My man cave rocks!!

For the past month or so Traci has been threatening to turn the garage into a man cave for me. I think the plan was put into motion about a year ago, when we purchased a refrigerator for $20 and she has slowly been working on the transformation. Phase two was to have the cable guy run a drop to the T.V. that miraculously showed up on top of the refrigerator. :-)

About two weeks ago, she asked what I thought about putting a Royals' and Chiefs' logo on the wall of the garage. I am sure I just mumbled something like "yeah, sounds great...blah blah blah". Last week, as I was pulling into the garage I noticed an overhead projector and the outline of the logo's. To add to the magic of my new man cave, I purchased an old school Royals garbage can at an estate sale for $1.50. The last surprise came when I was driving home Thursday or Friday night. I learned that she found an electronic dart board for $20 on Craig's list. Apparently someone was selling it for $50 about a month ago and Traci emailed them and offered $20. She never heard from them and thought the deal was off; however, received an email indicating that if she wanted it, she could have it for $20. Only Traci could pick up a brand new $190+ dart board for $20...

I spent yesterday putting up the board while she painted the logos. She then spent a good portion of today painting and touching up. Everything is now done with the exception of the white parts of the logos. We ended the night by throwing a few games of darts and enjoying her artwork.

May your man cave be as kick butt as mine!!

Bill and Traci

Corporate fun

This past month, the company I worked for held two significant events.

One of them was our 24th annual health conference. This event was expected to bring over 6,000 health care professionals to the K.C. area over a 4 day period and provide them the opportunity to discuss current health care topics, listen to keynote speakers, and explore some of Cerner's new solutions(Software) in the solution gallery. I manned a booth for the department I work for (AMS - Application Management Services)and was able to share what we do and why with several people. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius packed the seats and had people standing on the back of the room for her keynote speech. The conference came to a conclusion with a bash at the Power and Light district where a variety of free food was served and Three Dog Night played for every one's entertainment. I left early and did not have the honor of hearing "Joy to the world".

The other event was our annual town hall meeting. In addition to the company town hall meeting, I was also scheduled to attend the consulting town hall which meant that I got to spend an entire day sitting in Kemper Arena. The consulting town hall was scheduled to start at 8:30am and the company at 1:30. A handful of us thought it would be a good idea to get together about 7am for an "bag omelet" and coffee tailgate. We set up a tent, got some water boiling and prayed the rain would hold off until we made it into the building.

Getting a boost with caffeine- Scott and Sam

Ron, Michael and Sal

The bags were too thin and melted. Good thing Omelets float

AMS associates in front of Kemper Arena

Let the celebration begin - Confetti

Cerner's mascot - PING

Both of the town halls were very motivating and a reminder as to why I work for the company I do. We ended the day by celebrating our 30th year as a company and giving a standing ovation to our three founders.

May your job bring you as much happiness as mine does.

Bill