Well, my managers told me today that I didn’t get the lead position that I applied for, but I did impress upper management during my interview. My managers let me in on a lil’ secret. There’s another lead position opening up on a different team and my name is flying among management as a good candidate. It should be posted next week, so I should apply. It would be sad to leave my team. My manager said that she would cry. But if it’s a step up and more $ and a great opportunity, why not go for it, right? DH is upset that I did not get the job this time. I expected not to get it. The candidate who will be offered the position has been there longer than I have, has management experience, and has traveled and assisted in training new groups. Plus I respect her. I’m glad that it was someone on our team instead of an outsider who doesn’t understand our dynamics.

I HATE my hair. Last night I did a parent’s night out at the church and one of the kids apparently had head lice. So what did I wake up to? Head lice in my hair….ugghhh. I went to the store and got the shampoo and the spray. My mom checked my hair and said that she didn’t see anything. (She always does headlice checks at the elementary school where she works, so I trust her judgment.) So here I sit with treated hair - resisting the urge to itch because all I can think about is little things crawling in my hair….

I was going to get my haircut today. Guess not. I have a problem with haircuts though. I’m not a high maintenance woman. I want something that I don’t have to spend hours coiffing into the perfect form. I don’t want to have to use a ton of products to make it stay in it’s shape. I just want something simple and easy to manage. I would have liked to have gotten a haircut before my interview on Tuesday. Ehhh.

Anybody watch that show “How It’s Made”? Pretty interesting show. Personally, I think that 30 minutes is too short for it to air. It’s on the Discovery channel for those of you who are wondering. Basically, it describes how different things are made. Usually there are about 4 different items per show. Everything from hockey gloves to candy, and winter coats to sanitary napkins. I highly suggest tuning in if you have time.

Crisis on the knitting front. Well…let me calm you by saying that the crisis was ultimately averted, but for a while there we were all a little worried. Pink and purple turtle was not touched while I was stuck inside during the ice storm. We were on our way to grandma’s house for dinner. I had all intentions of taking pink/purple turtle with me and making a little more progress to appease DD. Before heading out into the chilly, slick outter world, I packed up the knitting bag and grabbed p/p turtle from where he had fallen when one of the pups stuck their nose into my bag to see what was in there. I noticed something detrimental. There were only 3 dpn’s. WHAT? Turtle was near the edge of being under the couch, so I pushed it aside and muddled through all the forgotten toys to see if it was sniggled among them. (Those of you with young children can relate to toys under the couch. If little one can’t find a toy, begin with in and under the couch.) I wanted to cry. The much needed dpn was not there. How was I going to tell DD that her mommy couldn’t work on her turtle because a needle was missing. I broke the terrible news. She didn’t cry, didn’t whine….instead she put on her detective face and said “I’ll help you find the needle, mommy. Is it blue?” I assured her that we would find it. After 20 minutes of searching, we found nothing. I knew that we had to leave the house to be able to return after dinner before the temp dropped and the roads became icy again. I mentally vowed to search again when I got home.

Off to dinner……………….back to home. I sat down and began pulling items out of my knitting bag. Wondering if I hadn’t overlooked it among the tangles of scissors, tape measures and pens found in the bottom of the bag. I pulled out the purple skein. I saw the 3 needles and a crochet hook tucked inside the skein. I reached in to pull them out and felt something. AHA! Eureka! Arggg!! (Mythbusters pirate edition is on.)I felt soooo dumb. As soon as DD saw it, she was sure to let me know that now her turtle could be finished. I guess now I’m off to knit……after browsing a few blogs. :))

Well…there’s no work today. The ice storm came through and made eveything slick. DH is still going to work in about 5 hours. I worry. It’s so slick. I worry a little about him driving in it, but mostly about how others don’t know how to drive in it. People thinking that they can go the speed limit on slick roads. Ridiculous.

OK. I know what you’re thinking. If I’m stuck at home then I can catch up on the knitting. I should. I have a hat that I’ve been working on for my sister that’s been on the needles for over a year. A HAT! I don’t think that I even remember what pattern I was basing it off of. I may have to frog it and start over….ugghhh. I hate frogging things. It’s such a set back. In the words of DD - you gots ta do whacha gots ta do.

I thought about working on updating my pattern database. I created one in access - complete with pictures. I have a whole notebook of patterns I collected years ago that I haven’t put into the electronic database.

My pup is feeling better. Not back to 100% but at least not what she was. She’s eating little bits of turkey which is a good sign.

I went into work today, but they sent us home at 10:45 due to bad weather. Tomorrow’s forecast is supposed to be worse. I’m debating on whether to go into work or just stay at home. I can use a personal day and stay at home. Hopefully, we will be closed, so I won’t have to take a personal day.

OK. I’ve started on purple Sheldon. Hopefully he/she will get a different name. Want proof that’s he/she is begun? Here ya go:

That’s the head. We’ll see how long it takes to finish this one.

OK. So there’s this position at work that’s kind of like a step above where I am now. At first I didn’t want to apply because there is this rumor that you can’t move anywhere within the company until you’ve been employed full time for 9-12 months. I haven’t. I talked briefly with my manager and she said that I was the first one to come to mind when the position opened up. Maybe there could be a chance for management discretion??? I went ahead and applied earlier today. I don’t know if the position is still open, but it doesn’t hurt trying, does it? I know another girl I work with who applied for the position. I felt guilty about applying because I know she needs money if it’s a pay raise. But I talked with her and she said that she would encourage anyone in our area to apply. We’ll see how my effort goes.

My pup is not feeling well. She was barfing for most of the day and not eating and very lethargic. Classic symptoms of gastritis in dogs. I gave her some pepto bismol about 4 hours ago and no barfies. Guess that helped. She’s still not wanting to eat, but everything online says to hold off on food for about 24 hours and then begin back up with a bland meal like chicken and rice or something that won’t upset her stomach. I’ll just be glad when she’s back to her old self. It’s sad to see her not feeling well and not knowing exactly what’s wrong or what to do.

Is anyone as tired as I am of looking at my blah blog? Call me lazy. I looked at instructions on how to customize the templates, but I just don’t get it. I could delve deeper and learn, but do I really want to? Do I want to stay in the comfort of blahdom? Sure…it would be interesting to change things up, but then that might require me to provide creative thought into my blog. (And we all know that I don’t do that now.) I don’t know what I want to do. I know that I want to stay with a free option no matter what - for 2 reasons:

1. I am cheap. YUP. Just ask DH. He’ll vouch for me. And…
2. I don’t blog often enough to justify to myself paying for anything. Heck, I had a free website and I’ve let it go to crap. I need to re-do it, but can’t think of how I want it to look. Project for the future.

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I did it. I took the plunge and tried editing my own layout. Well, I got a template and then customized it. Any comments? I guess it’s OK. Until I get more creative.

OK. I mentioned the other day that I finished Sheldon. Here’s pictures:

Naked Sheldon

Sheldon and his shell

Sheldon all cozy

I added the tail because there isn’t one on the original pattern. My DS says it looks like a turd, but a cute one.

I know, I’m terrible, but who reads this but me? Probably no one. But I know this isn’t for others. It’s for myself.

I suffered a small disappointment this week. I know that I shouldn’t let it get to me, but I am slightly upset. I participated in a digital scrapbooking contest this week. I actually put hard work into these things. I thought for sure I was going to advance to the second round….but, alas, I did not. **sigh** Why am I so down? I want to be good at digital work, but eveytime I post something, I don’t get very many comments. I don’t know if that’s good or bad. I mean it could be a good thing…there’s nothing bad for others to say. Then again it could be bad - the layouts are so bad that no one has anything nice to say, or they’re so common that no one can say anything about them.

I did have some accomplishments this week. I finished Knitty’s Sheldon the Turtle for a little boy who’s turtle recently passed away. Hopefully it will make a good gift. DD keeps asking me when I will make hers. It’s so cute. His is neon green and kelly green. She wants hers to be neon pink and purple. We certainly won’t lose her turtle anywhere. I have yet to start on it though.

The work front is getting better. My manager mentioned a supervisor position to me. The only bad thing is that it is in OKC. I don’t feel like relocating. Today she mentioned travelling to me. Going to different sites to assist in training and helping the new teams that are being set up. Interesting opportunity I think. The only drawback would be that it is time away from the family. It might not be too bad if it’s for short spurts. I guess it could be something to discuss with DH.