Originally uploaded by BayRoadPhoto/Laura.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Sparky couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched...
Originally uploaded by BayRoadPhoto/Laura.
The Satanic Cult of the Marshmellow Bunny...
Careful.. I hear they are looking for new members! You must bring offerings of carrots and be marked with their logo which consists of 2 holes and the word "China" embossed on your back...
Sparky knew it was bound to be one of his most interesting dives...
Sparky knew it was bound to be one of his most interesting dives...
Originally uploaded by BayRoadPhoto/Laura.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
What to do in case of shark attack...
1. Always dive with a buddy.
2. If a shark approaches - get back to back
3. If it comes closer pull out your knife
4. Closer still - turn the knife so that the blade faces backwards
5. If the shark continues to approach.
6. Thrust your knife backwards - Stab your buddy.
7. Swim away.
2. If a shark approaches - get back to back
3. If it comes closer pull out your knife
4. Closer still - turn the knife so that the blade faces backwards
5. If the shark continues to approach.
6. Thrust your knife backwards - Stab your buddy.
7. Swim away.
20,024
I've been watching for the 20k milestone on my Flickr site for the past 2 days hoping to get a screenshot - Well it happened sometime during the night. Thank you all for your visits!
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Wait for ME!!!!
We took a nice walk in the woods this afternoon with the Stupid Little Angry Dog™.. She loved it, but had to make sure we were in view at all times... this is her running to find us after having wondered a little too far away and scaring the beejeebers out of herself!
Thursday, March 01, 2007
My _yp_ng __ach__ may hav_ b__n __gh_!
Check it out.. I'm missing my t, e, r, and i! I guess My typing teacher may have been right... I should really trim my nails!
I think I just heard an "I told you so!" echoing from old Mrs. Olsen's grave!
Later...
I think I just heard an "I told you so!" echoing from old Mrs. Olsen's grave!
Later...
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Mame Dennis
She'll coax the blues right out of your heart!
An homage to Lucille Ball and the movie Mame.
I've been wanting a snowman... but there just hasn't been time... and after a weekend of trying to find one that someone else had made I gave up (I did find a few but they weren't decorated)... Well.. I got home from the Wally World last nite to be greeted by a giant naked snowman in my front yard... Yes.. Mr. 9 2 Bay built me one!! What a guy, huh? Well, I had a wonderful time decorating "her" this morning... WHAT FUN!
later...
An homage to Lucille Ball and the movie Mame.
I've been wanting a snowman... but there just hasn't been time... and after a weekend of trying to find one that someone else had made I gave up (I did find a few but they weren't decorated)... Well.. I got home from the Wally World last nite to be greeted by a giant naked snowman in my front yard... Yes.. Mr. 9 2 Bay built me one!! What a guy, huh? Well, I had a wonderful time decorating "her" this morning... WHAT FUN!
later...
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Sleeping with the fishes...
You know you have it bad when you purchase a pair of socks specifically for photographic purposes! I was stocking the shelves at Wally World with all these funky socks and as soon as I spotted the goldfish variety I knew I was gonna take this shot!
Monday, February 26, 2007
It's snowing again...
A replacement for my Red Berry Wreath... :) I had to find something, I licensed my original image of the bench with the wreath to a Christmas Card company in Missouri...
Friday, February 23, 2007
Robin's in the Hood!
Can Spring be far behind? Although we did have about 3 inches of new snow last nite! He may have come back a little early!
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
AAAHHH....
The Stupid Little Angry Dog™ - Taken in almost complete darkness in macro mode...
Kind of like how I feel... killer migraines lately... 2 days and still pounding strong... OY... it does seem to be breaking up now tho.. if anyone out there has any home remedies I'd love to hear them!
Kind of like how I feel... killer migraines lately... 2 days and still pounding strong... OY... it does seem to be breaking up now tho.. if anyone out there has any home remedies I'd love to hear them!
Monday, February 19, 2007
It sure was fun up on Cherry Hill Farm...
Out shooting around for President's Day... Get it.. Cherry Hill.. Cherries... George Washington... uumm.. alright.. whatever.. LOL
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Update
Guapo was scheduled to work at noon yesterday.
The "big boss lady" made the "medium boss lady" come in to train her.
Guapo never made it to her training session.
She called at 9am Saturday.
Guapo quit.
I was surprised.
Not that she quit.
I was surprised she was able to use the phone to do so.
Later.
The "big boss lady" made the "medium boss lady" come in to train her.
Guapo never made it to her training session.
She called at 9am Saturday.
Guapo quit.
I was surprised.
Not that she quit.
I was surprised she was able to use the phone to do so.
Later.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Yellow finch
I've been watching the birdies again... These guys are really bossy... they rule the feeder with an iron claw... kind of like me with the Wally world fitting room... The girl that trained me has moved on to a new job so that gives me seniority over the fitting room and phones.. yup.. that's right.. after a full 2 months of work, I'm the old hand on the farm... nice... They have hired a couple new girls... one I've yet to meet, but I spent all last weekend training the other one... and well.. it's not going so hot... You know.. sometimes it's hard to tell how your doing with some things, but I got a pretty good indicator after having the following conversation with the new girl... We'll call her "Guapo" to protect the "dumb as a post":
Guapo: (paging thruout the store) PAGING... (yes.. I'm using all caps here cause she was YELLING at the top of her lungs into the phone)... SOMEONE IN..... (yes.. I'm using elipses to indicate a pause in her page.. the more periods.. the longer the pause)... GROCERY................. YOU'VE GOT A PHONE CALL....... ON LINE.................... LINE................ (then she looks at me to tell her which button on the phone which is right in front of her is flashing repeatedly)
Me: (waves 2 fingers at her)
Guapo: LINE TWO................................................................
..........................................................................................
Me: (waiting for her to repeat her lousy page)
Guapo: (turning to me while still holding the phone)............... HOW WAS THAT?
Me: (launching myself over the counter to hang up the page to keep anything else she's gonna say to me from being broadcast across the store..) Guapo.... you have to hang up the page or anything you say will be broadcast across the store....
Guapo: (laughing)... OH gee... How did you figure that out? Did someone tell you, or did it happen to you too?
Me: (completely horrified) GUAPO.... IT'S A PHONE... IF YOU DON'T HANG UP A PHONE THE RECEIVER STAYS LIVE....
GGGAAAAHHH!!!!!!!
Now... keep in mind this conversation took place after over 3 hours of training and having her listen to me page at least 50 times, well... and we won't even go into the fact that she is a 50 something year old American woman that apparently has never used a phone before....
I eventually gave up trying to just tell her how to page properly and wrote out the spiel word for word and taped it to the desk in front of the phone... and yup... she still was just making it up off the top of her head..... **sigh****
I left work that nite with my blood pressure thru the roof... so much for my nice stress-free job.... it was so bad I actually got ahold of my boss the next day and sat down and talked to her about Guapo...
The boss: Well... I know you have alot of experience Laura, but you have to realize that not everyone is going to have as much experience as you and will take more training....
Me: I understand that boss Lady, but let me give you a couple of examples... (relay the above story... relay a couple of other stories)
The boss: ................................... (tries to readjust her eyes from the huge holes in her head that they had become..) ....................................... (attempts to pick up her jaw from off the floor)................................... (finally manages to speak)................................ Well....... (attempts to not laugh)........................................ Thank you for sharing that with me.................... Sometimes it's hard to tell what's happening out on the floor unless one of you guys comes to me and lets me know..................... I'll write up some phone etiquette for her before next weekend.......
Me: Thanks so much....
I suspect it's not gonna make much difference...
Later...
Guapo: (paging thruout the store) PAGING... (yes.. I'm using all caps here cause she was YELLING at the top of her lungs into the phone)... SOMEONE IN..... (yes.. I'm using elipses to indicate a pause in her page.. the more periods.. the longer the pause)... GROCERY................. YOU'VE GOT A PHONE CALL....... ON LINE.................... LINE................ (then she looks at me to tell her which button on the phone which is right in front of her is flashing repeatedly)
Me: (waves 2 fingers at her)
Guapo: LINE TWO................................................................
..........................................................................................
Me: (waiting for her to repeat her lousy page)
Guapo: (turning to me while still holding the phone)............... HOW WAS THAT?
Me: (launching myself over the counter to hang up the page to keep anything else she's gonna say to me from being broadcast across the store..) Guapo.... you have to hang up the page or anything you say will be broadcast across the store....
Guapo: (laughing)... OH gee... How did you figure that out? Did someone tell you, or did it happen to you too?
Me: (completely horrified) GUAPO.... IT'S A PHONE... IF YOU DON'T HANG UP A PHONE THE RECEIVER STAYS LIVE....
GGGAAAAHHH!!!!!!!
Now... keep in mind this conversation took place after over 3 hours of training and having her listen to me page at least 50 times, well... and we won't even go into the fact that she is a 50 something year old American woman that apparently has never used a phone before....
I eventually gave up trying to just tell her how to page properly and wrote out the spiel word for word and taped it to the desk in front of the phone... and yup... she still was just making it up off the top of her head..... **sigh****
I left work that nite with my blood pressure thru the roof... so much for my nice stress-free job.... it was so bad I actually got ahold of my boss the next day and sat down and talked to her about Guapo...
The boss: Well... I know you have alot of experience Laura, but you have to realize that not everyone is going to have as much experience as you and will take more training....
Me: I understand that boss Lady, but let me give you a couple of examples... (relay the above story... relay a couple of other stories)
The boss: ................................... (tries to readjust her eyes from the huge holes in her head that they had become..) ....................................... (attempts to pick up her jaw from off the floor)................................... (finally manages to speak)................................ Well....... (attempts to not laugh)........................................ Thank you for sharing that with me.................... Sometimes it's hard to tell what's happening out on the floor unless one of you guys comes to me and lets me know..................... I'll write up some phone etiquette for her before next weekend.......
Me: Thanks so much....
I suspect it's not gonna make much difference...
Later...
Thursday, February 15, 2007
The ONLY way to make a snowman...
yup... on a piece of Corelle ware on the kitchen table... it's frickin' freezing out there... no way I'm goin' out there unless I absolutely HAVE to... Yeah... it's a slow work day..
Finally - a cardinal!
Yesterdays ice storm finally got a cardinal to take a chance and spend some time at my feeder...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentines Day everyone... and welcome to winter... FINALLY.. not that I'm a particular fan of ICE!
Due to the lovely ice storm we celebrated Valentine's here on 9 2 Bay last nite... there was a lovely dozen roses for me, in red, white and pink... and for Mr. 9 2 Bay the unusual combination of shrimp and nuts... ok.. so it's a little unusual, but if you know my Valentine, it really was the perfect gift for him... Plus I got to use the phrase "Here's some nuts... cause I'm nuts about you!" (insert an "awwww" here) :)
So... Happy Valentine's to you all out there... stay safe in the ice storm...
Later...
Due to the lovely ice storm we celebrated Valentine's here on 9 2 Bay last nite... there was a lovely dozen roses for me, in red, white and pink... and for Mr. 9 2 Bay the unusual combination of shrimp and nuts... ok.. so it's a little unusual, but if you know my Valentine, it really was the perfect gift for him... Plus I got to use the phrase "Here's some nuts... cause I'm nuts about you!" (insert an "awwww" here) :)
So... Happy Valentine's to you all out there... stay safe in the ice storm...
Later...
Monday, February 12, 2007
More cool stuff...
Well.. I still haven't heard anything from that local guide that asked about using one of my photos for their Spring guidebook... Hopefully it's still a go... However.. I've received a couple new requests... Seems there is a publishing company in Michigan (or is it Missouri) that wants to license the rights to use this photo as a Christmas card:
Way cool... Royalties would be paid to me Jan. 31st after the next Christmas season.. only problem is, they want an exclusive on the rights to make this as a greeting card... which would mean, that I wouldn't have the right to use it on my own cards.. So I have to figure out where I might do better, with them.. or on my own.. I think I'll license it to them, I can always do another iteration of the same the photo for myself... a different wreath or something... my original wreath is trashed so I would have to use a different one anyway...
OH.. and then there is a beekeeping group in Germany that wants to use this photo for their journal:
No royalties or payment or anything, but I would get a byline... I'd prefer a payment, but I guess just a buyline is ok.. it might be kind of fun knowing that some bee farmers in Germany are checking out my work... and who knows what else this all may lead to...
Once again... have I said "I love Flickr" lately?? Well I do...
Later...
Way cool... Royalties would be paid to me Jan. 31st after the next Christmas season.. only problem is, they want an exclusive on the rights to make this as a greeting card... which would mean, that I wouldn't have the right to use it on my own cards.. So I have to figure out where I might do better, with them.. or on my own.. I think I'll license it to them, I can always do another iteration of the same the photo for myself... a different wreath or something... my original wreath is trashed so I would have to use a different one anyway...
OH.. and then there is a beekeeping group in Germany that wants to use this photo for their journal:
No royalties or payment or anything, but I would get a byline... I'd prefer a payment, but I guess just a buyline is ok.. it might be kind of fun knowing that some bee farmers in Germany are checking out my work... and who knows what else this all may lead to...
Once again... have I said "I love Flickr" lately?? Well I do...
Later...
Friday, February 09, 2007
What a find...
I'll definitely be back with a bowler hat... an umbrella... some army boots... and long black wool coat!
Thursday, February 08, 2007
C H O - C O L... And an A T E....
yup... I ate this... can you say PMS? Can you say ANTIQUE... yup... that is my Mickey Plate from when I was a mere tot... it's gotta be at least 40 years old... and I still have the matching bowl as well!
Flickr is down this morning...
Geez.. now what am I gonna do? Oh.. work.. that's right.. HA.. Actually I usually do both... but anyway.. for a change you guys get a pic thats not up on Flickr first... So here you go... I've been trying to tempt some bigger birds to the feeders and I've been told to try a platform feeder. Only problem is Wally World doesn't have anymore.. so I had to improvise... This silver platter has been sitting in my cellar for years, at least now it has a purpose in life.. Although as of yet, it hasn't attracted anything other than the usual chickadee, finch or little tufted dude... *sigh**.... I'll keep trying...Later
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Randy wonders why Dwaynes is so much bigger...
Heh... WHAT?
OK... so maybe yesterdays horoscope was really meant for today...
Later...
OK... so maybe yesterdays horoscope was really meant for today...
Later...
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Today's post will not be posted...
That's right... no post today... Why? you may ask? I got this as a horoscope:
Here is your horoscope
for Tuesday, February 6:
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Maybe you could make that the policy for your fantasy life too. You don't need to share every thought or impulse that crosses your brain -- some are for private enjoyment only!
So... I'm just gonna privately enjoy my thoughts today... too bad... cause it was REALLY good!
Later...
Here is your horoscope
for Tuesday, February 6:
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Maybe you could make that the policy for your fantasy life too. You don't need to share every thought or impulse that crosses your brain -- some are for private enjoyment only!
So... I'm just gonna privately enjoy my thoughts today... too bad... cause it was REALLY good!
Later...
Monday, February 05, 2007
Tickle the Sky...
I managed to squeeze in a half hour of shooting on Saturday before I had to report to the Thong department... Hopefully the snow will last until Friday when I should be able to get out and about and shoot some more!
My Freaky Chickadee
Finally... I've been trying to get a shot of this guy for over a month... he never hangs around the feeder for long... not sure if he's old or injured but he's lost most of the normal black-cap of the 'normal' chickadee...
Friday, February 02, 2007
Nope... no shadow here!
Happy Groundhog Day! Even tho there is no shadow I have my doubts that we won't have 6 more weeks of winter... we haven't had a REAL winter as yet.. why change things now?
UPDATE: OK.. so it was pointed out to me on Flickr that technically.. this is a HEDGE HOG.. LOL... Oh well.. close enough.. but I can no longer guarantee the accuracy of his shadow prediction!
UPDATE: OK.. so it was pointed out to me on Flickr that technically.. this is a HEDGE HOG.. LOL... Oh well.. close enough.. but I can no longer guarantee the accuracy of his shadow prediction!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Where's the revolution, Fidel?
Yup... that was the reaction I got from my husband when I came home wearing my new hat! Love you too, Honey! LOL
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Fun with the Electric Company...
Ok... I admit it.. I forgot to pay my electric bill... HEY.. you work 71 hours a week and see if you remember everything that needs doing... So.. to avoid a cold dark house I had to make a payment THAT day or suffer the consequences of my faulty memory... I tried to call to make the payment.. nope.. they don't do that.. I tried logging onto the internet to do a payment... nope.. they don't do that either... my only choice... pay in person... and to add to the mess, there isn't even a payment office here in town, I had to choose between Palmer and Belchertown... SHEESH... So... after a run to Palmer, I not only kept the home fires burnin' bright but I fired off an email to that lovely National Grid... it was fun.... here it is:
Subject: the Dark Ages
Message: Your living in the Dark Ages...
When are you going to institute online payments? Your website for Massachusetts was also down for the last 2 days... You don't even accept payments over the phone by check or by credit/debit card.
Pretty funny... an Electric Company that is totally in the dark when it comes to technology that the rest of the world has been using for YEARS! Sheesh! Are you ever gonna see the light and catch up with the rest of the world? Or maybe you can't afford the electric rates for running a computer system EITHER!
HEH... I rather enjoyed that... However.. their reply was nowhere near as fun... just: The online payment, paperless billing, and credit card payment transactions are currently under review. We are waiting to hear on target dates for either, at which time, we will notify our customers of their availability.
Apparently they are not only living in the Dark Ages, but they also have no sense of humor whatsoever... "under review"... HA... like it isn't 'common practice' for doing business today! I bet they have a whole "Team" of Electric Heads doing a feasibility study... And I bet the cost of the 10 year study is included in our next bill...
Later...
ok.. ok... I can't find the time to pay the freakin' bill.. but I can find the time to email them and let them know their stupid... it's a matter of priorities people! :)
Subject: the Dark Ages
Message: Your living in the Dark Ages...
When are you going to institute online payments? Your website for Massachusetts was also down for the last 2 days... You don't even accept payments over the phone by check or by credit/debit card.
Pretty funny... an Electric Company that is totally in the dark when it comes to technology that the rest of the world has been using for YEARS! Sheesh! Are you ever gonna see the light and catch up with the rest of the world? Or maybe you can't afford the electric rates for running a computer system EITHER!
HEH... I rather enjoyed that... However.. their reply was nowhere near as fun... just: The online payment, paperless billing, and credit card payment transactions are currently under review. We are waiting to hear on target dates for either, at which time, we will notify our customers of their availability.
Apparently they are not only living in the Dark Ages, but they also have no sense of humor whatsoever... "under review"... HA... like it isn't 'common practice' for doing business today! I bet they have a whole "Team" of Electric Heads doing a feasibility study... And I bet the cost of the 10 year study is included in our next bill...
Later...
ok.. ok... I can't find the time to pay the freakin' bill.. but I can find the time to email them and let them know their stupid... it's a matter of priorities people! :)
No Time for a Picnic...
Another from the archives... The flooding was insane... this was from the beginning of December...
Saturday, January 27, 2007
4 10 A gift for my brother...
I actually took this before Christmas as a "host & hostess gift" for my brother and his wife and forgot all about uploading it till now.. they have a really cool billiards room in the cellar of their home and the 4 and 10 balls... well.. it's the phonetic of thier last name "Fortin"... My maiden name...
Friday, January 26, 2007
I just got the coolest email evah'
It's not definite as yet ... BUT... I got contacted via my Etsy store email about a publication perhaps wanting to use this photo of mine on a map of the region page of the magazine and/or for the cover... yes.. I said COVER... of their Spring Guide... I'm off the wall thrilled just to be considered... it'll be a week or so before I know for sure, and nope, I'm not gonna reveal the name of the guide till I'm sure that they are gonna use it... (or one or more of my other photos)... Have I mentioned lately that I love Flickr? Yep.. that's where she found me... We had a lovely conversation on the phone... such a nice lady... and of course it's always wonderful to get some great feedback on my stuff!
So yeah... my day (and perhaps my week) has just been MADE!
Later...
So yeah... my day (and perhaps my week) has just been MADE!
Later...
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Quabbin Picnic
It's way too cold for a picnic but the new dusting of snow is certainly nice to look at.
Sorry Ladies!
So.. if you were waiting for your Prince... Your Knight in Shining Armour - I'm very sorry to tell you this.. but he died in 1861! Bummer!
Monday, January 22, 2007
Belchertown State School
I spent a quick hour photographing up around the old State School in Belchertown on Saturday... Damn.. it was frickin' freezing! Soon these old building will be gone forever as there is a "Spa" looking to either purchase or lease the land... I hope I get some warmer weather before they start demolishing the many, many old buildings so I can document them properly before they are gone forever!
I had every intention of going out again on Sunday, I was actually up at 5am to go pee and made the mistake of going back to bed, the next thing I knew it was almost 9:30! DAMN! Oh well.. I guess I needed the sleep... but by the time I got up about all I had time for was a little coffee... a shower.. some brunch... and processing the shots from Saturday and it was off to Wally World again... next week is going to be even worse, for some reason they changed my shift so all my daylight hours will be spent in the store... CRAP!
Later...
I had every intention of going out again on Sunday, I was actually up at 5am to go pee and made the mistake of going back to bed, the next thing I knew it was almost 9:30! DAMN! Oh well.. I guess I needed the sleep... but by the time I got up about all I had time for was a little coffee... a shower.. some brunch... and processing the shots from Saturday and it was off to Wally World again... next week is going to be even worse, for some reason they changed my shift so all my daylight hours will be spent in the store... CRAP!
Later...
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Finally a little snow
This is from a couple days ago, when we finally had a little dusting of snow here in Massachusetts - it's gone now - except for those spots in the deepest shadows.. **sigh** - I have heard a rumor about a Nor'easter for Thursday - I can only hope!
Friday, January 19, 2007
Make sure you get my best side...
OH.. here's one that made the Flickr site but not the blog... so here you go... Happy Feathery Friday!
Quabbin Tower Ice Fog 2
Ok... so this was from my day off on Monday... but whatever... I actually did get some kind of decent shots of today's dusting of snow but no time to process them as yet... You'll probably see them eventually... I really do need to go back thru all my stuff and pull out those hidden gems.. sometimes I get 3 or 4 good shots of a certain subject but I'll only upload one or two... I think it's time to go back thru and take another look... OH.. and I should get the etsy store revamped... and my regular home page... and my company website.. and.. and.. and... *sigh** OK.. so maybe I'll just shoot for going back thru my old images!
Later...
Later...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Ok.. so I'm gonna come clean... Your all being tracked... Yes.. YOU.. Dear Readers... my stupid "free" hit counter at the bottom of my page quit working on me several months ago and it's been making me crazy... Is anyone reading? Is there a way to find out where people are coming from? HELP... Enter MixMap.com... it's awesome.. You can create a Google Map of visitors on any web page that you have control of the code of... so.. A month or so ago I added one to the blog... hidden quietly in the template code, it's been churning away giving me the information I've been wanting... The results... here's the last couple of days...
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As you can see.. Your all "Anonymous Users" so I'm not getting that much info on you, but I'm just thrilled with all the varied locations! Italy.. France.. Yemen.. Australia... Sweden... Lithuania... WOW! Well.. I just wanted to say a BIG Thanks to each and every one of you... I'll keep posting.. if you all keep reading... OH.. and drop me a note.. let me know how the heck you found my little blog in this great wide world!
Later...
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As you can see.. Your all "Anonymous Users" so I'm not getting that much info on you, but I'm just thrilled with all the varied locations! Italy.. France.. Yemen.. Australia... Sweden... Lithuania... WOW! Well.. I just wanted to say a BIG Thanks to each and every one of you... I'll keep posting.. if you all keep reading... OH.. and drop me a note.. let me know how the heck you found my little blog in this great wide world!
Later...
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Crystal Chandelier
One day off in a month and this is the weather I get! SHEESH... Actually it wasn't that bad... just rain and drizzle for the most part, but as I went thru the Quabbin, the higher I went, the more ice I encountered... at the top of the mountain, at the tower, the ice fog was incredible... it coated everything except for the road (luckily!)...
Monday, January 15, 2007
Pink Skulls
The Stupid Little Angry Dog™ is sporting a new collar... Pink Skulls... the perfect combination of "girly girl" and "evil b4st4rd"! :)
Friday, January 12, 2007
Because someone got blocked...
My Title on this post from a couple days ago got my sister blocked from the blog... so I've deleted the old story and readded it here..
So you knew it was inevitable... I got into it with one of my fellow associates at Wally World... Let me set this up for you... Saturday was wicked busy... people everywhere... there are huge clearance sales on clothing going on, so the fitting rooms are packed with scoffers looking for deals... and the phones are ringing off the hook... I had been on duty for 2 hours and still hadn't made it away from the desk to check my 'zone'... Well.. the phone rings and someon wants the infants dept..... so I page for an Associate in or around infants... no answer... I page again... no answer.... So... being the nice person I am.. I ask the caller what they are looking for... "a crib".. great.. the fartherest corner of the store... so... I stick her on hold, along with the 4 other lines that are on hold... go find Fran from Men's to cover the phones for me... and head off at a trot for infants... as I round the corner and head down action alley.. 20 feet from the Infants department.. what do I see... an associate slowly adding shirts to a rack... WFT! She was freakin 20 feet away and she couldnt take the call! Apparently, according to her... "This is the GIRLS department, Infants is NOT my job!" GGRRR.... So I pulled in all the meager supervisory training I've had... When she tried to change the subject to how hard she had it 2 weeks ago, I cut her off at the pass and said "I'm not talking about what happened 2 weeks ago, I'm talking about what JUST happened... Let's stay on topic.. shall we?" When she again said "it's not my job!" I used "Well, I am new here.. and maybe it isn't your job, Management should be able to tell me who is supposed to be doing what, I'll just ask the assistant manager and she should be able to give me the information on EXACTLY what people are supposed to be doing!" Her reply... "She'll just tell you that it's YOUR job!" my reply... maybe so, but it can't hurt to ask, I am kind of confused.. after all, I was told to page using "in or AROUND" the different departments, and if 20 feet away isn't "around" then I need someone to explain exactly what they mean by "around" because to me... 20 FEET is AROUND... When she tried to argue further I'd had enough and went with "That's ok, I'll talk to the Manager about it.. don't worry about it... I'll let you know what I find out tho... OH.. wait... maybe that's the manager's job... either way.. I'll make sure you get the same info I do, so there aren't any other misunderstandings..." So.. that was the end of it... she stomped off with a "whatever"... I haven't decided if I'm really gonna bring this up with management.... I have a feeling I got my answer on Sunday, when this same associate showed up at the desk,, grabbed the returns for INFANTS, looked at me and said "I'll take these to the infants department, is there anything else that needs to go over there?" Biting back the urge to say "Don't worry about it after all, didn't you say Infants wasn't your job!"... and instead I handed her some booties and said "yes, this needs to go too, thanks!" Apology accepted... for now!
So you knew it was inevitable... I got into it with one of my fellow associates at Wally World... Let me set this up for you... Saturday was wicked busy... people everywhere... there are huge clearance sales on clothing going on, so the fitting rooms are packed with scoffers looking for deals... and the phones are ringing off the hook... I had been on duty for 2 hours and still hadn't made it away from the desk to check my 'zone'... Well.. the phone rings and someon wants the infants dept..... so I page for an Associate in or around infants... no answer... I page again... no answer.... So... being the nice person I am.. I ask the caller what they are looking for... "a crib".. great.. the fartherest corner of the store... so... I stick her on hold, along with the 4 other lines that are on hold... go find Fran from Men's to cover the phones for me... and head off at a trot for infants... as I round the corner and head down action alley.. 20 feet from the Infants department.. what do I see... an associate slowly adding shirts to a rack... WFT! She was freakin 20 feet away and she couldnt take the call! Apparently, according to her... "This is the GIRLS department, Infants is NOT my job!" GGRRR.... So I pulled in all the meager supervisory training I've had... When she tried to change the subject to how hard she had it 2 weeks ago, I cut her off at the pass and said "I'm not talking about what happened 2 weeks ago, I'm talking about what JUST happened... Let's stay on topic.. shall we?" When she again said "it's not my job!" I used "Well, I am new here.. and maybe it isn't your job, Management should be able to tell me who is supposed to be doing what, I'll just ask the assistant manager and she should be able to give me the information on EXACTLY what people are supposed to be doing!" Her reply... "She'll just tell you that it's YOUR job!" my reply... maybe so, but it can't hurt to ask, I am kind of confused.. after all, I was told to page using "in or AROUND" the different departments, and if 20 feet away isn't "around" then I need someone to explain exactly what they mean by "around" because to me... 20 FEET is AROUND... When she tried to argue further I'd had enough and went with "That's ok, I'll talk to the Manager about it.. don't worry about it... I'll let you know what I find out tho... OH.. wait... maybe that's the manager's job... either way.. I'll make sure you get the same info I do, so there aren't any other misunderstandings..." So.. that was the end of it... she stomped off with a "whatever"... I haven't decided if I'm really gonna bring this up with management.... I have a feeling I got my answer on Sunday, when this same associate showed up at the desk,, grabbed the returns for INFANTS, looked at me and said "I'll take these to the infants department, is there anything else that needs to go over there?" Biting back the urge to say "Don't worry about it after all, didn't you say Infants wasn't your job!"... and instead I handed her some booties and said "yes, this needs to go too, thanks!" Apology accepted... for now!
Thursday, January 11, 2007
I am nothing if not consistent...
yes... it's official.. I've turned into my mother... I spent many an hour as a child in the bra department of various stores... it made me the half insane adult that I am today... Now... as a part time job... I work in the Intimates Department and spend hours surrounded by the damn things... This is the result..
Time.. and a half...
Well... Wally World is surprising me at every turn... I have my check direct deposited, but I was able to go online and get my stub... What a nice surprise... no one mentioned anything about Time and a Half... seems those 8 hour Sunday's and New Years' Day were worth working... At least that is all I can figure out is going on... My first check didn't have a Sunday or a Holiday so it was just straight time.. this one had "overtime" pay.. WOOHOO... NICE! I can't help but wonder if maybe it's a mistake tho and somewhere down the line they are gonna figure it out and I'll end up working for the Company Store for the next 6 months for free... Heh... I suppose I'll worry about that when it happens...
Later...
Later...
Friday, January 05, 2007
Rotten Berries....
One little label with "for INDOOR use ONLY" would have saved this horrible massacre of my lovely red berry wreath... that will put an end to a nice series of photo's for ya'... at least I made enough off the prints to have paid for the wreath itself... I'M MAD....
Weather gone nuts...
49 degrees at 5 of 10 in the am... on 1/5/07.... CRAZY... We may not have to move south for the winter afterall...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Let's act like animals...
IN the animal kingdom, the male peacock carries around a giant feathery tail to intice the female peacock into mating... the male lion has a giant tuft of fur around his neck simply to impress... the male cardinal takes his chances being bright red and sticking out like a sore thumb in the cruel cruel forest just to make his lady happy... so WTF happened to people???
Do men jam a piece of string up their butt crack and call it a "jock thong"? Do they bend over and have their underwire t-shirt jam a pointy piece of metal into their armpit? Do they suffer with the four inch heel on their work boots? Do they remove almost every bit of body hair for that clean polished look? NO... NO THEY DON'T!! We do!
So I say, Women of the World Unite! Stop dressing for men... Let's just dress for ourselves... Do you really care if your legs look like tree trunks in those comfortable Dr. Scholl's nurses shoes? Do you care if your Mom's boobs touch her belly button?? How about your sister?? Do you really care if you can see her panty lines? Let's just chuck it all... I have a feeling that the men will still be comin' around, even if you are wearing a house dress that contains enough material to make a decent car cover out of when you get sick of the color of it... Testosterone will see to that...
So let's take a lesson from the animal kingdom and get a little balance back in our wardrobes... OH... and no... I'm not just saying this cause I'm sick of picking those freakin' thongs up off the Wally World floor... well... ok.. so maybe I am... but... whatever... JUST SAY NO!!!
Later...
Do men jam a piece of string up their butt crack and call it a "jock thong"? Do they bend over and have their underwire t-shirt jam a pointy piece of metal into their armpit? Do they suffer with the four inch heel on their work boots? Do they remove almost every bit of body hair for that clean polished look? NO... NO THEY DON'T!! We do!
So I say, Women of the World Unite! Stop dressing for men... Let's just dress for ourselves... Do you really care if your legs look like tree trunks in those comfortable Dr. Scholl's nurses shoes? Do you care if your Mom's boobs touch her belly button?? How about your sister?? Do you really care if you can see her panty lines? Let's just chuck it all... I have a feeling that the men will still be comin' around, even if you are wearing a house dress that contains enough material to make a decent car cover out of when you get sick of the color of it... Testosterone will see to that...
So let's take a lesson from the animal kingdom and get a little balance back in our wardrobes... OH... and no... I'm not just saying this cause I'm sick of picking those freakin' thongs up off the Wally World floor... well... ok.. so maybe I am... but... whatever... JUST SAY NO!!!
Later...
The Birthday Boy!
75 Years Young and still looking great! I think we managed to surprise him with his birthday party yesterday either that or he should start a new career in acting! I doubt if he would want to give up his new job of "Deck Designer - All Around Architech" for my brother's house, all Mike has to do is mention he's thinking of adding another deck/bathroom/finished room in the cellar... and within a couple days Dad arrives with complete blueprints and a shopping list for Home Depot! HEH...
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