I'm supposed to be working from home today, only my laptop is not connecting me to the things I need to do my job. It's giving me email and instant messaging, so I can see all the requests coming in (and piling up!)...but when I try to access the files/programs/etc. that I need to get to in order to take care of these requests, it says "no, ma'am ( Read more... )

Requested: Clone

Purpose: To attend meetings in my place

Functionality Requirements:

Physical
- Must bite nails constantly
- Must drink from bottle of water or soda throughout meeting. (Sub-requirement - if meeting is longer than two hours, must take one trip to bathroom.)
- Must look interested and nod at five minute intervals

Wardrobe- ( Read more... )

Thank you all so much for the lovely birthday wishes & fun yesterday. I had such a nice day - I spent it feeling very blessed to have so many wonderful friends. *hugs*

My mom used to tell me, when I was growing up, that I should never wish to be any older or younger than my actual age, because it was like missing a whole year of my life. This is a ( Read more... )

*comes up for air ( Read more... )

Happy Belated Birthday, prettyveela !!

Happy Birthday, kelleypen !!!!

I hope that both of you wonderful ladies have/had a marvelous day!  Wishing you all the best in the coming year!!

Many thanks for the words of encouragement on my last post - I am feeling much sunnier today and am looking forward to a great weekend!

Must now dash back to work, where (I'm ( Read more... )

Our cleaning staff are buffing the floor outside our office with this really horrible chemical stuff. They're supposed to reverse the airflow in the hallway before they do it so the fumes go up and out, but oops...they forgot. So now, tons of nasty chemical fumes are pouring into our office and Jennifer & I are both now light-headed and frizzled ( Read more... )

Whew!

Whenever I'm getting ready to be away from work for a week, I send out an email to everyone I buy for to let them know I'll be gone for five days.

What I Say: "I'll be gone all next week, so take a moment to anticipate your supply needs for the next week, then go ahead and get your orders placed now so I can take care of them before I ( Read more... )

I am dreading this afternoon's meeting. What the bosses are saying about it:

"Your team is going to brainstorm proposals for process improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to think out of the box and made a direct impact on daily business going forward!"

What they really mean:

"We can't think of anything - so we're making y'all do it."

I ( Read more... )

We had our departmental meeting today and heavens, it was dull. About 20 minutes into the meeting, somebody spotted a BIG spider hanging from the ceiling in the center of the room. Most of the rest of the meeting (for Jennifer & I, among others) was spent keeping an eye on the spider as he moved around the ceiling, shimmied down his web, climbed ( Read more... )

Thanks for all the offers of sporxage the other day! Y'all are so great ( Read more... )