:O Walmart pulled through!

I have a job! I start at the Walmart Neighborhood Market, tomorrow, 1pm, for orientation. It's close enough to comfortably walk, or ride my bike, and it will be night shift hours which will be incredibly convenient for me. My shift will be 10pm to 7am, after orientation.

I was told, the department manager I'll be working with, has a very particular organizational style, and can be a real bear to work with, if you don't understand and respect that. I think I'll get on fine, as I've got Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and so stacking boxes on aisles in a particular pattern or style, greatly appeals to my nature.

I'm REALLY looking forward to this, and this afternoon, I'm gonna ride my bike there and back, both to time myself, and to see how badly out of shape I am on the bike. I also plan to swing by the Library and get a new library card, since there is one, like vaguely nearby, in the same general range as the Walmart. I'll look up the location before I go. 8D

I'm so excited! I know it's only a Walmart job, not a craft store, as I was hoping, but this will actually be alot easier. It's closer, easier to get to (I won't have to cross Interstate 30 on a bicycle), and the hours are ideal for my nocturnal schedule. YAY!

OMNOM Monster Hat

Normally I'd wait to post this until it was all done, but I'm really pleased with how it came out, and how QUICKLY I was able to finish this part.

I'm making this hat for Chris, sans ear flaps. Today I went from basic cast on, to finished beanie. It still needs teeth and eyes, but I'm so happy with this, cause it was my first time (A) ribbing, and (B) decreasing. I was really nervous to knit the decreases here, without another knitter nearby to help in case I screwed up, but I did it! So, I share with you, two photos, of the hat in progress.




I'm about to start a matching scarf, if I can find a pattern that is simple and suitably pretty.

Job Interview at Walmart

I got distracted with everything else I was trying to remember to post, that I didn't mention how my job interview went, at all. I had a job interview on Friday 2pm, at the neighborhood market Walmart, for a cashier position. I went in, impressed the interviewing manager, and was offered a night stocking position in the Health and Beauty department, for $1 an hour more, than the original cashier position. Assuming my drug test results come back clean (and there's no reason they shouldn't) I should get a call in the next few days, to schedule my orientation. :] It's not a done deal till I get a call back, so I'm trying not to be too excited, but I'm feeling pretty confident.

Christmas! Knitting! Batman!

Well I finally pulled all the pictures off my camera. I got some good photos from Christmas at Bonnies, and some really bad ones, that I deleted. I'm not posting any pictures that were unflattering towards anyone, so I threw out most of them, since I mostly was click-click-clicking hoping for some good shots. My whole family tends to freeze and FAKE-smile if they see a camera, but if you just keep snapping shots, eventually they relax and you can get a good photo or seven. I took, about sixty photos, and about twenty, turned out, with decent shots, and no unflattering faces or angles.

I forgot to take my camera with me, to my youngest niece's Birthday party today, but Bonnie let me use her camera, and I think I got alot of really good shots with hers. We'll see which shots Bonnie liked best, whenever she posts those pics on her blog.

Anyway, here's Christmas!


Jenni, and Ash, with my youngest niece, who is opening a Christmas gift from them.


Rose, assembling a lego set for, youngest niece, and Bonnie, and Dad.


This was the best shot I got of Dad. He looks like Santa again, what with growing a beard again. Dad's had a beard like this, for half of my lifetime, that I can remember.


The Elders, from Bonnie's ward, with my nephew. Little man was running all over the place, all smiles, from what I can remember.


Jenni and Little man. :] This was the best shot I got of both of them.


Jenni, Ash, the Elders, and Rose! Rose's foot is in a boot, cause she slipped in mud.


Rose, and me. This was the only good photo I got of me. XD


Me, and Nakuru. Naku is a mutual friend of mine, and Neko. This was from after Christmas at Bonnie's, when I headed to visit Neko and her fiance Jonathon. It's not a very good photo of me, but the only photographic evidence I have that we are friends. XD

And while I didn't get like, a large number of gifts, that's always fine by me, because the things I do get, are always nice. I got these stitch markers, from one of the lovely ladies from Knit Night, Monica. They're turquoise and brass-ish. Beautiful colors, and you can tell she paid attention to the colors and style that I like. Thank you again Monica!


I got this snowman mug, matching mini picture frame, and hot chocolate, from my niece, Ash's maternal grandmother Sue. Sue's a sweetheart, and I'm glad to get to see her when she's around. She sometimes plays taxi for her granddaughter, and we get to chat a bit, every now and again.


And, my biggest and most exciting Christmas gift, the entire Batman Animated Series, complete with an artbook, with original sketches, custom panels, concept art etc. @_@ GORGEOUS. BEST CHRISTMAS EVER.






This was the best Christmas I've had, in a very long time. :] Thanks for making it awesome, everyone!

And, I slept over at Mom's after all the Christmas mingling, and we knit the next morning (which happens to be Rose's birthday!). I finished up the blue doll blanket I've been working on.


I also started this! It's this Brainmonster hat, and I'm making it for Chris. I'm working on the ribbing portion of the hat.

Ichigo <3 + Job interview

One of my friends posted a cute message to me, from one of her dolls, and I decided I wanted to return the favor, sort of. I'd been meaning to take pictures of Ichigo, bundled up for the cold, but I've been distracted by other things lately.

Today though, I went digging, looking for his winter coat, which I didn't find. I think it's in the doll-wardrobe, that I left in Virginia. It may have gotten tossed into a different box with some of the other doll furniture though. Anyway, I did dress Ichigo warmly, and took photos of him outback on the deck. :3





His hat and scarf were a gift from my friend Alison. X3 And, you can't see them, but he's wearing his moocow pants. Ichigo lacks proper pants. XD He much prefers to wear shorts, even in the cold.

And in non-doll related news, I got a call for an interview at Walmart. I'm interviewing on Friday at 2pm for a Cashier position. I will also mention that I'm open to night stocking, (as opposed to Knight Stalking ;D) and see where that takes me. I'm hoping this is for more than just temporary or seasonal work.

I would have prefered working at Hobby Lobby, or JoAnns, but at this point I just need something that pays. Wish me luck!

Doll Rambling

I was poking around today and saw a doll I plan to purchase in the future. One of my friends linked to the new LittleFee Shiwoo, and I clicked around, after squeeing, and saw this handsome fella, Minifee Luka.



I wouldn't be getting the fullset, because I can save $200 by getting the basic version, and he'd come nude, and wigless, I think. But, I have clothes in his size, and a variety of wigs.

His name is Marius, and he's French. He has a son named Michelle, who would be the Littlefee Shiwoo. This cutie!


I'm not sure what wig and eyes I'd want for Marius, but I want to give Michelle a natural black wig, and dark brown eyes. I think probably the same color wig for Marius, and light brown or maybe duel colored eyes with brown and blue.

Holiday decorations and Cheer! ..or the lack thereof.

Well we've got the house decorated for Christmas now. :] Derek put up the lights a couple of days ago, on the outside of the house, and we've done bits and pieces for I guess a week and a half, inside the house. I took some pictures, with the intention of posting them up here.

First, the outside of the house. I couldn't fit it all in one frame, without standing in the neighbors yard across the street.



And one where you can see down the walkway, to the front door, if just barely.


From inside the front door! See the snowflakes? I helped Jenni with some of those.


And lastly our Christmas tree.


Jenni wanted to get a real tree this year, which would have been awesome. She's got, I think, 10 foot ceilings in the livingroom, so a real tree, at the right height, would have looked just lovely, pretty much anywhere in the livingroom. Derek didn't want a real tree.

So, Jenni didn't want to put up the fake tree, which is a 6 foot. She called it her 'Charlie Brown' Christmas tree. There was alot of fussing and pouting all around. We had it about half assembled, when Ash complained that we weren't fluffing the branches enough, and we realized some of the branches were in the wrong place on the tree. I think Jenni chucked a branch at Derek at that point. After some more fussing and Ash declaring, "You're a Grinch(Derek), and you're a Scrooge!(Jenni)", we finally got the tree put together, and fluffed to Ash's satisfaction.

We left it undecorated for about a week. LOL. Then Sunday morning, after breakfast, Jenni and I put on all the ornaments. It may not be as tall as we would have liked, but it does look pretty, all lit up and decorated.

Aside from all that silliness, only two of the presents under the tree are real. Ash complained that with no presents under there, it looked silly, but she got her present (a new cellphone) early, and Derek got his gift(a gun) last month, so Jenni got some empty boxes, like for shipping gifts, at Walmart and wrapped those.

I kept joking, that it didn't really feel like the Holidays, unless there was family bickering, but I don't think anyone appreciated it. LOL.

Yarn! Lots of pretty yarn.

Alright, so I know I've had alot of knitting related posts lately. @_@ It's not stopping here either. I got photos of the yarns I have now. The ones I got last night, and the bits Mom has given me.

First, is this gorgeous green and brown, with a matching brown gradient. This was given to me, by Rebecca, who hosted the Knit Night Christmas party. I was talking, on Tuesday about how I wanted to make a scarf next, and I was thinking something in browns and greens, possibly self striping, that would feel really soft against my face. She piped up, saying she had something that sounded perfect, and I could see it at the Christmas party. It's a 50/50 wool/silk blend.

I know, I know, it looks more red than brown, but in person, it's more of a rusty brown than a red. The label reads Four Play, which I snickered about, until Mom looked at me, and said "Not that kind. F-O-U-R." and I turned red. I hate that Mom can still make me blush. XD

And, this is what I got from the yarn swap. I got a photo of the label for the info on this one.


I was the second one to steal it, so I didn't have to worry about anyone else being able to take it. 8D I love the colors, and I don't know what I want to do with it yet, but it's pretty and it makes me happy. LOL.

And these, Mom gave to me, awhile back, but I haven't taken or posted pictures of them till now. It's just what was left over from some of her skeins, after a pair of socks, but it's enough to do something for a BJD, so I'm happy. :3

This one is called Burning Embers, but has been dubbed by our Knit group, 'Burning Bunnies'. It's what Mom took home from the Knit Night Christmas party last year. I want to use it for the main color, on a Fish hat for Chris, my Yo-SD that I posted, last entry.


I think this is Lotus Blossom Twinkletoes, going by the color, and what it matches on Mom's Ravelry. Please correct me, if I'm wrong, Mom. It's whatever was left over after a pair of socks. I'm aiming to make Ro, something special from it, though I haven't settled on exactly what yet.


And aside from these, I have some cotton yarns, that Jeri has given me, to practice with. The blue doll blanket I'm making, is from that.

Hooray!

Tonight was the Knit Night Christmas party, and I had a blast! No pictures of the yarn till tomorrow, because the lighting in my room does it no justice what-so-ever.

I did get pictures of Chris/Bubbles, in the brown sweater I made for her though. I was aiming to duplicate my brown sweater in her size, but I didn't have enough cream-colored ribbon for striping. So I took some of my Argyle ribbon, and stitched it down the sleeves.




She seems pleased. XD

And my awesome sister (Jenni) made those snowflakes, 'cause she is the bomb-diggity. Her words. XD They are pretty awesome though.

I'm a puppy!

Ganked this fromeveshka. :3

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This is too cool, NOT to make!

Oh snap, I found the next project I want to knit (after, or along side a scarf). It's a fish hat. I saw someone link to it on Ravelry, and yes, this is so, something I would wear. I'm not sure if it'd be too hard to make, to start off, but I really want to try it. You can laugh now. XD

Knitting Projects, continued.

Knit Night was nice tonight. Though the weather was atrocious. It was sleeting when Mom picked me up. I was glad for my new sweaters, but on the other hand I need a hat to go with, cause I miss having a hood to pull over my head. Maybe I'll making a matching scarf and hat. I'm sure I could make both fairly easily, with some guidance.

I went ahead and updated my projects on Ravelry with new photos and better details.

The green sweater I've been knitting is going nicely i think. My stitches seem to be pretty consistant, and there aren't any obvious mistakes. I've finished the torso, with Mom's help on Saturday (the 6th). I'd accidently done too many rows on one shoulder and didn't realize till I'd completed a three needle bind off, so I set that aside and got together with Mom, and she fixed it for me. Today, Jeri(one of the nice ladies at Knit Night) helped me to start a sleeve. You can see what I've done here:


And Saturday after we fixed the shoulders, I started a new project on a really swanky pair of circular needles, borrowed from Jeri last Tuesday. I'm aiming for a doll blanket big enough to comfortably cover two MSDs. So, I started with 60 stitches, and I'm just running with that. If I run out of yarn and it's not a good shape, I'll frog it, and start over at 50 or 40 stitches. The purple blanket was 37 stitches, and I'd like it to be wider than that, but I need to allot for how much yarn I have to work with, and that I don't know how to switch to a different ball mid-project yet. Anyway, this is what I have so far:


It curls alot, but I couldn't get the hang of the built in border Mom was talking about. I tried doing a knitting border all around the stockinette body, but I ended up with accidental increases, so I frogged it back to the basic knitting, and just did the knit a row, purl a row, and if I can figure out how, I'll add a border to the sides later. Otherwise it'll just be a blanket that curls.

Oh! And you can see in the second photo, the lovely stitch markers. Monica gave those to me tonight. She was saying, you can't be a knitter without knitting jewelry. She made them herself. They're really pretty, and make it alot easier to keep track of all my stitches on this blanket. 60 stitches is harder to count out, than 30 or so.

Oh, and on the job front, I called JoAnns back this afternoon, and was told that the manager I've been talking to, wants me to come in for another interview, but needs to talk to the other manager to sort out a good time. So, this is somewhat promising. I'm trying to think positively without getting my hopes up. I just need work.

I think I made a good impression. :3

Okay, so I took photos as promised. This is what I wore to my interview at JoAnns.



You can see that I've gained weight, but the clothes I'm wearing, minimize it. That's my new brown sweater. I tried the green one, but it made my size stand out more, so I'll try that one again after I've lost a few pounds. This is what the green one looks like. It's kind of a grey green, but more of an olive drab, than a GREY.



So, I think the interview went really well. I went in and talked with the Assistant Manager who works front end, and she seemed visibly impressed, so I think I stand a good chance. She told me she wants to hire someone for the front end, to work customer service, which I'd be fine with, but she needs to talk to the other manager that works up in the front. Apparently he's not wanting to hire right now, because he doesn't want to hire another teen who doesn't really care, or do much for the customers. The manager I talked to, had me fill out a new application, since the other was buried in a pile she couldn't easily get to, and she is going to try and talk to him this weekend. I asked when it would be alright to call back, and she said Tuesday. So, if she can convince him that it is indeed a good idea to have someone working customer service full time during the holidays, I should have a job. :] I think long-term rather than seasonal.

After that, Rose, who was kind enough to drive me to JoAnns for the interview, took me to Walmart where I we picked out a new deoderant and bodywash. I couldn't decide last night, so I wanted a second opinion. I ended up going with Axe Essense, in the seasonal gift pack, that includes the deoderant stick, spray, bodywash, and samples of shampoo, conditioner, and various styling waxes and gels in sample size. All for $10, which is a STEAL. It would have cost about that for the deoderant, and bodywash in the large sizes, alone. Hooray for Holiday gift packs!



And while I was feeling confident and happy with my looks, I took a few photos. :D