- Added logging to indicate that we created the notification and that we sent the notification to a delivery queue.

- Small updates as recommended by review comments.

app/notifications/process_notifications.py

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def persist_notification(template_id,
                          reference=None,
                          notification_id=None,
                          simulated=False):
+    # if simulated create a Notification model to return but do not persist the Notification to the dB
     notification = Notification(
         id=notification_id,
         template_id=template_id,
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ def persist_notification(template_id,
     if not simulated:
         dao_create_notification(notification)
         redis_store.incr(redis.daily_limit_cache_key(service.id))
+        current_app.logger.info(
+            "{} {} created at {}".format(notification.notification_type, notification.id, notification.created_at)
+        )
     return notification
 
 
@@ -87,8 +91,9 @@ def send_notification_to_queue(notification, research_mode, queue=None):
         raise SendNotificationToQueueError()
 
     current_app.logger.info(
-        "{} {} created at {}".format(notification.notification_type, notification.id, notification.created_at)
-    )
+        "{} {} sent to the {} queue for delivery".format(notification.notification_type,
+                                                         notification.id,
+                                                         queue))
 
 
 def simulated_recipient(to_address, notification_type):