Scam alert!

I just wanted to let everyone know there is a new sneaky way of companies getting more money out of you.

I paid a bill online today. The due date is today. They had already tacked on the late fee. I was a bit steamed about the whole thing so I called them. "We will take off the late fee if the payment isn't late. If you pay today, don't worry." Grrrr.

The moral of the story is make the payment earlier (on this occasion that wasn't possible.) Lesson learned: watch account like a hawk and make sure the $29 late fee doesn't 'accidentally' stay on your account.

Finished projects!!!

I'm so excited. I finished 2, count them, 2 projects last week.

The first is a Christmas stocking. My friends talked me into taking a knitting class, even though I gave up knitting several years ago. I could not resist a Fairisle knitting stocking in chunky yarn. I finished that stocking last Saturday. It just needs to be blocked. Here is the picture from the website, I will take a picture of my finished stocking this week and post it.

The colors in the photo really don't reflect real life. The teacher of the class has gone crazy and made the stockings out of many color combinations, even red, white, and blue.

Then I just finished another beaded Christmas ornament. It is done in deep purple and silver.

I have also started another Christmas stocking. I'd like to knit one for 2 of my sisters for Christmas. Here is a photo of the pattern. I chose an olive green, cream, and brick red for it. I didn't realize a green for Christmas stockings would be so hard to find...

I'm back!

I'm going to try and enter something each day. I've been crazy busy, but it is nice to look back and see what has gone on.

New projects:

Christmas stocking - Fair Isle. Cute!!! Chunky yarn, so it is going fast. I am turning the heel. I couldn't quite remember how, so I researched. Ha. There is a youtube video on it. 5 minutes later, I'm like, yeah, now I remember. I hope to have the stocking done this week, so I can go onto....

Beaded Christmas ornament covers. I am bartering/trading for a couple of dolls from a friend. I am making beaded ornament covers. I'm almost finished with the third one, I'd like to make a dozen. Her colors are purple and silver. Here is an example:

Woo hoo! My nephew is coming home from the hospital

One of my nephews, Jacob, is 7. He has an extremely rare disease called Familial Recurrent Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. He started exhibiting symptoms on Wednesday of last week. He's coming home from the hospital today. It's a true miracle.

Jacob got swine flu from somewhere. Any bacterial or viral infection will start the HUS. If the infection is bacterial, his body will fight it off. If it is a viral infection, he can be in the hospital for weeks.

Jacob is the happiest child, very loving, and very mischievous. He ate a big breakfast this morning, then sat on the hospital bed and pushed every button he could find.

Our family rejoices and thanks our Heavenly Father for his mercy in helping Jacob recover.

If you want to read more about HUS, here is the link. Hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

The most amazing stitching

I just added a link to a stitching blog: Love to stitch. Just scroll through what she has stitched. Wow. My inspiration.

Here's what caught my eye.

Cellphones and bathrooms

OK, when did it become acceptable to talk on the cellphone while in the bathroom? The last couple of weeks, there have been several women in the bathroom at work who are talking on their cellphone while in the bathroom. In the stall. The rest of us in other stalls. Nothing is private any more.

Funny story though. We had a conference call a few months ago. The salespeople were in town, and most called in from their hotel rooms for the night's call. All of a sudden, the toilet flushed. Hello!!! Lay down the phone, take care of Mother Nature, and get back on the call. No one ever confessed though.

OK, rant over.

Changes, changes, changes

I was on vacation last week. Spent time being a slug. :)

Today I went back to work. I found out: (a - one more person off my team (I am now a team lead of one other person than me. LOL) (b - The boss I would crawl over broken glass for is leaving at the end of this week. :(

Very unhappy day. All of us were on a pity party. Tomorrow we need to get back to work.

The other change is that I changed the background of this blog. Love shabby stuff.

Going to bed now....

Susan Boyle - Semi-final

Susan Boyle - starts at 1:30 into the video

Wow.
(For whatever reason, I can't link to just the song from You've Got Talent.)

Picture of Snail Mail

This is a fun pattern to stitch and I think it turned out cute. I was worried about the colors, but it all came together. Back to Luck.

Finish

Woo hoo! I finished a project. It is a small project, done on white perforated paper. It is a freebie from Lizzie Kate called "Snail Mail." It turned out really cute. I am going to Wonder Under some fabric on the back and attach a ribbon at the top. It is for the receptionist at work. No one knows where to put outgoing mail, so I thought this would be fun for her.

Because it was a freebie, I can't find the picture on the web. I will drag out my camera and take a picture of it to show off. I'm so proud of myself. :)