Suddenly I'm having another topic to blog on. 3 in day - that's a record for me!
Let me jump right in to my tiny rant :) What is UP with people still having hard-sided waterbeds? You'd be surprised (like I have been) how many people are still rockin' the waterbeds! Usually it's older men who come in to our store, see our signs that say 80% off, and all sheets $8 etc. and come rambling in asking about waterbed sheets. Ha. This completely cracks me up. I was so close to asking the last guy, "still rockin' the waterbed huh?, what's the appeal?" "When do you think you'll upgrade to the current century?"
Deep discount sales also bring out the men who don't normally shop for sheets and are confused as to what a "fitted" is and what a "flat" is. I usually bring them over to our display bed to show them the fine points on sheet pieces. And I find it so interesting how scared people are of color. We sold out very quickly in our cream for those who are deathly afraid of picking a color that makes a statement. Next went our sage green sheets because women who were shopping with their husbands in mind thought they could get away with green gingham. Next was the blue flower print, because of course, though there was a flower, at least it was blue for all those macho husbands out there afraid to be made fun of or be made to feel too feminine in their bed, the place where they should feel most like a man! Roar!
Also, I've had quite a few people in who say, well I have to have yellow sheets because my walls are yellow. Or too bad you're out of blue flower sheets, my walls are blue. Sometimes, when I offer the suggestion to them that they can go with a different color sheet, and tie the room together with accessories, like a pillow or duvet or anything really, they will see the endless possibilities. *SIGH* I am so glad that I'm not held to these extrememly uncreative thoughts and apparently rooms! that most of the people I've come into contact with over the past 10 months seem to be held by. Though, I shouldn't be surprised after having dealt with the color-challenged people plenty in my interior design/faux finishing work. Still, I just want to shake them and say, "Live a little! Get out there and choose some colors! Go CrAzY!". And, $8 high-end sheets, are you kidding? I'd never walk out of a store with empty hands at an $8 sale! Fortunately, I've only seen a few people do that this past week. Sometimes just before they walk out I will say (just for fun), "Did you see that all sheets are $8?"
I remember one of my favorite birthdays was when I was turning 10 yrs. old. I had a bunch of friends over for a party and we played games in the basement, one of them was trying to sit on and pop a balloon - don't remember how it went exactly, but whoever popped it must have won a prize. That same year I can picture all of us around the dining room table cutting into the cake and calling out our flavor of ice cream we wanted. That was long before I had to worry about not handling sugar or dairy well.. DAmN it! I kept one of my presents from that birthday for a long time.. it was a white linen covered dog that all my names signed their names on and wrote messages (that's what it was for I guess).. wish I still had it now to remember which kids I was friends with at that point. I should try to find my pictures from that year!
Would be so fun if birthdays when you're an adult could be that fun. Have a bunch of friends over who don't have other adult commitments to keep them from being able to come and once they get there not too embarrassed to play a crazy game that might make them look silly. At least I got balloons this year! :) And a great dinner out with my brother and a friend.. and flowers and 2 cards from my mom (she started giving 2 cards to all of us a while back because she just couldn't force herself to decide between 2 that she was holding in the store!). Anyone up for a crazy game of SomEthiNG ? Anything ? :) I feel like I still have to ring in this big 32 !
I'm not impressed. What was with the awful singing guests last night!? Dolly talked out her entire song instead of really singing it.. and what an awfully written song. It was all message (which I didn't care for) and no melody or anything. It really was more of a preachy poem. Ish. Dolly, just sing! Maybe she's lost the voice she once had so has to 'sing' this way. My dad said after 1 minute of it.. "well, I've had my Dolly fix for quite a while." ha! Right-on! The brothers who sang.. whoever they were.. I kept saying, "Can't either of the other two guys sing?, This guy has no voice.".. They've basically made it thus far because of their semi-good looks and instrumental talent. Ramiele - She had a good voice, but never seemed comfortable on stage. She was too shy to really come out of her shell much, though during her last song on the show, through tears, she seemed the most comfortable that I've seen her. The 3 country/blues past contestants they flashed back to were far from favorites for me. I never liked Bucky, Bo Bice (how did he make it that far?) or Phil Stacey (lacking personality bigtime). Let's recap past 'Idols' that were actually favorites next time! Must have been because it was a country themed night with Dolly and all. Sorry to be negative, but here's hoping for a better Idol next week!
The site has surpassed me with its extreme technology. I won't be able to do any live chatting because my operating system is not brand new (Mac OS 10.4.8) in order to support Silverlight, the program needed for the live chatting and radio listening. What's with that? My computer is not out of date when it comes to anything else.. watching videos on the web etc. Ah well.. meet me for Live chat through Yahoo Messenger.. (my screen name is on my page) - Which I see is not one of the choices at the bottom of the profile section.. just AIM and MSN messengers. Some small kinks to work out. Good site in many regards though :) Thanks web gurus at Hubbard!/FM107.1!
Well I am ! This new website format is very Blog-Centric.. centering around this big Blog section. I could hardly leave it blank! Or let weeks go by without adding a new blog about something, anything. And, because of the design of the new site (which I'm sligtly warming to) blogs that are written cannot be neatly tucked away, you'll always be facing what you've written while on your page. There is is staring back at you. Adjustments adjustments. A change could do you good right Sheryl? I suppose this will actually force me to be more comfortable with blogging. Will I step it up and share my deepest thoughts with whoever might happen across my page? People who've done a search for our store? Those people in my life that I'm not as in touch with anymore ?.. you know who I mean. Friends from the site, feel free to read these blogs o'mine.. and I'll try to keep them interesting and true.. not like those memoirs nowadays that bring in exaggeration and tall tales! Stay tuned for my update on the Squirrel Saga! Round 2 is over.. but who won?!
