Of course – I knew mine were making a little noise first thing in the morning, and then behaving the rest of the day. Now that I’ve fixed hers, mine are all jealous and are starting to really whine for attention. Maybe if I stay up late tonight, after finishing a little wood working that I should have had finished a week ago…

Chat ya later…

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So – up nice and early, to put the brake pads on TMBWitW’s Camry. One wheel off, pull the old pads, compare – huh. Not quite the same. Gather up the worn out pads, the box of new pads, and head for the 24 hour Checker. No problem, they said – it appears you got the American version of pads, when the car is a Japanese version. Compare pads, bingo! Back to the house, the rest of the job goes smoothly. Too late for TMBWitW to take the Camry to work, so she had taken off in the SUV when I got back from Checker.

That means that after a leisurely morning of catching up on my blog friends, and waiting for MEG to wake up, we can wander downtown to have lunch with her! Maybe we can get into the Paper Plate so I can say hi to my former bosses – I haven’t seen them for a while, so this will be good.

In the meantime – how the heck are all of you? I know I haven’t been around to your blogs much, lately, but that is slowly changing as I get accustomed to the new schedule after being out of full time work for so long. That, and getting off of Farmville! That thing is a major timesuck. I was spending most of my time trying to get fuel – I had the minimalist approach going, where all I was doing was crops and a hen house, with enough room for the tractor, seeder, and harvester. Something like 571 plots. That’s why I needed fuel – to click that many times for harvesting, plowing, and planting was chewing up about an hour and a half unless I had the fuel for the machines. So – I quit it (again!) and blocked it this time. Last time I quit it I didn’t block it, and eventually got sucked back into it. No more! I’m FREE!

ahem. pardon me.

So – here it is, Friday, and I’ve got my favorite Friday polo on. It’s a quiet morning, and the temps are still in the low 100’s so it should be a pretty nice summer day. Ya’ll take care now!

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

I am new to the world of retail – I am learning more and more things every day. New things. Exciting things. Interesting things.

Scary things.

One day last week (I’ve got to keep this general, you never know who might be reading, and I wouldn’t want the customer to not return to the store…) there was a lady who came in and I greeted her in the hellzone. (relax, it’s a sales term, meaning that area just inside the door where the customer is afraid they won’t be noticed and the associates are afraid the customer will notice that they aren’t being noticed…) Anywho, I greeted her, and engaged, with the simple question “Who are we shopping for today?” Turns out she has a grandson that is going to be turning oh look, this is an interesting game. How do you play this is a nice travel activity. I quickly figured out that she has the adult version of ADD – or, as Dug would say, “Squirrel!”

I was needed at another point in the store for a bit, and ended up going to lunch with a certain young lady and her mommy when they stopped by to visit. When I got back, ADD lady had left. She had made a nice purchase, and left happy with her gifts. Of course, what she didn’t leave was anything in the same place she found it.

Two days later, and I am still finding stuff where it really doesn’t belong. It would appear she touched at least one of everything in about 80% of the store, and carried it with her until she found something else to pick up and/or examine.

After she had left, I noticed that one of our demo items was missing. It’s called Ball of Whacks and sometimes people get carried away with playing with it; I’ve spent a lot of mornings putting it back together so it would be in one piece for the next customer to take apart.

This time, it was simply not there. I looked all over the area, but just could not find it.

Today, while checking the display for 8-10 year old girls creative jewelry, I found the BoW. It was sitting behind a magnetic display board. How did it get there? I’m pretty sure ADD lady had it in her hands when the shiny bits caught her attention…

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

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Happy Fourth of July – Long May She Wave!

special thank you to TexasFred for the graphic!