Before & After: T's Office Area

We love our new place. And have done a lot to make it even better!

T graciously let us use the second bedroom as a craft room. He has informed me that should he want to do a craft, he will be using said room. :-P Fortunately there is another area - not the foyer - that he is using as his office.

Five windows and a large closet. He loves it. It gets great sun so the area is now full of plants, his desk, books, and a man chair I got him for Christmas.

Side note:

Today is crazy sunglasses day at work. No joke. Well, the glasses are a joke, but everyone's wearing them.

T decided to paint the office Slate Blue, an upgrade from the dingy white it was previously (side effect of the fireplace).

It's quite handy that he used to own his own painting business. I don't have to get involved with painting at all.

The office area looked GREAT after he finished it a few hours later.

The bookshelves were made by my grandfather 40 years ago. Traditionally red, I painted them a wretched sea green in college. T re-painted them white when we first moved in December.

Can't really tell what the paint looks like during the day because of all of the light, but it's the perfect shade of blue.

But I convinced him he needed curtains. Valences just didn't feel right. So we went Swedish Shades! What. A. Pain. to make, mostly because of all of the measuring. However, the library book "Quick & Easy Window Treatments" was helpful. Tip: Don't make the first curtain after drinking two glasses of wine. It may or may not be too narrow, causing you to throw it onto the floor in frustration. You may not have a smaller window that you can fit the shade to after taking out some stitches (though I did). Just sayin'.

T took care of the installing.

Wood, L brackets, screws, rings, and strings. Home improvement goes more smoothly wearing a Reliable Bob/Red Oak Renovations hat.

Compare: Swedish Shade to American Blind. The Swedes win.

Proud Office Dweller:

They take a little more time to roll up than the blinds, but it's so much classier.

We are decidedly delighted with the results. T said "At least! We're finished!" True, every room in the house now has custom window treatments, but honey we still have to refinish your office chair. And get you an antique desk. And finish the TV console from the curb. And refinish the coffee table.

But let's pause for a moment and admire the results from our labor thus far. :-)

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Caseys Don't Get Bullied

Well of course they get bullied. Or rather, can get bullied. The name "Casey" may mean "strong," but it doesn't mean "bully-proof". I remember getting bullied by this jerk named Carmen. She always made me sit on the inside seat on the school bus (we had assigned seats).

I was scared of her --- so I went to the vice principal and asked to have my seat changed so I could share with my brother... for the remaining 3 weeks before we moved to MA. He didn't want to let me, but I insisted, so Noah and I shared the bus seat and switched off who got the ideal aisle seat.

Funny thing was that I actually preferred the window seat but only wanted the aisle seat because it was cool.

Here's another Casey, refusing to be bullied.. but retaliating in a different way:


Video has been removed from YouTube. However, in it, this skinny kid punches and taunts Casey, who is taller and a little more rotund. After about 30 seconds of this, he picks up the skinny kid and slams him into the ground. The kid whacks his ankle on the cement planter. Casey then walks away.

Pretty intense. Apparently the big kid (Casey) has gotten bullied a lot, and just got sick of it. Hopefully that scrawny jerk leaves him alone.

Casey is Fired???

Viera, Judy   to me, jen.williams

5:13 PM

Hi Casey & Jen,

Unfortunately, the way Cobra works is you will have to wait until you receive your COBRA enrollment kit, enroll and then coverage will become effective retroactive to March 1, 2011.

 Your current coverage has been terminated as of yesterday. Since there is a schedule doctors appt. for March 2^nd, you can do 1 of 2 things, pay out of pocket for the services and submit a claim once the COBRA benefit is instated or you can ask for a bill from the doctor and as long as you follow the COBRA enrollment process within 30 days your coverage should be active and you can submit the bill at that time and have them pay.

I cannot answer the co-pay questions, that will be subject to the elections you make with COBRA and once you receive the package you will be able to contact Ceridian directly with questions.

You should be receiving your package my no later than March 15^th, please let me know if you do not receive the COBRA docs by then and I will look into it.

Best,

Judy

Judy Viera

Specialist, Human Resources

casey  to Judy

7:30 PM

Hi Judy,

OMG I was fired???? or let go???  SHUT UP!!

I'm still at work right now, though!  Heather [my boss] ---- what's going on? 

Hmm.. on second thought, I think you meant to reach Casey O Williams. I'm Casey A Williams. Seriously, though, your email gave me heart palpitations. I'm thankful I still have a job. ANd I even LIKE my job! 

I would suggest re-emailing Casey O with this information as it seems pretty important. HR stuff can be difficult sometimes - good luck with this. It's never easy to deal with employees who were let go, no matter the circumstances.

In happier news, I know some people who do marketing for your company. Small world, right?

Best,

Casey "I'm still employed" A Williams

Boston, MA

PS. All you had to do was hit "Reply All" to Casey O's email... why make things complicated by trying to type in email addresses?