Krystal Deiters

@Adobe Global Strategic Partner Leader, @IBMConsulting. @UofSC @UofSC_SJMC @SCHonorsCollege alum, outdoor enthusiast, world traveler. Views are mine.

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

@blennon_ My family looks forward to meeting Ollie

[𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 @homemakinghunny]

I hate when people say “housework can wait. Enjoy your kids while they’re little.”

You either haven’t had children or don’t remember what it’s like because my kids need clean clothing which requires washing, folding and putting away laundry, 3 meals a day not to mention snacks which requires planning, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, dishes. My baby’s highchair needs wiped down 3x a day and swept up after. Baby also puts everything in her mouth so the floors need cleaned throughout the day. The bathtub needs to cleaned for the kids to have baths, the toilet needs to be cleaned for the 3 year old who touches it while she’s climbing up onto it plus just generally it needs to be cleaned.

This is the most unrealistic thing to say to a mother of young kids. Also, I have no desire to live in a dirty cluttered messy house.

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

@theballisorange +💯

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

@theballisorange The plight of the perennially online 😏

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

As someone who cooks for an annual holiday dinner party of 40+, can confirm this method: ingredient prep schedule + dish assembly schedule + oven schedule = essential for not getting overwhelmed and getting everything out on time!

[Alyssa 🌻 @alyssaleann]

Just realized I want to share my method, so here is my Thanksgiving advice as someone who has been head chef of Thanksgiving for 5 years:

1) Strategize timing and oven use for everything in advance. This means choosing recipes for the right balance of oven use! If the oven is getting too full with your preferred menu, swap some dishes to add in another type of salad or something that can be made ahead

2) Make a schedule: as I review all my recipes a couple days before for oven temp + timing, I make a baking schedule in 15-minute increments. Take note of which things need to rest, and factor that in (ex: your meat and most casseroles can and should hang out after cooking for a little while)

Every task gets written down in a master to-do list (roast beets, make sauce, plate // make pie crust, caramelize onions, grate cheese, assemble filling, bake), which makes it much easier to delegate to my kitchen helpers and not skip steps

2a) RECRUIT KITCHEN HELPERS: people probably want to help, they just need a job. This part can be weirdly wonderful and fun! You are not the only one who can chop, peel, grate, and wash dishes, BUT if you're too stressed and buried in the to-do list, you're going to struggle to delegate. The task break-down is so great for this

3) Practically speaking, being the only cook means I'm not always doing the best possible version of a dish. If your sole responsibility is mac n cheese, you should go all out. If it's one dish of your 10, it's totally valid to choose a still-delicious but simpler recipe

4) A lot of things can be done ahead, of course, but be strategic so it's all at peak deliciousness (cranberry sauce: yes! roasted veggies: no!). Some elements of day-of dishes can be done ahead: shred cheese, caramelize/fry onions, make croutons, chop as many things as you can. Doing this turns day-of cooking into more of an assembly challenge than a cooking challenge

5) Chill out. It's a holiday, your family loves you, and it's not the end of the world if the chicken skin splits or the green bean casserole picks up a little too much color. Enjoy the cooking, enjoy the food, enjoy having the ability to host and show love like this

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

@theballisorange Doesn’t take much with $2 Everclear slushies

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

@theballisorange “It looks like Augusta National in there” 🤣

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

@theballisorange Pretty much how I remember it 🤣

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

@MoiraDonegan Plants!

[South Carolina Football @GamecockFB]

Goodnight 🤙

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

Great advice, every last single piece of it!

[Accidentally Retired @AcdntlyRetired]

Why do some people get paid more and promoted faster?

Lessons from my 18-year career rise from intern to CEO:

1. Early in your career, just say "yes" - it doesn't matter the job even the dishes, just say "yes"

[Mike Uva @Mike_Uva]

🚨We’re officially 100 days away until football returns to Williams-Brice.

[Under Armour @UnderArmour]

YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE NONE. 38 AND 0 for @GamecockWBB

[dawnstaley @dawnstaley]

IT’S GAME DAY!!!

[Alex Friedman 🤠 @heyalexfriedman]

Omg, this is the best marketing play I’ve seen in a long time.

Molson, a beer company and partner for the PWHL, or the Professional Women’s Hockey League, decided to re-vamp the jerseys for the league to announce their partnership.

They saw a problem: many of the women on the team have long hair, so while they are playing… their names are covered.

Molson's solution? Put the players' names on the bottom of the jerseys and their sponsorship logo on the top.

“We covered our name so hers could be seen.”

To make it even better, the campaign was launched on International Women’s Day.

What do you think? Because I think it’s SO GOOD.

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

@Thefrugalgay11 Ceiling fan remote

[Krystal Deiters @krdeiters]

One of my fave Austin events each year 😢

[KGSR @KGSRatx]

An update to Blues on the Green.

[Joe Macheca @JoeMacheca]

So Xavier Legette @XavierLegette achieved the fastest ball carrier speed on Saturday (22.3 MPH) out of anyone in football this season, including the NFL. @GamecockCentral

Shoutout to @ALyon_SC and @ThatsABishop for pointing this out.

[Chris Evert @ChrissieEvert]

@EliManning might not have any tennis highlights this time around but you can find all the @IBM AI-powered match highlights, built with watsonx, on the @USOpen App. Explore more at https://t.co/kYSj8OtOK4.
#IBMPartner

[andrew arruda @andrewarruda]

an absolute @sama banger.

"innovation is easier with a relatively small team that has to make a decisive and clear concentrated bet and that doesn't tolerate any mediocre performers. that's it."

small, focused, high-performing teams win.