So, it is the night before school and all through the house, every creature was stirring, even a mouse! Ok, not really a mouse, but I'm sure if there could have been one, there would have been one.
Happy Labor Day America! Where we celebrate the slaving masses of people who are in debt! I labored today, did you?
Today at work we got a phone call from our liquidator, who is an all around nice guy. Couldn't have had a better end of book world person. He has been nice, kind, and over all considerate of all us employees who are losing our incomes. The phone call, however, was not so good. Looks like our sister-store across the state line will be closing on Saturday the 10th, NOT the 12th like his boss originally said. He wasn't sure what that means for us (who only have roughly 200k worth of product left), but he said he'd give us a call when he finds out for sure. Said we might be closing the 11th rather than the 13th. I have poured my heart, soul, blood, sweat and now tears in this store. Closing 2 extra days early means an extra $100 I am out of for bills and groceries. (And to think this is a crafty blog!... Sorry, I have to get these thoughts out somewhere)
So tonight, I headed to the grocery store to get milk. And right beside the Dairy section is the Frozen Foods section. My go-to comfort food for any crisis is tater-tots. Always has been. When I'm happy: Tater-tot casserole. When I'm sad: Tater-tots with cheese, salsa, sour cream. When I'm hungry and nothing else sounds good: Tater-tots and chicken nuggets. Heck, even just tater-tots sprinkled with seasoning salt. Tonight was a combination night. It was tater-tots with seasoning salt and a psuedo tater-tot casserole (aka: green bean casserole w/o the fried onions I made last night topped with fresh baked tots). I'm upset about the store, my baby is starting kindergarten tonight, and my oldest is going into 5th grade, and I am trying to work up the courage to list my stuff on Etsy.com. If there has ever been a pile up of emotions, today is the day. Now I wonder when the overload of emotions is going to happen where I break down and cry.
While working on my new sparkly dice bag, I decided that I want to try to knit a pair of socks with this lovely Marine Heather Palette Yarn (From Knit Picks). So I broke out my 2 at a time, toe up sock book to paruse it over a bit. I will need to practice making socks *cringe*. Looks fun though! I have also decided I want to try another one of Knit Picks' needles: the Options Nickel Plated Circular needles. I like their wood DPNs, but am very worried that if i get the circular needles in the wood option, that I will break it. I don't know why I'm worried about it, there's just an underlying fear about it. But first things first, I have some dice bags and some hats to finish before i give into the sock craze! I am having so much fun with the beading craze that these bags have started. They make the bags feminine enough, but I can make the bags without beads and they look more masculine. Oh the options!
Anyhow, I need to go eat more tater-tots, they are calling my name!
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