back at the flowershop, in the curly willow woods! ch asked me to help him with this party. total crazyness, 21 arrangements with sticks coming out of the top and 4 candles hanging from the branches. and guess who made those 84 candle cages? lots of wire tieing for me!
27.2.10
189/365
making a birthday gift for my sister. i don't think it's gotten there yet, so i can't post about it until she's recieved it. I asked lisa!'s fashion opinion which saved it from being unbearably dorky, plus added some souldier flair.
188/365
mary, our vday temp, always brings us sweets, and this year she left some candy jewelry. they are so disgusting (the different colors don't even taste different) yet i cannot stop eating them.
187/365
lazy sunday. it's too bad i didn't manage to get a SP in before the daylight was gone. a lazy day, we mostly laid on the couch and watched the olympics. oh, but i finished the curtains behind my head. aren't they nice?
186/365
company belt. i'm already planning my outfits for germany. the ishbel i made mom matches this so i wore it out tonight for lynne's birthday. it made me feel like i looked very hip. her birthday was at the chicago diner and then big chicks and it was all very circa 2003 for me. i hadn't been either place for so long, and it's been a long time since i've gone out alone with people i don't know. i had a really good time except after i'd had a drink and then a group of smokers came in, and they smelled like death and it was rather awful. i don't know what i would do if lisa still smoked.
185/365
can you see me GLOWING? when i left work the SUN WAS STILL OUT! it's going to be daylight when i GET home, soon! and it's friday, horray weekend! and i found out meike would love to have me visit for the musikmesse, a trade show in germany my company is going to. so i'm going to germany to work a trade show! whee! here i am waiting for the bus to knit night. i love the welder on the sign. hello, working in an industrial neighborhood.
184/365
at work. on sunny days our south facing windows are terrible. the sun just beats in. you can see what little shade my long sleeves provide.
this is not the best picture i took that day, but it seems i'm taking too many pictures of just a hand. which seems like cheating. so along with more pictures outside i'lll try and take more including my face.
i do like the "fabric" scissors, though.
this is not the best picture i took that day, but it seems i'm taking too many pictures of just a hand. which seems like cheating. so along with more pictures outside i'lll try and take more including my face.
i do like the "fabric" scissors, though.
183/365
ok, so not so under control. dad is being difficult and bullying allie and i to get the advice of his investment guy. which we're not against, i sent him a fax and z sent him a long detailed email. and his response was super dramatic and trying to make us panic. he wants a conference call with us and we don't want much to do with him anymore. the worst part is i can't call my mom to complain. i really want her advice. It's not that she's a genius with money, but she is with people and conversations and relationships, and that's what the problem is right now.
182/365
so apparently being a benificiary is going to be a full time job. with my day off what do i do but make phone calls and fill out forms, trying to get everything in order. it's really frustrating trying to get straight answers out of anyone, and not being able to trust anyone. by my stack of papers you can tell i'm accomplishing lots now.
181/365
the green gauze of my lace shawl is getting bigger and bigger... i'm always wanting to take self-portraits on the metra, but i am always too selfconcious.
14.2.10
180/365
can i just say it is SO WEIRD to be home on valentine's day? but after yesterday was so slow, Ch didn't want me to come in today. which i of course enjoyed. i made the lining for my magnificent bag and i started hand-sewing it in while watching the olympics. i've also cleaned the bathroom and lisa! and i took a walk to recycle and i sorted my (& mom's) jewery boxes and in general was very productive.
178/365
the big day. florist's perspective. for us in the Willis Tower, the 12th was the big day. it was so exhausting, but we were also desperate. though we have deliveries on the 13th and 14th, we know there won't really be any walk ins or phone calls, so whatever we do this holiday will have to be done today.
177/365
last sunday there were all sorts of dramatic service cuts on the CTA which i haven't gotten to experience yet, because i've been working in the flowershop all week, and when i do i take the metra. sunny morning, this is my favorite thing for shadows to do. i am glad i was early to my train- usually i'm running up the steps. i'm glad shadows count!
176/365
our roses came today! 4 boxes of roses with 6 packs each with 25 roses per pack works out to 300 red and 300 colored roses. it's tremendously low, two years ago we ordered 2500 roses. but with the holiday on a sunday, we have to keep projections under control. i do hope we have to order lots more at the last minute. Ch keeps making me laugh. the outtakes of this one have me sticking my tounge out at him.
175/365
our printer has been making the most horrific squeeking noises. it started gradually, but now it can be heard across LL1. on friday CH borrowed some oil for clippers from the hairdressers, but it didn't seem to make a difference. today he went to buy WD40 and i called tech support. it's not under warranty with Dell anymore, but it still is with the Fleurbot. so after going through all the diagnostics with the guy at dell, they said they'd send us a part. well, the next day what arrives but a whole new printer! with a new $150 toner already inside! i took it out and put in the old toner and ch helped me set it on top of the old paper tray... and it still squeeked! ch said, wait, is that the old toner... so we put in the new one, and silence. it was the toner all along! so now we have a back up printer. just in case. a good thing to have! this is ch and i using the desk chair as a dolly to wheel it to a hiding place.
174/365
ikea called and our cabinets came! we were gonna put off going due to the snowstorm, but when lisa and i hadn't seen a flake at 6:30 we decided to go anyway. they are red and sexy and shiny. once we got back from our trek to the suburbs i installed them while lisa! made dinner. i like how you can see how well the aerogarden is doing in this photo. i wish the porch light wasn't so bright, though. they also aren't nearly this orange usually.
173/365
crazy hair. this is what happens when you sleep in product. saturday night we went out to pam and mike's birthday/birthday/groundhog day/valentine's day/marti gras party. we had a lot of fun and got home very late. i love laying around on sundays, not doing my hair and being able to take pictures in sunlight. i won't have another day off until after v-day.
172/365
oh this gunk is so so gross. when we moved in we cleaned the cupboards but the grease dust grease dust grease sandwich on top of the cupboards was too filthy to attack. but now that we have new cupboard doors something really had to be done. i tried a doobie and brillo with minimal sucess. i eventually got out the paint scraper to remove the gunk. is that gross or what? it's still a little sticky but i couldn't stand having my arms that high anymore. i just laid down papertowels and put the appliances back up.
171/365
on the metra. still not used to working downtown on fridays. i walked to the train station, got on the train, took my self portrait... and realized i have knitting! so i got off the train, walked out of the station, and figured out where to catch a bus. which was really convenient, it dropped me off right outside of knitting, but was still made me feel stupid.
170/365
sewing brigid's bags. it seems like there's no work, then there's work from everyone at once. i need to get this bag done before v-day, and i've already told the costume designer i can't work for her now. i've been spreading myself thin and i need some time to morn, i feel. it's hard for me to be out of the house 5 days a week, and i need some time to myself. i can afford it and so i'm trying not to feel bad about not working every hour humanly possible.
169/365
went to the grocery store after work today. walking by the broadway bank building it was so beautiful with it's fancy fancy ceiling. i keep hearing things about breaking up with your big bank and putting your money in community banks and credit unions and i'm inspired, i think i'm gonna do it. after v-day madness, of course!
168/365
Petty cash at the flowershop. sorting the receipts and running reports and getting everything ready for valentine's day. if i have the paperwork all done i can focus on the flowers for the big days!
167/365
man, i'm like two weeks behind with lableing my pictures and blogging and stuff. i don't even remember half these pictures. i had a dream about knitters and it made me wanna take a picture of my stash (and my ziggy socks!) this is it. i'm allowed one drawer. as you can see, i need to do some knitting out of it, but i could fit 2 or 3 more balls if neccesary. this seems like a lot of yarn to me and i can knit from it for a long time, but most knitters i know would be appalled at the idea of culling their stash down to one drawer. i know knitters with rooms for yarn. i don't have that luxury. the only exemption i have is if i have yarn for a sweater. cause obviously a whole sweater's worth of yarn would take up half the drawer!
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