I just sent off an email containing our 'Moving' ad for the next Only Ads (a targeted ad magazine that goes out to our customer base bi-monthly.) This is it baby. No turning back now. It has the day we are closing (oh, excuse me, moving online) with all the details.
I'd kind of like to allow myself to be nostalgic about our run in the past three and a half years of being open, or all that time and preparation before we opened. But what is the point. We are closing our storefront, yes. But not our business. The economy is bad, yes. But we have found a way to keep ourselves alive in this market. So screw nostalgia, bring on the new challenges!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
New Year
Party in T-Minus 2 days, 22 hours. I'm excited.
On the crafty front, I finished the fuchsia beret I'd been crocheting. It's got the 'bumbuls' all over, and it's slouchy and cool. I'm pretty happy with it. It doesn't completely fold in like most berets, so it is just different enough looking to make me happy.
I also just ordered some VersaCraft stamp pads that can be used on wood and fabric as long as it is heat set. I already have my handy-dandy embossing tool that heat sets. I cannot wait to stamp some t-shirts! I also want Megan to show me how to felt a hat after I've made it, and then I want to stamp it. I have some pretty awesome stamps I've been itching to use. I ordered Black, and White for now. If I really like them, I'll order more colors.
I'm working on a new hat now. It is a medium worsted variegated 100% acrylic yarn by TLC Essentials. The color is 2980 Surf & Turf. I think it is going to just be a simple SC with the 3 circle embellishment.
On the crafty front, I finished the fuchsia beret I'd been crocheting. It's got the 'bumbuls' all over, and it's slouchy and cool. I'm pretty happy with it. It doesn't completely fold in like most berets, so it is just different enough looking to make me happy.
I also just ordered some VersaCraft stamp pads that can be used on wood and fabric as long as it is heat set. I already have my handy-dandy embossing tool that heat sets. I cannot wait to stamp some t-shirts! I also want Megan to show me how to felt a hat after I've made it, and then I want to stamp it. I have some pretty awesome stamps I've been itching to use. I ordered Black, and White for now. If I really like them, I'll order more colors.
I'm working on a new hat now. It is a medium worsted variegated 100% acrylic yarn by TLC Essentials. The color is 2980 Surf & Turf. I think it is going to just be a simple SC with the 3 circle embellishment.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Snow Moats
I have a gripe.
What is with the gigantic piles of snow that the plows leave by the side of the road after it snows? I am a short person with short legs. Also, I wear skirts which makes the whole process that much more complicated. Unless you are crossing the street by a light, you are stuck climbing over a huge pile of snow. I don't appreciate getting a crotch full of dirty snow.
That is all.
What is with the gigantic piles of snow that the plows leave by the side of the road after it snows? I am a short person with short legs. Also, I wear skirts which makes the whole process that much more complicated. Unless you are crossing the street by a light, you are stuck climbing over a huge pile of snow. I don't appreciate getting a crotch full of dirty snow.
That is all.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Productive
I've been pretty productive in the last few days. I finished two hats that I feel really good about. Sometimes I'll get a hat mostly finished and then lack the motivation to get it all done. You know, I'll have strings hanging, and whatever extra embellishment I make won't be sewn on. But lately I've been pretty much kicking ass and taking names. Now I just need to take pictures of them and we will be all good. It is too bad flower pins aren't in anymore because I rock at crocheting fantastical flowers with neat embellishments. I could pump out like 20 a day.
Things are good on the band front. Everyone meshes well. I'm pretty much platonicly in love with everyone. Our drummer Troy has a great sense of humor, and a great laugh. Karla is a bad ass little chick, she just doesn't know it. Which I love about her. She is so sweet and has a good heart. Kit (aka Panda) is a really good hostess. Whenever we practice at her house she is making us food and drinks and she is so nice about it. And she is our little energetic bunny. I'm not sure if Danny is a full member of the band, but he's been around lately, and he seems pretty awesome too. Adam is my favorite aside from Keith. He is just a good guy and I have a lot of fun when he is around. And we are both red heads so I have to love him. And then there is Keith, who I've been friends with for over ten years now. Obviously I think he is awesome, and he makes me feel special all the time.
We have a few shows coming up in January and I'm so excited!
It occurred to me today that I've been replacing my want to have a kid with time consuming things. I'm on this medication that you aren't supposed to get pregnant on. And anyhow, I know there is never a perfect time to have a baby, but financially we are sucking right now and having a baby would push us way past our limit. So instead of letting myself get depressed about that, I'm starting all these projects to fill my time. I've got this TGON thing with Megan, which I'll talk more about in a few weeks when she gets back form her trip. And I have the band. Two things that have the potential to be very time consuming.
Of course in true me fashion I'm not just filling my time with stuff. I've got such a horribly addictive personality, and I need to be doing something somewhat destructive all the time. Or if it isn't destructive, than it is to an excess. I'll do that with exercise for example. And other stuff I'm not going to go into right now. And lately I've totally been eating. God help me I'm going to pop out of my clothes eventually. Honestly, I would just start smoking again but it aggravates my asthma, and Keith is having me do backup vocals, and I already don't have a stellar voice.
Things are good on the band front. Everyone meshes well. I'm pretty much platonicly in love with everyone. Our drummer Troy has a great sense of humor, and a great laugh. Karla is a bad ass little chick, she just doesn't know it. Which I love about her. She is so sweet and has a good heart. Kit (aka Panda) is a really good hostess. Whenever we practice at her house she is making us food and drinks and she is so nice about it. And she is our little energetic bunny. I'm not sure if Danny is a full member of the band, but he's been around lately, and he seems pretty awesome too. Adam is my favorite aside from Keith. He is just a good guy and I have a lot of fun when he is around. And we are both red heads so I have to love him. And then there is Keith, who I've been friends with for over ten years now. Obviously I think he is awesome, and he makes me feel special all the time.
We have a few shows coming up in January and I'm so excited!
It occurred to me today that I've been replacing my want to have a kid with time consuming things. I'm on this medication that you aren't supposed to get pregnant on. And anyhow, I know there is never a perfect time to have a baby, but financially we are sucking right now and having a baby would push us way past our limit. So instead of letting myself get depressed about that, I'm starting all these projects to fill my time. I've got this TGON thing with Megan, which I'll talk more about in a few weeks when she gets back form her trip. And I have the band. Two things that have the potential to be very time consuming.
Of course in true me fashion I'm not just filling my time with stuff. I've got such a horribly addictive personality, and I need to be doing something somewhat destructive all the time. Or if it isn't destructive, than it is to an excess. I'll do that with exercise for example. And other stuff I'm not going to go into right now. And lately I've totally been eating. God help me I'm going to pop out of my clothes eventually. Honestly, I would just start smoking again but it aggravates my asthma, and Keith is having me do backup vocals, and I already don't have a stellar voice.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Why are you plaguing me??
Another thing I hate is when customers act like you should be licking their feet because they are spending $30 at your store.
If you feel the need to repeat how you are going to do me the favor of giving me a sale, I might feel the need to repeatedly cram a rusty pipe up your butt. I'm just saying. It is incredibly demeaning.
Oh and earlier a kid broke a pair of earrings and his mom was less than happy about paying for them. She also showed such amazing discipline by telling her son, "It is my fault you did that." In a sweet as nails voice. Way to go lady! You son is totally going to grow into a self serving righteous a-hole who thinks he can do no wrong.
If you feel the need to repeat how you are going to do me the favor of giving me a sale, I might feel the need to repeatedly cram a rusty pipe up your butt. I'm just saying. It is incredibly demeaning.
Oh and earlier a kid broke a pair of earrings and his mom was less than happy about paying for them. She also showed such amazing discipline by telling her son, "It is my fault you did that." In a sweet as nails voice. Way to go lady! You son is totally going to grow into a self serving righteous a-hole who thinks he can do no wrong.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Adventures in Selling
Yay for customers who repeat the same question over and over and over.
I just sold a pin to a lady. She is lucky she bought it or I might have shoved it up her ass. The pin was a really pretty art nouveau style with clear and dark gray Austrian crystals. It was priced at $9.50. Not bank breaker by any means. My customer liked the pin, but she doesn't like buying things unless they look real. If this pin was real, it would have cost at least $250000.00, and would have been made from white and smokey gray diamonds, and platinum. She wanted to know what stone the gray crystals would be if they were real. "What is that stone? What is that stone?" She just kept repeating that over and over until I was biting my cheeks to keep myself from saying something I shouldn't. So instead I kept trying to explain that they are Austrian crystals, which are made in a plethora of colors spanning the spectrum. They aren't supposed to be mimicking a nicer stone such as emeralds or rubies. "But what is that stone? What stone would it be if it was real? What is that stone?"
Why do people ask me questions if they are not going to listen to my answer? And then why keep repeating it?? Were they dropped on their heads as children? What is going on?
I just sold a pin to a lady. She is lucky she bought it or I might have shoved it up her ass. The pin was a really pretty art nouveau style with clear and dark gray Austrian crystals. It was priced at $9.50. Not bank breaker by any means. My customer liked the pin, but she doesn't like buying things unless they look real. If this pin was real, it would have cost at least $250000.00, and would have been made from white and smokey gray diamonds, and platinum. She wanted to know what stone the gray crystals would be if they were real. "What is that stone? What is that stone?" She just kept repeating that over and over until I was biting my cheeks to keep myself from saying something I shouldn't. So instead I kept trying to explain that they are Austrian crystals, which are made in a plethora of colors spanning the spectrum. They aren't supposed to be mimicking a nicer stone such as emeralds or rubies. "But what is that stone? What stone would it be if it was real? What is that stone?"
Why do people ask me questions if they are not going to listen to my answer? And then why keep repeating it?? Were they dropped on their heads as children? What is going on?
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Morning Breath
My cat won't get near me before I brush my teeth. He also hates the smell of mint, so then he runs away from me until I've eaten something. I love the little dooder though because he will curl up by my feet until it is safe to get near my face again.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Progressive Radio
I was listening to the new "progressive radio station" here in Chicago yesterday. They have Stephanie Miller, Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann, Richard Greene, and other notable liberal voices. I was listening to the Thom Hartmann show, and he got to the point where he was taking comments from callers. I didn't hear the beginning of the show, but apparently he made fun of Atheists for saying they "know" there is no god.
So he takes a call from a well spoken guy who wanted to clarify what most Atheists mean when they say "know." The man calmly and rationally explains that Atheists do not believe that god exists because it can't be proven. So when they say "I know god does not exist." They mean that they know that no un-shakable proof has been shown. The existence of god is still just a theory. It is an intangible theory, but there is no actual proof. The guy was nice and just trying to explain to the host where they are coming from. So the host, Mr. Hartmann starts attacking the guy, and basically telling him he is an idiot for not believing in god. He said things like, Well, if you lived before electricity, would you say you KNOW it doesn't exist? The caller said, "yeah. There was no proof at the time of the existence of electricity, so yeah. I'd have said I know there is no electricity." And Mr. Hartmann scoffed and said, 'well you'd have been wrong there too, wouldn't you?'
I was really put off by this exchange. I happen to believe in god, but I also happen to believe that making fun of people for thinking differently than you is wrong. What was Mr. Hartmann trying to achieve? I think it is awfully out of place for a "progressive" station, that is all proud of itself for backing beliefs that go against the tight-assed conservative Rights, to belittle another minority belief.
So he takes a call from a well spoken guy who wanted to clarify what most Atheists mean when they say "know." The man calmly and rationally explains that Atheists do not believe that god exists because it can't be proven. So when they say "I know god does not exist." They mean that they know that no un-shakable proof has been shown. The existence of god is still just a theory. It is an intangible theory, but there is no actual proof. The guy was nice and just trying to explain to the host where they are coming from. So the host, Mr. Hartmann starts attacking the guy, and basically telling him he is an idiot for not believing in god. He said things like, Well, if you lived before electricity, would you say you KNOW it doesn't exist? The caller said, "yeah. There was no proof at the time of the existence of electricity, so yeah. I'd have said I know there is no electricity." And Mr. Hartmann scoffed and said, 'well you'd have been wrong there too, wouldn't you?'
I was really put off by this exchange. I happen to believe in god, but I also happen to believe that making fun of people for thinking differently than you is wrong. What was Mr. Hartmann trying to achieve? I think it is awfully out of place for a "progressive" station, that is all proud of itself for backing beliefs that go against the tight-assed conservative Rights, to belittle another minority belief.
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