Trying Something Drastic

I've changed my Outlook notifications at work so that it doesn't tell me every time I have a new email. Before, that stupid envelope would pop up and I couldn't resist going to see what it was. Now I don't know I have new email unless I check. And I only think to check when I'm actually between tasks. Which means I don't constantly interrupt myself to go look, forget was I was doing, move on to something else, and have lots of unfinished things at the end of the day.

There are productivity gurus who say you should only check your email twice a day, but that sounds like heresy in the culture I work in. We'll see how long before somebody freaks out that I didn't respond to a message within five minutes.

Guess I Lost Money

Right now Cerner stock is showing as having dropped about $16 million. Hmmmm.

They Say

Yesterday at work I was wearing black pants and a teal dress shirt with black sweater. I was talking to a friend of mine at my desk and my screen saver came on. It had the same teal and black color scheme and she mentioned I matched my computer screen. She said, "Well, they do say if you spend a lot of time together, you start to look alike." I definitely spend enough time with my laptop!

The Wait is Over...

Final pictures are here! I haven't picked out a shower curtain yet, but pretty much everything else is done! The cabinets, fixtures, lights and toilet went it this past weekend.


Monday I took my first shower without plastic in nearly two months! It was a little like getting a cast off. They tell you its okay, but it still feels weird and you're a little afraid something will go wrong. So far so good!

The bathroom is small so it is hard to get good pictures, but you get the idea.

Major Phase Complete

I've gotten a little behind on updating photos of the bathroom remodel, although I confess the project was stalled for several weeks because I couldn't commit to which tile I wanted. But we are cruising now. Last weekend, Dad and I tiled the floor:

Not this time!

Today, for the first time in many months, I got gas BEFORE the gas light came on. For whatever reason lately, I've been waiting for the light to make me stop for gas. Part of my theory on why - Mom always told me to never get below a quarter tank of gas, and I followed that advice for years. But the car I have now doesn't have a quarter tank mark, only half tank. So it isn't as obvious. Or maybe I'm just lazy...

How Bailey Enjoys the Christmas Tree

Bailey uses the Christmas tree differently than I do. Her preferred way is to climb up in the tree, remove one of the branches and sit on it, as you see here. In this case she pulled down a branch with the lights still attached. You can't really tell in the picture, but the lights are on, shining right in her face.

She also likes to run from across the room and scatter the fuzzy reindeer under neath tree. I believe she has help in that activity.

Perhaps Bailey needs her own blog. I'm not sure she has quite as much to show off as Maru, my favorite cat blog. Maru is Japanese.