Taste Like Chicken-Wednesday-2/13

 Kathy, 2 week cycle sounds a little too short. I am glad you feel good about your decision. Deadline? What stinkin’ deadline? Sorry you lost your post and hope the meeting is a productive one and not too long or filled with business platitudes. 

Linda, how did you sleep? Did Micki get his last outdoor at his normal time so he didn’t have to cross his paws this morning? Congratulations in getting the printer installed. I have an Apple iPad 2 that is no longer supported but continues to work well. A lot of the apps no longer work with the iOS, however. I don’t ise it for the internet because it doesn’t have all the security patches.

Karen, I am glad the rower is okay with your foot. How does it feel today? When do you get your vibration machine? I forgot about the dog show. I have never seen a Schipperke in person. I read that it was ruled ineligible for first place because of the top judge’s conflict of interest. That is what happens when breeders are judges. Ah, Powerpoint. It was 10 years of my work life creating Powerpoint presentations.

Becky, did you go out to lunch today? Iggy wished me Happy Valentine’s Day via text. Singapore is 13 hours ahead of us.

I gatherd up the recyclables and put them in the wheelie bin for pickup tomorrow. It was freezing outside because there is such a strong wind. I did notice the daffodils have stuck their leaves out of the ground a couple of inches. I told them not to be in so much of a hurry. I did some cleaning and organizing today but there is much more to do. I am taking my time so my body doesn’t rebel with all the bending and reaching.



 

Thanks for the start, Chele. How's the tooth doing today? Have you started spring cleaning yet? We have strong winds and falling temps today but bright sunshine. I hope you have sun as well, given that I think we're having the same winds. Definitely take it easy on your body, especially since your "baching it" right now. How are things in Singapore? Still trying to figure out if the credit card went through on the Vibe Plate. It hadn't posted as of this morning, so I'm not sure what the issue is. think I should have gone directly to the manufacturer than working with a distributor. I would have paid more but would have had less hassle I think. I, too, have done lots of Powerpoints and tend to like to make preliminary notes and then do the ppt before putting the rest of the presentations together. I need to drop off another load of recycling tomorrow. We don't have trash or recycling pickup, so I have to drop it in town at the recycling center. This is the 2nd time I will have been there this week. That really stunk on the Schipperke. You would think they would have figured all that stuff out ahead of time.

Kathy, you are so right that the 80s is too hot for February, even in FL. You hadn't mentioned that your build cycles had been cut in half. So you're still having to do 4 weeks of work but just have half the time. Yes, that would be a sign for me that it's time to get out. How many more days? Sorry you lost your post from yesterday. I hate when that happens.

Did you do the Taylor buffet today, Becky? Things might be a bit crowded tomorrow with it being Valentine's Day, so I hope you went today. Did Scooter try to go with you? Remind me what breed she is. I think I saw one on the dog show.

Linda, how are you feeling and did you sleep last night? Is Bob still dealing with allergies? Pitchers and catchers have reported for spring training. Do you see much increase in traffic with all the baseball players and fans? Congrats on getting the printer set up. We're Dolly Parton's neighbors--Sevierville/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg in East TN. I can see the Great Smoky Mountains from the top of my driveway. You're getting more rain? Congrats on the good report from the dermatologist.

How's the week going, Liz? Is Gary over his cold? Do you have a rheumatologist appointment yet? Knee?

I cooked Arya a couple weeks of beef for breakfasts but haven't done much else, other than talk to the FA's office about the paperwork I sent the other day. Foot not doing too bad and I think it's more the deep bruising across the top of the foot than the scar causing pain. If I can get a little energy, I may make a small batch of salve with some arnica oil for the bruising and a few essential oils to help resolve the scars on both feet. Surgery #2 is one week from today and I'm anxious to get it over with and get back to normal. I'm watching last night's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and just found out that the Schipperke got ruled ineligible to be judged for best in show because of some kind of conflict of interest between the best in show judge and his owners. The Welsh Springer Spaniel, which was the breed our Kira was, also was DQ'd due to a conflict with the group judge so I didn't even get to see him/her show. Very disappointed in this year's show, even thought I think FS1 does a better job than USA did. We didn't even watch last year so maybe I won't bother next year. I only did 20 minutes on the rowing machine this morning but the foot rests started hurting my heels, so I cut it short. I may need to wear something like big slippers next time I use it. Planning to go to the NuStep tomorrow so trying to figure out what to wear on my feet for that as well.

Linda, I didn't realize you were that close to ASU. I'm about 2 miles east of UCF in an unincorporated area of Orange County, although my address says Orlando. Melbourne is about 50 miles southeast of here and is on the southern end of what they include in our weather reports. Congrats on the good report!

Chele, software engineers don't have a high tolerance for business platitudes. It actually was a productive meeting and not too long for once. We have really large wheelie bins here, so I usually only put out the recycling every 3 or 4 weeks. I'm still amazed that I manage to fill it up.

Karen, they're not trying to pack 4 weeks worth or work into 2, but there is more overhead since we have several meetings each cycle. They haven't decided if it will be a permanent change, so I wouldn't be surprised if they go back to 4 weeks once things really get going. This cycle was fairly easy since it was requirements and design work and not as much actual coding. Writing a document is always easier than actually getting something to work.

Becky, the deadline pressure really does get to me and it's pretty constant. We didn't even have a freeze here this year, so I hope that doesn't mean a long hot summer is ahead. Sounds like you're in for some warmer weather soon too.

Liz, hope you're having a good week.

Becky, the dog I saw that I thought looked a lot like Scooter was the Belgian Shepherd. The dog show was on Fox Sports this year, which was kind of odd because I don't think it's like ESPN and not on all the packages. They had more than just the judging and talked with all the judges in advance about what they look for and talked to all the handlers of the winners. They also had a bunch of reporters beyond the 2 guys who usually do it. So it was a lot more in depth. Good luck with lunch tomorrow. HEB might not be the only crazy place. Maybe the buffet will have a special deal for tomorrow.

I was wondering, Kathy, if the shorter build cycles might be in any way influenced by the shorter attention spans of the younger generation who probably inhabit most of the jobs at your company. I know from teaching that group that you have to break things down into smaller increments because they can't handle the bigger picture stuff. Dale has spent years doing coding in a variety of languages, so I know how much time and attention that can take. The writing is definitely the easier of the tasks.

I decided I wanted beans and rice for dinner, so I had to make each of those items. TG for the IP. I also decided to go ahead and do the scar salve, which really doesn't take that much time since I had the ingredients in the pantry. The difficult part was getting the labels printed out to put on the finished jars because of this POS printer I have. I am tempted to get another one and take a sledge hammer to this one. It has been such a PiTA over the years we've had it that I think I would really enjoy that. I finally got it to work right and boxed up a jar of the new salve to send to my sister from another mother who also had recent foot sugery. In the middle of the printer being a PiTA, Arya decided to be one as well, so it has not been a good afternoon. I will drop off the package while I'm out tomorrow and will use some of the salve on my foot this evening while we're sitting around watching the UT men's basketball team play. They are still #1 in the country, so we do have a basketball bright spot but it's not the women's team this time.

Karen, it's quite possible the shorter attention spans have influenced things. They're trying to follow agile programming practices which recommend breaking things down into smaller increments. No sledge hammers until your foot is fully healed!