The Nellie Spot

I am transitioning my job functions to take over some Category Analyst functions on our Category Management team. While I will still function as the Nestle Wal*Mart VP's analyst, most of my IT functions will diminish and slowly take on more Category Analyst roles. It's pretty exciting stuff, as it's completely new to me. My current job deals mainly with Nestle and it's internal operations, while my new functionality allows me to deal directly with Wal*Mart and how Nestle sells & merchandises in stores. It will be nice to have a change, since I've been doing the same thing for 3 years now!

This is all a total blessing. I walked into my boss's office and proposed a job transition into Category Management last week. He laughed then held up an org chart showing the exact same thing. He said he had been working in that same direction for a month and was going to speak to me about it really soon. For once, my boss & I were actually thinking along the same line! Most people would call this coincidence, but I call it providence...God's providence. As God even looks after the needs and cares of the sparrows, he provides / cares about us who He created in His own image. And this is one example of how He listens and provides for those that call on His Name. :)

Ok, so I get a call from my high school cell group (bible study) guys to invite me to a movie night. We watch Memento (starring Guy Peirce). It's a really incredible movie if you haven't seen it. The movie starts at the end of the story and moves backwards (the clips move forward in time, but the clips are in reverse order, though the first clip, i.e. the end, plays completely backwards). So at the end of the movie, the guys ask me what I think about it. I said it was pretty incredible and then compared the movie format to the Mary Poppins song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". They looked confused, so I explained it to them. Both the movie and the song go in reverse order, as the song goes like this:

"Super-cali-fragi-listic-expi-ali-docious, though you can say it backwards which is
Docious-ali-expi-listic-fragi-cali-repus, but that's going a bit too far, don't you think?"

So if you follow the comparison, the song takes each phrase of the word and simply puts them in reverse order, though not spelling the word completely backwards. However, the "super" part is reversed. Thus, the song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is in the same storyline format as Memento.

If you've seen the movie, this would make a lot more sense.

Okay, so my daughter, Emma, started crawling this past weekend. So we baby-proofed the house all weekend. Our dog's (Belle's) food & water bowls (shiny silver) are near the kitchen and Emma's play area. My daughter is like a racoon: anything shiny must be touched! My wife and I watch as Emma crawls her way over to the dog bowl full of fresh dog food. We repeatedly say "no" as she crawls over there (she's only 8 1/2 months old, so she doesn't comprehend). We let her touch the food bowl, then pull her hand away, slap it (Extremely) gently, say "no" again, then move her back to her play area. She immediately crawls back for the food bowl. (This is what Paul would refer to as the "sin" nature in Romans...even appearing before the age of 1!).

So I start to notice Emma is drooling a lot...almost like spit up, but not that much. I discount it as drool (which is happening a lot since she's teething, too) and watch her crawl back toward the dog bowl. She's drooling and then crawling through it which is really grossing me out. I pick her up and ask my lovely wife (Allison) to wipe off her hands and face. Allison then sees a big 'ol piece of dog food in Emma's mouth! YUCK!!!!!!! My wonderful wife sticks her fingers in Emma's mouth and pulls out the slimy, slightly dissolved dog food and throws it away.

So, Emma had been munching on some dog food for about 4 minutes before we even found out! And she kept crawling back to the bowl! I guess she likes dog food. Maybe that will save us some money in the long run! :)

Thought I'd share my lovely pre-dinner event with the world.

Kids are exciting.

And kinda gross, too....sometimes.

My daughter crawled for the first time yesterday. We will now be chasing her until she's 18. Let the good times roll! 

From my last post, I mentioned a game I am addicted to. After hours of random testing, I finally figured out the correct sequence! (it's the small things in life)

1) Square (robot)
2) Sun (orange sphere)
3) Ladder
4) Mountains
5) Egg
6) Pipe
7) Fan
8) Gear
9) Wind (cyclone)
10) Dish
11) Circle / Jet thingy
12) TV screeen / monitor

What a great finish to another truly productive day at work!

Well, I must say I was extremely productive at work today! About half the office was out, so there wasn't much going on, especially since my boss wasn't there. So a few co-workers and I were talking about good CDs we had. I then mentioned that I would like a copy of a co-worker's CD. The other 2 perked right up and asked if we had a burner in the office, which we do. I then spent about 4 hours ripping and burning 8 CDs and making 2 or 3 copies of each CD. Can a blog be used as evidence in a court of law? If so, may I mention that I'm a frequent liar, especially about gross acts of copyright infringement? :)

Anyway, I ended up with some good rap CDs I was mildly interested in (Nelly & 50 Cent). I also ended up with some Godsmach CDs. I couldn't tell you what they sing, but all I know is that it kind of scares me. So I won't be listening to them. But I did score Coldplay and the Jets albums. I would like to recommend everyone getting those 2 albums (whether you prefer to pay or pirate is up to you). The Jets album stinking rocks from start to finish. Good stuff.

I just thought I'd let ya' know about my super productive day at work. I finished up the day playing a really weird but wildly entertaining game on the internet. If you figure out how to maximize all the pieces, please let me know...it's driving me nuts!

Peace out.

People tell me I talk a lot. Which is very true. I recently saw a friend's blog and decided that the blog was my natural calling! I hope to not spend every entry talking about my "b e a utiful" daughter Emma, but I can't promise anything, as she is a countinual fountain of new tricks and stories. I'm off to watch the Olympics! Women's gymnastics! Exciting stuff.