Update

[jaelie]

Lessee. The first weekend of September (the 2nd & 3rd) was great. Friday the 1st I went to a birthday/new job/farewell/welcome-home party. There were like five guests of honor, with two birthdays, one person back from the military, one person starting a new career, and one leaving an old job. Then Saturday I got fitted in the dress for sandrayln's wedding. She picked good colors, and I got to pick my own style within some parameters, so over all, I'm very happy about the dress. Yay, Sandrayln! :D I still need to pick up the dress from her mom, heh.

After getting fitted, Matt and I headed out to Anna to visit with my brother and his family. We pretty much just hung out all day, watching movies, visiting, going on long walks, etc. And had some very yummy home-made ice cream.

Monday I worked a half-day (whee!), but I sure paid for it Tuesday and Wednesday. The hard drive on my computer at work crashed. Died. Kaput. I was able to log in safe mode and I saved all my word docs and spreadsheets, but I totally forgot to back up my emails. I lost three years worth of saved emails and worst of all, I lost all the work email addresses. Well, and any pending emails in my in-box. Uck. I'm still trying to remember what things I still had outstanding.

Luckily, this past weekend was quite fun. I got to spend two days in a row with my sister, which I haven't done in way too long. We went to an Indian Powwow at Traders Village in Grand Prairie. Then we also went shopping (mostly window, heh) down at Perth Street. I still need to get some velveteen, but since I haven't settled on a color, I'm limited.

We also played the Star Wars RPG. I totally dig my character in that game. I'm sad to see it indefinitely postponed, as two of the players will be out for several months, since they are about to have twin infants to juggle.

I also had my first Thai lesson last night at the wat in Keller. This is going to be a real challenge, but at least there are a lot of people who are very encouraging. Ugh. But the tones! I am so going to butcher it for a long time. At least I can actually hear the difference in tones. Replicate it? Now that is gonna take some time.

The upcoming weekend: costumes, guns, and gaming. Sounds like a good combo to me! Except I have to clean my house first. Heh.

Comments

[elizagoth.livejournal.com]

I still have a huge bolt of black cotton velveteen in the storage closet of my old house. I've test washed it in hot and it comes out beautifully. How much do you need? You're welcome to some yardage if you like. I'm pretty sure it's 60" wide.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Velvet. Washable velvet, even better! My problem arises in that I need around 10-ish yards. Maybe even as many as 20 if I want to do two outfits (an Elizabethan, and an 1880s riding habit). Do you know where I can get some relatively cheap? Matt's b-day gift to me will be this velveteen, and the cheaper it costs, the more I can get!

How is your new job going? and your home? No updates from you recently!

[elizagoth.livejournal.com]

I seem to be traditionally much better at commenting than whole posting... One day I might fix that...

Job is good. I've been crazy busy since the day I got there. I was forced to slow the hell down today, unfortunately, because I'm sick as a dawg. :( You know me... go go go until I'm knocked flat out and force to stop and catch my breath. (If only that were literally possible today!).

Anyhow, I'm doing a ton of logistics and project management stuff currently. They grew very very quickly, 40% a year for the 12 years they've been in business. Because of that, they didn't really have an effective infrastructure in place for everything. They kick butt when it comes to a diverse and interesting product line. They have a huge contract work sideline, and several sub-companies. But things like advertising and trade shows sneak up on them, so I'm doing a ton of work to get a process in place so they don't have to run pick ups for their ads, etc. We have a nice advertising budget, good placement, etc. No point in wasting those nice spots with old ads!

I love the house. I haven't gotten much better at making time to stop and clean. At least it doesn't put the entire house in a chokehold in this one though!

I used to buy fabric from a place online at great prices. I'll have to try to figure out the name though... It's been so long!

Dharma Trading Company always had great stuff, but you have to dye it yourself (which they sell as well). It's probably worth having them send you out a catalog

More later... I need to find some advil or something before my head pops!

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Whee! My own personal update from teh Elizagoth. ^_~

Interesting about Dharma Trading Co - I found them just the other day while searching for a company that would sell me a good number of fabric swatches. They have an awesome deal for that. I didn't know they sold their stuff undyed, though. I guess I ought to read their other info, heh.

If you find that other place, let me know. I'd like to have quite a bit of velveteen on hand, as it's a really useful fabric in costuming, heh.

[elizagoth.livejournal.com]

http://www.fabric.com

Phoenix Textiles. Great people to deal with, good deals. Not much in the way of velveteen right now though...

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Actually, looks like they have a brown 100% cotton velveteen that could work. If I ordered velveteen from Dharma Trading Co, I'd have to dye it anyway, so maybe I could dye the brown, too? Hm...

[elizagoth.livejournal.com]

When I used them they had very good service, which I doubt has changed. :) What color are you looking for?

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

I'll probably end up dying it black, since it's a dark, rich brown. Unless the brown looks good on me. /vanity!

On a completely unrelated topic - what is the name of that mechanic that yall use that's located on Mill Street? My car is in big need of it's 100k mile update, and it's been acting a little off, poor thing.

[elizagoth.livejournal.com]

Gerald Jones, of Lewisville Car Care. Tell him you're in LV 2nd Ward. ;)