Houston where traffic is always bad. Not having event obligations has been great. Slowing down overall has been amazing.

Gave me a lot of time to think. I have obviously had a lot of time to think and there are certain things in my life I will no longer be doing and certain things I have no interest in participating in. I have so much to be thankful for.

Never take things for granted. Not working and not being able to see family has been the absolute hardest thing. Loss of income is sad, but not life threatening. We take SO much for granted from going to the store to going to out with friends to certain services we utilize on a regular basis and the list goes on and on. I am going to try hard to not take things for granted as much.

It affected me more than I realized. I felt like there was one thing after another that happened from being hacked to clients saying they couldn't leave Google reviews for Eco Modern Concierge to cleaning out items and seeing how emotional it was. I miss seeing clients & friends, I miss social interaction and I just miss so much. Some days were much better than others, but there was also so many silver linings during quarantine and all this.

We saved so much money. Looking at our budget it was I opening not being able to go do anything. Not driving, not going out to eat, not going into stores as frequently, etc. has really helped me in our personal life and in my business life. We will definitely curb our spending in so many areas.

I need social interaction more than I realized. I am a home body to a degree, but man do I miss family, friends, clients and colleagues SOOOO much. I need that social interaction for happiness and comfort. Thank goodness for social distance walking, zoom calls, email, phones and Netflix party. With all of those things I have been able to stay in touch with a lot of people, which has been great.

Find happy moments. Even though a lot of stressful things happened during quarantine, the littlest things are making me so happy from daily walks to bike rides to talking to friends on the phone.

Photo by Taylor Simpson on Unsplash

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10 Things that Make Me Happy: April 2020

April was a weird month because of social distancing and quarantining, but there were still many things that made me happy.

1. More time with my husband.
2. Bacon. My father in law made us a big bag of bacon.
3. One of my clients sending me a classic rock playlist.
4. Seeing my grandpa, dad and brother on Easter from afar. 
5. Social distance walking with my organizing friends Mary Jo and Stephanie, then getting friend chicken from Killen's.
6. Lots of walks, bike rides and time outside.
7. Talking to friends on the phone.
8. The governor sayin some small businesses could go back to work starting May 1st! That is me. YAY!!!
9. Essential workers.
10. Being super productive during down time and accomplishing a lot. 

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10 Things That Make Me Happy: March 2020

What a wild and crazy month this has been with Corona Virus. WOW. From working full steam to all of sudden halting so many things work wise and in life. There is so much that happened that stills makes me happy.

1. Finishing several move projects. 
2. Being able to finish out my rodeo shifts.
3. Going to see Midland and Willie Nelson at the rodeo and seeing many family and friends there too.
4. Taking time to sloooooow down. 
5. Going on a ton of bike rides.
6. Going on a ton of walks with our dog and seeing so many neighbors out in their yards and being active.
7. My grandpa calling me just to chat. LOVED this.
8. Supporting lots of local businesses. 
9. Renewing my Women Owned Business certification, working on my Trademark information and getting my Female Founders information submitted.
10. Being able to help clients virtually. 

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10 Things That Make Me Happy: February 2020

February was a fast and furious month with lots going on and I am so thankful for so much.

1. Going to the Roughnecks XFL games with Bryan and my in laws. 
2. Starting my Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) shifts for the recycling committee and seeing all my committee members. 
3. Going to Rodeo Uncorked for the first time.
4. Going to Grace Potter show at House of Blues. If you have never seen her live you need to.
5. Getting 2 heart shaped pizzas for Valentine's Day. One from Jackpot Pizza and the other from Papa John's.
6. Starting our bathroom remodel project. 
7. Going to acupuncture.
8. Being able to go to a Women Who Give a Damn meeting and donate to a worthy cause.
9. Meeting up with my fellow Houston organizing friends for neighborhood group meetings through NAPO Houston. 
10. Being able to stay home several weekends and be with my husband. 

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10 Things that Make Me Happy: January 2020

What a great start January was to the new year. Here are 10 things that made me happy this month.

1. Being able to help client's surprises for their spouses come to life.
2. Celebrating my brother and father-in-laws birthdays.
3. Going to College Station and celebrating my cousins birthday with my aunt and uncle.
4. Starting & finishing a big organization project for Trellis at The Houstonian. While Trellis is doing renovations we organized their new space Solaya. 
5. Taking down all the Christmas decorations for clients and can't wait to put them all up next year.
6. Seeing Hello Dolly with my mother in law.
7. Taking time to read magazines.
8. Finally getting some personal errands taken care of that I had been putting off.
9. Being able to check out a new to us hotel, The George. 
10. Thankful for my health.

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10 Things That Make Me Happy: December 2019

Well I am still trying to catch up from posts from last year, so here are 10 things that made me happy in December.

1. Spending time with family. We got to see so much family and it was awesome.
2. Dinner at Rivas. It is always so fun and festive.
3. Tons of Christmas decorating and gift wrapping for clients, which I LOVE!
4. Decorating Christmas cookies with my cousins and grandparents.
5. Going to the Texans vs. Patriots game at the beginning of December with my father-in-law.
6. Going to the Texan vs. Titans game at the end of December with friends who were in town.
7. I dropped my phone and broke my camera on December 23rd, but I am thankful they could replace the camera and I didn't have to replace the whole phone because they are SO expensive now.
8. Spending New Years Eve in Wimberly with family. 
9. Spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with the ones we love.
10. Surviving a busy, productive and stressful December. 

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10 Things that Make Me Happy November 2019

Wow a lot went on in November. Where did the time go.... Here are 10 things that made me happy.

1. Celebrating our 7 year anniversary.
2. Several weekends off.
3. It makes me so happy knowing how much Bryan loves Thanksgiving. 
4. Nutcracker shopping with my mom & brother and running into my aunt and her friends. 
5. Spending Thanksgiving at my in laws. 
6. Getting our Christmas tree.
7. Going to Santa's Wonderland in College Station for the first time. 
8. Going to Zoo Lights with Bryan. 
9. Finally getting the Eco Modern Concierge website updated and adding a shop section (this actually happened more so in September / October), but it's a work in progress. 
10. Friendsgiving with our friends.

10 Things that Make Me Happy October 2019

Wow a lot went on in October and I am just now catching up on the 10 things that make me happy posts.

1. Went to ACL. Always a fun. This year was a little different. 
2. Organized for non-profit, which we offer to do once a month for 2-3 hours for free for any non-profit.
3. Volunteered at MFAH. I have been volunteering here for almost 12 years and love it, but didn't get to volunteer much this year. 
4. GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES TO WATCH THE ASTROS!!
5. Kick starting the holiday season for many clients and helping them get organized. 
6. Feeling grateful for getting to do what I love. 
7. Getting to help with a super fun client housewarming  / fiesta. 
8. Bryan surprising me and getting my family together for my birthday at one of my favorite restaurants for oysters, Gilhooley's.
9. I hadn't been to Buzzfest since I was in middle or high school I think, but some friends invited us and we had so much fun. 
10. Celebrating Halloween! One of my favorite holidays.

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10 Things that Make Me Happy September 2019

September flew by. I think I finally caught up on all of these 10 Things That Make Me Happy posts from the last few months. What makes you happy?

1. Things slowing down just a little bit at work. In turn, got lots of things in motion and I got back to doing a lot of what I love. 
2. FINALLY getting a good chunk of my website updated. There are still things that need to be done. 
3. Going to the Astros game with Bryan and my dad.
4. Going out to dinner with my in-laws at One Fifth. 
5. Decorating for Halloween!
6. Spending Labor Day in Galveston with Bryan, my brother-in-law and his girlfriend.
7. Planning lots of parties for clients. 
8. Setting up and refining lots of new systems for Eco Modern Concierge.
9. Random happy hours with Bryan. This is a rarity for sure. Goodnight Charlie's has been a favorite recently.
10. Getting part of our garage organized!

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10 Things that Make Me Happy August 2019

August just flew by and a lot was happening with work, but here here are 10 things that made me happy.

1. Celebrating Bryan's birthday. 
2. Going to Corpus Christi with friends.
3. Happy hour with neighbors.
4. Astros game with WISE Houston.
5. Texans game with my mother-in-law.
6. Being a finalist for Volunteer of the Year at the National Concierge Association Conference.
7. Submitting everything for my trademark. 
8. Donating to school drives.
9. Getting some pool time in. 
10. Lots of fun personal assistant projects. 

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