Mission accomplished. A new pair of pants has been bought, with a proper fly and no awful elastic waistband. Because they also had a "70% off the last marked price" sale rack, I hit that up, too, for some shirts. I walked away with a denim short-sleeve coat/vest thing for $13, a green striped blouse for $9 and a black cotton shirt with a faux ( Read more... )

Back to School (henceforth being referred to as BTS) has hit us at my place of work. BTS staff shopping night was last Wednesday, and what a debacle that was for me. My manager singled me out to work the after hours shift because of my product knowledge and experience (aka speediness) on the tills. I screwed up no less than three orders in the ( Read more... )

Apparently, I'm just too cute and cuddly online for people to handle. I have had, yet again, another person I haven't known all that long confess to developing an internet crush on me. WTF. Someone I randomly met and have been buddies with via my Alliance character on World of Warcraft has just announced this to me ( Read more... )

x) Still giving Lunar: Dragon Song a try. ( Not impressed. )

x) Found out yesterday that I was not only in the top ten in promoting our company's club/savings card and having customers sign up/use the card, but that I was also sporting the third highest rate across the entire company. Rock on. Why, yes, I do feel pride in being a commercial whore. Thank you! :D ( Read more... )

Heard the news earlier today that another family member passed away due to cancer complication. This time, it was my second cousin, Edo. I didn't know him very well, but I'd gotten to know him a little over the past few years as he reached out to our family. He was a nice guy, though with the same sort of eccentricities that all the Nyland men ( Read more... )

Finally, something I can post about that's not death related! amiboshi will be here early in the morning. (Well, early for me being before 9am.) I'm very excited. Very, very excited.

Now, back to emergency cleaning (yeah, we all know by now that I'm a procrastinator) and evening entertainment!

I'm really getting tired of having nothing to write in my LJ but euologies for loved ones ( Read more... )

It's done. Mom took Sam to the vet this afternoon to have her put down. I got a little misty when I booked the appointment yesterday, but I haven't cried. I'm 100% certain this was the right thing to do. She was nothing but bones, weighing less than my one year old nephew, and could no longer walk more than a few feet before her hind legs would ( Read more... )

Been home from Calgary for over a week now. The day of Uncle Grey's memorial was a very long one. amiboshi was able to meet my family at our hotel before the service, riding over with us and all. I got to introduce her around to all the family - including ones from Holland and ones living around the country that I hadn't seen since I was a wee babe in ( Read more... )