Wednesday, October 13, 2010

hOW tHE %$&@ aM i jUST nOW fINDING tHIS!!

K ... so i LOVE kim kardashian!  she is hilariously authentic in her self-obsession and i find it absolutely entertaining, and lets not forget to mention, she has an undeniable sense of style and personal female power...

SHOEDAZZLE.COM is her site where she had come up with a fantastic system of sending you the latest styles in shoes and accessories a totally reasonable and flat rate each month!!

i am going to consider this Karma's apology for holding my keys hostage yesterday..

apology accepted.





Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Exhausted. But Well Worth the Effort.


Just Look @ All Those Peeps...

There was a little drama involved, but i got the weekend off from the Inn and I set out of I 35n and i headed strait to Austin ... didnt realize that Bev [my mother] was working for lawyers again so that threw a little bit of a money wretch in our arrival time, however the delay got me a mexican martini and a stuffed avocado which are possibly two of my favorite things in life ... alls well that ends well right?

None the less we made it and the weekend was great.  Austin City Limits Fest was, as always, a blur ... this year however not due to intoxication [however i did have a little incident with an apparently more than i thought amount of Fire Fly vodka, sorry kelly, hope the $ and the free pizza helped??]  

ANYHOW, moving right along, i heard somewhere along the way that there were 60,000 + people at Zilker Park at any given time this weekend ... uh, wow!  Matt and Kim were for sure my favorite, i just like them a bunch, but there were SO many awesome bands and i think i can safely say we all had a great time ... catching up with kelly and michael always makes for good times and a few other friends along the way.  Even randomly ran into an old college friend from waaay back.  He was diagnosed with leukemia a few years back; the last time i had seen him he had beaten it but he wasnt looking like himself ... he looks great now and running around ACL with his cute new wife, it made me so happy to see him in such a good place.



 


Just a little collage of my Austin City Limits fun this weekend...

On my way back from Austin I called T to follow up on a call i received from our 24 hour emergency line... she answered and informed me that she had been in a car accident, uhhggggh!  There is always something dramatic happening to this woman, i am sure that she is really not feeling well and i know that a concussion is a serious thing, but it is honestly so tiresome dealing with all the issues...

The almighty karmic rule got me back for this lack of compassion and selfish line of thought i had bestowed on my beloved co-worker for this very morning i pulled a classic 'TORI MOVE' on my way to work that basically represented all the evil i was thinking about her, please enjoy the illustrated story board below:

KEYS..

LOCKED...

INN APARTMENT (ME TRAPPED IN GATED PARKING LOT)....
Had to call and deal with management for the gate code,
i hate talking with management just about as much as i am sure
management hates getting calls from me...
They are idiots so the fault is entirely theirs
[it's clear i learned something from the karma-tic message, no?]

HAD TO CAB IT...

TO WORK... Uhhhhh!
 Finally made it there, and not that late either, and to my surprise the office wasnt a compete mess.  There was actually some communication as to what in the hell had been going on in the office while i was gone and where i needed to pick up where T had left off... i guess all my bitching and ranting paid off.  For now at least, the pessimistic side of me accounts for more than 1/2 and i cant help but wonder just how long this will last, i have the next two days off so we may find out sooner than later ;D

... i have made extra keys for my apt, so Karma you'll have to get me another way for the above statement...

GOODNIGHT! 

Friday, October 8, 2010

Heading Home for A Little Austin City Limits Action...

So im hit'in the ol' I 35 and im heading north to the Texas Capital City to enjoy a weekend full of live music, good friends, and some hopefully ice cold, but more than likely mildly cold Lone Star beer!
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL ROCKS MY YEAR! CHECK IT OUT RIGHT HERE!
i've got my grid schedule and oh so much excitement...  Will update how it all turns out on Sunday :)

Cheers!




PS:  on the Inn front... apparently T cooled off, we are totally fine now and all's well that end's well.

Right.

We also have some pretty high maintenance type in-and-outers this weekend and a couple of weddings too.  Yikes! ... fortunately for me, i will be miles and miles away with not a care in the world other than getting lost from the group, which is bound to happen for sure... So for today the Inn is still in tack with a full staff.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here.

So i am the Inn Keeper at a beautiful Bed and Breakfast.  So romantic.  So fun.  Socializing all day with our perfect guests...  That is the Disney version of my job, that is what i want you to believe when you check into the Inn.

**DISCLAIMER** This is not about the Disney version of my life or my job, this is the behind the scenes part of the story, that under normal circumstances only close friends and family get the privilege of hearing (oh how i love thee modern ).  So that being said...

As much as i absolutely LOVE my job, co-workers, and as i am quite lucky to have a gracious and for the first time in, well ever really, a non-psychotic boss, the bottom line of it all is that life is always Good. Bad. & Ugly ... notice there is only 1 out of 3 positive words in that favorite quip that we all know and love?

Let me introduce my world to you:

In my personal world there is me of course.  There is my amazing boyfriend JR that provides me with his share of Good. Bad. & Ugly.  There is my mom Bevie, she need no introduction, it will come in time.  There is my little long haired chihuahua, his name is Chihuahua ... name explanation: so unoriginal it totally is original; and we can leave out my longest and best'est friend of life, Kelly and her husband (JR's brother) Micheal.  

Now onto work world introductions (their names have been changed to protect their identities **smiles y'all**).  There is my boss, the Inn's owner J and her husband? S, then comes our wedding coordinator T.  Our housekeeping staff is M and L.  i love all of these ladies.

Above are the immediate group of the people that i hold dear at one moment and want to throw rocks at the next... is that wrong?

A Trying Day Off

Yesterday:

There was some drama at work [that i caused because i expect for people to communicate and work as a team... how strange]... Not sure what the end result will be but, the end result of the situation currently:  I ended up going to work on my day off, to deal with some totally inappropriate and unnecessary drama fit for a reality TV show compliments of our Wedding coordinator.  The Short Story Per Our Wedding Coordinator:  I apparently am a raging female dog and i make her feel worthless because i call her out on what she doesnt get done, which in turn creates more work for me to have to juggle on my days at the front desk... me no like having to pick up others slack on a chronically regular basis, it frustrates me to no  end.


This has been an on going issue in the office basically since i started there.  Will update upon any new activity per the situation

                           What are ya' going to do?

Other news however, I cataloged some semi-current events that have gone on in the Love World of Tori...

Me and JR went to a Rodrigo y Gabriella Concert at Stubb's in Austin... freaking amazing!  


We spent a nice day on the San Antonio Riverwalk...


  


I re-decorated one of our rooms at the Inn...

BEFORE:

AFTER:
 

Me and JR went to Florida for a little celebration... If you are ever in St. Petersburg you MUST GO TO the Salvador Dali Museum, it is such an amazing place.  We had a beautiful day at the beach waiting for us right outside and we managed to spend 4&1/2 hours there just mesmerized.  

          The Dali Museum                                  The Beautiful Beach


We saw a little buckaneer's game while we where there too... you dont even have to know anything about the NFL to have fun!!


Please note.. i am still learning how to upload pictures to look nice... : /