tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150108442012-02-19T15:19:41.325-08:00Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-4557882165904723192010-04-18T07:23:00.000-07:002010-04-18T07:32:26.384-07:00

I'm sitting in the Albuquerque airport, catching some OJ and a breakfast sandwich before lining up at my proper position at the Southwest Airlines gate. It has been a great conference. Yes, I go to conferences to share my product and work to help care managers use technology to organize their practice but that is actually a secondary task for me. I primarily go to remember what I'm doing in my

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-18638389299106283882010-04-14T05:46:00.000-07:002010-04-14T05:55:40.864-07:00

It's a beautiful morning in Albuquerque. The sun is just starting to come up and I decided to go with room service this morning so that I can get some work done in the room before I head out to take some time for myself. On today's agenda, a visit to at least one bead shop and a jaunt around Old Town. I want to find some things for the kids and want to get some sampling of the wonderful food

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-7391558098906188682009-09-26T09:47:00.000-07:002009-09-26T09:55:15.647-07:00

I received some requests for how I made my arroz con camarones, last night, so the best place to put it is in a blog post so that it is easy to share.I love to cook and come up with ways to make things that I have in restaurants. We have a great Mexican restaurant that has the best arroz con camarones so I dissected it, and came up with this representation.Here is my best description of what I

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-66732180900259392052009-06-07T10:06:00.000-07:002009-06-07T10:11:20.390-07:00

Things are so busy right now. Some of the fun things that we've been doing at JewelCode are preparing our service offerings such as dictation and help desk services. We've begun serving some clients for general computer support on things other than our software and it's going well. We are building the processes and figuring out who we need to hire to make it work. We'll be able to give a few

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-61160896518712469822009-05-12T13:30:00.000-07:002009-06-07T10:06:17.394-07:00

We had a long winter, in Seattle. When we moved away from Minnesota, 12 years ago, we didn't think we would be finding so much snow and cold weather in the winter. Seattle has been shifting to colder winters so more snow for the last few years. We actually had to buy a snow shovel and sleds.Now, spring is coming. It's late this year and so flowers are just starting to pop up. Usually our

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-24187308916402350392009-04-29T09:59:00.000-07:002009-06-07T10:02:24.640-07:00

The conference was great! There were many topics that were pertinent to today's Geriatric Care Managers. The best part of a conference, for me, is seeing friends in person. It was great to catch up with so many people. Coming home after a conference is always exciting because I'm reinvigorated after being reminded of what and who we are working for. The purpose of what we're doing is

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-3204928083616056322009-04-03T17:20:00.001-07:002009-04-03T17:33:57.018-07:00

I can't believe that it's Friday, already. It has been a really busy week. The kids have Spring Break next week and so I'll be working a light schedule.I'm heading over to the local fairgrounds, tomorrow, to see Kathy and her alpacas at a big alpaca show that they have the first weekend of April, each year. Alpacas are so cute and have a lot of personality. Juliana and I giggle our way

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-69262134747364678582009-03-30T14:32:00.000-07:002009-03-30T14:41:37.626-07:00

10 days ago it was the dog bite, now it's a horrible raised welt kind of rash from forehead to neck with spots from there down. This morning, support responses were delayed and I sincerely apologize. I was at Urgent Care with Juliana to see what was going on with her. I was a little fearful that it might be the measles. She's fully vaccinated, so didn't expect that to be the case.The doctor

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-15233107182149994072009-03-24T10:00:00.000-07:002009-03-24T17:35:55.114-07:00

Juliana was over at a friend's house for a sleepover last Friday. This is the second time that we've tried a sleepover with this friend, the first time she wasn't ready to go to bed without her family. That was a year ago. This time she thought she was ready. So, I dropped her off at 5:30 and then stopped by the grocery store to pick up some things for the boy's dinner. I was heading out to

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-18150146489152851732009-01-28T16:22:00.000-08:002009-01-28T16:51:10.348-08:00

I hear so many things about how business is going in many different sectors. Overall people are optimistic; however, I am surrounded by a lot of job loss. I am hearing of people losing their jobs after 10 - 15 years with the same large corporation. For the most part, those who have lost their jobs are remaining optimistic. We will find out on Friday if my husband has lost his job of 11 years.

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-5008255659435749832009-01-15T11:05:00.000-08:002009-01-15T11:11:04.623-08:00

I'm entered in the Start Up Nation Leading Moms in Business competition. I'm not in this one to win it, I'm in it for the publicity that my company brings to geriatric care management. Since we sell our product to a specific market, I'm not generally seeking media attention for JewelCode but I thought this would be a good way to talk about geriatric care management and most of the people

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-71207859667282017572009-01-13T15:28:00.001-08:002009-01-13T16:26:46.110-08:00

I posted on the GCM Listserv a little discussion about how I buy cars and I received a lot of requests for more information, so I thought I would write a post with the details so that I could send people to one spot where it was all outlined.First of all, these economic times, especially related to buying cars, are unusual and so you might not need to do all this work to get a good deal.

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-63313810553823095182009-01-02T14:10:00.000-08:002009-01-02T14:16:29.132-08:00

I have been having so much fun with the new sushi making supplies that Jeff bought me. I have made smoked salmon sushi, spicy prawn sushi, california rolls and last night I made shrimp tempura sushi.I told the family to tell me when they're tired of sushi.Things are busy at JewelCode. Usually the holiday break gives a little time to get caught up on things but not this year. We have been busy

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-85980521993274479952008-12-11T16:51:00.000-08:002008-12-11T17:00:08.610-08:00

No, not a big party, actually, more work.Many of you know that I started this business by bootstrapping our money. The way that I made that money to invest in JewelCode was by designing web sites and having my wonderful husband turn them into working sites. As a designer, nothing invigorates me like sitting down to create a new look and put colors together to create an image that pleases a

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-89465655629699531302008-11-13T09:20:00.001-08:002008-11-13T09:26:49.352-08:00

Dr. Cheryl has been chosen by Oprah (O) Magazine as one of 80 women in a leadership project called Women Rule.Read the press release here:Dr. Cheryl Mathieu and O Magazine.Cheryl has worked very hard on creating AgingPro.com which is a single location that families and eldercare providers can all go to for information related to caring for the aging.

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-51355955496428125652008-10-23T17:14:00.000-07:002008-10-23T17:28:57.651-07:00

The constant negative events and associated media stories along with the resulting concerns about how it will all affect us, make it very easy to lose our optimism. Here are some things that I know from owning businesses in all economies:1) When there are economic crises, innovation increases. What this means is that oftentimes people lose their jobs in bad economic times. Quite a few of

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-7648601428695342132008-09-23T14:09:00.000-07:002008-12-11T17:02:21.199-08:00

The Western Region put on their conference last week and I was fortunate to be able to attend. The conference got off to a great start with the opening speaker, Steven Rubin, MD. He discussed the S.W.a.N. Fundamentals which stands for shoulds, wants and needs. Shoulds are what other people think you should do. Wants are what you want to do and needs are what you must do in order to get what

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-20458123143776311742008-09-14T08:20:00.000-07:002008-09-25T14:09:02.453-07:00

I don't know if any of you are experiencing this, as well, but I've been experiencing some very odd behavior, around me, lately. Tomorrow is the full moon. Maybe there is something to the full moon cycle.So, in honor of odd behavior, I'd like to share some random advice in no particular order. 1) When an employee resigns from your company, have them sign a resignation letter stating the

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-15067969112918052142008-08-14T19:52:00.000-07:002008-08-14T20:01:14.898-07:00

I have started reading a great book, called Executive Stamina: How to Optimize Time, Energy and Productivity to Achieve Peak Performance. This book is so great that I'm going to give away 3 free copies to people who sign up for our e-mail newsletter. In the newsletter, we keep you posted on business tips and tricks and information to help you run your geriatric care management practice.To get

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-39703990317317260242008-08-08T19:51:00.000-07:002008-08-11T20:29:56.333-07:00

I want to take a minute to talk about business partnerships. This year, we have watched several care management business partnerships dissolve. Currently, I am watching one of our long time clients go through a partnership breakup. It is painful for everyone involved. There are emotions involved along with the financial aspects and the splitting of assets, liabilities and even clients and

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1150574199925793762008-07-27T12:16:00.000-07:002008-07-27T12:18:08.194-07:00

Yesterday, we twirled and bounced our way through our local amusement park. They have a new ride called Kangaroo Bounce and it is in the kid's area. You sit inside a big yellow kangaroo who is wearing boxing gloves and the ride goes in circles while simulating bouncing. It was a kiddie ride but I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. The kids were also laughing and my husband, who watched from

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-71968922583310229122008-06-29T10:22:00.000-07:002008-08-14T19:52:36.794-07:00

We finally are getting some nice weather in the Seattle area. With the most unusual winter that we've had here, I was thinking about moving to a warmer location. In June, we had snow at 2500 feet. That is unheard of. It was so cold that even a Minnesota girl was shivering.Summertime seems to be so busy. With the kid's activities, I feel like I'm driving all the time. I'm paying $75 a week for gas

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-63512772502319749342008-06-12T14:26:00.000-07:002008-07-27T12:20:14.567-07:00

When I went to the National GCM Conference I had a plan to take some time out to visit one of our newest clients, One Senior Place. I was able to load the family up in the rental car and head over to Viera, Florida to take a look at their unique setup. They have a building that is called One Senior Place and when you walk in there is a receptionist to greet you. As you walk around the oval

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-10734453824841022732008-06-08T08:12:00.000-07:002008-06-29T11:21:25.744-07:00

The kid's elementary school had the annual volunteer tea. It was really a neat setup and lots of fun. Juliana went with me. As we entered the school, the teachers were all lined up in a greeting line and when we got to the gym there were beautiful tables. We were directed to sit and immediately teachers started waiting on us. I have to admit that I felt a little guilty because I think that the

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-38930937195588453832008-05-27T11:37:00.000-07:002008-05-27T11:53:15.770-07:00

Times are so hectic and it seems like life is passing by so quickly. That is why I used the Monday holiday to initiate family game night. With the kids being at an age that they understand and know how to play, strategically, it is a lot of fun to gather at the dining room table with a snacky type supper and play a family game.Last night, we played The Game of Life. We had a great time! We

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-66660911316467736042008-05-27T08:00:00.000-07:002008-05-27T16:02:14.868-07:00

Many of you know that gourmet cooking is my hobby. I'm a fervent watcher of Top Chef and the Food Network. I'm always mixing and mashing and coming up with new recipes and ideas. This weekend I made the best guacamole that I've ever made and being an Arizona native, who learned from the best, I think it's worth trying.Here is my new favorite recipe:With hand blender (or in regular blender), blend

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-85530986328566818372008-05-15T06:11:00.000-07:002008-05-27T13:31:29.145-07:00

Each year, I go through the same process, at the end of the year. Muddle through the papers and records to get everything straightened out for taxes and closing out the business year. This year, I decided to do it after tax time and before I had to start working on taxes again. A time of cleaning and organizing, gathering paperwork and making sure that the business accounting is all in line. I

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-34402806028778351452008-05-08T13:41:00.000-07:002008-05-27T13:49:10.326-07:00

What a great time! It was so wonderful to see everyone that was at the conference. The highlight was the reception on Wednesday evening where we could all visit and relax for awhile. Being able to take time off with friends is so important to staying fresh and vital in business.Time was cut short, for this conference, in the exhibit hall. I was really disappointed at the amount of time that we

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-22530198307132678152008-05-07T15:45:00.000-07:002008-05-27T15:51:54.247-07:00

After the conference, we spent time on family vacation. We stayed at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge for all 8 days that we were in Florida and it was an amazing resort. We had heard about giraffes and zebras being right outside your balcony but we couldn't really imagine until we would watch them at feeding time. When the feeding trucks would bring the food (which was large leaves and bushes that

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-38749780058708760622008-04-15T14:04:00.000-07:002008-05-27T14:17:28.344-07:00

It's the hottest question of the year. Everyone wants the new operating system. Afterall, it's been touted as the operating system to rule all other operating systems. But, wait, yes, wait. When new operating systems come out on the market, en masse, it is the first time that they are being tested, in the full-on, real world setting. It is my recommendation that you give them time. There will be

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-87230747855126411702007-05-01T07:14:00.000-07:002008-05-27T14:02:25.250-07:00

This is an exciting time for JewelCode because we are working into additional markets. We've noticed an increase in the amount of public agencies and hospitals that are adding private pay care management services. We've started working with Jewish Family & Children's Services of Boston, Connecticut Community Care and Carolinas Healthcare Hospitals, just to name a few. They are developing separate

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1122913549018032182006-12-28T09:41:00.000-08:002006-12-28T09:42:09.283-08:00

Two weeks ago we had an amazing storm in Seattle. With a heavy Douglas Fir population and hurricane force winds, over 1 million residents found themselves without power for many days, some even more than a week. The power did a lot of sputtering before it went out and this can wreak havoc on a computer system. Fortunately, the JewelCode computers are all on UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies) so

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1167328612152930902006-11-15T15:26:00.000-08:002006-12-28T09:59:24.100-08:00

Getting support from companies these days is a nightmare. We moved and just getting what we need to get the phones and cable all set up has been a nightmare. I think what we needed was simple. We had built a new home and so we wanted to keep the services going at the old home but also have new services set up on our account for the new home so that we could be there doing painting and other

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1145631314032288042006-04-21T07:20:00.000-07:002006-04-21T10:03:36.666-07:00

Submitted by Lisa A. Moody, President, JewelCode Corporation:It has been a crazy couple of months for me. I have had three computers crash in two months. Fortunately, I religiously backup my data. But, still, even with a backup, losing a computer and creating a new system is not fun and it's not an easy task. First, you have to find a good computer for a good price and then you have to get it

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1144634145112623122006-04-09T18:41:00.000-07:002006-04-09T18:57:34.166-07:00

This post was submitted by Lisa Moody, President of JewelCode Corporation:I love Boston! I was so excited to go to the New England GCM Conference on April 3rd that I could hardly wait to go. I knew that the coordinators had been working long and hard on the conference and I couldn't wait to see what they had done. This was their second year and they hit the ball out of the park and I had a

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1133891527748579522005-12-06T09:49:00.000-08:002005-12-06T10:35:03.946-08:00

Care Managers have asked me recently how to create accented characters in their typing. I have posted the listing in the image below. To create these characters you must hold down the Alt Key on your keyboard and punch in the associated numbers on the keypad. You have to use the keypad on your computer rather than the numbers across the top and you need to make sure that your Num Lock is turned

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1125093073315445302005-08-26T14:48:00.000-07:002005-08-26T14:51:13.320-07:00

Care Managers deserve to own a nice headset for their office telephones. You are on the phone a majority of your time. I find that most of my care management clients are getting a crick in their neck when they're on the phone and using the computer at the same time. If you're looking for a reliable resource that sells many varieties of headsets and can even talk to you live from the web site

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1123196192937057192005-08-04T15:17:00.000-07:002005-08-12T14:24:17.906-07:00

Do you feel lost when you go to buy a new computer? Perhaps you call the 800 line for a popular computer company to get a quote and don't know what the pieces and parts mean or perhaps you try to pick the best computer from their web site.Just last week, I worked with a care manager who had received a quote from Dell by calling their 800 number. She knew that she wanted a quote for both a desktop

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1122924719673925492005-02-01T12:31:00.000-08:002005-08-01T12:31:59.676-07:00

A domain name is the name of your web site, for example, in the name www.jewelcode.com, jewelcode.com is our domain name. Domain names come in many different endings, .com is generally used for commercial sites, .org is usually set aside for non-profit organizations and .edu is used for educational institutions. There are many other new ones out there like .biz and .tv. Domain names can be used

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1122924592066737632004-11-01T12:29:00.000-08:002005-08-01T12:30:31.066-07:00

If you own Microsoft Office, chances are good that you've had at least one run-in with the helpful feature called AutoCorrect. This feature is a great feature for those of us who battle with i before e, except after c and are there two t's in commitment. One place that it becomes annoying is when a care manager is trying to use the standard abbreviation CNA for Certified Nursing Assistant. The

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010844.post-1122924765964617712004-08-01T12:32:00.000-07:002005-08-01T12:32:45.966-07:00

I received a call this week from one of my long-term computer customers. She had received e-mail that looked like it was from her bank telling her that someone other than she had been accessing her account. We have been working together on an accounting project that requires me to check on funds received into her bank account and she preferred to give me access to get the work done. She assumed

Lisa Moodynoreply@blogger.com0