the pattyo

So it looks like Macy’s is having some deals on some of what Kelsey & Mel have on their list. (They are registered at Macy’s and Bed, Bath & Beyond.)

Macy’s:

- Buy 1 waterford place setting, get rim soup bowl free
- Buy 2 lenox wine glasses/goblets, get 1 free
- Buy 2 dansk bistro place settings, get 1 free
- Buy $100 dansk bistro flatware, get bonus storage chest free
- Buy $150 dansk bistro flatware, get hostess set free

Just a “heads up” for any of you who are planning on getting them something! (It’s always great to get a deal, don’t you think?!) You can pass the information on to any and all who might be interested. :-)

So is it just me, or do “foreclosure bus tours” seem sad to you too? Sad, troubling, annoying ….

I know, I know, the folks who are losing the house are going to lose it no matter what. It just seems as if the buyers are taking advantage of someone else’s pain. And realtors are having a good old time. I saw a segment on this and the tour guide looked like he was having tons of fun.

I guess I’m just uncomfortable with the whole thing.

But I’m learning that I am a bit “off” with some things, so maybe this is just one more to add to the list.

For instance, I bought Jameson a few pair of pants at Kohls some time ago. After getting home I realized that the store had only charged me for one pair. When I went back to the store a month (or more) later, I told them and had them put a pair of pants on my bill so that his pants would be paid for. I made the mistake of telling a few people about this and I could tell they thought I was off my rocker. I guess I was supposed to think of those pants as a “gift” … but it felt like stealing to me, and every time I thought about them I felt bad about them.

Hmmm. Why are they “pants” rather than “pant”? We call the legs (of which there are two … duh!) “pant legs” … don’t we? Or am I wrong about that? Why is that article of clothing we put on our lower extremities plural? We don’t call a shirt “shirts”.

In my attempt to save money, I am leaving the heat off as much as possible when I’m home alone, and I’m attempting to stay home as much as possible. Today I have no outside work, so it’s a definite stay at home day. So far I’m not too cold; it seems a bit warmer than yesterday and, especially, the day before (when I was in a 56 degree house part of the time). Of course when students or guests come over the heater does go on. I’m not going to subject anyone else to my pile of blankets! Now if only I could get the damper on the fireplace closed. Maybe I should try a hammer on the thing … I’m just afraid I’ll break the darn thing!

Okay. Ramble ramble over and out. (And yes, I’m posting here … turns out I DO have rambling to do that doesn’t fit on the oboe site. How ’bout that?)

… here I go ….

I was just about to write a whiney email to Campbell’s to complain about the way their microwave soups open; they say you just have to “pop the top” but it has never worked quite that cleanly for me. In fact, I just brought home some of the yummy creamy tomato, and in opening the darn thing I spattered soup all over my nice coat. So yes, I was gonna write and complain. Not that that ever does anything anyway, but still ….

Now, after accidently dumping (although one might do it on purpose just to get a new carpet!) half the soup onto the family room floor I guess I’ll just clean up my mess and assume that opening those containers is a problem I have, and that the rest of the world doesn’t have my problem.

Sigh.

… which Kelsey assures me we’ll find! And of course I have tons of time, so I’m not really stressing. I was just annoyed that the one I thought would work didn’t. (Now I look at it again, though, and think, “I don’t really like this enough!” Go figure.)

It’s probably best, anyway, to wait until her maid of honor has her dress, so I know what color it is and all. For instance, I don’t know if she’s going green or doing something else. I don’t know if she’ll be in long or short. We don’t have a clue what style she’ll wear either. Not sure if much of this matters, but I don’t want to clash for the wedding pix. And it hit me, too, that Kelsey has decided to do green and yellow … and maybe the purple color I was thinking of won’t look good with that anyway! So I have to be patient.

I’m not good with patient!

So instead I’m playing with this thing where I can plug in Kelsey’s sash color and then see what it suggests. If nothing else, it’s a lot of fun! (And they do suggest purple when I plug in what I think is Kelsey’s green (color ADBF93, in case you want to check it out, Kelsey. But I know you want to avoid this stuff for a while!).

Rambling. Just because.

Okay … this doesn’t really fit at the oboe site, so I guess I’ll post it here …

I can’t wear black to my Kelsey’s wedding.

Or, well, I could, but it would be weird.

So I’m shopping (online for now) for something. I have decided that mother of the bride dresses are all wrong. I do have choices though: