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salestuff
09:44 AM - 03/15/2007

The topic: My auctions

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The winner of this necklace had this to say:

“I got my necklace!  I love it. I bought it because I was in love with the flower beads, but those aurora borealis beads are exquisite, I had no idea.
Thanks, it’s a beautiful piece.”

I mentioned that it’s really hard to photograph the sparklieness of the crystals, how they reflect the light so nicely, to which she replied:

“Right, you couldn’t tell in the pictures, it’s one of those new toys you get that you just can’t stop playing with.

I left it on the kitchen counter last night so I could pick it up when ever I wanted. I’d go in there and it would be placed neatly in a different spot, so I’m not the only one who was fascinated.

You needn’t worry, you have a good eye for beads and color.”

There are still necklaces up for auction, with more to come. I can only say that the pictures do NOT do them justice, that they’re much nicer IRL, than on a web browser.  I might try doing little movies of them in the sun and see if that helps. 

. lisaviolet designs auctions


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otherstuff
09:31 AM - 03/15/2007

The topic: Weight loss forum

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Over at Benny’s, one of the forums is for weight loss. Last week, one of my Disney pals, who is also in rescue, decided she had “too much junk in her trunk” and was going to get serious about getting healthier. She asked if she could invite people to the private weight loss forum. 

I made her a moderator.

And last weekend, I found a great script at a reduced price for journaling weights, exercise and food intake.  Photos can also be uploaded.  I’m hoping this helps people who take advantage of it to actually view their progress and see how their bodies are changing.  Got that set up with a few minor changes from the author (who offered to give me a free copy of the upgrade).

I also found a ticker that can be used.  It’s actually for pregnant women or women who just had babies, but it works well for us.  Since so many people were having a problem getting it to work on the forums as a sig file, I had to figure out how to save screen shots as jpegs.  But I got it done and now, the tickers work nicely.

Anyway, it seems to be fairly popular.  People are posting, asking question, sharing stories.  The support will be nice. 

I swore after my last big weight loss, that I wouldn’t buy new larger pants ever again.  And it’s about time.  I won’t do it.  It’s time to cut back on the junk food and downsize my portions.


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otherstuff
09:29 AM - 03/15/2007

The topic: Ear popping problem

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Does anybody else have this problem?  Every once in a while, one of my ears starts to pop, then stops.  It does this repeatedly and it’s very annoying. 

I’ve found that putting an earplug in the affected ear helps. 

But I can’t hear in stereo.


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otherstuff
09:19 AM - 03/15/2007

The topic: Audits

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What a PITA they can be.

So, we had an audit scheduled yesterday, between noon and 2:00.  She might be “a little early”.  Although I’ve been keeping the house pretty decent, there were a couple of windows needed washing (family room and dining room, there was a bit of cat sneeze snot on them and spray marks and dining room window, which has a crock of cat water in front of it, was covered with water drops, compliments of the kitty cats who dip their paws in the water before drinking), floors needed to be rewashed (we’re still trying to find the right cans of Wellness for the cats….some they absolutely do not like and puke up what they don’t just leave in the bowls) and just maintenance work.  And with as many cats as we have, there is quite a bit of maintenance work.

She needed payroll records, tax records, checkbook register, time cards, different things and I got them printed out and files pulled so everything she needed would be at her fingertips.  I worked on that Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

Tuesday night, I had a rotten night’s sleep.  I think it’s because I had coffee in the morning, a diet Coke in the early afternoon and stupidly, I drank a low calorie high energy drink around four in the afternoon.  Whatever the reason, I was very tired yesterday from lack of sleep. A nap would have been very nice.

So, I’m ready at 11:30.  I hold off eating lunch, because I didn’t want to be chowing down when the auditor showed up. I didn’t dare lay down, because I didn’t want to answer the door from a sound sleep. 

12:30.  No word.

1:30.  No word.

She calls about 1:40 “I’m running late, what are the directions?”  She shows up within fifteen minutes. She comes in, sits down at the table, finds the printouts of the monthly payrolls, takes down the information, just from those, says “That should be it.”  She leaves.  I don’t think she was here for ten minutes.

Of course, it was too late to have lunch, since dinner wasn’t all that far away.  I ate four Honey Graham crackers and had a big glass of water.

Then I took a nap.


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lisaviolet is seventy something, married with no kids, takes care of lots of cats, likes taking photographs, loves Southern California weather and spends altogether too much time avoiding her responsibilities.

In her spare time, she makes pretty things to sell in her store.

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