So I returned to the world of Creative Advertising this week and my heart is happy. I thought perhaps I was done with marketing after my last assignment but alas, I have found that I am not done with advertising I was only in need of working with good people in a supportive environment! This past week, I got to exercise my brain in a variety of ways. Went to a trailer color mix, a trailer music mix, consulted on a standee, prepped materials for printing, went through 4000 stills, saw a horror movie, and gave feedback on TV spots and trailers in production. It felt so nice to be needed once again! Best of all, no dumb drama! I drove all over the city working in Beverly Hills and Hollywood and for the first time in a long time I felt like I actually lived and worked in a big city. The advertising agency I work out on in Hollywood is on the 22 floor (the top floor) of a huge high rise. The view from that office was amazing! Overall, I had a fun week. Looking forward to more fun weeks to come.
Have you ever watched those TV Game shows where they have a couple of doors and behind one is a grand prize? Well, this weekend the hub and I found out what was behind our Door #1. The hubby and I are starting the beginning phases of landscaping our backyard. Our first step, was to clean out the area behind our garage. When we moved in, there was about 2 feet of walking space behind our garage the rest of the area was covered in vines. Vines were growing on the roof and generally it was a mess. Not wanting the vines to take over the roof, we I started to clear out the vines last fall. But after we cut a million vines with only a pair of clippers we gave up and decided to clean out the rest in the spring. Spring came around and we didn't do much until one day when I was sick a few weeks ago, I ran into our gardener. I showed him the mess and asked if he knew of anyone who could come clean it out. I could tell he was actually, quite happy for me to broach the subject of ...