The green cable pullover is about done, I have only 4" left on the sleeves and it is a finished project. Well, not quite finished, I will still need to do the neckband and sew it together. The color in the picture is a bit lighter than the true color. As you can see, the front, back, and sleeves are all there! In my opinion, it is almost done enough to start the Lisa Lloyd Basketweave Cardigan!
Yesterday, at our weekly Monday meeting of the dept heads, I got a nice surprise. I do not get an annual cash bonus like all other dept heads. Why, I don't know!? But all the wonderful people I work with decided I should and they all pitched in and handed me an envelope containing $200.00 in cash and a $50.00 gift card to Olive Garden. They thanked me for all the work I do for them. I almost cried. They are a great bunch, and I'm lucky to work with generous people like them. Most Pricing Coordinators (my job description) at other stores probably didn't get an envelope like I did. I'm sure the store director is the one who thought it up. He's a good guy. The cash went right into the MacBook laptop savings jug. Yes, I could buy yarn, but I really want a new computer! I am trying to hold off the purchase until this fall when Apple releases their new operating system. I probably can't wait that long and will just have to upgrade to Leopard in October. At the rate I'm saving my money...a MacBook will be mine soon! Apple Rocks!
Tonight is American Idol. Yes, I am a fan of this sometimes annoying t.v. reality show. I am having a hard time picking a favorite this year. I guess I prefer Jordan or Melinda. When you look at the track record of past winners...there's really only 2 who have "made it" in the business, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. All the others, especially Fantasia, are almost unheard of. Where's Rueben? Taylor? I sure don't hear their hits on the radio. Taylor Hicks is performing at a casino in the Twin Cities...not a venue that is sought after. He sure has bombed...too bad because I liked him the best out of last years contestants. What happens to these guys after they win? Why aren't they heavily promoted? I don't get it. They win, they bomb, you never hear from them again... Sometimes I believe that winning is the worst thing that can happen. They're better off NOT being the winner, that way they decide their own recording future.
My 21 year old son is moving out today...I am both sad and excited. He is ready to be on his own, so he and his girlfriend rented a cute 2 bdrm townhouse. He is downstairs packing (nothing like waiting til the last minute!) and loading his pickup. He is my "alien child", I call him that lovingly because sometimes I don't know where this kid came from! Was I abducted and impregnated by some other life form? He is so different than all my other kids. I have 4, a daughter, and 3 sons. Tyler is the one who hears a different drummer, he's the one who is liked by all he meets, he makes me laugh and frustrates me to tears, he'll spend $2000.00 on a tattoo but not make his truck payment. He's my 6'5" baby boy and I will miss him. Thankfully, they are only 5 miles away so I'm sure I'll still see him often, especially at dinnertime!
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