Now Playing: washing machine jeans load
Current Mood : Slightly cheezed off.
Current Displayed Pattern - complete, right down to the slightly creepy 'disembodied head in an omnivorous plant' embroidery transfers. I'm hoping the sweatsuit fits Timey and Dottie ! Another not-yet-scaned 9c special from last Friday.
I've gotta quit answering my phone during the day. Seems no one volunteered to help the Safe Kids ID vendor visiting Dearest Son's school. And they needed someone. (sigh) I stupidly said I'd do it, so there went my morning. I shouldn't whine, because I said I would, but...most of my ‘job' was walking the hallways, gathering and escorting students whose parents ponied up the cash for these optional ( read : useless in my opinion) ID cards. Um, why didn't they use the intercom to call the kids as the vendor was ready for ‘em ? That's how they did it back in my day ! (hunts for rocking chair, settles in for a good rant)
From there, I measured height and weight of the kids. Again, why am I doing this ? Isn't that the vendor's job ? We were done for the day by noon, but still, it was three plus hours of no-break actual work. I don't mind painting the playground equipment, or helping the librarians with Book Fair, or counting out weekly folder inserts, or helping with the class holiday parties. That's fun, and directly helps the staff, teachers, and students. But this is the second time I've done grunt work for someone making money off the school, someone who has no ties to it or even lives around here, and it's kind of getting on my bad side.
My time is limited, same as anybody else's. So I'd rather spend my volunteer hours doing what benefits the kids and the school - not help line someone's wallet for free. If the vendor needs someone to do the heavy lifting equivalent, let ‘em hire somebody. It's not like I had an awful time or anything, but I got tired fast of doing all the scut work while the vendor sat in her chair to take photos, and didn't have to do much else. If it's sooo difficult to find volunteers, then why squander what you get on crap ‘opportunities' like this one ? School asks for all parents to do three volunteer activities. I've already done eight, and we've just now passed the first quarter of the year. I'm kind of tapped out, ya'll.
Anyway. I got even less done today than I'd hoped. Didn't get near the Lab, but I did get the Ken pattern scanned. I'm really looking forward to using it. Reason I did that instead of sewing is because I wanna put the ironing board away. It takes up half the Lab when I have to use it, and that pattern was so wrinkled, I had to, or the scanning would have been waaay off. I also use the iron to flatten it a bit before it gets stored. Plus I was in a rather cheesed-off mood anyway, might as well do something with the energy of it. So I at least got that done. I had time to read the directions for View 2, and the hardest part of it will be finding the right size lace for the collar and jabot. Hopefully, I'll have time to cut it out tomorrow, maybe even sew. But the housework I should have done got delayed, so I'll be lucky to cut.
Heck, I should be grateful for that and knock off the whining. My car Molly goes in the shop tomorrow, I got *more* fabric to wash, and I still haven't put away the stuff I got on sale Sunday. Man, I'm bein' a whiner baby today ! Sorry about that !
Ps to Michelle - next time I find a Leia doll, I'm gonna snatch her up and mail her to you ! She's lovely, and her not-Barbie figure is a challenge, but a fun one. Here's one of my fave Leia doll sites, I just wish it'd get updated soon...but since the last update mentions ‘November 2005", I guess we shouldn't hold our breath !
https://www.angelfire.com/theforce/leiaasylum/
And Ps to Manda - thanks ! Frankly, finding, editing, and finishing the coloring book pages was fun, but it took longer to do that than write the day's entry ! Sorry today's is kind of blah, but I promise something cool and vintage tomorrow !
