Wait to hear if I got screwed

The laminate place scared the shit out of me this morning. They sent me two different invoices adding up to more than double their original estimate AND told me they could not use my Discover card (which they had no trouble using when they charged me for 50% up front). A few emails and a call later, all the invoice issues were cleared up, they gave me $100 off and I'm not worried about the Discover card. If they want their $ they will noodle that one out on their own.

Made for an interesting morning though. My kitchen looks so wonderful. I drag my hand around that bull nosed edge every time I walk by. I've decided, however, that it's not purple. It's grape. Just got the email that she was able to use my Discover card as I suspected she would :)

Oh and in the middle of all the kitchen billing issues my chromebook froze which it does very rarely - maybe once a year. I use my chromebook for most everything and if it died, I'd be sooooo sad. They don't make them any more and probably won't ever again and I really don't want it to die.

I'm kind of waiting until the rush hour traffic clears out a bit and then I'm going to hit the road for a quick (I hope) trip down south to Walmart and the big Asian market. And a stop at St. Vincent de Paul's to see if I can find some more jersey sheets. Then home for sewing and other mayhem.

My tweets

• Mon, 12:47: oooooooh progress! The sink's going back in now... These dudes are efficient. And really really nice.
• Mon, 13:38: New counter looks amazing but now I need a new rug! @ The Florentine https://t.co/UuuV0BDLf4
• Mon, 14:12: And... now... I bring you... the new counter top!! It's… https://t.co/jBIyUzOvHg https://t.co/gngqDcY0pc

Hard won haul

It was too sunny and hot to be driving around in a car this morning. The glare is a killer, not to mention the heat. Oh, glare reminds me, I need to call the eye doctor for an appointment. Just did. 7:40 next Tuesday. Since I'd much rather have the earliest appointment I can get, I can usually get in pretty fast. And this trick just worked again!

So back to my trip. I started with DK Market and found my crackers as well as some other goodies. Then on to Walmart where the customer service line had nobody in it! I got my refund and couldn't really find anything to spend the money on there so I split.

I went to St. Vincent de Pauls which was a huge disappointment. So huge, in fact, that when I got back to the car, I googled for a nearby Goodwill and found one. SCORE!! 3 jersey sheets and a yard of beautiful periwinkle french terry (vest for sure) and two other nice nice yards of stripey knits. $30.



Did I mention I have a new grape counter top?

I spent some time cleaning up the sewing room and then did another test tshirt. I decided the previous one was just a hair to long in the shoulders and shoulder fit is the most important fit to me. So I redid. Today's test nailed. it. Oh and I also tested sleeve length for short sleeves. I like my short sleeves longer than most. Also nailed that. I need to hem the sleeves and bottom but it got too hot in the sewing room.

So I left that for another day and I'm cutting the elastic out of the sheets in front of the air conditioner.

Tomorrow I have another Diamond Club game but it is an afternoon game and I cannot say I'm really looking forward to it that much. My next three games, as a matter of fact, are all afternoon games. I need to work on my attitude about this. It would be really silly to spend this much for an experience I don't enjoy. I do have the breezy Mariner shirt I made and one of those hand held mister fans. And it will be cooler than the last afternoon game I suffered through.

Just remembered that I forgot to get the mail. I think I'll do that now.