Current Mood : Well-rested
Slept in once Dearest was on the bus, for hours. And we'd all gone to bed early last night ! Guess I needed the sleep...
Not much of a day today - tried a craft project, didn't work. Kinda upset due to a phone call today. Some telemarketers offered to send us free information about their services, but I didn't really care, I just wanted them off my phone - but then the operator slipped and murmured about a bill. Ahh, what bill ? The $49.99 they were gonna bill to our phone line for the ‘free trial' of their computer troubleshooting business. Y'see, as an online business...
Um, no. We're not an ‘online business' - we just have a website. And we certainly don't need your services for that ! The op said I'd already agreed to it. No, I hadn't, I'd agreed to receive information by mail, and while I could authorize billing to the phone line, I certainly had not done so. Ended up talking to a supervisor for ten minutes. They listened to the call, said I hadn't agreed, and nothing would be billed. I requested to be removed permanently from their calling lists, because I certainly did not appreciate being pushed to accept a service I had no use for and hadn't agreed to, then being called a liar.
Sheesh. And I thought the yellow pages ‘this is not a bill' scam was bad. Did I ever tell ya'll about that one ? We had an ad with one phone book - there's about five here, and we're not even that big a community - and another kept sending us these ‘not a bill' notices that, amazingly enough, looked just like an invoice for a phone book listing. Just with a red ‘not a bill' at the top, in a font smaller than the rest of it. If we weren't paying attention and accidentally paid this non-bill, we just obligated ourselves to paying for a listing in the other phone book, and for an additional 11 months of billing. We've since dropped our listing from the phone book, we got all of two calls off it, and both were from folks wanting us to paint their entire houses, inside and out, for around $300., including materials. The blasted listing cost almost three times that !
Aarrrgh. When that was over with, I pounded nails into the floor of the Lab. Not just for fun, but to anchor that Snow White rug down. The cats just love trying to kill each other on it, and I'm tired of constantly straightening it out and putting it back. So I nailed it down. It'll still flip up for cleaning and cat-wrestling, and the nails can be removed, but for now, they're pounded down well so I won't hurt me or the cats with ‘em. And hopefully, now a simple toe-nudge will straighten it out even after the most rigorous cat fratricide efforts.
Decided on the big Christmas project. Everyone who got a shoe pincushion last year will be getting an unbleached muslin star ornament this year. I'll sew two stars together, stuff ‘em, then fray the edges for that ‘shabby chic' look. That way, I won't have to turn ‘em right side out and sew up the opening by hand. It took forever on those candy corn stuffies ! A simple red or green ribbon will work as a hanger, and if there's time, I may attach a jingle bell - with a jump ring, so it can be removed. I already have the muslin, left over from the kitchen curtains, and ribbon. Small enough to be cute, hand-made, and not a huge effort. Anyone can find space on a tree for a muslin star, or give it away easily. I just hope I can motivate myself into working on them before the day before school lets out for the holidays ! I already have some muslin out from making one of those ‘sack bag' things, maybe I'll try a prototype tomorrow...
Awww ! Beloved Hubby brought us home McRibs for dinner, and a Big Kids meal for Dearest. For some unknown reason, he got four toys in the box, and he gave me the ‘London' Barbie ! How sweet ! I feel like I got a super-Happy meal !
Had some doll time after dinner, so I took some photos and updated the neglected Blog. Found out that Breyer doll clothes fit the Musical DPrincess dolls very well ! Snow White looks very cute in jeans. Now I just have to make some shirts.
(Except I don't look like Barbie, being dark haired, dark eyed and more traditionally shaped than Babs!)
