Halloween

I just like to dress up and be silly so Halloween gives me an excuse.
As I am officially a workaholic I decorate my office. It's where I spend most of my time. My hubby came with me to decorate at 11pm at night after I finished working. I didn't want to but he was persistent and knew I would really enjoy it afterward.
Indeed I did. It caused a commotion with the talking man and blood stained sheet!!

Kid party had all the kids come to visit and take photos and then I dressed up on Friday.
I am not much of a fan of the costumes in Halloween stores anymore...why are 80% being a 'slutty' something?? Nurse. Cowgirl. Bumblebee.
all with low cut top and short skirt. Not quite what i am going to wear to meetings in the office.

So I was a chicken. I told chicken jokes all day. Every meeting started and ended with a joke. Seeing as I spend my life in meetings - that sure was alot of chicken jokes!!

Why did the turkey cross the road?
To prove he was not chicken

Why did the chicken skeleton not cross the road?
He didn't have enough guts

I think you get the point



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welcome to management

I got a promotion a few weeks ago. I am now a group manager for a business team where I work.

I think thought that this is really a disguise and the description should be "there is a big mess with a team and a process and we need someone to clean it up".

You Can Expect....for your first few weeks/months...

• you will have everyone dump on you about why things are broken
• you will find no-one wants to do anything to fix it
• but they will still moan about how bad it is and how great it was

Glad to be of service! At least I know I'm needed

I also managed to wear myself out so much that my body gave up - along came a cold and 7 days of bedrest! Crazy!

Of course, my compute was in bed with me...and have to say that I have actually managed to achieve a lot this week. Should I stay in bed more often - avoid those meetings that are non-stop on your calendar to "meet".

Emails, IM, and the phone have been absolutely wonderful....especially IM for those "quick, can you get this, are we crazy, why are we still online at 11pm" conversations.

I did officially have my first 11pm meeting last night....not due to any changes in time zones...because we were working late. Crazy!!!!

Zappos - a business model to be proud of

I was in Las Vegas this week for a conference and had to take the opportunity to visit the Zappos HQ!
So glad I saw it - everything and more that I expected!


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Oktoberfest

Moved to a new area a few weeks ago and today am enjoying a Fall Harvest festival.
The unexpected delight was that everything was FREE! (well the HOAs are very expensive!)



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What a day!

You thought lightning was fast but you did not see the team and I today!
A bit of flying by the seat of our pants as well as thinking smart and iterating fast!!



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My Health - it's important, but...

I've been at the same company for a few years and every year they ask you to take an online assessment about our personal health....all the standard stuff that ranges from your weight, your food, exercise, alcohol and drug use, and amount of stress you have.

All honesty here - they offer a $ incentive to take the assessment - so that's why I take it. I have never done anything else with this information - because it's frankly not anything new about myself - and what can an online assessment really change in me? Now when it can virtually start taking stress and weight off me - that is a whole new aspect!

Well, at the end of the assessment it gave me my 'score' as well as showing the past few years. That was kind of interesting for me. I knew this year has taken a toll - new role, new place to live, etc...
But seeing the drop from year to year and the lowest yet was kind if interesting..hey it got me to write this, so respect goes to this survey.

What will I do next? Not sure...but awareness is one of the first major steps to change. So I'll have to noodle this and see what happens....

And if you know of a magic overnight weight loss survey - I'm interested!

One day I'll be on a list

I'm reading the latest Inc magazine and it has the Top 30 under 30 list
Guess as I am 31 I will never be making that list!

Source Image: Inc website

But also reading Fortune magazine and saw the Top 50 most powerful women.
This sounds like a great list to aspire to be on. The youngest woman was age 37.
I have a chance...but a slim one here

Source Image: Fortune Website

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