Rebecca Danger

Crazy Day

I don't know about anyone else but we had a crazies day in the shop yesterday. Aside from the usual, local "downtown color," you know, the crazy old (or not) men and women who come around and bother all the local business owners, we had several bona-fide wackos in as well. I mean absolutely bizarre folks, the type that all of a sudden they have been in the shop talking at you for 25 minutes and you wonder how you are going to get them out the door without inciting a crazy lash-out episode. Or that are talking to you and you are keeping your distance because you don't know if they are going to strike out at or try to grab you at any moment. Yeah, that was yesterday.

So I left the shop as soon as we closed at 6pm yesterday hoping for a better day today, assuming there couldn't possibly be 2 crazies days in a row. Well, I just took the sandwich boards out and as I was coming back up the hill to the shop a young man crossed the street in front of me with a HUGE kitchen knife in its clear plastic cover and nothing else. Not in a bag or concealed or anything, just in his hand plain as day.  This sucker was gargantuan too, we're talking big 'ol 9-12" blade, big cutting knife you use in your kitchen. Yikes, I hope the rest of the day is better and he stays on the other side of the street....

Too Hot To Knit

Now I understand why a lot of yarn stores are slower in the summer. It has been so darn hot the last few days I don't feel like doing anything, especially not anything that includes lovely fuzzy, snuggly, warm wool and fibers. I was at knit night on thursday, sitting outside on the Honeymoon patio, drinking an amazing sangria, knitting a gorgeous super skinny, super long white merino wool scarf with long fringe, wondering why in God's green acre ANYONE would EVER wear a scarf. I kept looking at it, going, "I will never ever wear a scarf ever again. It is just too hot, and it is always this hot!"

Of course I know I am wrong and will be glad to grab that scarf come Washington winter, but I must say I haven't managed to get myself to pick up needles again since!

So it is hot here, as you are all very aware since I am a voracious complainer in warm weather. It was 91 F yesterday in my car as I was running around shopping for clothes. For some reason, the last 2 weeks of wearing the normal work clothes have come up with about 5 of my say 9-10 outfits with big holes in them or something else making it so I can't wear them. Since I already have a pretty sparse wardrobe, I am finding myself not being able to even get through a week of work without doing laundry. So, I shirked all shop-keep responsibilities yesterday, leaving the mister in charge, and went off clothes shopping. Big, huge, whooping mistake.

Since it normally gets to 80 F tops here, we are not equipped for temperatures reaching into the 90's. I went to the mall (for shame!) and had the worst time trying on clothes, an already sweat inducing activity, in about 85 degree store dressing rooms. Charming.

So I came back to the shop, highly cranky with blisters, and did some internet shopping instead. I don't know why I even thought about going to the mall. I am now a internet shopper-only convert. So much better. Everything's all laid out and easy to see, if they don't have your size you don't have to dig through racks of clothes for 25 minutes, no one else is bumping into you or standing in front of you, and shipping is cheaper than gas to the store. Love it. Plus, it is like christmas when the package arrives!

Alright, now it is raining and in the 80's with I would say 95-100% humidity. I am going home, stripping down, drinking something cold (preferably gin and tonic), and watching netflixed movies.

Coffee Kick-Start

I don't know about anyone else, but my day today was not happening without at least 3 shots of espresso. I got in bright and early this morning, sat down at my computer to check email, and immediately had a royal breakdown. Lovely. My pugs thought I was totally nuts.

So, off to Starbucks I skidooed. And as I was walking back, just about to my shop, I heard someone yell out a car window to get my attention. Being as I have lived in bellingham twenty some odd years and I run a small retail business, have sold at our farmers' market, played the harp for years, etc, I assumed it was somone I know. Especially since the majority of people I know would yell out their car windows to get my attention.

So, turn I did to say hello and see who it was, with a big friendly smile on my face, just in time to realize it was a car full of guys yelling something along the lines of, "Yeah girl! Ooooowww!" and some other whatever I don't even care to think about. Yes. That's right. I gave one big 'ol cheesy smile to the guys cat-calling me out of a jeep. Super.

And of course after that all I could think of was that Seinfeld sketch about how guys yell out their car window because it's all they've got, they don't know what else to do.

After that, it actually did turn into a pretty awesome day of organizing, inventory-ing, and etsy shop cleaning. And I must say, I chuckled to myself all day about the car full of charming young men this morning.

Whirlwind!

Yikes! It has been one crazy morning with finishing bags, shipping a big old pile 'o bags and a steady stream of customers in the co-op.

Here's the proof:

Now it is time for me to go home and take a nap. I have been working for two straight weeks solid, no breaks, so I am getting at least half of today off. Yeah! Off I go to sit on the couch, watch some movies, snuggle with a pug puppy and knit. Perfect.

Holy Cupcakes it's Hot!

Ok, so it really isn't ridiculously hot, maybe just above 80 degrees F. But, being the fair-skinned, overly-sensitive person I am, it is way too hot for me. I have about a 15 degree window where I am ok: anything below say 60 and my skin turns red from cold, anything about 75 and my skin turns red from hot. Oy.

So I started in my photo room about 7:30 this morning so I could get more done before it got too warm. I got all 14 colors of knitting totes I have done pictured, plus some bears. And, I am on a roll and got something posted in both my knitting bag shop and my crafty shop. Go me!

So what's next on this super productive day's agenda? First some lunch since it is 3:15 and I have had anything since early this morning. And then, these:

But that's all you get for now since they're not done yet......

Ooooooooh, Aaaaaaaah....

Phew! I've been taking pictures of the knitting totes all day, which in my personal opinion are coming out lovely! This is one I liked, but didn't use on etsy, so here it is instead.

Whoa though, it is super hot in our photo room and I have had just about all I can handle! I think the rest of the bags, and some bears and kits, will have to wait until tomorrow for pictures because I am sweating profusely.

Isn't that charming? Now you know I am sweating. Lovely.

Tune in tomorrow to see if I can
a) post about something a little more appropriate than sweating
and
b) can do a blog post without using the word "super."

Have a super afternoon!

Done!

Yeah! I got all 24 bags done last night! And then I got them out in the shop this morning.....

They came out super cute and I have already sold a couple today. I was going with a super summery theme for my booth display, hence the beach balls and flip flops. It's getting to where I want it to be, now I just need to do something with the big empty white wall behind. But not right now. Right now I am headed home to watch movies and knit monsters. Sounds like the perfect evening.