Sunday Stuff
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prosodicLance and I had errands to run today: Staples and HD. We actually haven't been to HD in well over a week, if you can believe that. We were afraid they might file a missing persons report. :P
Anyhoo...our first stop was at Staples, where the good folks in the copy center made some pretty color copies of some of my work to put in my portfolio. And while I was there, I bought a nice portfolio folder to put it all in too. I still have some printouts to make of some other writing samples, my resume and references and then I'll throw in copies of my college transcripts for good measure (they want to check on my academic background anyway, so why not just save them time and give them my transcripts?).
The only problem I had was that 3 of the copies were made from .html files that I had saved on my flash drive. Two of them printed out with a warning on top that the website was unauthorized by Staples. There is nothing I can do about that. Whiting it out would be too obvious.
Otherwise, I have no complaints. The employees in the copy center were pretty interested in seeing the articles that they were copying for me, and were asking me a lot of questions about my writing, etc.
Anyway...from there, on to HD. We had to get wall plates for the electrical outlets and switches because the old ones were wallpapered over and had to be thrown away. I wanted to get pretty ones, but those are so expensive and since that's probably the one area of the house that requires the most wall plates, it's not cost effective. We'll just have to put pretty plates in some of the smaller rooms. I also got some Oops!, which I will use to try and remove some of the green paint that got in places where it shouldn't be. I hope I can remove it from the ceiling without actually removing the ceiling paint. And they finally got in some Redi Shades!!
Lance had a few things to get there too, namely a new lock for the front door, since we have yet to replace it. And someone out there might still have the key to our house. Eek! I wish we had done this a month ago, but our minds have been scattered and we remember it and then forget about it just as quickly. We seriously need to make a list.
The windows are drafty, so the next project will require us to do something about that. Also, our dishwasher is leaking. So I hope that means we can trade up to something newer. It's under warranty. They'll probably send someone out to fix it instead. It still cleans the dishes just fine, but it's old and dated looking.
Anyway, I need to get started on dinner here soon. Quick & Creamy Chicken Stew sounds good for this evening.
Anyhoo...our first stop was at Staples, where the good folks in the copy center made some pretty color copies of some of my work to put in my portfolio. And while I was there, I bought a nice portfolio folder to put it all in too. I still have some printouts to make of some other writing samples, my resume and references and then I'll throw in copies of my college transcripts for good measure (they want to check on my academic background anyway, so why not just save them time and give them my transcripts?).
The only problem I had was that 3 of the copies were made from .html files that I had saved on my flash drive. Two of them printed out with a warning on top that the website was unauthorized by Staples. There is nothing I can do about that. Whiting it out would be too obvious.
Otherwise, I have no complaints. The employees in the copy center were pretty interested in seeing the articles that they were copying for me, and were asking me a lot of questions about my writing, etc.
Anyway...from there, on to HD. We had to get wall plates for the electrical outlets and switches because the old ones were wallpapered over and had to be thrown away. I wanted to get pretty ones, but those are so expensive and since that's probably the one area of the house that requires the most wall plates, it's not cost effective. We'll just have to put pretty plates in some of the smaller rooms. I also got some Oops!, which I will use to try and remove some of the green paint that got in places where it shouldn't be. I hope I can remove it from the ceiling without actually removing the ceiling paint. And they finally got in some Redi Shades!!
Lance had a few things to get there too, namely a new lock for the front door, since we have yet to replace it. And someone out there might still have the key to our house. Eek! I wish we had done this a month ago, but our minds have been scattered and we remember it and then forget about it just as quickly. We seriously need to make a list.
The windows are drafty, so the next project will require us to do something about that. Also, our dishwasher is leaking. So I hope that means we can trade up to something newer. It's under warranty. They'll probably send someone out to fix it instead. It still cleans the dishes just fine, but it's old and dated looking.
Anyway, I need to get started on dinner here soon. Quick & Creamy Chicken Stew sounds good for this evening.
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