Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Wednesday, Recovery Day 4

I am still zonked from the time difference. They say for every hour of time difference that you should allow one day of recovery. 6 hour time difference = 6 days. (Almost there then!) I’m still not able to keep my eyes open past 9pm, and am sleeping in until atleast 8 am now, so that’s a good start.

I had a new Tide-to-Go that I brought with me to Europe, for those tough stains. Well, it didn’t last me long, the thing was broken in the tube. Boy was I mad, and I think that this $4 tube cost me more in damages to shirts I won’t be able to get stains out of, than the cost of the item. I had one or two shirts that have oil stains on them now, and I couldn’t get them out, I had no tide-to-go. I emailed Tide this morning, and this is the response I get:

Response
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We’re having systems problems and need to take some time off from answering e-mail. During this time, we’ll be upgrading our website technology to work out a few kinks and improve overall efficiency. We’re sorry we won’t be able to reply to your e-mail, but we expect to be up and running before too long and can’t wait to get back to answering your messages!

Your comments and questions are still very important to us. If you’d like to get in touch or have an urgent need, please call us using the phone number printed on your product package. We’re open Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT.

As always, we appreciate your loyalty to our products and understanding of our current situation. Thanks for your patience!

- GEEEZ! “We’re sorry we won’t be able to reply to your email?” Well, then they’ll be getting an even angrier phone call, because I’m annoyed with their customer service. They suck.

On a knitting note, I got my Secret One Skein Final Package today in the mail. I think my partner was supposed to reveal herself, but all I’ve gotten is her name, and that she owns an LYS in her hometown… which I think is somewhere in Louisiana? Anyhow, I will ask her when I email her a big thank you!

First, she sent me a copy of Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush… and book that I really wanted. Glad to finally have a nice looking start to a knitting book library.First, she sent me a copy of Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush… and book that I really wanted. Glad to finally have a nice looking start to a knitting book library.

She also sent me a 12″ circular set (US2 or 3mm) for knitting socks - but I am not sure how to knit socks on just ONE circular? (Not even sure how to do them on 2?) but… how do you turn heels with your knititng on one set of circs? (Put a string through the waiting loops?)

And for my one skein finished object that she was to mail, she made this baby hat for baby Sean. It looks a little big for a newborn, but we’ll see when he’s born what size he fits into. Speaking of babies fitting into clothes, I’m going to elaborate on that in a second…

She also sent me a skein of the yarn she used for the hat, so that I can make booties to match the hat she sent. I hope to get around to that before baby S is born! So much knitting I want to do - so little time!


I also got this ball of yarn… not sure what I’ll use it for - but I like the earth tone colours for a baby boy!

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