13 posts tagged “work”

Rain

May 7, 2008
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Rushed through my morning to get out the door before the downpour started. Missed that by about 15 seconds.

Paisley hates the rain. If Scott wouldn't have been there, I'd have had a very, very hard time leaving her. She seemed so scared and sad. :( I made her a peanut butter kong, and that helped. Scott said she loved it.

Work was good. A coworker brought me a lovely present of 2 delicious morel mushrooms. I'll cook them up tomorrow, and it will be wonderous.

Scott leaves for Orlando tomorrow morning and comes back home Friday night.

I cannot believe that it's going to be the weekend soon. I need a good long weekend sleep.

EARTHQUAKE!

Apr 18, 2008
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Holy freakin' earthquake, Batman!

For those of you that haven't heard, there was an earthquake today at 4:20-something am. It started in Illinois and was felt as far as Georgia and Michigan! Being in St. Louis, I was close enough to feel it too.

In my 22 years, I've never been in an earthquake, had no idea what it was like, and was wondering what the hell was going on. At first, I thought it was Scott waking me up, but then I realized that he was in Nashville, so those chances were slim. Then I thought it was my tenants being rowdy. But then I realized my bed was shaking, my walls were making cracking noises, and watched a pile of clothes fall off my dresser. Wee.

I still didn't realize what it was until my mom called in the morning and asked if I'd felt it. Everything was ok, a candle fell off my toilet, but didn't break, and a few things in the house were a little less close to where they were the night before, but all was well.

Today at 10:15ish, we got the aftershock. I'm sitting at my desk talking with a few of my co-workers, and then it started. I was like, "The floor is shaking." (ignored.) "The FLOOR is SHAKING." (ignored) "PEOPLE! THE FLOOR IS SHAKING!" (then acknowledged with a "huh?")

This is why I'll be the only survivor at work when 'the big one' hits. :)

On the same note: Scott is super bummed out he didn't get to experience it.

Another Week

Apr 6, 2008
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Tomorrow Scott leaves for his first full week of being gone this year. I'm making plans to fill my time as best as possible... Jess will come out tomorrow to scrapbook and see my progress on the house. All my cabinets are hung (except the two that aren't in yet), and I have countertops!!! I really need to take pictures again soon. If only I'd paint and lay the foyer tile, this house would be done.

Saturday

Apr 5, 2008
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This seems like the first Saturday in weeks that I haven't been working on the house, crawling around fixing things. Though, I wish I was working on something... My foyer still isn't done. :(

This week is going to be action packed, hopefully things will be for the good. Especially since after the 'meeting' at work yesterday, I'm damn confidant that absolutely nothing will change. *sigh*

House Progress #4

Mar 26, 2008
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Another 6am to 10 pm day of work today. Worked until 3, then went to the house and worked until 10. What fun.

Jess and Matt came out to see the house and visit. Matt nearly peed himself when he saw that I was custom cutting the tile to fill the kitchen gaps. Apparently he didn't realize that I was actually handy, haha. So, we got the tile in the kitchen set in. Yay! I feel like we're really far behind in the schedule, so I'm taking a half day tomorrow to get more work done. I really shouldn't. I need to stay at work and make sure that the ridiculous amount of things that are due get done, but since everyone there has made it very clear by their actions that they couldn't care less about the shop staying open and the clients staying happy, it's more important that i get my life settled so that I'm ready to move on after they ruin the business.

We also started on the bathroom. We got the toilet pulled and the underlayment in, and also did the underlayment in the foyer. We'll tile the bathroom tomorrow.

I can't wait until this is done.

Snow Day!

Mar 4, 2008
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So, we got pretty good amount of snow here today. I knew this would happen yesterday, so I got everything from work that I'd need, and worked from hoe today. It was awesome. Slept in a bit, worked for about 7 hours on Phantom stuff, then knitted a bit. It was a generally good day. I loved being able to stay in my pajamas all day. I wish that I could work from home more often. Maybe I'll see if I can, it's nice to not have to deal with the things that happen daily in the shop, for once. Not really looking forward to going back in tomorrow. I hate the cold weather and I would much rathar be a hermit until spring.

So, I have half of the rabbit part of my project knitted. If all goes well, I'll have the rabbit done tomorrow and maybe a good chunk of the egg too. Cotton yarn is a little annoying to work with, it doesn't stretch. However, it's really pretty and I want to make something cool from what will be left of it. But, that will be something to worry about another time.

For now, I need an 8 hour nap.

QotD: That's the Worst

Feb 29, 2008
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What's the worst thing that could happen to you today?
Well, let's see. There could be something that would affect my check for rent that I turned in early... Which would affect the way my account looks to my bank that's financing my house.. Thus affecting my potential for getting the house...
Oh, wait. Were we talking about things that *could* happen or things that *did* happen?

Debasing Nature

Feb 27, 2008
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So. I worked today, and it was a pretty ho-hum day. Then Jeff brought brownies! They were delicious. And they had chocolate chips AND chopped cherries in them. Holy shit. I had at least twelve square inches. If he wasn't the only experienced printer in the shop, I'd say he should quit this and become a world renowned brownie chef. But, we really need him at the shop. Or we'd have to shut down.

After work, I went to Companion to sit down (save our spot), get a snack and do work stuff. It was pretty successful. I got a lot done and made good progress. Then Rebecca came and we knitted for 3ish hours until they kicked us out into the street. :) (Not really, they're way too nice.) As I was walking to my car, something amazing happened. I felt like I was being watched from one of the huge houses... I looked over into a yard, and I made eye contact with what I thought was a cat. But it walked around the bushes to come see me, and it was a POSSUM! I just stared at it. And it just stared at me. We had a stare down. Me and A POSSUM! Can you believe it? I wanted to take a picture, but I didn't want it to think it had won (I'd have to look in my bag to find my phone), and I knew it wouldn't turn out anyway. After a few seconds of staring, the possum bowed out and continued towards me!!! I was being full on possum stalked! It loved me! I knew that this was no good, and that it must be a zombie. Or was it? I mean, everyone knows that possums are supposed to PLAY POSSUM when you see them. They're supposed to act dead! But this one didn't. We had a staring contest, and then it came closer to me. I was really quite scared it was going to ask me on a date. So, I walked away, sort of briskly. I'm sure it could have caught me, those things are fast when they get to it, I bet, but it didn't. I feel sort of bad for breaking it's heart. I mean, we could have at least taken our picture together, to mark it as a memory. But, I knew it was trouble. After all, every other time I've posed with animals for pictures, they only take advantage of me.

Frisky Raccoon

Evil Raccoon

After what those raccoons did last year, getting frisky then trying to kill me when I refused, it's no wonder I didn't trust that possum.

Holy Groundhog.

Feb 20, 2008
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Yesterday sucked a lot. I needed quite the pick me up to get through the day without stabbing myself in the eye. Lucky for me, I had the best (replacement) secret ground hog swapner ever... Check it out:

I got: 16 skeins of black eyelash novelty yarn, 9 balls of crazy red and white furry/puffy/awesome yarn, a bag of spanish peanuts, a mardi gras duck, a crazy bender magnetic guy, a london beefeater bear to protect my new house!, a voodoo doll toothpick holder! (how did she know I’d been eyeing that?), HAND DYED FLEEVE ARTIST WOOL (that I want to crawl into and forget about my job), and FLEECE ARTIST NOVA SOCK YARN! I’d also like to crawl into this. It’s so pretty, pinks and greens and blues and heaven. AAAAND. I got a musical cake knife!!! It sings 4 things! I can’t wait to go home and try it out! …and then use it for everything.

Up, Up, and Away

Jan 4, 2008
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I've spent too much time focusing on things today. It's giving me quite the headache. Aack.

But, two good things came out of it. I've been working on designing two new websites at work that we will sell screen printed tees with neat designs. It's been in the works for several months, and it's mostly just been me. A one woman show of sorts. But, as of today, they are up and ready to shop from! Check them out:

www.wheredyougetthatshirt.com - This site has more humor and low brow things.

www.superawesomeshirt.com - This site is my brainchild. My baby. My months of hard work. And now, it's in action!

So... Yeah! And, hopefully by tomorrow, I'll have finished this hoodie, and can post pictures of my first finished object for 2008!

Rain

EARTHQUAKE!

Another Week

Saturday

House Progress #4

Snow Day!

QotD: That's the Worst

Debasing Nature

Holy Groundhog.

Up, Up, and Away

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