The Piglet

Our office is undergoing some serious renovation. This means that I am inhaling copious amounts of drywall dust and having coworkers come into my office, shut the door and complain about paint colors.

The latest offense? Right now the walls in the office are a collection of teal, pea green, red, navy and rose. Some of this is because the old colors were a hodge podge and now the new colors are going up, but regardless, now it is hideous. from my desk, I'm looking at my red wall out into the teal colored hall. sick.

I hate the think of the hours that we are spending bitching about this. But, our receptions, who hails from the Ukraine offered some words of wisdom. "In Russia, we have a saying, everything was just fine until you brought the piglet home. We have brought a piglet to the office."

I think we've all learned a little something.

Resolution

Yes, readers, 2006 is officially over. We've seen Brit and K-Fed end their fairytale romance, another year of war and survived another year of W rule.

In honor of 2007, a new resolution must be created. Last year, Friend Jeanne decided we should "Sparkle in 2006," which was a wonderful thing to shoot for. This year, I'm aiming to "Shine in 2007." How is this different from sparkling, you ask? Well, quite simply, it is just adding some polish to an existing foundation of a pretty darn good life. This polish will include trying new things (in fact, I've already watched that new Dirt show on FX--I'm off to a good start!), attempting to be fiscally responsible (think Clinton, not Bush), and keep my Inbox clean at work.

Wow. 2007 is going to be great!