Photo 365: June 1

After over a year in my office I finally got around to hanging something on the walls.

Photo 365: February 16

Spent the holiday driving to Morton, WA on a work related errands (it's a long story). Thankfully it was a beautiful day and I had Don for company, not to mention his mad driving skills.

Photo 365: February 11

It's go-live day for online order entry or CPOE! 

Photo 365: February 5

My new Dammit Doll to deal with work frustrations. 

Photo 365: January 9

Didn't get to work quite early enough to catch the 12 perfectly, someone was already hard at work on the 5th floor.

Photo 365: January 8

Required to wear these stickers during cold/flu season, I'm always surprised where they end up (bench in the front circle).

My kind of people

Starting on April 1, 2011, I get to be one of these people! I'm so excited!

The gift of rain

Just looked out the window and saw this amazing sight!  The Kent Valley has never looked so good. :-)  If you look very closely you can see a very faint second rainbow to the left of the very distinct one.

Geography Lesson

The geography lesson proceeded the congratulations during a converation with my boss this morning:

Me: "We got a purchase order this morning from Brunei"
Boss: "Where the hell is Brunei?"
Me: "In southeast Asia"
Boss: "Are you sure it isn't in North Africa?"
Me: "Pretty sure, I googled it."
Boss: "Do we have a distributor in Brunei?"
Me: "Yes we do!"
Boss: "Well alright then. Good job!"

I now know more about Brunei than I did when I woke up this morning, and so does my boss.

GOAL!

GOAL!, originally uploaded by JewellsinSEA.

This is the dry erase board in my office. When we receive purchase orders we change the numbers and add a few notches to the thermometer. We have thermometers for each of the product lines. Today I received a purchase order which got us to our goal of 24 systems for the year! One of the thermometer is full and the final quarter of the year just began! Yay! Goal achieved. Happy day.

Note: Photograph has been altered to protect company/product identity.

It has been a long week...

I'm starting my second Starbucks beverage of the day and can't wait for the work week to be done.

Weekend Wrap-Up: 9/18 - 9/20

It was a wicked weekend, here are the highlights:

• Came home to a clean house (thanks to the cleaning lady) on Thursday!
• Had a relaxing evening and watched the premier of Bones.
• Woke early Friday.
• Pleased that the DirecTV guy showed up and resolved all the issues I was having. I thought it was a broken box, but the receiver in the satellite needed to be replaced.
• Set up both TiVo boxes for the new Fall TV season.
• Watched That Thing You Do! and part of Erin Brockovich.
• Ran to the office to handle a couple of urgent issues.
• Quizzed Kat on Cisco cards while Don made us spaghetti for dinner.
• Met my friend Barb at Bay Cafe for a early breakfast on Saturday morning.
• Ran some errands including stops at Costco and Safeway.
• Picked up a couple growlers of Ruby at McMenamins.
• Watched the Utah vs. Oregon football game and was sad the Utes lost.
• Watched the Oregon State vs. Cincinnati football game and was sad again.
• Moved my iTunes library (with instruction and guidance from Don) from a crappy Western Digital My Book to a new Seagate portable disk drive.
• Made a comfort food classic for dinner while Don cleaned up errors in my iTunes library.
• Slept in on Sunday until 8:30 a.m. :-)
• Had a long overdue catch up phone call with my little brother Jimmy.
• Walked down to Citizen and enjoyed a wonderful breakfast.
• Caught up with Lani (one of my Habitat for Humanity friends) while painting my nails.
• Enjoyed an late lunch/early dinner at Cheesecake Factory with Don and Kat.
• Walked up to the Paramount Theatre to see Wicked, which I LOVED!
• Got home in time to crawl into bed and quickly sleep before starting another week.

How was your weekend?

Weekend Wrap-Up: 9/4 - 9/7 and 9/11 - 9/13

It's a 2-for-1 bonus edition of the Weekend Wrap-Up. Enjoy!

Labor Day weekend was a 4-day weekend for me! Here are the highlights:

• Picked up some fresh veggies at the Queen Anne Farmers Market on Thursday after work.
• Enjoyed a quiet morning at home on Friday.
• Met Suz for lunch at Buckley's.
• Got a manicure and pedicure.
• Quizzed Kat in preparation for her Cisco certification test.
• Enjoyed hamburgers, tater tots and corn on the cob prepped by Don.
• Packed up the ingredients, tools needed for our overnight Cooking Club adventure at Kipp's cabin on Lake Wenatchee.
• Had my first Pumpkin Spice latte of the season!
• Enjoyed the ride to the cabin catching up with friends, Jana and Neil, thanks to Don's driving. :-)
• Had a relaxing afternoon settling in at the cabin and enjoying the outdoors when it wasn't raining.
• Prepped and cooking and laughed and sipped at wine until the feast was ready.
• Enjoyed a wonderful dinner, one for the cooking club hall of fame, for sure!
• Played a men vs. women game of Trivial Pursuit (80's, 90's and Pop Culture edition) and the women won!
• Had a leisurely morning with coffee, breakfast and good friends.
• Stopped by Plain Hardware so Kipp could get his propane tank refilled.
• Sipped some wine at the Eagle Creek Winery.
• Had lunch at South in Leavenworth, WA.
• Picked up some squash (approx. 40 pounds) at Smallwood's Harvest.
• Arrived back in Seattle just before nightfall.
• Had breakfast with Kat and Don at The Bay Cafe.
• Attempted to shop at Fred Meyer among the chaos their remodeling project.
• More quizzing of Kat on the Cisco flashcards.
• Dined on Tamale Dish that Don had prepared. YUM!
• Retired early in prep for the week ahead amazed that 4 days had whizzed by.

It was a really busy and very fast weekend, here are the highlights:

• Made and GIANT pot of spaghetti sauce with tomatoes from my garden on Thursday night.
• Worked from home on Friday.
• Waited for the DirecTV repair guy who never showed up.
• Called and yelled at DirecTV and rescheduled for Sunday afternoon.
• Made a big pan Lasagna.
• Packaged up 12 quarts of spaghetti sauce for the freezer.
• Quizzed Kat in prep for her Cisco certification test while Don a salad and garlic bread to go with the lasagna.
• Woke WAY too early on a Saturday morning to attend a local trade show.
• Enjoyed connecting with some of my favorite customer and vendor friends.
• Laundry.
• Did the grocery shopping for the week.
• Walked down to the neighborhood McMenamins and enjoyed some beer and dinner with Don.
• Slept in until 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, which in my world is rare occurrence.
• Enjoyed a cup of coffee from my new french press which I've finally mastered.
• Made some eggs and had a lazy morning.
• Spent the afternoon in the kitchen making 24 stuffed peppers for the freezer while waiting for the DirecTV guy only to discover that they had come on Saturday, a mistake by DirecTV in the scheduling.
• Talked to 5 people at DirecTV until I got a discount on my bill for the next six months and scheduled yet another appointment for the technician to repairs.
• Baked Banana Bread to bring to the office.
• Cleaned up the kitchen which was a disaster following the major cooking projects of the weekend.

What a whirlwind! How was your weekend?

Yellowfin Tuna Tartare

Appetizer with dinner tonight, so yummy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

A little Irish jig that a few of my colleagues and I put together. We needed a 4th woman so we got Sarah Palin to join the mix. Enjoy and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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Visitor

Visitor, originally uploaded by JewellsinSEA.

My friend and colleague, Kipp, brought his dog, Kayla, into the office today and she is hanging out with me, just the stress reliever I needed.

March?

March?, originally uploaded by JewellsinSEA.

This is a shot outside the window of my office in Kent, Washington. Its been snowing off and on all day. Gotta love the crazy weather in the Northwest. (Click on the photo to view some additional notes on the photo.)

Medieval Profession Test

You Are a Cartographer

You have a wide range of knowledge and you're very detail oriented. You have a photographic memory, and you remember places very well. Like a middle ages cartographer, you're also very adventurous and curious about the world. In modern times, you would make a good non-fiction writer or scientist.

What's Your Medieval Profession?

Weekend Wrap-Up: 1/9 - 1/11

It was a good weekend, here are the highlights:

• Slept in on Friday morning, oh how I love my 3-day weekends.
• Ran to the office to drop of the boxes of files I picked up from the former International Sales Director during our transition meeting on Thursday afternoon.
• Picked up one of the new tea drinks at Starbucks and took Barney on a walk atop Queen Anne hill.
• Walked down to McMenamins for lunch and a pint with a friend.
• Packed up some of the Christmas stuff.
• Smiled as Saturday marked six years cancer free! It was a far less emotional experience than 5 years.
• Met Kat for lunch at The Cheesecake Factory in Bellevue and then some shopping at Bellevue Square and Lincoln Square.
• Picked up a container for my artificial Christmas tree at The Container Store.
• Ran by the grocery store to pick up a few items.
• Took Barney on a long walk in the rain.
• Tried to add HBO to my DirecTV channel lineup but had to pick a new channel package before I could make any changes since I was on a package that no longer existed. I picked the "Choice" Package which is what I had before but now it contains E!, which wasn't in the old lineup. :-)
• Reprogrammed my TiVo's with the new channel lineups and downloaded all the new data.
• Marveled at the number of Christian networks are available for viewing now. I have 11!
• Watched Runaway Bride and Away From Her.
• Slept in a bit on Sunday morning.
• Organized the house and did a bit of ironing.
• Took a trip over to my brother's home in Port Orchard.
• Had a "comfort food" dinner with Don at McMenamins on Sunday evening.
• Packed up a few more Christmas items and then headed off to bed.

How was your weekend?

What Should I Be? Test

You Should Be a Manager

You're very organized, motivated, and methodical. Fair and objective, you can see all sides of a conflict. You are a good mediator. You are task oriented. You do well with deadlines and schedules. And while you can be a task master at times, you're good at managing people and listening to their input. You do best when you: - Must have attention to detail - Are in charge of people You would also be a good accountant or personal assistant.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up?