Introducing: My Office
Six months after moving in to the new house, our office is finally taking shape. It took some time to find a desk that we thought would be suitable: Had to have lots of space, had to look decent, but had to be near childproof. Finally, after searching, we found it. 
And then I did the unthinkable: I bought a laptop that was not an Apple Macbook. I had my eyes on one for quite a while now, but when it came down to it, I needed a Windows based machine to handle some of the mortgage work I do.
To top it off, I did not even buy a Dell (although I wanted one they had at Best Buy, but they were sold out and had no idea when they might get more). Instead, I opted for an HP.
To be honest, the machine is quite nice. I like the new look and feel of having a widescreen monitor on the laptop rather than the normal 4:3 ratio screen. I feel it is a better picture as well as having more room to have things up and running at once.
Of course, I have become accustomed to have 2 screens with my employer, so I decided that an external monitor was a definite. As many different webinars and other multi-tasking environments I put myself in, a secondary screen is a nice touch to keep my personal productivity up.
The monitor was actually a very nice deal. I lucked onto an LG model. I have a 22″ LG LCD HDTV in the bedroom and think its a pretty good picture for a smaller television, even in HD. The monitor just happened to be the same price as a Dell monitor that I had seen at Wal-Mart. I jumped at the chance to take home a brand name monitor (widescreen as well) at a good price.
Oh yeah…and to top off the office, I had to have some “white noise” as well as something to inform and entertain. Hence, the 19″ widescreen hooked up to the DirecTV connection. During the day, it is typically set to CNN as something to listen to without distracting me too much from the work I am trying to accomplish.
As you’ll notice, the walls a bare. April and I are working on that. We have some ideas on what we want to put up, but nothing yet. Diplomas? Good possibility. Inspirational posters? I would be more likely to choose something from this collection. A whiteboard? Well, that is going up directly behind me. I hope to use it to keep track of….something, although not 100% sure what I’ll use it for yet.
We still have boxes out in the garage we have to sort through and figure out where we are going to put things. 
Plus, I still have 2 pieces of equipment to purchase just for office use alone: A new printer (color laser, most likely) and a fax machine.
I’m just happy that it is all finally taking shape. It has been over 2 and a half years since we have had a room dedicated to being an office. Its nice to have somewhere that you can dedicate to being productive in marketing and business and not be tempted to lie down on the bed or having small hands trying to help you type.
So when you read a blog, see any marketing post I make, etc, look at these pictures, because this is most likely where it was thought up.
Oh yeah, and forgive the mess (April has already pointed it out in these pictures). Part of it is the typical “moving and organizing” mess, the rest is Brooklyn working in mommy and daddy’s office.
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