08.31.07
Posted in Musings at 10:51 am by trueepicure
I’m sorry I’ve been kind of vague about what’s going on with me lately. And I’ve neglected my posting duties the last few days. Things are busy lately, but all is good. Really!
Wednesday was my last day at my job, and I start a new, very exiting new job next week. I didn’t love my old job, and the hours were so long that I felt like I had no life left. I start my new job with the Federal Government on Tuesday!
I’m heading out in a couple of hours to head up to NYC for my first wedding dress fitting! I am so excited!
Things are good!
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08.28.07
Posted in Musings at 11:59 pm by trueepicure
If I can just get through tomorrow without melting down, life will have new meaning. More details tomorrow!
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08.27.07
Posted in Musings at 4:53 pm by trueepicure
I’ve been playing with Ravely for the last month or so. I didn’t think I would get quite as addicted as I am… I haven’t been on KnittyBoard since I got my invite to Ravelry. Where oh where does the sickness end?
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08.26.07
Posted in Musings at 10:12 am by trueepicure
In the wake of all of the wedding replanning, I’m being reminded, yet again, that there is a WIDE range of customer service. I had the good fortune to find a great florist for the wedding several months ago. We’re using The Flower Market in Alexandria, VA. Gwen, the owner, is proving to me once again that customer service *is* alive and well.
We’ve had to revamp our ceremony flowers and our reception flowers to accommodate the changes in venue. When I called to let Gwen know that we had to move everything, the first words out of her mouth were: “Don’t worry, we’ll do everything we can to make this as painless as possible.” She took the time to sit down with me yesterday to go over what we would need to change, and how we could make the changes with the least impact on our budget. She knows the venues well, and didn’t need me to describe either location before she was drawing diagrams on the back of a manilla folder.
I left Gwen’s office with the knowledge that my flowers were in good hands, and that my wedding is still going to be an amazing day. What a great feeling!
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08.24.07
Posted in Allergy, Musings, Wedding at 1:07 pm by trueepicure
I’ve been calling bakeries all over town to try and find one that can accommodate my corn allergy. None of them were willing to take the chance that I might have a reaction to errant corn dust or something. I tried to explain that I wouldn’t have a problem unless the corn was IN the cake, but apparently when store owners hear “allergy”, what they really hear is “lawsuit”.
This time, armed with the phone number for the Hollin Hall Pastry Shop(recommended to me by several people), I found success! Part of my success was due to framing the issue a bit differently. Apparently “sensitivity” does not have the same danger associated with it, and some people are willing to think a bit more outside of the box than others.
Keep your fingers crossed that they don’t change their minds!
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08.23.07
Posted in Craft, Fabulous Find, Musings at 5:14 pm by trueepicure
Another entry in the Fabulous Find category. This time, it’s a two-fer. I found this today at the Papery in Bethesda, MD. I would have purchased them, but they were $18. It gave me a great idea for making my own cards, however. A black and white background stamped or cardstock already colored, with a bright colored flower on top. The flower could be attached via a dimensional foam sticky (I can’t think of the correct term) for added “oomph”.
Actually, I guess it’s now a three-fer, because I just had another idea. If you have a piece of lace that you like, you could take a picture/scan it/trace it via a lightbox, and use that as the background image. Oooh.
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Posted in Musings at 2:34 pm by trueepicure
I spent yesterday shuttling between a conference and work, so no post. I got home from dinner, took out the trash, and collapsed into bed. The only other thing I did was buy powerball tickets.
Today isn’t much better, although I do get to knit with my friends tonight. That makes things seem better.
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08.21.07
Posted in Musings at 2:08 pm by trueepicure
There is an article in Newsweek… maybe a couple of weeks ago now, about how Facebook has taken off/taken over/taken whatever. I found it funny that I saw the issue at the bookstore, the same day a schoolmate of mine from elementary school/middle school contacted me about an alumni group forming for our class on Facebook.
I had signed up as an extension of my participation on LinkedIn, and I am now having a great time, seeing pictures of old friends and anticipating meeting up with these folks in the near future. WAAY more interesting to me than showing up for my 15th high school reunion.
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08.20.07
Posted in Musings, Wedding, Work at 9:38 am by trueepicure
The Chaos that is my life is starting to wear a little bit. Thank goodness for my awesome Honey (with a Capital “H”), my mom, my fuzzy cat, and my friends. We have 47 days until the wedding (count thanks to Ed’s countdown clock), we’ve had to plan the wedding twice thanks to some really crazy behavior at our original location, and we just moved into a new place.
The good things? As I mentioned, the people (and animals) in my life, an AWESOME restaurant manager , Jennifer of the Stardust Restaurant who basically resurrected our wedding reception, a new job, and a quiet place to call my own on the top floor of our new (rented) townhouse.
The bad? That’s another post entirely.
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08.17.07
Posted in Musings, Soapbox at 12:35 pm by trueepicure
As I got out of my car at the park and ride garage this morning, I saw a woman trying to find a parking place behind me. She pulled into one spot, and decided that she wasn’t going to fit (it looked like the people on either side of the spot had parked over the line), so she backed up again. As she was making her two-point turn to go the other way, she backed into the car just in front of where I was standing. I saw her car recoil, so I knew she must have felt the contact, but she didn’t stop.
I stood there for a minute in disbelief, as I watched the woman park in another spot, get out of the car, look at her own car, and then start walk off. I looked down to see if there was any damage to the car she’d hit, and seeing none, I proceeded to follow the woman down the stairs of the garage. I wasn’t sure what to do, since there wasn’t any damage to the car, but I felt like I should do SOMEthing.
I started to walk faster, and as we reached the bottom of the stairs, I turned to her and said: “I thought you should know that you hit the car behind you. You didn’t do any damage, but you hit the car.” She looked at me like I was from another planet, so I repeated myself: “You hit the car behind you as you were backing up. You didn’t do any damage, but you hit that car.” She started: “But, I…” I looked at her, and I walked away.
I don’t know if it was right, or if I should have done something else or something different. But I think I lost a little more faith in the human race, today.
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