Monday at around noon-ish, I noticed a FB post that my daughter and her guy were on the way to the hospital to have their baby. I was excited, yet calm, slightly concerned (because childbirth is never guaranteed problem-free), yet also confident that my daughter would do well.
No word, no word, no word... but still, the daughter took 8 1/2 hours to show up, so I was just being impatient, one of my less endearing traits, I fear.
I had some errands to run, so I got home about 7 pm. About 7:30 I discovered that I had no water. I knew I paid the water bill - paid it well before it was due, in fact. I verified this on the internet with my bank-online thingy. Nothing to do now but wait until morning so I could call the water dept. Sent an e-mail to boss that I'd be late.
About 10 pm-ish, I got the call from J, telling me my granddaughter had arrived. Daughter and Granddaughter both doing well. I was so happy, and slightly overwhelmed and "babbly" - no doubt scaring the baby's daddy with what I jerk I was. (And still angry about the water thingy.)
First thing in the AM I called the office (in case he didn't get message), then called the water dept. They sent out a guy faster than asap - I hardly had time to get out of jammies and into real clothes! A leak in the meter room. Not my fault, not the village fault - gotta call association.
By now I'm furious. (I also have a photo of Amelia, which calmed me down) Got the assn on the line and went thru the hoops they make you jump thru to get something done, which aggravates me a lot - but finally got water back about 2pm Tuesday.
Apparently COMCAST XFINITY installers were installing cable to someone else's condo unit and drilled thru the concrete wall and straight into the main water pipe going to my house.
Not bothering to leave a note. Not saying a damn thing. Just shut off my water and ran away.
I hope their nuts rot and fall off.
OTOH, I'm a grandma, I have the most utterly gorgeous granddaughter on the planet, and now that I have water again, I'm happy!
Whatta Week!
Thursday, August 09, 2012
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Friday, August 03, 2012
Waiting.... Waiting....
Amelia was "due" on Wednesday. Haven't heard from the daughter since Wed....
I wonder if I'm a gramma yet.
I wonder if I'm a gramma yet.
Monday, July 30, 2012
There's a box on its way to Scotland...
And it should be there in about a week.
It has a cozy, cozy quilt in it. But Kal wants to be surprised, so I can't post my photos of "in progress" until he gets it.
But it is DONE! It is GONE! And now I am struggling with the one for Nemo who is now officially going to be named "Amelia", which I think is very pretty.
One more done. I like finishing these!
It has a cozy, cozy quilt in it. But Kal wants to be surprised, so I can't post my photos of "in progress" until he gets it.
But it is DONE! It is GONE! And now I am struggling with the one for Nemo who is now officially going to be named "Amelia", which I think is very pretty.
One more done. I like finishing these!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
AAAHHhhhhhh - iced tea and less heat!
The weather has finally broken, cooler air coming for the next bit - and as a result I've managed to wrastle the baby quilt onto the frame and actually took a few stitches this morning before heading off late to work.
What does this mean for Kal's quilt? Well, it means that I tried doing the fancy stitching thing I was gonna do to "finish" it - and it sucked tepid pond slime, so I have taken it OFF the frame, and am picking out the bit of "fancy crap" that I did and will bind it and mail it shortly! If I ever get an address to mail it TO.
I guess I'm going to just have to admit to myself that fancy-schmancy is not my forte and stick with straight lines and geometric. I tried fancy-schmancy once before - on the "monstrosity" quilt, and I have no idea when it may or may not be finished, as I will have to fancy a bit more to get it done and it irritates me.
According to Huffington Post, testicle-eating fish have been found in a southern Illinois lake. While I am concerned with regard to the introduction of non-native species to the ecosystem - I laughed.
What does this mean for Kal's quilt? Well, it means that I tried doing the fancy stitching thing I was gonna do to "finish" it - and it sucked tepid pond slime, so I have taken it OFF the frame, and am picking out the bit of "fancy crap" that I did and will bind it and mail it shortly! If I ever get an address to mail it TO.
I guess I'm going to just have to admit to myself that fancy-schmancy is not my forte and stick with straight lines and geometric. I tried fancy-schmancy once before - on the "monstrosity" quilt, and I have no idea when it may or may not be finished, as I will have to fancy a bit more to get it done and it irritates me.
According to Huffington Post, testicle-eating fish have been found in a southern Illinois lake. While I am concerned with regard to the introduction of non-native species to the ecosystem - I laughed.
Monday, July 02, 2012
Urp.... no!
It's been hotter than hot here lately, with high humidity. I agree with the DJ on the radio the other day - if I can find the idiot who invented the "heat index", I will thrash him to within an inch of his life!
So I'm on my way to work this AM - well, not to work per se, I had to drop the Little Blue Neon off at the car doctor, because his orangey engine idiot light came on and stayed on, and he was making kind of a funny squealy noise once in a while, so maybe I'll be lucky and it's just a loose belt, but even so, I have an emissions test thingy I have to do before I can get my license plates sticker this year so I want to make sure he will pass.
Can I run on a sentance or WHAT?
So anyhow, I"m on my way to work, and my tummy feels ucky. Then it felt more ucky. Uckier. Whatever. Then I was holding on to my tummy, driving with my right hand and having to shift too which is hard to do one-handed.
Then I felt like.... "oh shit... here it comes"... So I pulled off the road and into a parkinglot because barfing in a parkinglot seemed more civilized than puking in the road. This is not "drama", this is just how my mind works, deal with it.
Anyhow, I took off the seatbelt, leaned out the door... and felt better. Sat up - felt like puking again. so I just hung out the door for a while until all of the "sicky" feeling left, and then I was ok and drove to the car doctor and left the LBN there because those people are way the fuck cool people who know me (and the LBN) and will take care of my car even if I show up without an appointment!
So I'm on my way to work this AM - well, not to work per se, I had to drop the Little Blue Neon off at the car doctor, because his orangey engine idiot light came on and stayed on, and he was making kind of a funny squealy noise once in a while, so maybe I'll be lucky and it's just a loose belt, but even so, I have an emissions test thingy I have to do before I can get my license plates sticker this year so I want to make sure he will pass.
Can I run on a sentance or WHAT?
So anyhow, I"m on my way to work, and my tummy feels ucky. Then it felt more ucky. Uckier. Whatever. Then I was holding on to my tummy, driving with my right hand and having to shift too which is hard to do one-handed.
Then I felt like.... "oh shit... here it comes"... So I pulled off the road and into a parkinglot because barfing in a parkinglot seemed more civilized than puking in the road. This is not "drama", this is just how my mind works, deal with it.
Anyhow, I took off the seatbelt, leaned out the door... and felt better. Sat up - felt like puking again. so I just hung out the door for a while until all of the "sicky" feeling left, and then I was ok and drove to the car doctor and left the LBN there because those people are way the fuck cool people who know me (and the LBN) and will take care of my car even if I show up without an appointment!
Friday, June 22, 2012
Mike Callton from Michigan (R-Nashville) Thinks Women are repulsive
Yes, the RepubliCONS in Michigan have decided that the very birth canal that GOD ALMIGHTY gave to women in order for them to produce LIFE ITSELF in the form of PRECIOUS BABIES - is so repulsive, it cannot be mentioned in mixed company - much less upon the floor of the Michigan legislature.
As they debate the issue of whether women should be forced to undergo an UNNECESSARY and potentially dangerous medical procedure in order to procure a TOTALLY LEGAL and possibly medically necessary abortion.
This would be a trans-hoohah... um... trans-c*nt.... um.... trans-pussy.... um.... trans-front-butt... umm.... trans-bearded-clam.... um..... oh to hell with it... TRANSVAGINAL ultrasound. You know, where they stick an ultrasound wand up inside the VAGINA????
Xtians are disgusting.
RepubliCONS are the most disgusting Xtians
Michigan RepubliCONS are so repulsive, they shouldn't be mentioned in mixed company.
Mike Callton should have been aborted.
As they debate the issue of whether women should be forced to undergo an UNNECESSARY and potentially dangerous medical procedure in order to procure a TOTALLY LEGAL and possibly medically necessary abortion.
This would be a trans-hoohah... um... trans-c*nt.... um.... trans-pussy.... um.... trans-front-butt... umm.... trans-bearded-clam.... um..... oh to hell with it... TRANSVAGINAL ultrasound. You know, where they stick an ultrasound wand up inside the VAGINA????
Xtians are disgusting.
RepubliCONS are the most disgusting Xtians
Michigan RepubliCONS are so repulsive, they shouldn't be mentioned in mixed company.
Mike Callton should have been aborted.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Ok, how did I do?
Ok, this is the quilt photo that provided the inspiration for Nemo's First Quilt From Gramma:
This is the pieced (not yet quilted or bound) quilt top that I made. I was never supposed to be an "exact duplicate" - but I think I caught the "feeling" of the original, while still making it for a child who's fetal nickname is "NEMO".
Whatcha think?
This is the pieced (not yet quilted or bound) quilt top that I made. I was never supposed to be an "exact duplicate" - but I think I caught the "feeling" of the original, while still making it for a child who's fetal nickname is "NEMO".
Whatcha think?
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Minor Annoyances
Or, First World Troubles
1) Speedway commercials. They are NOT "convenient stores" - they are GAS STATIONS. GAS STATIONS. PETROL STATIONS. GAS STATIONS. Stop calling them "Stores". They are GAS STATIONS. With a few chips and sodas.
2) Comcast. Ok, yes, I realize that the high winds knocked down power lines, the only entrance/egress from my subdivision was closed. Yes, there was a power failure in my condo. Yes, my microwave was flashing "RESET" when I finally got home at 7 bloody 45 last nite. So how come it takes you like EIGHT FREAKING HOURS to reset your DNS server so that we poor internet junkies can get our before-bedtime-fix?
3) Honking Asshats. Honk. Honk... and they're not Canadian Geese - they are asshats behind the wheel - generally behind the wheel of SUV's (Soccer-Mom-Mobiles). This morning the Asshat Of The Day was driving a grey Chevy SUV - and wearing a wife-beater t-shirt, smoking and honking and being a dick. Where the holy fuck are the cops when we need them?
OTOH - the baby's quilt top is almost finished. I have only 1 row of border to put on the outside and then it will be ready for the frame. Need to get Kal's done now ASAP!
1) Speedway commercials. They are NOT "convenient stores" - they are GAS STATIONS. GAS STATIONS. PETROL STATIONS. GAS STATIONS. Stop calling them "Stores". They are GAS STATIONS. With a few chips and sodas.
2) Comcast. Ok, yes, I realize that the high winds knocked down power lines, the only entrance/egress from my subdivision was closed. Yes, there was a power failure in my condo. Yes, my microwave was flashing "RESET" when I finally got home at 7 bloody 45 last nite. So how come it takes you like EIGHT FREAKING HOURS to reset your DNS server so that we poor internet junkies can get our before-bedtime-fix?
3) Honking Asshats. Honk. Honk... and they're not Canadian Geese - they are asshats behind the wheel - generally behind the wheel of SUV's (Soccer-Mom-Mobiles). This morning the Asshat Of The Day was driving a grey Chevy SUV - and wearing a wife-beater t-shirt, smoking and honking and being a dick. Where the holy fuck are the cops when we need them?
OTOH - the baby's quilt top is almost finished. I have only 1 row of border to put on the outside and then it will be ready for the frame. Need to get Kal's done now ASAP!
Thursday, June 07, 2012
10 items or Less
Item 1 - Goose Update
Went to Costco to get drugs last nite. The gooses were gone. The eggs were gone too. This concerned me somewhat because there are companies out there that do goose removal and egg destructions because we have a Canadian Goose Overpopulation problem. I asked the "check your ID" lady at the front entrance what happened with the goose. She said that the goose sat on the eggs for the LONGEST time, but they hatched, and she paraded them down to the little retention pond over to the east of the parking lot, so that turned out ok. I guess the Costco people were kind of protective of their pet wild geese. This made me smile.
Item 2 - Drugs
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I am so angry at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois. I need to take this drug, and it only comes in 1500 unit packages. My dr. wants me to take 1800 units/month. Pharmacy will not dispense a second package, because BCBS will not allow dispensing of more than a 34 day supply. I am furious. I am going to get action on this. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Item 3 - Cat
My cat is obnoxious. And adorable, of course, but obnoxious at 2 a.m. when trying to make a quick potty dash, splash and run back to bed - she comes in and starts petting my leg until I pet her back. Now I ask you - do I pester her when she's in the litter box? No. No, I do not. I really think that as I am the Provider Of The Sacred Kibble, I deserve a little privacy when "indisposed".
Item 4 - Chocolate
Damn you, Choccy. Damn you, why are you so yummy, yet so sugary and bad for my blood sugars? DAMN you!
Item 5 - Quiltaholic pause
I am at a difficult point in the Nemo quilt. I have blocks and blocks all made, now I have to assemble them into rows, then sew the rows together. This means a lot of "point" (seam) matching, which is a BFPITA (big, fat PITA). So I walk past the sewing room, THINK about assembly - and then don't even open the door. This is NOT getting anything done. It is also not getting Kal's quilt done, which is a priority, seeing as I am down to 24 1/4 straightaways left and then binding and OFF it goes!
Item 6 - Not Enough Zoo
So the outter border of the Nemo quilt is going to have a zoo print on it which will kind of pull all of the other colors together and give Manda something to talk to the baby about "See the blue elephants? Elephants are not really blue, but your Grandma is goofy". But I also wanted to make a pillow cover for a baby pillow which I know you're not supposed to give babies pillows, but Manda had one from when she was about 4 or so and she LUUUUVVVVED her pillie, so I got a small pillow form and will make a cover for it that coordinates with the Nemo quilt, except Nemo the Grandfetus is a girl, so I don't want it to be too blue, so I was gonna make it with the zoo fabric, but I don't think I have enough of it and that suxxorz.
Can I run-on a sentance or WHAT???!!!
Item 7 - Automotive Paint
Ok, here is one that I never had a problem with before. I do, however, see a lot of cars lately with the same problem, so there MUST be a solution.
My car looks like it has leprosy. There are patches of white ... stuff ... but not really stuff, more like the paint is all blotchy/bleachy. It doesn't flake off. But it looks horrible. In one spot (the first place it showed up) it did kind of rub off a bit, but now it is surrounded by more of the white stuff and the place in the center is kind of dull and sad looking.
Someone at work said my paint is "oxidizing" - but I looked at photos on the web of paint oxidation and it doesn't really look like that. It looks more like someone sprayed leprosy on my car.
The car is 12 years old. I don't expect it to look like the day I snagged it off the showroom floor - and it will have to last a while longer too. But the paint thing is annoying and if anyone has any suggestions - speak up, please!
Item 8 - TSA at the airport.
So, it seems TSA is getting in trouble for stealing things from passengers and for not groping enough passengers at Oh-Dark-Thirty when there are only a handfull of elderly passengers to grope.
So I wondered - what would they do if you got picked to be one of the "lucky" ones who get the full "pat-down" groping inspection, and instead of being a sheep, you started to moan and groan and have an "orgasm" while being groped.
I'm sure the other folks in line would laugh their asses off - but could they like ARREST you for it? Is there a LAW about getting "turned on" by a TSA grope-down? I mean, how would THEY know you aren't just really, REALLY sensitive to genital or mammary manipulation.... *evil grin*
Ok, that's less than 10 items - please walk thru, swipe your card and take the items from the counter. Have a nice day.
Went to Costco to get drugs last nite. The gooses were gone. The eggs were gone too. This concerned me somewhat because there are companies out there that do goose removal and egg destructions because we have a Canadian Goose Overpopulation problem. I asked the "check your ID" lady at the front entrance what happened with the goose. She said that the goose sat on the eggs for the LONGEST time, but they hatched, and she paraded them down to the little retention pond over to the east of the parking lot, so that turned out ok. I guess the Costco people were kind of protective of their pet wild geese. This made me smile.
Item 2 - Drugs
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I am so angry at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois. I need to take this drug, and it only comes in 1500 unit packages. My dr. wants me to take 1800 units/month. Pharmacy will not dispense a second package, because BCBS will not allow dispensing of more than a 34 day supply. I am furious. I am going to get action on this. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Item 3 - Cat
My cat is obnoxious. And adorable, of course, but obnoxious at 2 a.m. when trying to make a quick potty dash, splash and run back to bed - she comes in and starts petting my leg until I pet her back. Now I ask you - do I pester her when she's in the litter box? No. No, I do not. I really think that as I am the Provider Of The Sacred Kibble, I deserve a little privacy when "indisposed".
Item 4 - Chocolate
Damn you, Choccy. Damn you, why are you so yummy, yet so sugary and bad for my blood sugars? DAMN you!
Item 5 - Quiltaholic pause
I am at a difficult point in the Nemo quilt. I have blocks and blocks all made, now I have to assemble them into rows, then sew the rows together. This means a lot of "point" (seam) matching, which is a BFPITA (big, fat PITA). So I walk past the sewing room, THINK about assembly - and then don't even open the door. This is NOT getting anything done. It is also not getting Kal's quilt done, which is a priority, seeing as I am down to 24 1/4 straightaways left and then binding and OFF it goes!
Item 6 - Not Enough Zoo
So the outter border of the Nemo quilt is going to have a zoo print on it which will kind of pull all of the other colors together and give Manda something to talk to the baby about "See the blue elephants? Elephants are not really blue, but your Grandma is goofy". But I also wanted to make a pillow cover for a baby pillow which I know you're not supposed to give babies pillows, but Manda had one from when she was about 4 or so and she LUUUUVVVVED her pillie, so I got a small pillow form and will make a cover for it that coordinates with the Nemo quilt, except Nemo the Grandfetus is a girl, so I don't want it to be too blue, so I was gonna make it with the zoo fabric, but I don't think I have enough of it and that suxxorz.
Can I run-on a sentance or WHAT???!!!
Item 7 - Automotive Paint
Ok, here is one that I never had a problem with before. I do, however, see a lot of cars lately with the same problem, so there MUST be a solution.
My car looks like it has leprosy. There are patches of white ... stuff ... but not really stuff, more like the paint is all blotchy/bleachy. It doesn't flake off. But it looks horrible. In one spot (the first place it showed up) it did kind of rub off a bit, but now it is surrounded by more of the white stuff and the place in the center is kind of dull and sad looking.
Someone at work said my paint is "oxidizing" - but I looked at photos on the web of paint oxidation and it doesn't really look like that. It looks more like someone sprayed leprosy on my car.
The car is 12 years old. I don't expect it to look like the day I snagged it off the showroom floor - and it will have to last a while longer too. But the paint thing is annoying and if anyone has any suggestions - speak up, please!
Item 8 - TSA at the airport.
So, it seems TSA is getting in trouble for stealing things from passengers and for not groping enough passengers at Oh-Dark-Thirty when there are only a handfull of elderly passengers to grope.
So I wondered - what would they do if you got picked to be one of the "lucky" ones who get the full "pat-down" groping inspection, and instead of being a sheep, you started to moan and groan and have an "orgasm" while being groped.
I'm sure the other folks in line would laugh their asses off - but could they like ARREST you for it? Is there a LAW about getting "turned on" by a TSA grope-down? I mean, how would THEY know you aren't just really, REALLY sensitive to genital or mammary manipulation.... *evil grin*
Ok, that's less than 10 items - please walk thru, swipe your card and take the items from the counter. Have a nice day.
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