Category: Work from Home

Working from home, week one

by Karen, posted in family, friends, Life in the cube, Work from Home, writing

At the end of my first week working from home, I thought I'd reflect a little on how it's all going. There were several things that I knew would be different, but my days are shaping up to be much different from how I envisioned them. One of my friends said that she was worried that she'd be … Continue reading Working from home, week one

Working from home, day one

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, family, Life in the cube, Work from Home

It's coming together; my office is just about set.  All of the equipment has been hauled home and (with the help of the teenager) connected to the modem and everything actually works. What's left to do is figure out what just does not fit and let it go (read: haul it back out of the … Continue reading Working from home, day one

Setting up a home office: the desk arrives

by Karen, posted in Work from Home

We got the call that the desk had arrived at the furniture warehouse and was ready to be picked up. They offered one more time to deliver it and assemble it in our home for the low, low price of $75. We had already turned this down once, but on this particular day my husband … Continue reading Setting up a home office: the desk arrives

Home Office: Post book purge

by Karen, posted in books, education, my one word, Work from Home

It took several days and lots of cold hard decision-making, but the purge is (almost) complete. It was interesting (and sad) for me to note that I had no less than 5 books about Simplifying My Life. We don't know when we'll be transitioned to working at home but we've pretty much been told to … Continue reading Home Office: Post book purge

Setting up a home office, continued: the purge

by Karen, posted in books, my one word, Work from Home

I've been reading Mary Carlomango's book Live More, Want Less slowly over a period of months. It's organized into 52 chapters and my initial intent was to read a chapter a week (as the author suggested), then implement the "action items"  listed at the end of each chapter to help pare down my belongings, hopefully simplifying my … Continue reading Setting up a home office, continued: the purge

Setting up a home office, Part Four: Flooring

by Karen, posted in my one word, Work from Home

We had a Berber carpet down in the room. Nothing wrong with it. Nothing except that it wasn't a wood floor and that's what we both really wanted. After we bought the house we planned to replace that floor at some point, and had been talking about it for about 5 years or so. We … Continue reading Setting up a home office, Part Four: Flooring

Setting up my home office, Part Three: Paint

by Karen, posted in Life in the cube, no fear, Work from Home

The walls and ceiling of the office-to-be are white, so at least it will be easy to cover. Earlier this month I went paint color shopping with my husband at Lowe's. I spent an hour browsing through all of the paint samples. My favorite color is yellow so that's where I started out, but then … Continue reading Setting up my home office, Part Three: Paint

Creating a home office, Part Two: Choosing a desk

by Karen, posted in quest for the best, Work from Home

Choosing the desk was the next step. I have to be ready when the tech person comes out to set up my computer equipment so I must have a place for them to set it up on! Finding a desk sounds easy enough on paper, doesn't it? It's not. Well, if your space can accommodate … Continue reading Creating a home office, Part Two: Choosing a desk