Today A Party

Today I was cleaning for a party. After sorting our movies by color, I sat in their calming presence contemplating my next move.

Dust and cobwebs cluttered the edges and centers of the floor, and the rugs clung to several threads, snipped from being-made Barbie clothes you may now purchase over there. over THERE. That way. In the column. The other column.....Finally. *sighs in relief* (end asterisk)

My mother is a tireless preparer for company. From dawn 'til dusk she slaves in the kitchen, looking domestically lovely, sighing about time frames, plans, and diligently crossing off her list of to-dos. I am like her in so many regards, but housecleaning not being one of them, I cannot function in this frenzied stress. I cannot cope. It makes me say "it's naptime!"

When I had once again risen from my couch, in the time when normal people go out for walks, I remembered to dust the children's toys and check Facebook. As I was finishing up my pokewars for the day, I heard my nephew charge into the house to find Papa. Quite sneakily, I stalked out of the office roundaboutly, to greet them as if I was one of those normal people out for a walk. I put on my Auntie smile, and was perfectly satisfied with the house, as I had managed to get it clean, scrubbed, and tidy, as I always do in these situations.

Chop-Chop

Random Discovery:

This little shirt from Sandbox Couture brings memories of impatient, hungry little nephews! They are just....really cute when they're mad!

If only they were still small enough....

The Grin

Laughter often proves itself as the best medicine...

physically, emotionally, ecumenically, and all that jazz.....

And this grin definitely makes me smile so hard I laugh!

One Night on the Job

A night of replenishment shipment is simple enough--open 30-500 boxes of clothing. There are large boxes bearing one pair of socks, small boxes packed tightly with individually plastic wrapped shirts emblazoned with a "Live Green, Save the Earth" slogan, and medium sized boxes content to hold haphazardly unfolded items like puzzle pieces in our giant store of a puzzle. Our goal with this chaotic pile of Gap logos is to sort, fold, hang, and put them in their homes within a short number of hours, leaving us approximately five minutes to haul the boxes and bags of plastic wrapping to the, hopefully empty, dumpster.

There are, in the employment of GapInc., special individuals who daily sip lattes behind desks while accruing six figure incomes. Faceless and opinionated, these people control our every movement. Their whims are the why and how to the horrendous combinations adorning our mannequins, erratic signing and unsigning of various promations that may or may not last until the end of the week...We live and breathe for their next request!
These anonymities tell us to move the girls striped, glitter, logo tees from the feature table to hanging faced out, to hanging sideways, to half folded on a wall shelf, all in the time frame of three weeks, ending the process about three days before marking them down and re-hanging them for the clearance rounder, beginning their sad journey from
"awesomely cool shirt" to "bargain shirt mom picked out."

Yes, they are the very same brains who decide how many hours shipment will take, and they base it on highly scientific data, scavenged, no doubt, by our "favorite" scientist whose lab coat covers his "Favorite Athletic Tee, Favorite Flat Front Khakis", and boxers with pretzels on them which he picked up for .97 cents at some Gap Outlet.....And with all respect to his scientific data, replenishment shipment has never finished on schedule

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Dresses in the Mail

I found the most delightful package in my mailbox, full of vintage patterns from my Grandmother!



I have been wanting to do dresses with sleeves, and I am so excited! Since they are fitted busts, they do require massive alterations....



But they are slowly coming along into little dresses, and soon these will actually fit the new dolls!

These two dresses here^^ are from 2 patterns my mom had made when she was little, and the reason I wanted them. I loved playing with her old dresses that are now quite falling apart.....

Google Tagged

My cousin hath Google Tagged me! Here are my answers



I grew up in:





My age: (this baby was born at 22 weeks! I couldn't resist)





First real job:





College I attended:





I met my husband at:





Our first date was at:





My maiden name:







Nicknames I've had:







Favorite colors:






Favorite foods:










Currently reading:






Last movie I saw in the theater:

Movies I could watch over and over without getting tired of:

Favorite waste of time:

Phobia: (This is not really applicable, so how about something that grosses me out?)

Favorite lotion:

Favorite conditioner:

Shameless past crush:

I love to:

But I hate to:

Favorite singer:

In another life I was:

One major goal in this life is:

And on to the tagging.....Jennifer ....and Esther!