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.

Weekend Wrap-Up: 9/25 - 9/27 & 10/2 - 10/4

Its a super-sized edition of the Weekend Wrap-Up with the highlights of the last 2 weekends. Enjoy!

9/25 - 9-27:

• Woke and dressed in profession wear and head to Ballard to pick up Kathleen on Friday morning.
• Had a good time mingling with sisters from other chapters at the Seattle Area P.E.O. Reciprocity meeting.
• Had a lovely al fresco lunch with Kathleen at Sonrisa at U Village.
• Dropped off Kathleen and headed home.
• Processed about several winter squash and a bunch of yellow squash for the freezer.
• Caught up on episodes of my favorite TV shows.
• Did Laundry.
• Enjoyed breakfast at the Queen Anne Cafe where I proclaimed that I am DONE with breakfast potatoes.
• Ran errands.
• Processed the other half of the winter squash and several large zucchini for the freezer (in total I processed 98 pounds of vegetables).
• Slept in WAY longer than usual on Sunday morning. Yay!
• Enjoyed a quiet day at home with household chores on Sunday.
• Quizzed Kat on Cisco flashcards while Don made dinner.

10/2 - 10/4:

• Got my second mammogram of the year, all is well and I'm off the hook until 2010.
• Took a nap when my afternoon plans fizzled.
• Enjoyed a relaxing evening a home catching up with the TiVo.
• Got my flu shot.
• Enjoyed breakfast at The Original Pancake House with Don and Kat.
• Picked up some new jeans at Catherine's.
• Got ready for the cooler weather by getting new long sleeve tees and a sweater at JC Penney.
• Went to Office Max twice trying to buy toner for my printer. Note to self: write down the model number next time.
• Celebrated a milestone for my associate and friend Amy with drinks at Elysian Fields, taking the *adult* version of the Seattle Underground Tour and having a late dinner at Mama's Mexican Kitchen.
• Enjoyed a quiet Sunday at home with lots of household chores.

How was your weekend?

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.

Thursday Funny - Cooking Show Spoof (Bugar)

Quizzical Wednesday - High or Low?

You Are Medium Maintenance

Like everyone else, you have some things you are particular about. You're not too annoying about it, and you're able to go with the flow most of the time. You've learned to stand your ground on what matters but also make compromises from time to time. You have good taste. Too bad not everyone shares it.

Are You High Maintenance?

Crazy Carrot

I wish I had grown this in my garden but I got the photo from an unnamed source and just had to share it. :-)

Crepe View

Space Needle atop Lumen is our view from our wine and crepe evening at Citizen.

Thursday Funny - Shake Weight

I saw this on Ellen and was laughing so hard that I had to share. Enjoy!

Quizzical Wednesday - Gift

Your Gift is Intellect

You are a big thinker, and you're always playing with new ideas. You are curious about the world. You enjoy learning and developing new theories. You enjoy researching, analyzing, and solving problems. Thinking hard feels good! You're the type of person who finds most mental tasks to be easy. You love to stretch your brain.

What's Your Gift?

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?