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Tools and Software - A Busy Weekend Moving Into a Busy Monday

Happy Monday to all. After my run this morning, I grabbed my point driver and set about anchoring the small kachina paintings I've been framing into their frames. I cut the glass on Saturday, so I was ready to finish things up. EXCEPT ... *sigh* ... the Framedriver tool I'm using doesn't have enough power to penetrate the frame. *sigh* I'm picking up my next frame on Wednesday. I'll have to ask Rook if he has any suggestions for me. It might just need a tension adjustment, but I'd like to get the pieces finished and ready to sell.


I know there is a tension adjustment knob at the back of the point driver. I may have to adjust that to get enough power for the points to insert into my frame.
I know there is a tension adjustment knob at the back of the point driver. I may have to adjust that to get enough power for the points to insert into my frame.
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LJ Idol and Framing - Closing the Shop Meant Making Some Decisions

I'm not a quitter, and I love a challenge (and a great group of competitors and friends), but I'm pulling out of LJ Idol effective immediately. With our trying to close the store this year, and the amount of sheer hours I'm having to put into the shop to make this happen, I simply don't have the time to write a quality piece for submission. I refuse to post anything but my best. So, my post for this week was my withdrawal notification, and I'm quite sad about that on the one hand, and a bit relieved on the other.


I'm both sad and happy at my decision to pull out of LJ Idol. I'm sad because I love the challenge of writing to Gary's themes (he's EVIL when it comes to his theme choices). I'm happy because I simply don't have the time for Idol this time around, and I can't feel guilty about that - it's purely a fact.
I'm both sad and happy at my decision to pull out of LJ Idol. I'm sad because I love the challenge of writing to Gary's themes (he's EVIL when it comes to his theme choices). I'm happy because I simply don't have the time for Idol this time around, and I can't feel guilty about that - it's purely a fact.
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It's Monday, It's Muggy and It's Hot - What Else is New? LJ Idol?

Happy Monday. It's the start of a new week of trials and tribulations. Guaranteed. I need to get going on getting items matted and shrink wrapped, but the time available for this is minimal, at best. I may have to start going in for several hours on Sunday mornings just to get everything moving. That won't make me super happy, but it might be exactly what it needs to be.


I'm feeling crunched for time and time is most definitely NOT on my side. There's too much to do and too little time in which to do it.
I'm feeling crunched for time and time is most definitely NOT on my side. There's too much to do and too little time in which to do it.
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Sometimes I'm a Stupid Git!

I was at the shop until almost 8:00 pm yesterday night, wrapping up this large Swarovski crystal order I'm sending to the West Coast. I got the day ended, then I started the sale, and finally had everything entered into the computer and was ready to plug in her credit card number, box the merch up, and send it on its' way today. EXCEPT ... like an idiot, I hadn't asked for, nor noticed that she hadn't included the three digit CVV number from the back of the credit card. *sigh*


The CVV number, three digits on Visa and MasterCard, four digits on AMEX, is the Card Verification Value number. (I bet you didn't know what CVV stood for, right?)
The CVV number, three digits on Visa and MasterCard, four digits on AMEX, is the Card Verification Value number. (I bet you didn't know what CVV stood for, right?)
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Life, Computers and Swimming - Little Complications

My desktop computer isn't operational today, so I'm stuck with the laptop. This makes things quite a bit less convenient for me. I think it's a minor problem - the ON/OFF switch isn't working properly. Hopefully my Computer Guru will be available to take a look at it. But I'll be writing my daily blog from the laptop for several days, probably, and it's not quite as "user friendly" to me as my desktop computer is.


My main computer setup is quite similar to this (and so is DH's setup - we have the same computer models that Dale built for us years ago). I think it's operating just fine, just the switch failed. It should be an easy fix, if he's got the time to deal with it. I'm "off" today, so driving it up to him in the far northern suburbs.
My main computer setup is quite similar to this (and so is DH's setup - we have the same computer models that Dale built for us years ago). I think it's operating just fine, just the switch failed. It should be an easy fix, if he's got the time to deal with it. I'm "off" today, so driving it up to him in the far northern suburbs.
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Pineapple and Traffic - Nothing In Common Except They Both Happened Wednesday

A short post today, because I'm tight on time at 3:45 am. Yeah ... short on time. But I had to get the dehydrator that I had working all night back up to the kitchen, downloaded, cleaned and put away before I could settle down to write this (and of course I had to do my daily meditation before doing anything else). It was a good thing I awakened at 2:00 am and simply wasn't in the mood for more sleep - LOL.


Just look at these beauties! They were beautifully golden, which is ripe, but not quite over-ripe. They were absolutely perfect for my dehydrator and I'll be enjoying snacking on them for a couple of weeks.
Just look at these beauties! They were beautifully golden, which is ripe, but not quite over-ripe. They were absolutely perfect for my dehydrator and I'll be enjoying snacking on them for a couple of weeks.
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Happy Birthday to Cairistona

I think I have the right date, and I have just enough time to get this posted before I go check the mail and start basic dinner prep. But it's so nice to think about something pleasant instead of my more normal thoughts these days. So ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY  to a friend of many years. Have a brilliant day and a year ahead of you filled with love, accomplishments, and happiness. 


— Erulisse (one L)

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ARGH and Sharon's Retiring! YAHOO!

I'm officially going on record that I'm really pissed off at DH for giving me his cold. I'm not constantly coughing the way that he is, but there's a tenseness in my lungs. Of course, I have my MRI scheduled for Thursday where I CAN'T move, so coughing isn't on the menu. Yeah ... I'm pissed.


Coughing - bleh! I'd better not have a coughing fit while I'm getting my MRI on Thursday.
Coughing - bleh! I'd better not have a coughing fit while I'm getting my MRI on Thursday.
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Checking In - Very Short - Running a Bit Late

Just a very short post today as I head over to the Breast Cancer center. I promise I'll let people know when I know, but right now I'm running slightly late and need to get going. So, a VERY short and truncated post today, and I'll (hopefully) have things to report tomorrow. Keep well, stay warm (or cool for my Southern Hemisphere friends) and I'll be back on Thursday morning. Slava Ukraini.