A day in the life...

A day in the life of a PR person:

Whenever I tell people I work at a PR firm, I get a lot responses like "so, what do you do in a PR firm?" A lot of times my answer is "we work with the media and help companies get in the news and earn free advertising - because a news article can spread you're company's story like wildfire - and it's earned media done by an unbiased source." Although that is most of what we do, we also help our clients manage events. On Saturday, we managed all the media at the Ten Year Anniversary of the Salt Lake Olympic games. 

A. The Winter Olympics in Salt Lake is close to my heart because I spent countless hours rehearsing as a Child of Light in the Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Awesome experience.

B. Governor Mitt Romney came and spoke at the exclusive Salt Lake Olympic Committee reunion - and that's where we managed all the press. So I got to hear him speak! Such a cool experience. What a genuinely nice person. He never talked about his campaign or what he himself did for the Olympics - he simply praised the community of Utah for donating time and ingenuity to the Olympic games.

C. Ice skating is my favorite event to watch during the Winter Olympics, and I got to see them live (we also managed the press for the Stars on Ice show afterwards). So fun.

 

Yes, I'm a nerd and had to take a picture in front of this.

Please excuse my ugly flat hair

Gold medalist Sarah Hughes, front and center.

last but not least, me and office buddy Katy Lane Kanealy.

bad picture, great friend.

what a day.

The Parent Shelf

Mom and Dad came to town last week! I was so happy to have my parents here for a weekend, even if it did fly by. And I got to do one special thing with each of them.

Dad:

Dad helped me design the long-awaited Chevron painting that Kassidy inspired me to make. For some reason, Dad knows just how to explain technical things to me. And after much frustration and hearing myself say, "I can do it!," Dad jumped in and saved the day.

And here is how it turned out! I love it. Here we have the wreath that my mom helped me make and the painting that my dad so patiently helped me tape. 

I shall call it - the parent shelf.

Mom:

Mom and I had a wonderful day chatting away with sister-in-law Kassidy, and Kai's gf Mandi. It's weird sitting in Zupas and talking over soup for two hours is fun for us girls. But! A woman's day is never complete without a short shopping run. 

Mom and I stopped by Ikea to pick up the shelf (as seen above). Wandering through the rooms of Ikea not only made me think of "the Chinese family in our bathroom" from 500 Days of Summer (love that part), but it took me back to our mommy-daughter dates of home decor shopping around Salt Lake. I love getting home advice from my mom. She's just got that eye. AND we spotted these $20 drapes! Nothing better than no-sew, super cheap drapes to charm up the place. 

Sister:

Ace wasn't able to join the parentals on their trip to UT because of a big dance competition, BUT it's all good because she is officially moving up here in the fall! Anneliese no middle name Carter has been accepted to attend Brigham Young University, and I couldn't be more proud and thrilled to have the greatest girl ever up to live near me. It's been a long four years without having her less than a 12 hour drive away.

Here we are. The first time Anneliese came to visit me in the dorms back in 2008.