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Remember the other day when I blogged about the cool water garden design that we (meaning the folks I work with at HGTV) had created for Curbed National’s Operation Dollhouse? Well now the competition is on, and HGTV’s design is pitted against other teeny tiny designers.

Sadly, at the moment, we appear to be in dead last, even falling behind some sort of urban chicken coop from Dwell (PUHLEEZE!)

I WANT US TO WIN!!!

So dear readers, would you do me a personal favor?

GO VOTE FOR HGTV’S DOLLHOUSE!

It only takes just a second, and won’t require any log in or registration or anything.

(please, please, pretty please?)

Thanks!

-Katie

PS: And be sure to spread the word if you can :-)

 

Actual email exchange between Jon and me today:

Me: I need to run to the store after work and get stuff to fix something for supper.

Jon: W (sister in law) made a pretty fun meal the other day. She cooked some chicken in the oven with tarragon and chili powder, then she tossed it with beans, cheese, chips, onions, etc, and toasted it in the oven. Voila. and everyone loved it, and it was easy and pretty quick.

Me: I have no idea how to cook a chicken in the oven, nor do I know what tarragon is.

 

Thankfully, this is NOT how my own first day as Social Media Manager went ;-)

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My new desk – clean, shiny and ready for me to make my usual mess of it. That fancy phone looks pretty intimidating, doesn’t it? However will I manage without Shane Rhyne nearby to do things like repeatedly teach me how to retrieve my own voicemail?

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Sep 132010
 

Today is my first day in my new job with Scripps Networks. I’m really psyched; it’s a great opportunity. Wish me luck!

 

So I am in Salt Lake City for the first time ever. Actually, I’ve never been to Utah at all, although I’ve always wanted to visit, both because all those panoramic exterior shots in Big Love look absolutely gorgeous, and also because I’ve always – and somewhat inexplicably – been something of a Mormon history buff. I’m fascinated by the way the LDS pioneers persevered against unbelievable odds to create their own nation within a nation here in Utah. One thing I noticed right away when I arrived is that people here are exceptionally tidy-looking. And they just exude industriousness. Just being around these people, I feel lazy, messy and inadequate. The Latter Day Saints – both past and present – are fascinating folks, fo sho.

I am sitting here in my hotel room, trying to get a little work done before I go meet up with Jon and Heather to visit and talk about some business stuff. I am really looking forward to seeing them, and checking out their new digs. H is apparently feeling a bit puny today due to a cold, so I may not be able to drag her out with us after our meeting this afternoon (I plan to try though!), but in any event, I am really looking forward to meeting up for dinner tonight with another fave blogger of mine, Monica B, otherwise known as The Girl Who. (Isn’t it kind of weird that Salt Lake City is so loaded up with super-gorgeous, hilarious, more than slightly profane, ex-Mormon girl bloggers? What if Knoxville were all covered up with tall, blonde, cursing ex-Southern Baptist girl bloggers? Yeah – it would be kind of like that.) But anyway, Monica and I , and maybe her hubby are going to take downtown SLC by storm tonight – or at least have dinner and drinks and check out the very fascinating Temple Square – right up the street from my hotel – on foot. (I’ll have to drink Monica’s beer for her though because she’s knocked up. But I don’t mind. I’m happy to shoulder the burden.)

I was feeling very, very, extra sad about Henry yesterday. While traveling to SLC from Knoxville – via Atlanta, I saw so many sweet, healthy 17-20 year old, shaggy haired boys, guitars and duffel bags slung diffidently over their still-growing shoulders, happily striding through airports on their way to college or travel abroad or wherever. I wanted so much to see Henry have the chance to travel, to go to college, to see the world and then tell me all about it. Instead, he’s gone forever for no reason I can quite figure out. I miss him so much that it aches. There’s an ache that just never stops, even when I am otherwise feeling joy or having fun. I brought his journal from his first three months in treatment with me on this trip and I read it last night before I fell asleep. He was such a special, quirky, tortured person. So funny and creative and loving. The world is dimmer without him in it.

Okay, gonna shake off the blues right now and enjoy the day ahead. The Wasatch mountains out my hotel window are beautiful.

 

….I have a new gig.

I am really excited to share that I’ve accepted a wonderful opportunity with Scripps Networks. I’ll be working as Social Media Manager for their shelter brands – HGTV and DIY. I start in about two weeks. Scripps is one of the most progressive and innovative media companies in the world, and I feel very lucky to have been asked to join their supersmart team.

I will miss seeing my very dear coworkers and clients at Ackermann on a daily basis, but I plan to force them to have lunch and/or drink beer with me on a regular basis. They won’t be able to escape me. Muwahahahaha!

So anyway, that’s my big news. I think it’s going to be great.

 

Today was my first day back at work, which meant that it was Baby G’s first day at work….with Jon. He works at his family’s accounting firm and he has been taking C to work with him each day since she was 8 weeks old. Today he had both C and G for the first time. Of course, he has some pretty amazing help in the person of his mother, who is a saint and a terrific grandmother. She comes to the office each day to care for the kids. C looooves going to “her” office each day to play with her Mimi, and I’m sure G will too.

Reports indicate that G’s first day in the office with her daddy went well.

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georgia 6 weeks

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