BRYAN ADAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so last night was another fun night for me. I went to Bryan Adams by myself since I couldn't find anyone to go with me, but it ended up working out better cause I got in the front row- AGAIN!!! Oh I love watching that man preform. He was very relaxed, funny and told a ton of stories. He even took requests from the audience. Although some of the stories were good.... there are a couple of songs I don't think I could listen to the same again. Bryan is really a funny guy- he could be a little crude, but oh well. Here are some photos.... I took somewhere around 100 of them, so I will spare you the pain :-).
This is a short video of "Thought I'd seen Everything" it is, right now, my FAVORITE song of his. It's on his new album and I even made a ringtone so I could here it all the time. Once again, I forgot that you can't flip a video and of course I turned my camera cause I had speaker poles blocking my view...

Here's another part of the same song but my stupid camera focused on the poles.


And one more video just for the heck of it. It's "Walk on By" from his latest album, again a good song. His latest album is just really good anyways.








Overall it was AMAZING. Another great preformance by this great preformer, I had a great time and it is always amazing to see him play acoustically (even if there was a piano for part of it.)

The One I’m Waiting For

David's Aunt Juanita had this on her blog and I had to do it myself. At least on the blog it's isn't some crappy chain email. :-)

The rules:
1. Put your music player on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the Next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT (this is in capital letters, so it is very serious).

BEGIN
1. IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
I'll be loving you forever (NKOTB)
2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Something Like that (Tim McGraw)
3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
The Night Before- life goes on (Carrie Underwood)
4.HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
18 till I die (Bryan Adams)
5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
I wanna be loved by you (NKOTB)
6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Pieces (Rascal Flatts)
7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Broken (Stephen Curtis Chapman)
8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Baby it's cold outside (Bette Midler)
9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
How do ya feel tonight (Bryan Adams)
10. WHAT IS 2+2?
I'll always be righ there (Bryan Adams)
11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Trying to find a reason (Martina McBride)
12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Winner at a losing game (Rascal Flatts)
13. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Boy Oh Boy (The Wilkinsons)
14. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Eastside Story (Bryan Adams)
15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Wayfaring Stranger (Trace Adkins)
16. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Forever, For Now (Harry Connick Jr)
17. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Forget about us (Tim McGraw_
18. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
In This Lfe (Bette Midler)
19. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Somethings never change (Tim McGraw)
20. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Little April Shower (Bambi)
21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
She's my kind of rain (Tim McGraw)
22. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Nothin to die for (Tim McGraw)

New Building

Ok, so I've been putting this off. Here are some pictures of our new workspace...

When you get off the elevator on the 16th floor you see this:




And our Conference rooms...




On the 16th floor is our reception area, it's a beautiful round room with a colorful light up desk. On 15 is my department and next to the elevators is the 7 dwarfs on one side & sleeping beauty on the other (I know it's suppose to be snow white). On 14 is another department and it has Bambi & thumper.

Below is a panaramic view of my desk. It's a little cluttered but I'm still working on the best way to organize in...












and then there's my totally cool phone


Hope you all enjoyed a glance into what I look at every day.
If your ever downtown give me a call and you can get the full tour.

Quotes

Since we moved office I have learned that I love quotes. I have them ALL over the place... places that I don't even notice any more. I thought I would share a few of my favorite with you.

"Whatever we accomplish is due to the combined effort. The organization must be with you or you don't get it done... In my organization there is respect for every indvidual, and we all have a keen respect for the public." -Walt Disney (I have a whole book of his quotes on my desk, but I really like this one)

"A- Accept God's plan; B- Believe He will meet your needs; C- Crucify your selfish desires; He may not be there when you want Him, but He is always on time."

"I don't know what the key to success is, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone"- Bill Cosby

"Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you teach, in the way you live, in love, your faith and purity." 1 Timothy 4:12

"What comes from the heart, goes to the heart." -Frank Thomas (one of the orignal 9 old men, disney animators)

" Be committed to the welfare of others, above yourself." Fred Williams said this, but not sure if he was quoting a book or the bible.

"I am precious in His sight"

and my favorite, those who have been to Disneyland would understand...

"Disneyland is more than just a place, it's a state of mind."

I have more, but these are by far ones I read on a daily basis. Seems silly, but they are encouraging to me.

Enjoy your day!!

Building Move

For those who are a little out of the loop that have wondered “what in the world is Cori doing that takes her away from her blog?!?” well let me tell you… a lot. We moved buildings at work, which for both David and I involved 18 hour days and a lot of hard work.



We moved out of the Smith Tower, a 90 year old building in downtown Seattle that I loved. The building used to be the tallest west of the Mississippi, then someone came in and made a taller one. Well the owner didn’t like that, so he added a flag pole at the top so he could maintain his claim of the tallest building. This is the basic history, you can get a lot more plus cool photos here: http://www.smithtower.com/History.html . But for now, let me share with you some pros and cons to our Smith Tower adventure.
Things I loved about the Smith Tower:
**Its beauty
**Marble on the walls
**Copper elevators, with glass doors. Don’t worry you get used to it after a while. I never had motion sickness before, so I was glad when it started to wear off. Here is a virtual tour of the elevators, for those not “technically savvy” use your mouse button and you can view top bottom & all around. http://www.vrseattle.com/pages/vrview.php?cat_id=710&vrs_id=vrs868
** Elevator Operators. That’s right, the elevator’s don’t run on their own. Even though we weren’t suppose to have favorites, it was hard not too… Hamilton was by far someone I enjoyed talking to. He was an elderly gentleman who loved his job and loved the Lord. We had great bible study talks and we learned a lot about each other’s lives.
**the view!!! I had a window seat that over looked the water, which was amazing. I’m going to have to frame these photo’s for my new desk.
**Leaving at the end of the day and having six or seven people saying goodbye & you wishing them a nice evening. I really miss that, and I think I’m getting a little “home” sick. I may have to run down there just to say hello.
**The lobby. It is wonderful, hand carved Indian heads on the ceiling. And at Christmas it was wonderful. Here’s another virtual tour that you can enjoy…. Be sure to scroll your mouse up so you can see the ceiling. http://www.vrseattle.com/pages/vrview.php?cat_id=710&vrs_id=vrs867
**A Starbucks IN the building (now we have to walk across the street and IT’S JUST NOT THE SAME). I guess I will be saving money .

The View from my window...



Things I am happy to leave behind:
**The windows!! Oh man! My biggest complaint… I FROZE year round. I had two desk heaters & a quilt at my desk and when the wind blew it was like you were standing outside. The blinds moved with the breeze. Cindy and I (my cube buddy, Cindy) complained a LOT, we both froze every morning. We would remind each other to wear layers if it was going to be bad the next morning.
**Elevators. I know, I just said they were amazing, but… they were SOOOO SLOW. Sometimes you could wait 10-15 minutes for an elevator
**Elevator Operators. Ok, so I had my favorites, I also had those I dreaded. The old man that smelled like smoke and never put his teeth in. The Disney freak that would not open the doors til he was done talking to you. The guy that sings chants all day. I could go on. After a while it gets old, your patience wears thin and 20 flights of stairs doesn’t seem so bad.
**Pioneer Square. During the day, not so bad. At night, bad. During the day you still see things you wish you never had. At night you quickly move to the parking garage and if you needed you ask the security guard to escort you.

The new building is just 4 blocks away and it’s another world. A clean one (LOL). There’s no one in the lobby saying “good morning”, we don’t even have to go outside cause the garage is in the building. Outside we see people rushing to and from work, no drug dealers or homeless people (if they are there they aren’t easy to spot). It really is a different world.
The exciting part is all the “Disney” stuff they decorated the office with, but that will have to wait for another post.