Good grief!

Is there anyone out there besides me who thinks that TV has to cook up something juicy all the time to keep our attention? Previously it was Jon and Kate (and thank God that's almost disappeared from my news now!). Now it's Leno/Conan. Shut up already. I don't give a flying flit who gets the Tonight Show spot, but I imagine Johnny Carson is spinning in his grave over this mess. But I don't particularly like Jay, and I never liked Conan, so I never watched either of them. And with all of this bru-haha I think even if I were a devoted fan I'd be so disgusted I'd never watch either of them again.

NBC has a public relations nightmare on their hands. Or do they? When I think of NBC I can't think of a single show on there I watch or have watched in the last few years. Yet it's amazing how Conan's ratings have sky rocketed since this all hit the news... Is it cynical of me to be sitting here thinking that this whole mess is just a giant publicity stunt to gain NBC viewers?

Remember that book when you were a kid...

...Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day?

Well that was my day to a T. I've been on the verge of tears all day long (thanks PMS, you suck!). I finally had my interview today for the promotion I was supposed to get. It was pretty lame. Then the boss said he wanted to talk to me when the next person came in to cover me. She was late, and by then the boss was busy with our Loss Prevention Audit and couldn't talk, so I never got his take on the interview. And now I won't even see him until Tuesday. And then joy of joys, we get to do role-plays. Fuck role-plays, do I have the job or not??

So I cried the whole way home from work, totally frustrated and really heading for pissed off. I'm starting to feel completely jerked around about this job. If I don't get a solid yes or no answer soon I'm applying to work for the competition.

I used to like my job....

Isn't it cute?

Got a special someone you want to send a valentine to? From February 1-14, 2010, more than 60 volunteers come to the Loveland Chamber to lovingly hand-stamp each Valentine card sent to the ‘Sweetheart City,” Loveland, CO.

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Postmaster - Attention Valentines
446 E. 29th St.
Loveland, CO 80538-9998

Deadlines for re-mailing and delivery by Valentines Day, Feb. 14:
Valentine cards/envelopes destined for re-mailing outside of the U.S. to other countries and international destinations should be in Loveland by Monday, Feb. 3.

Valentine cards/envelopes destined for re-mailing within U.S. and outside of Colorado should be in Loveland by Saturday, Feb. 8.

Valentine cards/envelopes destined for re-mailing within the state of Colorado should be in Loveland by Tuesday, Feb. 11.

The Olympics is coming!

In one month it will be time for the Winter Olympics. This year I am captaining Team Colorado for the Ravelympics 2010. I'm also hoping that The Yarn Harlot will put together the Knitting Olympics again this year, as it was a lot of fun 4 years ago :) (I knit a Dayflower Scarf then. This year I hope to knit this baby sweater as my main project as well as enter with my red Monkey Socks in the UFO category, lol.

The baby sweater claims to be a 5 hour sweater, but I know my knitting skills and speed and the amount of time I will actually have time to work on it and judge it a worthy project for two weeks ;)

Dammit!

The most comfortable bra I have ever owned just broke! I've only had it since Aug. and the underwire just snapped in two today. When I put it on this afternoon I thought it was fitting a bit odd but I was in a hurry and just shrugged it off as an oddity. It wasn't uncomfortable so I didn't think of it again until I got home and took it off. I thought maybe the wire had just shifted and I was all set to move it back. Imagine my chagrin when I discovered it was broken.

I loved that bra, darnit. And I've never had an underwire break that soon after buying a bra. So I rated the bra on the store's web site and sent off a peeved email to customer service. I guess it's time to start looking else where for bras now if the quality has gotten that poor.

Woot!

Red sock now has a cuff, lol. And a lifeline so I can frog back to pre-lace status if need be ;)

I was going to start knitting a baby sweater tonight, but then I remembered that somehow my size 10 1/2 needles got broken. And it snowed today, leaving the roads rather hellish so I didn't want to stop on the way home from work. (Hellish as in, 4 wheel drive and I was still having traction issues, no acceleration. Not that I wanted to go much faster than I was but....).

So I guess I will stick with the socks for the moment. Now that I have been knitting them I am antsy to get them done, lol. Guess we will see what the weather and roads are like tomorrow, maybe I can get a new set of needles then. Luckily, Baby Tess isn't due 'til March and even a slacker like me should be able to finish it by then. *knock wood*

Anyhoo, got a headache so I am going to head for bed.