M.I.A

Here I am! The reports of my being missing have been greatly exaggerated.
I did not hire someone to kidnap me. And I'm not getting married.
What with the Preakness over the weekend, and our computers going offline, I have been away for a bit. I'm still playing catch-up.

I think we need to have a little talk with the Linksys tech folks. Paul's and Mom's computers still won't get online.
Paul has had very few problems with this so far, since he's been hanging out with Danny ever since Sunday. (Sorry about that random link, but I am proud that I personally know three people on IMDB. Danny is one of them.)

Paul has taken Danny to house-sit for a friend. When Paul returns, he's going to want his computer online -- or to use mine.
Urgh! I need mine to update my CafePress store, work on the new premium store, moderate my boards, and ... play Bejeweled 2.
Yes, I am addicted to Bejeweled 2. I have the downloaded version on my computer, so I don't even have to be online. I have over 11 million points in the endless game. My top score in the timed game is 600,000+.

Duty calls -- time to plant some roses in the yard. Those shiny little gems will have to wait a little longer.

Lorilei

Little Honda

It isn't a little motorbike from the 60s, but it is exciting and fun.

Darn, I forgot about the chat. There was a CafePress chat Thursday night. I really did mean to attend. but I simply forgot.
At 7:00 (central time)/5:00 (pacific time), I was driving around in Portland, Tennessee, with my son Paul, in my newly acquired Honda Accord. Needless to say, I have been pretty excited .

First, when I got off work last night, I went to Nashville with Paul and a friend to see the 12:04 AM showing of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith." I loved it.
We drove through Portland on our way home to see if the Accord I had taken on a test drive was still parked at the car lot.
So today I went to talk to my credit union about a loan for the car. *gulp*
Not only did the woman at the credit union arrange for me to get the loan, but she even talked to the car salesman and got him to lower the price. Wow -- talk about customer service and satisfaction!

So Paul drove me to Portland to pick up my car. It isn't brand new, but it's really nice. I love driving it. Paul said he thinks it's the nicest car I have ever owned.

Tomorrow I go to my insurance agent, then to the court clerk's office. Then I'll take the paperwork back to my credit union.
Then I go to work at my "other" job, as a parimutuels teller. I punch or key tickets (on a Tote machine) for Thoroughbred horse racing.
The Preakness is this Saturday, too. I have no idea what I'm going to wear. I have been too wrapped up in getting my car to think about that. I'll try to find something suitable while I'm in Bowling Green.

I wonder how Giacomo will do in the Preakness. It was purely luck that Polly and I had a win and show ticket on him in the Kentucky Derby. I so wish I'd had the superfecta (first 4 horses to finish). After all, we had the 10, 12, and 17 -- we just left out 18. How silly of us. :Þ

Well, I'd better get some sleep. Friday will be a long day.
I'm thinking of naming my car. Rhonda the Honda.
Help me, Honda, help, help me Honda....

Okay, time for bed.

Lorilei
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Tuesday Afternoon

Okay, so it's really evening, now. I just thought some Moody Blues sounded good.

It's been a hectic day. I'm still waiting to hear about the car I have my eye on. It's a champagne-colored Honda sedan. And this didn't really affect my decision, but -- it has a sunroof. Oooooh!

I'm really sharp today, though. I took a nap earlier so I could be on time for a scheduled chat. I arrived in the chat room and made the discovery that I was early. -- By 48 hours. The chat is on Thursday, not Tuesday!

A GreatGear friend has helped me with a design I'm going to try out on the Spreadshirt site. A young lady had emailed me a few days ago to request a personalized black hoodie, so I decided to see what I could do with flocked merchandise. I hope she doesn't mind that it's going to be a pullover hoodie. Next I'll have to learn to create vector images.
*sigh*
Maybe CafePress will get similar products -- using flocking and/or embroidery -- in the near future. I'm really excited that the newest CafePress facility will be located in Kentucky.

Time to go check email and moderate message boards....

Lorilei

New weblog

Testing, one two three... is this thing on?
I'm new to this, as you can tell. It is an experiment, a companion to my online store.
Here goes the first post, so I can see how it looks.

Lorilei