Teppy, I'm hoping to get a new washer and dryer in January and I'm excited even though that is months away. I have no idea what I want/need. I don't think I've ever bought a set before. The ones we have now had been passed on to us from some friends when they moved to WA and the are over 16 years old (that is when we got them, no idea when they were purchased).
I love the folks in my office. I came in today after not showing my face in about 6 weeks. No negative remarks. A couple of "nice to see you"s but without a sarcastic edge. And it is my reminder of why I like working from home so much more. It is too bright in here. The air is LOUD, never mind the people on calls around me.
I left my lights on in my car this morning, and now my battery is dead. I was at my car because I was going to pop over to my boss' house to get a bit. Called him to see if he could give me a jump, he says yes. Now, we just had lunch together a block away, and he was dropping his wife off at his house ( six blocks away) and so I thought he'd be right here. I could have walked to his house, gotten the bit, and walked back in this time, and just gotten a jump later.
He is markedly more clueless about the passage of time than I am, which fascinates me, because I am pretty damn bad (as many of you can attest). He's not answering his phone, so maybe he's talking to a crazy client, but I'm left here hanging and no work is getting done.
I tried to get the bit before lunch, but his wife (who was at the house) didn't hear the phone, and then he forgot to bring it to lunch.
I know he's got a million things going on, but he tries to do too much, doesn't delegate well, and doesn't seem to have good systems set up to manage all the things he has to remember.
Really, we're so much alike that it's not really funny, and sometimes I wonder how he's kept the business running for almost three decades.
ARGH. It's now been half an hour.
Okay. He was in a meeting. He's bringing me the bit in ten minutes (which means thirty) and will jump my car later. That was so not made clear. ::sigh:: He's a great guy and I love working for him, but he sure can be scattered sometimes.
I had to get two new tires yesterday. This was money, of course, earmarked toward plans tickets taking M back east.
OTOH, I am getting the Giant Ugly-Ass Pile of Doom out of my backyard this afternoon! I will take before and after pics. I am SO thrilled; this things has been an eyesore and a thorn in my side since I moved in.
Oh, smonster. That does sound frustrating.
OK, I seem to have a fair amount of shirts and pants with a loose button. Now, I suck at sewing. I mean, the button stays on for awhile. And thanks to my aggressive cris-cross back n forth pattern on the button, when the thread starts giving, it takes awhile for it to go all off. My question, is there a better way of doing it? I mean, I guess maybe I'm tying off wrong or something? Or a gizmo that is great? I seem to recall a As Seen On TV type of thing to quickly sew on buttons thing. Do they work?
Signed, not very crafty when it comes to needle & thread, and too cheap to bring to dry cleaners/tailor
Wow, I was really hitting that post message button hard.
Damn, Strix, that sucks. But yay on getting the yard cleaned out!!
On a happier note, I love glazing windows while listening to podcasts. Very soothing.
