Category: Personal

My post on Hannah’s M&M Art now has a part 2.

As I said in my first post, Hannah was interviewed by Traci with CandyAddict.com because of the art she has created from using M&Ms. Well it turns out someone from My M&Ms had read the interview on Candy Addict and wanted to send Hannah some customized M&Ms as a thank you for her M&M enthusiasm.

After some hunting around by the reps at My M&Ms they contacted Hannah. They let her know they wanted to send her some M&Ms as a thank you. They also wanted to know if their was any particular colors she would like. Hannah said to them that she really could use some white ones. With that, She gave them our mailing address as was told they would ship some out right away.

Almost a week later we got a box in the mail that was clearly from the reps at My M&Ms. The first thing Hannah did when she got home from work at the medical clinic was open the box. Inside some pretty clever packaging she found four bags of purple and white M&Ms.

After the excitement settled down we both took a second look at the bags of M&Ms and saw they had writing on them. The writing said, “You Make Fab Art” and “M&Ms Luv Hannah”. She and I just thought that was just the coolest thing.

The Story does not end there. The Next day Hannah got to work on a “Thank You” art piece for the people at My M&Ms. So once again our coffee table became the canvas she works on. By the end of the day she whipped out a thank you using only the purple and white M&Ms she was given.

You can see more of Hannah’s M&M art work by visiting our Flickr page.

I think the CNN Money news story I wrote about on Disney’s CEO (How Bob Iger Works) really impacted me. Ever since I read that story I have been getting up at 6AM. Now granted, it’s not 4AM like when Mr. Iger gets up, but it’s a big improvement from when I was getting up.

So, I will get up at 6AM. Address any important work issues that came up during the night. Then, (depending on the day) I will go to the GYM or just head strait to work.

Addressing the important work related issues that early in the morning has made a huge impact. For one, their is know one else around to distract me from my tasks at hand so I am getting a lot more done as a result. It also makes my day a lot less stressful when I get to the office.

Going to the GYM every other day has also been a positive change for me. I have been losing weight. That’s a given. But I also don’t stress as much about going to the gym anymore. Before I started getting up this early. If I had a long day at work it was a battle if I was going to go to the GYM at all that day. Now I do it in the morning and get it out of the way.