Wednesday 19 March 2014

Some Days

Some days test your patience. This is difficult when you are not blessed with much of the stuff as it is. Like me.

I would love to show you photos of the sewing I did. But it all needed posting, so I packaged it up and sent it on its way. Then I realised I hadn't taken any photos.

My debit card did funny things at the post office. And when I came home I had a phone call from the fraud people at the bank. Only it wasn't people, it was a computer. I wanted to speak to a real person to find out what was going on, but I was on hold so long and the music blaring into my ear was so god awful, I eventually had to hang up.

I tried calling them while I was sat waiting for the girls at the end of the school day. 45 minutes later, two full sets of security questions, and I find out that they flagged my card for a £2.10 Amazon payment. There was me thinking it was the massive transfer of funds I had done - seriously massive in my little financial world. Nope. £2.10. And 45 minutes of my life listening to crap music and telling call centres in far flung places my mother's maiden name.

I had to go back to the post office and tell them the payment they thought had gone through had not. Good thing it is a small village post office and the ladies there know me. How embarrassing!

Then there is the handbrake on my car which has decided that it doesn't want to work when the rear of the car is pointed downhill. I can't get hold of my mechanic. I will park pointing front end downhill, not the other way round, in the meantime if I am on a hill.

So, I thought I would come online and tell you I was having a crap day. Only my internet connection wasn't working, until a short while ago that is. Finally, my window of opportunity to have a good whinge has happened.

Your reward for listening to me go on is this shoddy photo of the very beautiful L-shaped wall mounted desk that himself made for Emily.


He had never done inlay before. I told him he was quilting in wood. I do not think he was impressed with that statement. Emily loves it (as do I of course) which is the important thing but her fear of marking it with a Sharpie is high.

In case you are wondering, he hasn't finished my desk yet. But that is my fault not his, because I refuse to clear off my sewing to let him at it. I've been far too busy to even consider it.

That, folks, is my day. Because it is 4:46pm here and I officially refuse to play any more. Tomorrow is another day. I will try to be productive then.

Oh, before I go, I have been unable to leave comments on anyone's blog that have a pop up box. My computer won't open them. I wasn't sure if my blog was doing that to other people so I have changed my settings to an embedded comment box. If you have been having problems please let me know. And if I normally comment on your blog and have gone mysteriously quiet that might be why.

Susan

37 comments:

  1. I often can't comment on blogs through Bloglovin, I often have to over to Blogger dashboard to do so.

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  2. Stunning desk!
    Have tea and chocolate and hope tomorrow better!
    I got my dads card blocked for an amazon purchase of accounting paper yesterday! You should have seen him having an argument with an automated barclays service!!

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  3. Wow, that desk is beautiful! Sorry you've had a crappy day. I too have had queries on my bank card over small purchases (something on etsy, if I recall correctly) - so irritating, but then I guess if there was something sinister going on you'd be very glad that they did flag it up! Hope you have a better day tomorrow! X

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  4. Oh how I wish I could email chocolate to people - you really need some - or serious yardage of yummy fabricness. Hope things improve soon.

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  5. You survived the day! Beautiful desk :) tomorrow is most certainly another day, thank goodness!

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  6. Stunning desk
    Sorry about the crap day , it is nearly over

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  7. The desk turned out beautiful, I left my mint smoothie behind, this might be the day to eat it!

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  8. Giving the rest of the day a time out sounds good to me. I sure hope tomorrow is better. The desk is stunning, it is a tumbling blocks quilt design.

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  9. Sounds like it's wine o'clock, hopefully tomorrow is better! Beautiful desk by himself.

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  10. shit day, but bloody hell that desk is amazing!

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  11. I dislike crap days...thankfully you can have a fresh start in the morning. Love the desk..

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  12. That desk is stunning!! (I hope you never need it but Bar Keeper's Friend is great for removing marks, even Sharpies, try it on a sample first, though!) Let's keep our fingers crossed that tomorrow is much, much better xx

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  13. Well, first off kudos to himself for making such an awesome desk. Dare I admit that I am glad that I am not the only one having crappy days of late. Hope yours gets better!

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  14. And if you need to park pointing uphill, leave the car in first gear. Seriously! just remember to take it out of gear before you start again!

    So sorry for your crap day!

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  15. Well, that sounds like a frustrating day! What an amazing desk

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  16. The desk really is stunning! Hope you have a much better day tomorrow x

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  17. Do I have a pop up box? I have no idea!

    OK so Wednesday was a crap day. We all have them. Being able to have a grizzle to your mates is cathartic. Hopefully you'll kick Thursday's arse. And at least you know your banks security measures work. This happened to me recently when I bought airline tickets on an overseas website. Bank phoned to say they'd stopped payment because someone was trying to use my card in (insert country here ) . I wailed "Noooooooooooooo- that was meeeeeeeeeeeeee" and they sorted it out in a jiffy...Gave me a few extra grey hairs though.

    Tell himself that desk is a serious work of art. He did an outstanding job!

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  18. Good Lord what a hellish day!!
    Makes my silly sling post sound positively melodramatic!
    I hate giving out any info over the phone, I'm so untrusting.
    Love that desk btw, how talented is he!!

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  19. Oh what a day! Does not really sound funny but the good thing is: it can only be better tomorrow! The table is great!

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  20. Here's to wood quilting and a better day tomorrow sweetie! Himself is a genius!

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  21. oh bugger - I'll send you some velvet to really tip you over the bloody edge!!!
    Love the wood quilt xxx

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  22. That desk is fabulous. Tomorrow can only be a better day right?

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  23. Have a good old moan at us anytime! That was quite a day! Emily's desk is totally stunning! That's a quilt just waiting to be made right there! Hope tomorrow is better for you my friend, Jxo

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  24. Well, write that day right off! It is better to have an efficient crappy day than to have the bad stuff ruin a bunch of days! Does that make sense?? That desk is AMAZING! Wow!

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  25. That gorgeous desk surely makes up for your day! I sometimes have problems commenting if reading blogs in Bloglovin, hit and miss.

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  26. Himself made stunning desk - so inspirining. I think i'd be a bit afraid to use it too, though it might tempt me to keep my workspace clean?! Sorry about the crap day - hopefully today will be amazing to make up for it all xxx

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  27. That is a desk of true beauty!!
    Sorry your day has been crap - hopefully today will be better!!

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  28. Oh what a bummer, can you park it OK if you leave it in 1st? I sometimes do that if I park on a hill anyway because I'm a scaredy (and a victim of an unmanned car rolling down a hill-not mine, a neighbour's). The desk is beautiful!

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  29. I hope you had a good helping of chocolate and cake at the end of all of this!! The desk is amazing and such a work of art too.

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  30. GOODNESS! May some goodness come your way today, missy. It has to, right?

    Loving the tumbling blocks desk. It's absolutely gorgeous!

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  31. It seems everyone, including me, wants the desk your husband made. If you ever need a silent auction gift, or a gift for guild, have your husband make a small piece of that pattern, and put it into a wood frame. It'll get kudos for being a mini wood quilt!

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  32. That desk is amazing!!! What a talented hubby! Sorry your day was crapola but like you say tomorrow is another day! Xxxx

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  33. wow, that desk is amazing!

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  34. Love the new desk top, lucky Emily! That does sound like an awful day :o(

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  35. Ain't he clever - has he started his own blog yet? Hehe!

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  36. Sounds like the crappiest day every - hope following days were better!

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