so so so tired ... not sleeping because of massive back pain...GRAND OPENING festivities be starting today so any you homies in Lex come'on down to Foot Solutions and get yourself a cookie and a pop and say hello to the crippled lady in the corner who is slumped over in her seat -- that would be me!

after several weeks of "shopping" through Consumer Reports, NASD.com and carfax ..... I bought my car today.


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worked harder yesterday than the combined five days previous. got tons accomplished. but woke with SEVERE back/neck/shoulder pain. slept like crap ( Read more... )

did a decent day's business. Met the COOLEST old couple - they cracked me up.

He has a safety pin chain that included 5700 safety pins and measures "some feet" long. He measured it this past week. His wife helped by holding the tape measure. She rolled her eyes at him. And I laughed. They bought $850 worth of my wares.

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that high-pitched siren that can be heard on the westend of town this morning? That would be me screaming in delight that the kids are back in school ( Read more... )

the routines of life are implanting themselves and more will be had after the kids start school this week. routine schedules make for a happy capricorn. predictable life is comfortable. boredom is a good thing. it means no one gets hurt.

such are the bastards and bitches that come into thine life in retail. I should get that in a tatoo across my expansive ass. Why is it that it seems the human population is made up of nasty-ass cranky-pants with a few easygoing nice people tossed here and there ( Read more... )

I'm just really not sure how to play it out ... Wish I had more courage, or less fat... wish I had a real-life crystal ball to look into and see various scenarios played out and figure out what decisions to make NOW would work out to my benefit.

wish I had those things. but I don't.

A wild time was had yesterday. First it started with me shuttling darling daughter off to work and heading out to the store myself. While it was not a stellar sales day, by any rate, we had several customers coming in to pick up previously purchases wares or Looky-Loos just wanting to check out the store. I got NO knitting accomplished. *natch ( Read more... )

both my 17 year old daughter and my 60+ year old mother have dates tonight

I'm alone with the boys and a 12-pack

any questions?