No big revelations

[susandennis]

This desktop at work was brand new when I started here 18 months ago. It's a Dell desktop something. When I leave every day, I turn off the monitor and the passworded screensaver kicks in. In the morning, I turn on the monitor, put in the password and I'm back in biz. Last week one the of the forced updates turned on the powersaver hibernation thing. Really annoying. I came in and turned the monitor on to learn I was in some kind of power saving mode. Blech. I did not know how to wake it up so I had to power off and then power on. I found the hibernation bit in the power section of the control panel and turned it off.

This morning, I got the same damn thing. Power button blinking amber. No way to wake the damn thing up. I hate to power off and power on. It makes me cranky. I can't find any where that is tweaked to make it do this and I can't figure out how to wake it up without turning it off and back on again. It's not nice to make me cranky in the morning.

I realized last night that Netflix never sent me a replacement for the DVD I sent in a week ago. First time that's happened. Not fatal, but glad I remembered before it got too far down the road.

I would love to find a supplier for bulk ordering of teddy bear stuffing. I thought I had one. I ordered. They charged my credit card. Their website is a little 'my 12 year old can build us all the website we need' and their ordering system leaves a lot to be desired. But, after I ordered, I sent an email asking for a tracking number and got a fast response. Dave said that he could not supply the tracking number as the shipment was coming direct from the factory but that I should receive my 10 pound bag by the middle of the week. That was last week and Old Dave is no longer answering any emails. Fuck.

And I cannot find another supplier. I want a bulk order - 10 pounds at least - delivered. Bonus points if it comes in under $.40 an ounce. Making these damn bears is the easy part. Gathering the bits is turning out to be a bitch.

1 lousy strike away from sealing the deal and the St. Louis Cardinals came up with a Not So Fast There, Buster. So we have another game on Wednesday. S'ok, at least I have tonight so I can get maybe one Numb3rs in and possibly last week's ER.

My brother sent me and Mom and long and detailed email about his adventures in starting his new business. He sounds so jazzed and so optimistic and positive. I'm so thrilled for him. Daddy would have been so proud but then if he were still alive maybe Bill would not have had the nerve to even try so I guess I'm hoping that somewhere, somehow Daddy knows that his boy is doing him proud.

Comments

[kyrielle]

Yikes on the teddy bear guts!

As far as the power-save crap, have you tried pressing and releasing the power button? Some models, that pops them back out of hibernate or whatever it is (if moving the mouse and smacking the enter key doesn't do it).

[shanynrose.livejournal.com]

Try calling Zim's (www.zimscrafts.com, 1-800-453-6420) for your bear supplies. It looks like they've branched out into "giftware" since I last ordered their catalog about four years ago, but they used to be HUGE. I visited their brick and mortar store when I was a teen and idajo will agree that once we went in it was next to impossible to leave. The pattern section was largely mimeographed copies (think bare-bones, not infringed copyrights) at less than a buck apiece...I wanted one of everything!

I couldn't find "stuffing" or "eyes and noses" via their online search, but the online catalog doesn't cover one one-hundredth of what they actually HAVE.
The actual paper catalog is/was a four-inch ring binder. I paid ten bucks for it in 2000, and that was mostly to cover shipping costs. I loaned it out and never asked for it back. Stupid me.

Their phone people are great - I think they only hire hardcore crafters. It's located in the heart of Mormon country and Mormon women are notoriously crafty.

And they DO answer email.
Good luck!