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"Nothing to worry about, you say?" - Mood:Happy

Friday March 23 20128:40:15 AM |

Chris went for his medical yesterday. It was apparently fraught with comedy- - I'm kind of jealous I didn't get to go along. First, they didn't want to take a hair sample from his scalp because it would have left a visible bare patch. "Is there anywhere else on your body you have a lot of hair, sir?" Lucky for him they checked his chest first. Second, they took two urine samples. "I don't know why they need so many," the tech commented as he turned in the second. "Eh, it doesn't really matter, I have nothing to worry about." he replied, shrugging. "Oh... sir, could you fill one more cup for me, please?" And she handed him an unlabeled, non-sterile drinking cup.

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The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! - Mood:Overwhelmed

Wednesday March 21 20127:47:23 AM |

I shall chronicle the good, today. To the lady with short, curly hair and an ever-present smile, thank you. To the cop who gets a medium in a large each day he goes to court, to the people with exact change, to the cappuccino drinkers and the little girl who shrieked with glee at the site of the case... thank you. To a husband that won't let me put the walls up, yet, and needs to be needed. To the girl who takes photographs of her smoothies- - guava, peach yogurt, bananas, blueberries. To the people who give maple-bacon a chance. To everyone. I'm sorry, and thank you, and I'm so so so sorry. And thank you.

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Ong, it`s the later ones I really developed hatred for. - Mood:Disgusted

Tuesday March 20 201211:09:00 AM |

I hate it when threads get locked right as I get involved. Flaky girl found another job closer to her home, and facebook messaged me to see if we could replace her. Sweetie, the mouth-breathing 60-year-old that just spent twelve minutes at my display case deciding between a blueberry or a walnut muffin, then remembered she was allergic to nuts, still shows better judgment than you just did. Consider yourself replaced, because I would rather work 18 hours a day than have you on my payroll for another moment. Hubby's background check is almost complete, for the train job. They're pretty keen to get him rolling, apparently. I'm kind of looking forward to some time to myself, even though I'll miss him. Always been pretty independent, anyways. Good morning! I'm conflicted, tense and anxious, but mostly in control. How are you?

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Are you sure I`m supposed to work today? - Mood:Disgusted

Sunday March 18 201212:14:49 PM |

No, you f*cking moron, I called your cellphone half an hour after your shift should begin to ask about the weather in Texas, please oh PLEASE tell me about the goddamned weather in Texas, I FIND IT FASCINATING. I was in a splendid mood today. Until that. Now I'm rage-y. I want to dump this lady's cup of HOT, EXTRA HOT, I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE'S NO HOT COFFEE AT DUNKIN' DONUTS ANYMORE, IT USED TO BE HOT, I LIKE IT HOT, BUT NOW IT'S NOT, I LIKE IT HOT, AND SOME PEOPLE I TALKED TO SAID THE SAME THING, YOU JUST CAN'T GET A HOT CUP OF COFFEE THERE ANYMORE, I DON'T KNOW WHY, I USED TO GET DUNKIN'S AND MY EX SAID GO TO MCDONALD'S BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD GET USED TO GOING THERE I ALWAYS TEND TO GO TO DUNKIN'S BUT NOW THEIR COFFEE ISN'T HOT ENOUGH, I DON'T KNOW WHY right over her f*cking dozy head.

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I have to be a mean boss today. - Mood:Anxious

Wednesday March 14 20128:49:54 AM |

I hate bossing. I'm pretty shockingly bad at it, to be frank. I have this completely wrong notion in my head that everybody should just KNOW what they're supposed to do, and do it, all the time. Without my telling them. That's not really how it works when you're the boss. And I know it's completely my fault. But urrrgh. Telling people to do sh*t absolutely sucks. Especially when you have to spell it out to the last degree- - "No, you have to actually dump out the last coffee filter of the day and wash the brew basket along with the coffee pots, not just leave it all there for the next morning." It would be much easier in so many ways to do EVERYTHING myself. But that's not even remotely physically possible anymore. So yeah. I have to be big mean boss today. I WILL FIRE YOU IF YOU F*CK UP.

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New shooooes - Mood:Hopeful

Thursday March 08 20121:42:42 PM |

For my CAR. All four tires, brand new, name brand, balanced, installed, taken care of... $375. Happy camper. Hoping coche will pass inspection this month, now. I do not suffer fools gladly. It's very difficult for me to swallow my urge to smack people with an, "OH SHUT UP" when they start whining about the situation they've orchestrated for themselves. But I'm learning. I'm a bit proud of that. EARLY FINISH TODAY!! Bouncing off the walls excited, because it's soooo gorgeous out there and I get to leave before dark! Making dinner for my husband, brother, possibly his roommate and my dad tonight. I'm 90% happier than I started out, this morning. Has your outlook improved or worsened over the course of the last 8 hours?

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The very first person I dealt with today... - Mood:Hopeful

Wednesday March 07 20122:20:11 PM |

Complimented my shiny floor! I broke my back washing it yesterday afternoon, and now it all feels worth it. Thank you for noticing, Mr. Large Black Peanut Butter with Cinnamon and an Irish Cream to go. Happy travels. My coffee company. Shipped. The wrong. COFFEE. Decaf instead of regular. Soooo the delivery dude called for rectification. You know what the owner told him? "Ohhh... well... the decaf tastes almost exactly like the regular, so if you have to sub a few bags for a little while, nobody will notice." YOU DO NOT F*CK WITH PEOPLE'S COFFEE. I think we're going to switch suppliers. That's just totally unacceptable. We're looking at buying one of these: And having our logo emblazoned on the side. Hurrah! Talk dirty to me.

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Have a safe day. - Mood:Cautious

Tuesday March 06 20121:12:30 PM |

You know it's going to be an interesting morning when you come in to a vague voicemail ending with "Have a safe day..." After a thorough check for bombs, he returned the call and found that it was actually the train people. He passed the interview, and they'll be sending him emails with more information. Next step is the medical, a bit more screening (drugs, etc), and then... six weeks training in Georgia. The winds of change. They blow. I just mopped six miles of kitchen and dining room. This is not something I enjoy. Nursing my sore muscles on the couch in the sunshine, now.

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I don`t want to be a honeybee. - Mood:Hopeful

Sunday March 04 20126:38:50 PM |

Have you tried bee pollen? It's supposed to have all sorts of awesome benefits. But so is drinking your own urine, in some circles. Which I also have never tried. More interested in the pollen, tbh. Boys' night out. Hubby is with my dad and my brother, having beer and playing pool and darts and stuff. Hopefully complaining about me and work and all that stuff everybody complains about when they're venting and relaxing. Which he NEVER does. It'll be good for him. I made the worst stir-fry ever, last night. He still went back for seconds. What a trooper. COLD DRINKS. I'm so ready for them. Enough with the hot chocolate... bring on the Raspberry Lime Rickies and frozen blueberry lemonades and iced apple chai! Winter has gone on a long time. October blizzard, do not want.

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I like my oatmeal like I like my coffee. - Mood:Depressed

Tuesday February 28 20128:19:34 AM |

Hot, sweet and extra caffeinated. Screw you healthy people and your surrendering of caffeine. My brother and his roommate came over last night and we had a pizza party/South Park marathon for my belated birthday. Good night, but paying for it today. Hubby has an interview on Friday with CSX. Mixed feelings. Conflict. Change. Fear, anticipation, pride, tension, heavy responsibility, insufficiency, adventure, direction? ~Ode to Cheese with Broccoli~ My innards writhe with fright and fury Kept silent in these slabs of flesh Doubled over, prayers to ankles screaming I curse PIZZA with my final breath.

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I tried pho! - Mood:Depressed

Sunday February 26 20128:36:58 AM |

I probably committed some sort of terrible sacrilege in the actual consuming, because I have no idea how one is supposed to go about eating it... but it was very very delicious. Some wench backed into my well. Um, sweetie, that's not "decor" like you put in your completely noncommittal note (that I didn't notice until I looked at the photo and went, "What's the big orange block?"), that's actually the covering for the WELL, and if you break it, we have no water. Good job, bitch. Note reads: "I backed into your decor, I have to work til 7am and I will be by with my info to pay for damage, sorry! *unintelligible scribble*" Helpful. Thanks, Sparky. (cont.)

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It`s popcorn. It`s dill pickle flavored. And it`s all you`ll ever need. - Mood:Hopeful

Friday February 24 20129:38:10 AM |

My baby monkey making skills are lacking. Actually, my monkey making in general is pretty shocking, I don't know why I have such a block about primates. Next time someone asks for a monkey theme, I'm just going to slap some palm trees on there and call it fair. I made... something with tortillas, refried beans, chicken, tomatoes, cheese and salsa last night. I don't know what they're supposed to be called. Wrap, spread, pile, fold, grill, devour. Also... refried beans have got to be about the most incredible canned thing going. I had no idea. My life is just a little bit more complete, now. Oh god, I had a point. Hm. Oh well. Here is a picture from near the shop in Warren. This is New England February? I don't think so.

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And the heart is hard to translate, it has a language of its own. - Mood:Hopeful

Friday February 17 20129:02:47 AM |

This has been a surprisingly busy week. Valentine's Day we were mobbed, of course, but I really expected sales to die off for the rest of the week to compensate. Not the case! Can barely keep the shelves full, and I've got lots of custom orders keeping me busy as well. This was a last minute firefighter order that I was pretty tickled with: And an excerpt from another Fairy box- - same lady who got the dragonflies/gnomes/etc one about a year ago. 9th anniversary of the store, she's doing another book signing followed by a "Fairy Tea with Fairy Cakes", and customers have been calling demanding whether they're the "same fairy cakes from last year???" Aww

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I just realized... it`s my anniversary! - Mood:Hopeful

Wednesday February 15 20128:25:43 AM |

Three years ago, YT. Remember that? Gosh. Kind of blows my mind. I was thinking, "hoo boy, if I knew then what I know now..." and I stopped, really thought about it for a second, and you know what? I'd work twice as hard and dream twice as big. Never ever expected anything like this to come of it. So yeah. Happy anniversary to me. And thanks for sharing it with me, YT!

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I wasted my whole day off. - Mood:Sad

Monday February 13 20122:18:09 PM |

I slept until 11, and I left my caffeine at work, and there wasn't enough hot water for a decent shower, and waaaaah. Tentative plans to get a little bit drunk tonight. First attempt at swallowing alcohol since New York. Not sure I'll go through with it. Headache. So much domestic stuff to do. The house looks like a sorority minus the nekkid hotties and their paraphernalia. ANGRY that I haven't accomplished anything today. Inspire me?

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Well, that didn`t go quite as I`d hoped. - Mood:Depressed

Sunday February 12 20128:41:08 AM |

Yesterday sucked. I was all chipper and randy and playful... husband, however, thought the world was coming to an end. Either his staff are all just retarded or he didn't plan properly- - possibly both- - but in any case he called ME twice screaming about how he needs them to work better. I got one girl to come in on her day off, contacted the other but didn't hear from her, and told him I would get whatever he needed from me done and transfer it. He still yelled and fussed and treated me generally like crap, which I don't take lying down, I can tell you.

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Yappy terrier brain today. - Mood:Horny

Saturday February 11 20129:59:47 AM |

I'm gallons of distracted and keyed-up today. My head feels like a cat watching a laser pointer. Hope hubby got a good night's sleep. I'm going to freaking attack him when I get home. Rrrrrawr. Beets for breeeakfast. SO MUCH WORK TO DO SO DISTRACTED AND RAPACIOUS Someone save me.

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"It must be sooo nice to come in and bake when it`s cold!" - Mood:Spent

Friday February 10 20129:29:21 AM |

was my response to that. I tried to come up with a decent retort, but my brother came to the rescue: "Oh, it must be sooo nice to have diarrhea when you're on the rag!" Yep. Pretty much the same thing, bitch. Who SAYS things like that? Ugh. Yeah, I f*cking adore dragging my ass out at 4am in the freezing cold for a 40 minute drive to make you breakfast from scratch that you sigh over and ask if there isn't anything else. IT'S SOOO NICE SEVEN DAYS A FREAKING WEEK. Aaargh. At least I have an orange. Birthdays! The mother of this customer called yesterday and canceled the order. *stabstab*

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Come meet another one of my employees! - Mood:Hopeful

Thursday February 09 20127:28:50 AM |

This is Paul. He's our "Production Manager" and he's f*cking awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j-PaB1ux... Aaahahaha that just made my morning. He's just so cool and suave and then FASTASLIGHTNINGMOFOYEAAAAH. Connecting the lounging mellow composed interviewee with the crazed baller in the action shot is just so fabulous. The videographer is coming to my shop today to film me decorating, next. I feel like I'm getting a cold. Sneezy/sore throat/general malaise. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS. So I shall ignore it. Haaaappy Thursday!

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KRAKEN. This is your fault. - Mood:Hopeful

Wednesday February 08 20129:19:26 AM |

I made eggs in a basket on my panini press. No pics. But next time I make it, totally pics. I was too hungry to wait for pics. Soooo it's Wednesday. Which obviously means everybody in the world decides to put in their custom orders for the weekend. This tendency is becoming exhausting. BUT. At least my help is in for the rest of the week. I have a youtube link to the first draft of a promotional video we're doing. If you're interested, I'll PM it to you. I put spinach in my smoothie this morning. It tastes... like dirt. Tasty dirty, but dirt nonetheless. Spinach always does. Oh well. Good morning!

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This will be another progressive photographic journey into diet-destructive temptation. - Mood:Hopeful

Tuesday February 07 20129:25:09 AM |

Not Progressive... just progressive. As in gradual. OVEN LOVE The muffins came out so lovely today. I tried out a new flavor that I'm calling Cappuccino Chip. It's a basic vanilla muffin with decaf ground espresso and white chocolate chips. Powdered sugar on top. It's not as sweet as the others, but very very tasty. I'm thinking maybe caramel next time. *yawn* Slow today! Gratuitous photo of Whoopie Pies while I edit the others for posting. (I didn't even put them out or advertise in the shop yesterday at all... and sold out. PEOPLE. WANT. WHOOPIES.)

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At 5 o`clock this morning I was pretty sure - Mood:Hopeful

Monday February 06 20128:13:07 AM |

...that there was no way I was going to survive this day. Three hours later, I'm starting to have a bit more optimism. Things are under control. I have the most kickass vegetable beef soup slowcooked and ready to serve whenever the biddies arrive, I have cucumbers washed, mozzarella and cheddar cheese prepped, mayo bought and bread thawed to make cucumber tea sandwiches to go with the soup. I think my help is planning to come in for 10am. That would be fantastic. That would make everything much easier. I have pretty empty shelves right now, but everything dire is under control and that makes me happy. I have a smoothie and caffeine and I don't have to put footballs on anything for a while. Life isn't so bad after all.

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Having a whinge. Nothing to see here. - Mood:Depressed

Sunday February 05 201211:25:33 AM |

Tonight I'm going to my father's- - ostensibly to Watch The Game. But what I'll actually be doing is sitting on the floor surrounded by people who smoke like chimneys, eating limp raw vegetables to avoid the fatty snacks, listening to the television blare and waiting until it's appropriate to finally go home. I have soup and sandwiches for a dozen old ladies to prepare for Monday, and I have no F*CKING clue what I'm going to do about it. And although I'm stressing about it, I allllmost dgaf. I have slept almost not at all, this week, and I hate it. I'm frustrated, tense, sore and grumpy. It feels like xmas all over again, and I feel kind of emotionally deserted at the moment. POOR ME! Looking forward to the Monday after next. Another day off. These 13-day weeks are really exhausting.

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I had a very Truman Show sort of morning. - Mood:Suspicious

Friday February 03 20127:21:22 AM |

We walked home from the shop last night- - a quick ten minute trek uphill in the fresh air, really pleasant- - and then walked back down this morning. The streets were completely deserted when we left the house, and we trooped along with our footsteps echoing... Then all of a sudden, like eight cars were going by all at once. Out of NOWHERE. "They left early guys, Code 14, CODE 14!" I was waiting for the dented Beetle. I confess. And I haven't even watched that movie in yeeeeeears. Oh well. Big gala dessert fundraiser tonight. Finally got all my orders done- - 5x49-piece custom, 3x24-piece custom, 1x130-piece custom, about 20x16-piece custom and 2x9-piece custom. Alllllll yesterday. F*cking insanity. Today, the objective is to bang out roughly 500 pieces for the event. I get to wear my new black dress. Good morning!

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Sooooo it`s looking like we`re not going to fire her, after all. - Mood:Depressed

Thursday February 02 20127:09:42 AM |

At first it was like okay, you're gone, f*ck off. I don't like you that much anyways. Then he realized, he'd actually locked her into the shop (she couldn't leave without the door locking behind her) with no food or beverages of her own, no break, AND given her a beer on an empty stomach. While stealing two bags of chips is not acceptable, without them things would probably have been worse. He spoke with her about how it's personally offending and disrespectful to him/us, and how it will NOT be tolerated in the future. Disciplinary sheet, that's about it. One more strike. *shrug* I have soooo much work to do. Super Bowl orders are off the freaking hook, because they're both north eastern teams. Insanity. Plus I have three large baby shower orders, four large custom orders, three birthdays, one wedding shower and Tastefully Ted to do somehow. This is me. This is whelmed.

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