Reality Check for Super Mom By Sarah Martin HoodMay 8, 2016November 4, 2018 Categories: motherhood, work life balance Tags: colt Leave a comment For weeks, I’ve been secretly patting myself on the back. Keeping all the balls in the air! Work – good! Kiddo and hubby – good! House… clean enough! No one got the flu this year!…
The Saatchi Mile By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 26, 2015November 4, 2018 Categories: work life balance Tags: saatchi & saatchi X 4 Comments It started with cheese fries. College student by day and bartender by night, I was staring down the barrel of graduation with no real plan. I hadn’t spent my summers working internships, and I knew…
The Ice Bucket Bandwagon By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 20, 2014September 4, 2016 Categories: running, work life balance Tags: #icebucketchallenge, ALS, saatchi, saatchi & saatchi X, Walk to Defeat ALS Leave a comment Conveniently, I don’t even have to explain it to you. The #icebucketchallenge. The origins of the challenge are incredible and moving… And the way it’s taken on cult status through the magic of social media…
2014: off to a running start By Sarah Martin HoodFebruary 4, 2014September 17, 2016 Categories: personal reflections, running, work life balance Tags: #30DayChallenge, colt, jeff, little rock marathon, making plans, marathon training, resolutions, saatchi & saatchi X 2 Comments You know those parents who hold off on naming a new baby until they meet him in the hospital? Typically, they have a few favorite names in mind, but they just need to see that…
Halloweek | Trick or Treat By Sarah Martin HoodNovember 1, 2013September 4, 2016 Categories: motherhood, work life balance Tags: colt, halloweek, halloween, jeff, saatchi & saatchi X, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, trick-or-treat 2 Comments After a school party in Colt’s class and costume contest festivities at my office (HIGHLY competitive, especially in the group costume division. This is the same place that hired a real, live camel for Hump…
The camel heard round the world By Sarah Martin HoodOctober 23, 2013September 4, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: colt, hump day, saatchi & saatchi X 2 Comments It’s tough to describe the culture at my office. To college kids at career fairs and candidates during the interview process, I describe it as ‘work hard, play hard’. Over the years that’s the best…
South Carolina: Island Time By Sarah Martin HoodJune 27, 2013September 4, 2016 Categories: travel, work life balance Tags: baby shark song, boondoggle, catamaran, daufuskie island, deep sea fishing, gullah gal, harbour town lighthouse, hilton head, island tour, Keeping TIME, life list, marshside mama's, pau hana, saatchi & saatchi X, shark fishing, sonesta hotel, south carolina Leave a comment While work is not a big topic around here, it isn’t because I don’t have a fun, fulfilling job with smart, quirky, supportive people. Because I do! And perhaps my favorite thing about my job…
Saturday Survival By Sarah Martin HoodFebruary 4, 2013September 18, 2016 Categories: motherhood, northwest arkansas, work life balance Tags: boingo bounce, colt, fayetteville, jeff, marathon training, masquerade ball, saatchi & saatchi X, Walton Arts Center 2 Comments Saying things like “we never have plans on the weekend” is like boasting about “never getting sick” during flu season. Knock on wood all you want, but the universe wants you to be wrong. Honestly….
Extended Family By Sarah Martin HoodMarch 21, 2011September 4, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: justin leland, saatchi & saatchi X 1 Comment I have been known to joke about my status of “Black Sheep” in a family of do-gooders. Whether it’s military service or nursing or education or medicine, I’m surrounded by people who do very selfless,…
a.k.a. Possibly The Most Important Conversation I Had At Work Yesterday By Sarah Martin HoodJanuary 14, 2010 Categories: work life balance 6 Comments Because this has become a place I feel comfortable over-sharing, I think it's only fair to tell you about my ChapStick thing. It's one of those brands that has become synonymous with the product itself –…
Let’s Try This Again By Sarah Martin HoodJanuary 11, 2010September 29, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: colt, daycare, jeff, saatchi & saatchi X Leave a comment By this time last week, I'd already been vomited on. More than once. And the week didn't improve much from there. First, you should probably understand that Winter Weather in Northwest Arkansas takes on a life of its…
A grip. Get one. By Sarah Martin HoodSeptember 4, 2009September 29, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: colt, daycare 4 Comments This week has been, well, a long one. I won't bore you with excuses for my lag in posting. I won't even bore you with the details of my "long" week, because I'm certainly aware…
You’ve Heard of “Falling Off The Wagon” By Sarah Martin HoodJune 26, 2009 Categories: work life balance 3 Comments This is what it looks like. Count them. Three Sonic cups. Three. LARGES. In my defense, I think one of them was still on my desk from the day before. I think. But I know…
The Walmart Experience By Sarah Martin HoodJune 4, 2009September 1, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: jeff, walmart 3 Comments That's right folks. It's Shareholder's Week here in NWA. And for the first 8 summers I lived in Fayetteville that meant staying as far away from campus as I could manage during the first week…
Paper and Plastic are SO 10 Years Ago. By Sarah Martin HoodMarch 11, 2009September 4, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: saatchi & saatchi X, walmart 4 Comments 100% recyclable Made from 85% recycled materials Made from approximately 4 plastic soda bottles Can replace 50 plastic shopping bags Can carry the same weight as 2-3 plastic shopping bags Where have you been all…
It’s Not Easy Being Green v 2.0 By Sarah Martin HoodFebruary 3, 2009September 4, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: saatchi & saatchi X 4 Comments For the most part, I am pleased with the suggestions I received regarding my PSP. The good news is that I don't have to pick just one. The bad news is that - on the record…
It’s Not Easy Being Green By Sarah Martin HoodFebruary 2, 2009September 4, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: saatchi & saatchi X 3 Comments I need your help. Though I am fairly cynical regarding the new "Green" movement I would like to try and look past the trendiness and do my part. It's not that I don't want to save…
I am playing hooky today. By Sarah Martin HoodNovember 17, 2008 Categories: work life balance 1 Comment And had to look up both the spelling and the actual meaning of the word 'hooky.' Best I can tell, it originates from kids skipping school to go fishing– something like that. Anyway, I'm taking a…
What’s so funny?! By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 6, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: colt, jeff, razorbacks, xanga 1 Comment Smiling! Laughing, really. I think God knew what he was doing when he decided when babies would smile. It just so happens to be about the time they start crying real tears. While I am…
Welcome to the 21st Century– By Sarah Martin HoodJune 17, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: saatchi & saatchi X, xanga 3 Comments I’ve probably mentioned before that I have never considered myself a "cool kid". And I’m ok with that. I spent weekends in high school playing bassoon and xylophone in the band and traveling the state…