Interesting read.
Telecommuting offers wonderful benefits, but it’s not without its problems. Discover ways to increase mobile productivity, communication and engagement.
Source: How to work from home and look good doing it – Office Blogs
Category: Creating
Adult Coloring Books and Mandalas, A Warning For Christians | The Last Hiker
Some points to ponder, and must be given some deep thought…
Last week I received a kind gift from a friend. She is one of the godliest people I know. My friend is smart, independent, and she loves the Lord. She is not naive. She is a professional, a …
Source: Adult Coloring Books and Mandalas, A Warning For Christians | The Last Hiker
WoodyMac Construction Toy
This looks cool. An alternative to Lego. ;)
LEGOs can be used to build architectural objects. But with so many tiny bricks required to build just a single wall, a toy like WoodyMac might work better.
Source: WoodyMac Construction Toy
Liquid Bonder by Bondic
Pretty cool. And it’s not too pricey either.
This liquid bonder, discovered by The Grommet, fixes toys, eyeglasses, jewelry, and more. Bondic works on wood, metal, and even fabric.
Source: Liquid Bonder by Bondic
EverBlock
For Lego fanatics. You know who you are. ;)
EverBlock is a supersized set of LEGO bricks that you can use to build functional, full-size objects, including furniture, walls, and entire cabins.
Source: EverBlock
So Far…
It’s been a busy couple of months, and the real busy stuff hasn’t even started yet. I’ve been learning a lot about SharePoint. My new teammate has given me a lot of good pointers. And would you believe she has the same birthday as I do? No wonder we get along so well. I’m so grateful I was involved in the hiring process, otherwise I wouldn’t know who I would be partnering with.
In the next three weeks, I will be in meetings all day, planning to get SharePoint implemented in our company. This will be my first time experiencing the pre-planning part of an application that is not live yet. I’m usually at the support end of the application to help the end users, but never at the beginning of a project. This will certainly be an adventure!
In other news, the kids had an easy transition of going back to school. Since I have been getting them to go to sleep early and wake up early during the summer, they didn’t have any trouble. It’s because of my new hours and also the kids had day summer camps all summer. I was happy to learn both L1 and L2 are in GT (Gifted and Talented) classes this year. Yay! I got smart kids. Hope they can keep it up!
This upcoming Labor Day holiday will be the first in a long time I will experience being off on an actual federal holiday. I’m usually working on the holidays when it’s my work schedule. The only downside is that hubby will probably be working that day. Ah well, at least I’ll get to spend time with the kiddos.
That’s it for now. Usually at this time of the day, I am a zombie. Toodles!
New Changes
Yesterday was the start of something new for me at work. A couple of weeks ago, my manager had approached me with a possibility of a new position in his team. This meant leaving the customer support area: not answering phones, troubleshooting issues for numerous applications, etc. It also changes my whole work schedule. I used to work weekends/evenings, but now I will be working weekdays from 9-5. I’m still in transition this week, and then hopefully we’ll start to do more around mid-July.
The new position? SharePoint System Administrator. What is SharePoint? My understanding is that it’s like a hub a company needs for collaboration of documents, calendars, emails, etc. in one place. Here’s a video of SharePoint in Plain English. I will hopefully get in some training in the next few months.
So, the next couple of weeks were busy. I participated in interviewing some candidates that will be my partner(s) for the team. All of the candidates were good; they had great credentials and would prove to be a valuable asset to the team. However, we could only choose two, and we finally started the hiring process for the ones we chose.
It’s been very exciting so far. A really big adjustment (I’m not a morning person), but I’m looking forward to a new adventure!
New Round Loom Site
I will be putting all my round loom creations on a new site: Round Looming. Hope you like it!
Hat Frenzy!
So sorry for not posting lately. I have been having a hat frenzy, ever since my mother gave Lucien a little circular loom to make hats for preemies. My hat production has skyrocketed from then on! I graduated from the little circular loom for preemies to child and now adult sizes.
So far, I have created lots of hats for my family. You may find my finished products from here, and here. Posting some pictures here as well so you can see:
Hats Completed: 26
Hats In Progress: 16
Since I have been posting some pictures of the hats I had completed on my Facebook page, orders had been piling up and I couldn’t keep up with them. I decided to put those orders on hold until I can manage to finish the ones I still have in progress or I will never get them done!
So far, I am enjoying making the hats. It is also fun to research and explore the many possibilities on how to make different patterns on the hats, as well. In fact, my Pinterest board for Loom Knitting is overflowing already with new ideas and patterns.
I just hope my hands won’t get tired enough for me to make for my whole family (and there is a lot!). :D
Using the Round Loom on Last Minute Slouchy Hat By Isela
Thank you to Isela Phelps for permission on posting this!
I Have Cramps 