WIPS and chains

Today I decided that this is IT - the end! Finito!!! Over and OUT! I am DONE with having a ton of projects on the go all at once - I want to turn over a new leaf - begin anew - be a BETTER crafter and FINISH things!

WIPs (works in progress) invariably turn into UFOs (UnFinished Objects) in my home, and for some reason, this is OK to me! Until now! I had a friend over, and she commented on how much knit and crochet I have in every room in my house - I concurred - I DO have lots of handmade things in my lovely domicile - but then I opened the hallway linen closet - and showed her my collection of unfinished things! I wish I had videotaped her reaction -her face a combination of awe and disgust as she ran her fingers through three 75% complete Mr Flurry snowmen, about 75 tawashi that really only need the ends woven in, and don't even get me started on the dishcloths! There is a gorgeous baby sweater (Peach Blossom ) that is complete except for one tiny detail - I need to make the frog closures and put them on - a 15 minute job at best, but still, somehow I got bored with the cute little thing and it was delegated to "the closet of doom". a granny square afghan that is ALMOST done, a Christmas mitred square afghan that needs sewing together, granny square bags, and crochet snowflakes! I skip and flit along merrily from project to project - starting with an abundance of enthusiasm, until something else catches my eye and then I'm off again - casting on and chaining to my hearts' content, not even looking back on the neglected things in the closet!

So! Today I decided that I was going to take pictures of ALL my WIPs and UFOs and post them in my Ravelry album, so they would be there to inspire me to finish them! And wouldn't you know it - I got bored with taking pictures of all the darned things - so now my WIP/UFO album itSELF is a WIP/UFO!

Sigh - what's a girl gonna do? Maybe I need Ritalin? Here are some things I have started and NEED to finish - someday - soon - maybe!!!

You want HOW much for that?

posted originally on http://knittingknonsense.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

You want HOW much for that?!?!?!?!?

Hmmmmm…..Happy New Year everyone! I have so much to say – and NO clue where to start. SO – I’ll start in “order” – with little snippets of things that have happened in my life recently – thank heavens they’re mostly FUNNY or SILLY – nothing painful or expensive! (yet – having said that out loud, I’m sure SOME new bill or illness will strike me!)

I went to Wal*Mart in the middle of December, mainly to purchase some fabrics to make some Christmas-y stuff. I still have the fabric…the Christmas-y stuff never happened – maybe THIS Christmas! Well! I had such a pleasant experience back in the fabric department – the gal and I joked, laughed, talked about kids, hubbies, knitting…and had a GOOD ole time! I was happy to see that FINALLY our local Wal*Mart had hired someone in the fabric department who knew what she was both DOING and TALKING ABOUT! WOOHOO!

After standing in the checkout line for 15 minutes, while watching CSMs chat merrily about their antics with their men the night before (don’t be shocked – normal fare here at my Wal*Mart!), and listening to the cashiers on duty whining about not having had their breaks yet …I get to the register. Plop down all my Christmas-y fabrics (and the HUGE wad of pink and olive green sweatpants material that I just HAD to buy because it was only $1.00 a yard!)…..and man my stations. That means I run to the other end of the register so I can read the display as things are scanned – I can’t TELL you how many times I’ve saved a few cents by doing this! “Nuuuuu-uuuuuuuuunh!!!

It’s priced $8.94 NOT $8.97!!!”

HA!

Gotcha!

Sticking it to the man!!!

But, this time I saw a price go by, that didn’t look quite right to me – it looked like five hundred something – but I just knew that wasn’t right! Neither hubby NOR the checkbook would allow THAT sort of purchase – and besides – I don’t think there is anything in Wal*Mart that I would WANT to buy 500 bucks’ worth!

But – the cashier rang it all up, turned to me and chirped – yes, CHIRPED!:

“$648.66 please!”

……the cents’ part may not be totally correct – my ears stopped at the “648” part! I look at her incredulously (translation: like she was an IDIOT!) and said

"648.66".

Statement.

NOT question.

Total disbelief.

She looked at her display again and said – “mmmmmmmhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm!?!”

I said – “there is NO way – this is Wal*Mart, and I have two bags of fabric – there is NO way!”

She just looked at me. “Do you want me to call a CSM over?” she asked finally when she sensed she was losing the stare down.

WELL DUH and KISS MY GRITS – hell YEAH I wanna CSM – I want ole Sam himself to come over here and tell me how to fit 650 bucks worth of crap into 2 Wal*Mart bags!!!

So, the CSM came over, and I explained to her, that one of the fabric tickets rang up at 500 and something – and now I had TWO of them looking at me with blank stares…O M G…..I swear my IQ drops 53 points every time I walk into that door! (I must add a disclaimer: I like Wal*Mart, and I know that people make mistakes. I am not in any way picking on Wal*Mart (the corporation) nor it’s employees (most of them are pretty decent folks, and most of them can understand what I am saying to them!)

But this gal didn’t understand what I was saying, she called over a CSM who then started speaking in rapid Spanish – and I’m not fluent in Spanish, but the gist of the conversation was this: “She bought a lot of stuff and she likes cream corn in her handsome beer”.

OK – I didn’t have a clue what they were saying – but I know that a THIRD person came over, and HE, yes HE – fixed it for me – they voided the whole transaction, and then rang solely from the fabric tickets they had in the drawer.

Which made me a lot RICHER in fabric that day – for only about $20…..because they missed SOME stuff!

(I may not be a genius – but $648.66 minus $510.24 still equals $138 and some change – and this isn’t with the erroneous ticket corrected) .

When I told them they were WAY undercharging me, they just smiled and said “It’s ok, Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!” . I think they were getting a little tired of me by that time LMAO!

I wasn’t mean by ANY means, but it sure irks me when there is a problem, I can see the problem, THEY can see the problem, and instead of correcting the problem – they have to call 6 OTHER people to TELL them about the problem – stop TELLING people about the danged problem – FIX IT!!! :oP

But I survived, my checkbook survived, and I’m sure the employees involved in the little fiasco all got promotions and a raise and maybe even a Mexican cruise!!! (that’s how we do things in southern Cali)

Zippedy-Do-Da

(note: this post was originally on KnittingKnonsense blogspot - cleaning some house!)

WOW! Has it really been this long since I’ve posted here? Shame shame on me – but I won’t make any feeble promises to post more often – because that’s a promise I just KNOW I can’t keep!We’re getting ready for the big move to Okinawa, so I am collecting friends’ addresses, emails, phone numbers, etc…and I was transferring them to my little Rolodex – when I noticed that I had forgotten to get the zip code of one of my friends.No problem – I’m computer literate, I can look it up on the United States Postal Service website. But, for some reason, when I went to “zip code lookup” at the USPS site, they asked me for the house numbers, street name, city, and zip. YES. THE zip. They asked ME for the zip code – por que? So they can tell me what I already know? Or is it so they don’t have to tell me anything! Or is it that I am a secret shopper for the postal service, so secret even I didn’t know by the way, and as the postal secret shopper, my job is to ensure that they are all doing their jobs. Well. Sorry guys. I’m marking you down for a D plus on this little test!It would have been an F if the zip code box had been marked “required” and not an optional field; then I REALLY would have had a blast with it – but as far as I’m concerned, it was funny enough as it was anyway! :op

Don't BURN Yourself........

soooooooooooo I just bought one of the new Glade candles - apple cinnamon, with nice removeable labels so they can look more classy than they already do (ha!) but when I read the label, as any proper flag waving American MUST do these days, if not to perhaps LEARN something, to at least prove that we still are CAPABLE of such a mundane task as *reading* - I see this:

~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~

(and yes, I know my picture is crooked - concentrate on the WRITING on this label!!!) -

Find the "for best results" line:

Do you SEE it????? Is there something in the wrong order here? I'm supposed to burn my candle for 2-4 hours THEN trim the wick before use????

EEGADS!!

Somebody STOP them!!!

Do you SEE them?

Those poor people all across our great nation, who were taught to follow directions, are now ending up in some emergency room somewhere waiting for silver sulfadiazine (I love Google!) and Nu-skin!

Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Dohhhhhhhhh!

Duhhhh!

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Hummer Bummer

Hey peoples! I just have to say this:If you have one of THESE:

then you DON'T need one of these!

I mean, come ON! We KNOW that's a hummer, we know we know, trust me! Why have personalized plates turned into redundant proclamations of "look what I have - just in case you can't read the manufacturer's LOGO on this behemoth - I'll pay extra duckets, cuz I have them and you obviously DON'T - to make SURE everyone knows what coolness I am driving around in. And I'll moan and groan and complain about gas prices with the REST of ya - because after paying for this thing AND the idiot plates - I can't afford the gas either - so THERE!!! "

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(for now )