Days off...

[msfledermaus]

Here I am, sitting in my living room, drinking lemonade and enjoying myself immensely. Days off are good good good, I tell ya!

I spent most of Monday lugging things and rearranging furniture with the help of Pipa Pete, who was rewarded hansomely with Orange Beef and expeditions to a couple of Asian grocery stores in the area. (Look! a whole octopus!) I feel like I have a bit more space in here now.

Basically this is a working holiday--Barb from Llewelyn told me the new card scanned well, so I can go ahead with the formal proposal. *gulp* so, 4 more cards, and corralling Jen into walking me through their questionaire and writing up a coherent bio. Eeek! But I'm excited. I work best in the afternoons, so that's my plan after lunch.

So what did I miss?

Comments

[doulamel.livejournal.com]

OMG that's so awesome about Llewellyn!!!

yaay!

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

They could *still* say no, but I'm at the top of the process now:)

This sounds like a cliche' but I really am honored I made it this far.
They apparently almost never scan artwork unless they're really thinking about it. Ohhh please oh please oh pleaseeee....
*crosses fingers*

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[doulamel.livejournal.com]

Just think positive. And yes, to have even been considered is really quite a compliment to your talents. I'm rather envious. As much as I love art and being crafty and such, I don't believe that any of my talents are anything special enough to stand out. :(

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Oh, I dunno--you'd be suprised at what you can do sometimes. I don't think of myself as a particularly good knitter yet but coworkers keep begging for me to make them scarves. I think the only real trick to making money off your talents is to let people know you do them. I bet you're probably much better than you give yourself credit for.

Heh, you can be sneaky and do what a friend of mine did--make o lot of fun crafts and sell them at a garage sale. It's not a bad way to see what people think of your stuff. Now she has a garage sale twice a year with craft stuff:)

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[doulamel.livejournal.com]

That is a good idea. I'd be really good at making dollhouse decorations (pillows, blankets, wall hangings, pictures, etc) but no one seems to be into dollhouses anymore that I can tell.

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Hmm..I'm into dollhouse stuff. I know there's a couple of stores up here that do dollhouse things, but it would be more fun to order from a friend....I may have to order a pretty thing or two from you, if you're willing:)

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[doulamel.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! I'm going to go home tonight and organize all my fabrics that I have (tons of quilting squares which would be perfect) and see what I've got to work with. I'll also do special orders! :)

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Ooh...I'll think about what might be nice for the hanging dollhouse i'm building. (the structure and painting is for the most part done, I just need stuff to go in it.) I do prefer reds and blacks and interesting earth tones since that's how the house is painted...heh, i put in quite a bit of black and browny-reds:)

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[doulamel.livejournal.com]

Awesome! You should take a picture so I can see if any of my fabrics would match! I would love to find a good dollhouse like I used to have, so that I can decorate one and/or use it to model the things I've made.

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Cool...I can do that and shrink it down for e-mail with the help of Ben the Neighbor:)

Granted, mine's a bit untraditional, since it's made out of weird scrap woods...but the scales' good for 5-inch dolls like the Dame Darcy doll I've got:)

I'll have to see if i can find us some good dollhouse sites. I know there's some decent victorian ones out there, I've come across them from time to time.

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[doulamel.livejournal.com]

All the kits seem to be SO damned expensive though. :(

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

yeah, there's that. andthey all seem to have something that just desn't work for me.

That's why I built my own hanging one, since my space is kinda limited but I wanted a doll house. It's basically a big ofrenda:)

Re: yaay!

[doulamel.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see a picture!

Re: yaay!

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

*rubs hands*
I'll have to go reborrow back my camera from Ben, but this should be fun.

oh, I have a pic on the new website that isn't up yet..maybe we can try to put it up tonight or tomorrow...*smacks forehead*

Re: yaay!

[doulamel.livejournal.com]

Heehee. Yay!

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Excellent...
Now I go but ketchup for hot dogs!Seeya soon!:)

[fleur.livejournal.com]

How'd ya manage a day off???

heh heh heh...

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

I have the whoooole week off, ma'am!!!

Basically 3 weeks ago one of the HR gusy twisted my arm and said, "You have to use some of your vacation time or you'll lose it!" So I worked out something with my bosses and that annoying coworker of mine, and worked my butt off to make sure that I covered everything I could control that could go wrong.

Of course I'm coming back to a disaster area, since my replacement doesn't do a damn thing he doesn't have to. But it's worth the week off.

How's things at work for you? What's the Hideous Fashion of the Day?

Re: heh heh heh...

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Nice!!!

It's not bad here today actually ... black and white dress that's actually rather pretty, white tights and black flats. I mean, it could be better, but it could be worse.

Re: heh heh heh...

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

So much worse...like black and yellow bumblebe stripes with a hot pink scarf for good measure!!

*winces at the image she just conjured up*


heehee, I'm not at wooork! I'm so happpeeeee!

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Hello Ms Mausi Dearest :)

Yay for time off and YAYYYYYAHOOOEEEEEE for Llewelyn!!
*fingers, toes, ankles, legs, and eyes crossed*

hihihihihi!

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

*saaaamooch!*

I'm sitting crosslegged on the floor and soon I will eat the wily hot dog for lunch, and goof off, and paint for a while!

*wishes llewelyn says yes....please please say yes!!!*
*does the happy little dance of glee*

Whatchoo doin' today, missy?

What I'm doing today

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

*grumble* working *grumble* :P

I spent all morning translating a spreadsheet from German to English. The software for that is soooo slooooooowwwwwwwwwwww.

Re: What I'm doing today

[emschin.livejournal.com]

wow! I consider "spreadsheet" a foreign language and then to add German to it......well, it's impressive.

Re: What I'm doing today

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Not entirely an accurate translation. It also translated any German last names that happened to be mentioned with the asset. My favorite was:

"Ablagewagen fur Dumm"

translated as

"File car for stupid"

I hope the client doesn't think we're making judgements of his intellect! *L*

Re: What I'm doing today

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

*snicker*
that's pretty good!

Re: What I'm doing today

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Ugh. that sounds very unappetizing:(

I suppose there's no chance to sneak in "Germans Love David Hasselhoff" into the spreadsheet, either. pfeh.

Re: What I'm doing today

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

I could...*snicker snicker*....but I might get in trouble someday. *siggggggh* I'll be a good girl today.

Re: What I'm doing today

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

It sounds like it's doing goofy enough stuff without you...file car for stupid, indeed:)

[specificocean.livejournal.com]

do Capricorns everywhere lug things and rearrange furniture?....*g*

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

YEEEEES!!!

Yes they do.

Poor Pete...he was trying to get us out the door for lunch, because we were both tired and hungry, and I was still trying to tidy up shelves and stack books. Capricorns are very stubborn when it comes to reorganizing:)

[specificocean.livejournal.com]

all of this sounds soooooooooooooooooooo familar
being married to one
as i am
but you guys are THE best
and this is not a bad thing
not at all...

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

We're the best because nobody tries harder than a Capricorn...whether it actually *works* or not is a different story, but we sure try.

I'm glad somebody puts up with us crotchetdy Must-get-DONE-or-the-world-will-fall-apart-Capricorns:)

[specificocean.livejournal.com]

That would be me.....*g*