Organizing Thursday: Lazy Susan Turntable
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This is the time of year when I go digging through my kitchen cabinets for that random ingredient I swear I have only to have everything else come tumbling out.
A few more lazy Susans might solve my problem. This simple one from OXO has a non-slip lip for easy turning, a ledge to keep items upright, and non-slip rubber feet. It comes in two sizes so that you can find the one that best fits your space.
I can even see using these in the laundry room or bathroom to bring order to bottle chaos.
The 16-inch size is $18.97 at Amazon, and the 11-inch is $13.99.
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
What’s the protocol with RSV? We took my twelve week old into the ER Monday because we didn’t like the sound of her cough and appetite was down. After observing us for a while they sent us home since her lungs were clear and she wasn’t in respiratory distress. She still has the pitiful cough and isn’t eating as much as usual (I’m sure my supply is tanking…) but I don’t think she needs to go back in. Finally got back test result last night and turns out she has RSV.
Do I stay home at work because I probably have RSV too? (I’ve also thrown up twice in the past week but am otherwise fine – weird symptoms!) Going to keep coughing two year old home but was going to let her older siblings with no symptoms go to school – but is that irresponsible? Nurses guidance involved kids not having fevers and being symptom free to go to school but no ones had a fever and two don’t have symptoms!
What have y’all done in normal times? I think COVID is just messing with the way I’m thinking about this! We did cancel all plans for this weekend although – backyard singing party – okay for older symptomless kids? Agh.
Feel like I’m really struggling for even a drop of serotonin lately.
Having a few fun-flavored coffee creamers on hand has added something to look forward to in my mornings. What little things are bringing you joy lately?
My boss wants to start having one on one meetings with all his direct reports each week. For reference, he is still fairly new and has been at the company less than a year. My job tasks are routine, so I’m not sure what we are going to talk about each week. We already have a weekly departmental meeting where I update him on all my projects.
It sounds like he doesn’t have a structure or agenda for this 1-1 meeting and is looking for me to share whatever I want. He is an off the cuff person who often throws out random ideas, and I’m worried these meetings will result in more work that I frankly don’t want to do. Its not that I’m lazy. I feel I am underpaid and my company does not reward good work, and I stayed in this job for the work life balance, so I don’t want my workload to increase unless it’s for a good reason, not just a “why don’t we try x, y, or z” kind of thing.
If you have weekly 1-1 meetings that are opened ended in nature, what do you talk about? How do you plan for them? How do you create a positive impression while also steering clear of too much extra work landing on your plate?
Also throwing out that if you do a good job structuring your updates using the tools above, you can often get to a place with a boss like this that you don’t need to meet as frequently because they’re confident they have what they need from your written update.
Had anyone else had a long wait for PCR test results? It’s been over a week and the pharmacy is giving me zero information about the status or when I might get results. I don’t know that there’s much I can do but wait (I’ve tried everything) but it seems a little ridiculous. Is this normal?