I have already pre-ordered the newest Ellen Hopkin's book, Perfect. It will be released on September 13, and I will not get it in the mail until 2 or 3 weeks after that! lol.
I have already ordered Impulse, the first book in this new series. (I once gave that book to a friend in high school and never got it back. That was well over four years ago! So now I have to order all the Ellen Hopkins books I lost.)
I ordered all that from Amazon.com. I guess I could go to Barnes and Noble or even half-priced books to see if they have copies of those books, but I can find these books for like, 2 or 3 dollars! If I go to Half.com (a site belonging to EBay) I have found books for 75 cents, sometimes even less than that!
I love ordering books online, but I wish the shipping price would go down. I can order a book for a penny (seriously!) and still have to pay $3.99 shipping and handling. Ugh!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
stuff that goes wrong
Oh man oh man. The last couple of days @ work have been CRAZY.
On Monday afternoon the gas stopped pumping. Simply stopped! A co-worker, A., tried re-setting the pumps twice thinking there was some glitch in the program. In the meantime she had called a fuel repairman. He took two hours to get here, two hours to go to Delafield to get the parts he needed, and another 6 hours to fix the stuff going haywire in the basement.
Oh yeah, there was not a glitch in the program. There was something seriously wrong with the parts. In the basement there were sparks flying, parts were drowned out in water... it was a major mess! That was on Monday. I came in on Tuesday to check out my work schedule. When I showed up @ 1000 everything was aok and people were pumping out their gas. So thankfully everything was alright outside.
But today things went really wrong with the frappochino machine. Some of the funnels weren't working and they were not spitting out the coffee. The repairmen took a look and said everything was fine. Like not even two hours later one of the funnels started spitting out HOT HOT water all over the damn place. I was rushing around putting cups in the place of the water so it would not overflow.
T., our assistant manager, had to turn the machine off so he could stop the hot water going all over the place. By the time he turned off the machine there was water everywhere! He kept me at the cash register while he mopped/wiped up all the water that had gotten on the counter top and the floor. It took him well over an hour to mop everything up! :P
I have to come into work tomorrow pretty early. What will go wrong then?
On Monday afternoon the gas stopped pumping. Simply stopped! A co-worker, A., tried re-setting the pumps twice thinking there was some glitch in the program. In the meantime she had called a fuel repairman. He took two hours to get here, two hours to go to Delafield to get the parts he needed, and another 6 hours to fix the stuff going haywire in the basement.
Oh yeah, there was not a glitch in the program. There was something seriously wrong with the parts. In the basement there were sparks flying, parts were drowned out in water... it was a major mess! That was on Monday. I came in on Tuesday to check out my work schedule. When I showed up @ 1000 everything was aok and people were pumping out their gas. So thankfully everything was alright outside.
But today things went really wrong with the frappochino machine. Some of the funnels weren't working and they were not spitting out the coffee. The repairmen took a look and said everything was fine. Like not even two hours later one of the funnels started spitting out HOT HOT water all over the damn place. I was rushing around putting cups in the place of the water so it would not overflow.
T., our assistant manager, had to turn the machine off so he could stop the hot water going all over the place. By the time he turned off the machine there was water everywhere! He kept me at the cash register while he mopped/wiped up all the water that had gotten on the counter top and the floor. It took him well over an hour to mop everything up! :P
I have to come into work tomorrow pretty early. What will go wrong then?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
smoothies
Why bother going to your gym's juice bar when you can make your own smoothies at home? All you need is a decent blender, plenty of your favorite fruit, and whatever toppings you want. Right now I am eating a banana/peach/whipped cream smoothie and it tastes delicious. My dad took a couple bites and he said it tastes like banana cream pie (though he might have said that just to be nice to me.)
And it makes a great drink too! Plus it feels good to eat healthy (even if I did top off my smoothies with a lot of whipped cream!).
Because I used up all the peaches we have I am going to have to go shopping for more strawberries and other fruits. A banana - strawberry smoothie sounds great right now! Haha.
And it makes a great drink too! Plus it feels good to eat healthy (even if I did top off my smoothies with a lot of whipped cream!).
Because I used up all the peaches we have I am going to have to go shopping for more strawberries and other fruits. A banana - strawberry smoothie sounds great right now! Haha.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
sad news
My dad told me that the baby robins died this morning. =[ He does not know how they died. Overfeeding them? Dehydration? Something else? He buried them in the backyard. Their parents are still here, chirping and flying around.
It sucks that these poor little birds had to die. I just hope they did not die in pain or anything like that. Sorry babies! I hope you can find yourself a nice little nest in the sky.
It sucks that these poor little birds had to die. I just hope they did not die in pain or anything like that. Sorry babies! I hope you can find yourself a nice little nest in the sky.
Monday, August 1, 2011
baby robins
My dad found two baby robins in our backyard on Sunday. He guesses that they fell out of their nest. They were waddling around and chirping for their mommy and daddy. He got a big ol' box and filled it with straw and poked the birds into the box. We have been feeding them a steady diet of mulberries and worms. For little birds they are sure loud. If they are hungry, they chirp. If they want some shade, they chirp. If they are taking a crap, they chirp.
I already called the Humane Society to see if they would take them. They suggested leaving them out on the grass for their parents to pick up (how? Would the momma or poppa bear pick up these chicks with their beaks or something?). As turns out, the whole thing about human scent on a bird is a wives tale so they are okay to pick up.
In any case, the parents are not going to pick them up. I do not know how they could! I'll give it another day and call the Humane Society and see if they will take the robins in. We have a couple cats in this neighborhood and I don't want to see these chicks get eaten!!
I already called the Humane Society to see if they would take them. They suggested leaving them out on the grass for their parents to pick up (how? Would the momma or poppa bear pick up these chicks with their beaks or something?). As turns out, the whole thing about human scent on a bird is a wives tale so they are okay to pick up.
In any case, the parents are not going to pick them up. I do not know how they could! I'll give it another day and call the Humane Society and see if they will take the robins in. We have a couple cats in this neighborhood and I don't want to see these chicks get eaten!!
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