The Saatchi Mile

By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 26, 2015November 4, 2018 work life balance 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…

2014: off to a running start

By Sarah Martin HoodFebruary 4, 2014September 17, 2016 personal reflections, running, work life balance #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…

The camel heard round the world

By Sarah Martin HoodOctober 23, 2013September 4, 2016 work life balance 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…

Saturday Survival

By Sarah Martin HoodFebruary 4, 2013September 18, 2016 motherhood, northwest arkansas, work life balance 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….

BUST a Move

By Sarah Martin HoodMay 2, 2011September 4, 2016 running life list, saatchi & saatchi X 6 Comments

It now seems like a hundred years since I wrote this. Can that really have been just six months ago? I don't know how obvious it is from THAT post how doubtful I was that…

This could be the 5-hour Energy talking

By Sarah Martin HoodApril 11, 2011September 4, 2016 running life list, saatchi & saatchi X 3 Comments

I never wanna see another treadmill as long as I live. Well, until the next time it rains. Or until the next time it's dark when I want to go running — because I'm a…

Extended Family

By Sarah Martin HoodMarch 21, 2011September 4, 2016 work life balance 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,…

The Hoods in NYC – Part 5 of 5: All good things must come to an end.

By Sarah Martin HoodSeptember 17, 2010September 18, 2016 travel life list, saatchi & saatchi X 3 Comments

Read Part 1 of 5 here. Read Part 2 of 5 here. Read Part 3 of 5 here. Read Part 4 of 5 here. Our flight wasn’t scheduled until that afternoon, so we left our…

The Hoods in NYC – Part 3 of 5: Fantasy Camp.

By Sarah Martin HoodSeptember 15, 2010September 18, 2016 travel life list, saatchi & saatchi X 1 Comment

Read Part 1 of 5 here. Read Part 2 of 5 here. At the center of the trip package I won that led to this NYC weekend in the first place were four (FABULOUS!) tickets to…

The Hoods in NYC – Part 1 of 5: It’s always best to start at the beginning.

By Sarah Martin HoodSeptember 13, 2010September 18, 2016 travel life list, saatchi & saatchi X Leave a comment

This story starts back in May. With something so outrageous I wouldn’t believe it if it hadn’t happened to me. #68 on my Life List originally read “Win something from a radio station”. But since…

The Ice Bucket Bandwagon

By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 20, 2014September 4, 2016 running, work life balance #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…

Halloweek | Trick or Treat

By Sarah Martin HoodNovember 1, 2013September 4, 2016 motherhood, work life balance 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…

South Carolina: Island Time

By Sarah Martin HoodJune 27, 2013September 4, 2016 travel, work life balance 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…

Lately

By Sarah Martin HoodApril 4, 2012September 17, 2016 personal reflections, running birkman, colt, running, saatchi & saatchi X 2 Comments

A few months ago I completed a personality assessment with my team at work. Over the years I’ve done several of these types of exercises, but of all the tests I’ve taken this one seems…

Push to the finish!

By Sarah Martin HoodApril 27, 2011September 4, 2016 running life list, saatchi & saatchi X Leave a comment

The race is less than 3 days away! And all of you have been amazing with support and motivation and donations — I can't thank you enough. And I want to make one last push….

1000 Good Reasons

By Sarah Martin HoodMarch 24, 2011September 4, 2016 running life list, saatchi & saatchi X 2 Comments

I don't really run. We've covered this. Remember? But! I recently committed myself to running anyway. Because I'm that kind of crazy. And because I have this curious urge to do and try things —…

Pows and Wows

By Sarah Martin HoodOctober 8, 2010September 18, 2016 motherhood colt, saatchi & saatchi X 3 Comments

I spent nearly every Wednesday night between the first day of 7th grade and the day of high school graduation at Youth Bible Study at Cabot United Methodist Church. It was a midpoint of the…

The Hoods in NYC – Part 4 of 5: Liberty and Midtown

By Sarah Martin HoodSeptember 16, 2010September 18, 2016 travel life list, saatchi & saatchi X 1 Comment

Read Part 1 of 5 here. Read Part 2 of 5 here. Read Part 3 of 5 here. As the idea of this trip was to get in some relaxation and fun, we decided we…

The Hoods in NYC – Part 2 of 5: Empire State of Mind.

By Sarah Martin HoodSeptember 14, 2010September 18, 2016 travel life list, saatchi & saatchi X 4 Comments

Read Part 1 of 5 here. After leaving The Boy in the more than capable hands of Ninny and Baw (Granny and Pop – Jeff’s parents), we met Teresa and Ryan at XNA for our…

Repeat after me: It’s For The Kids

By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 30, 2010September 29, 2016 Uncategorized colt, saatchi & saatchi X 1 Comment

This weekend was the 2nd Annual NWA Mini Grand Prix. Which – in case you missed it – means that grown men (and women) had the chance to pay (donate!) thousands of dollars for the…