Archive for November, 2007
Soldier Package
Every month a group of women at work get together to put together care packages for 19 soldiers who are stationed in Iraq. We have each been assigned one soldier, we each go out and purchase 19 items that are alike (or 38 depending on what you get for a good price) such as candy, pens, puzzle books, etc, then we get together and once we each pass a bag around the table we end up a variety of items to send to our own soldier. We are also allowed to send our own soldier something other than what the group gets (I’ve sent extra magazines, books, etc).
Well, since the boxes we’re sending this week are really the Christmas boxes we’ve got some fun Christmas candy, someone made mini-stockings with soldier’s names on them and added candy canes, etc in them. For my own soldier I decided to send him something extra. I went to the book store and check out what I found. It’s called the Holiday Yule Log. Here’s the picture and the description – it’s perfect for the holiday’s don’t you think? I hope it makes him smile and remember that I care.
Book Description
Nothing brings Christmas to life more than the sight and sound of a crackling fire in the hearth. But what if there’s no fireplace? What’s a person to do? Simply slip the disk from this joyful Noel package into the DVD slot and watch the warm seasonal glow on the screen! The Holiday Yule Log book brings magic into every home, apartment, or even dorm room. But the faux fire isn’t all, because the kit also contains a soundtrack of festive carols and four sing-along lyric booklets to hand out, so that everyone can join in. The book itself includes an array of classic Christmas tales (such as “The Gift of the Magi”), as well as the history of the Yule Log and Christmas recipes.
6 comments November 27, 2007
Monkey’s Leaving New York
I checked the usps site today just for giggles to see if the person in New York ever picked up the Monkey Sock Swap package I sent that’s been there for weeks. Well, now it’s on its way back to me.
What should I do when I get it back? Seriously, I’ve never had this happen before. Do I ask her to send me money to pay for it if she still wants it? Do I send it COD? Do I say too bad, you took too long and I keep everything??
Okay, must stop because I’m getting all wound up about this again and that’s too much energy wasted on something negative when I could be doing something else that will make me happy instead. So I will do something happy like wrap a few Christmas presents!
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3 comments November 25, 2007
Studio Update
With the holiday this past week and hubby out of town there wasn’t much progress made but there was some the week before but I forgot to take pictures until today. The west wall is basically done except for the peak and the east wall is more than half done. I still can’t do any stained glass work out there yet (bummer) as hubby has taken over my workbench for his use. Can’t really blame him for that though, can I? Oh, check out the cool power strip he bought me in the last photo (it’s at the top of the picture). Power!!
I’ve been trying to figure out what we’ll do with the floor and we (yep, once again hubby has a great idea) have decided to do indoor/outdoor carpeting which I know isn’t the most glamorous stuff but remember, this is a stained glass studio which means shards of glass will land on the floor, liquids will drip on the floor, etc. No sense in ruining ‘real’ carpeting. But the brilliant thing he came up with that I hadn’t even given a single thought to was to buy a thick cushiony large rubber mat (we’re talking about 4 -5 long and probably 3 feet wide) to put front of the workbench. When working with stained glass you actually stand 99.9% of time you’re working so your feet are going to feel some of that after awhile. So kudos to him for thinking of that. I still need to figure out what kind of stool I’d like to sit on for that other .09% of the time, I’d like it to be short enough to tuck under the workbench when not in use.
I still need to design the shelving/cubby holes/storage part for the south wall but I’m in not in a huge hurry for that. I just want to get in there and practice my soldering again since it’s been a few years. 
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p.s.
Still haven’t heard from the mitten swap person that I sent stuff to or the monkey sock swap person. And the mitten swap person apparently hasn’t SENT her stuff to her pal. I cannot tell you how much that bothers me. Tonight I’m going to put aside my socks that I’ve been working on and make a pair of Fetchings (I know they aren’t mittens but I think she’d like them regardless – plus she can wear them inside of other mittens) just in case this person doesn’t get anything. Honestly, people. Don’t sign up for a swap if you can’t commit and if you find you’re having problems and might have to bow out, talk to the hostess. We will understand – I promise. It’s worse to leave your person wondering what’s going on than to admit you need to bow out. Trust me.
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