Mood:
happyNow Playing: City trash truck not pickin' up our trash again this week. (sigh)
What a busy day ! Woke up late, but got Dearest Son ready for his last day of Summer School on time. Even got to spend a few minutes with Beloved Hubby this morning. I made him a bag lunch - a bottle of water, a ham on rye sandwich, and for fun, I tucked in a packet of Son's LEGO fruit snacks. But the morning was only a moment of quiet happiness. From then on, though, it was go, Go, GO !
Finally got the printers at the library to work with me - and ‘FlashGordon', our mini USB drive. Sadly, they have printers crappier than ours. No kidding. Two printouts were so blurred, I printed them at home just to see if my photo-editing was worse than I thought. It probably is, but the file was good. For some reason, their laser printer does worse on pattern envelopes than our Brother inkjet. The mostly-white outline stuff printed fine, but anything that used more ink was riddled with lines and was fuzzy. So, it looks like I drain an ink cartridge rather than run to the library. Luckily, I only printed a few images, from the variety I brought to test with. Library fails.
Son earned enough tickets for the Transformers Bumblebee he wanted. Unfortunately TRU didn't have it anymore. So we hit Mal-Wart. Nope. He picked out a remote-control ‘Chub City' VW Beetle, but he hasn't played with it much. Still, he handled the disappointment better than I would have at his age. I once cried - in the store ! - because a book I saved up weeks for was out of stock by the time I had the cash. I was thirteen at the time ! I wasn't bawling, just teary-eyed with disappointment, yet my parents were ‘so humiliated', they walked out and left me there. Ah, memories. I eventually got the book, but the spine was so cheap, the book fell apart a month afterwards.
Our shopping trip was fun, but took a lot of time. I wanted him to be able to look at *everything*, and he did. We also needed a few groceries. I also learned that the notebooks that are 40c at the ‘low-town' store are 20c at the M-W uptown. Hmpft. I did find a small remnant I liked, variegated dark blue fabric with glittery silver stars and dots...an inch over a quarter-yard. At the low, low price of 10c, you know I bought it ! All the nice fabrics I saw there are gone - bought up since the last time we went. That store is losing its fabric section after Christmas, so nice prints don't linger long. I suspect there's serious fabric hoarding in some area homes... my stash hit ‘SABLE' several years ago. (SABLE = Stash Already Beyond Life Expectancy)
If you want a Fiona or other Shrek Princess doll, now's a good time to snag one. Our M-W has ‘em on markdown to $15. The Snow White one is especially lovely, but that may be my brunette bias talking ! Got a second look at the ReAnne (Magical DoReMi) doll while at TRU, and I'll probably go back for her this weekend. Our store still had the three they had last weekend, and as long as I don't get the one with the smeared mouth paint, I'll be happy. It's funny that the 4 inch one is $5., but the 11-inch is $7. Maybe it's because the smaller one comes with a DVD ? They're about done with their shelf re-do, too. Lots more dolls = lots more happy !
The book I imaged today for the pattern catalog was a real bear ! It took sooooo long. The one tomorrow is similar, so I got my work cut out for me. I also have to re-scan some of the ones from Doll World later this weekend, because I wasn't worried about the pictures when I scanned the pattern and directions. Now I need the pictures. (sigh) Why is a ‘quick fix' never quick, or a real fix ? It's just a quick way to end up in a real fix !
So that was my day. Waiting for Beloved to call, so I know he's on his way home. That way, dinner will be close to table-ready when he arrives. Too bad I haven't cleaned in three days. I'm sure he'll be glad when this pattern catalog imaging project is over, too !
