From The Stupid Files: Y8, W4

Day 14: Cold, snow flurries, 28; 75 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC:  Madi, Ben, Riley (boys training)

Loaders:  Conrad, Isaiah

1) Left door quit working; locked it and put note to use other door on it.

2) Gentlemen thought I knew about patio doors and plumbing!  Fortunately, the info was on the description of the door when I looked it up, and Chad (and another customer!) helped with the plumbing question.

3) Someone left either TX Rdhouse rolls or Golden Corral rolls in the break room; I ate one at break, then 30 mins later had to make an emergency pit stop.  Ate the other 3 when I went to lunch, with no issues.

4) Saw D's cousin Kurt; we've not seen him in maybe 30 years.

5) Place died around 6:30

6) Saw Dawson!  He's doing well:)

Outfit:  Blue Cozy Blankets sweatshirt, white s/s turtleneck, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings, large zirconians.

Day 15: St. Patrick's Day! Cold, 30s; 91 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC:  Kaitlyn

Loaders:  DS Charles, Isaiah

1) Couldn't find a customer's order; Isaiah found it. Then customer wanted to swap out the sinks, but didn't have the card.  Not happy they'd have to return again.

2) Accidentally logged out of #1; had to hop to #2.

3) Customer transferred $$, but it didn't arrive.  Invoiced it for pick up tomorrow.

4) Left door still not working.

5) Customer overspent, so left cart full of paint and clearance items.

6) Customer said he didn't want to use his CC, yet used it anyway to get the points???  People piss me off.

7)  At close, I grabbed the exterior trash, then had sent Taylor to return the items in #15 and 16. Maria asked me to put away the Go Board, then I pushed the cart down the the 2x4 bin. Returned items to Paint, then Kait told Ben to take my trash while I put the other stuff away.  Still didn't get done until 10:45; couldn't find the display case for the backsplash in Aisle 33.

I was soooooo ready to get out of there!

Outfit:  St. Paddy's tee; Blue hooded Cabela's sweatshirt, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings, shamrocks.

Day 16: Warmer, 50s; 87 t/a

ASM:  Daniel

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  DS Charles, Jax

1) Much slower today

2) Didn't get my 1st break; had to ask Charles to watch the register so I could take a pit stop.

3) $150 bonus was paid separate; after taxes, >$99  WTH????  Thanks a LOT, Marvin....

4) Left door still not working.

5) Zero Pro bonus items left for me.  Kem got one of everything.

6) Discovered they're cutting my hours next month, back to 5-close.  Making Olivia full-time; I'm not happy about it and will talk to Amy.

Outfit:  B/w l/s tee, black vest, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings, small gold hoops

Off the next 2 days!

Day 17:  Rare Sat

Moody Contestants

 So I'm rewatching SE12 of Ink Master, Battle of the Sexes.  I'm on Ep 3 and already fed up with the women's team.

First of all, Ink Master now has maybe 17 seasons now, and I've watched most of them. I've been watching them in reverse order, just because I missed a couple of seasons, and couldn't remember who won.  When I got to SE13, the one which didn't have a finale, I had to go to YouTube to see the final master canvases.  I also learned that the show had a streak of sexism in it, which was obviously blatant in the 1st elimination tat of this season.

Case In Point:  Only 2 contestants had clean tats:  An unfinished tat on the men, and a finished tat on the women.  But Oliver and Chris 'decided to go wild' and chose the best tat as the unfinished one.  Only Dave sided with the women.

Now, to the moody players.  

Let me preface this by saying I'm not bashing mental health issues.  If you struggle with criticism, by all means, don't put yourself out there, and practice self-care.

But TWICE now, contestants have claimed 'mental health' as their reason for bowing out.  One guy did it in SE13, and Elva did it in SE12.  She was on the bottom and after receiving her critique, thanked the judges and said she realized she was not cut out for this competition and was excusing herself.

-Why the hell would you wait until your final critique?  The 1st guy bowed out BEFORE the critique even began!

-She already had a confrontation with one of the stronger personalities; if she was fed up, why continue?  Go get your blankie and go home.  You knew what you were signing up for; grow a thick skin and compete.

But she's not the only one.  Ash is constantly complaining about the other women on her team, and even getting fed up with one of the men's egos.  Her constant pout is really grating on me at the moment.  And in Ep 3, her lack of confidence is really irritating. Is it your time of the month?

Cam and Ash.....go get a room and get over this tension already!  You're like Sam and Diane.

Ash, pull your damn jacket or shirt up over your shoulder!  It looks sloppy dangling down, with one up and one down. Congratulations, you live to compete another week.

Ep 4:  Oooh Laura,,,,consorting with the enemy?  Telling Cam he's a damn good artist and you're not threatened by him?  What will your teammates say?  *insert sarcasm*

Ooooh, Ash....'tattoo is washed out, looks like it's 15 years old.'

Ep 5:  Ooooh Cam....got caught 'helping' Laura with her tat?  

Then there's Pony's canvas.....in pain and decides she doesn't care for Pony's 'bedside manner'???  You signed up for the free tat, chick.  Sit your ass down and let her finish!

Oh jeez Ash....your sarcastic attitude toward Janelle is irritating.

LOL....Alexis called her out for a face off!  BUT, Ash delivered, while the others had issues.  In the end, Pony went home.

I finally realized WHY Ash drives me nuts; she reminds me of AOC.

Ep 6:  Ash didn't understand cross-stitch??  Yet she survives again.

I'm also pissed.....Dani did the BEST cross-stitch tattoo; Dave even SAID a lot of people are going to want it, but they gave Tattoo of the Day to Cam and his Atari Video-Game-inspired look?  *eye roll*

Ep 7:  Another face-off, and surprise, surprise, Ash picked Cam!  He beat her, but she ultimately beat Tito in Japanese Traditional Hanya masks.

Tito:  "She's got more lives like a cat!"

Ep 8:  Alexis tries to talk Ash off the ledge, figuratively.

Laura finds herself aligned with Cam and Creepy Jason, which creates conflict, b/c the other girls want Cam to be eliminated.

Alexis wins Tattoo of the Day!  1st time the women are in charge of elimination nom!

First time Ash is NOT in the bottom!  Jake, Cam, and Fon.....who will be eliminated?  Fon leaves, due to the fact he had to rush and made some serious mistakes (upside down horseshoe, boot running into existing tat).

Ep 9:  Laura, Laura, Laura.....don't go talking about your friendship with Cam and Jason within earshot of Holly and Ash.....they're gonna target you!!!  Ash and Holly went to Pon and Jake to complain they felt targeted b/c they're friends, when that WAS NOT THE CASE!  Don't jump to conclusions, little girl....

"I don't like to draw on the skin...it's so hard....I don't like it...." (insert whine)

Good for Janelle for shutting down the alliance thing that Holly and Ash misconstrued, but also called out Laura, Cam, and Jason for their plans to be final 3, which blew everyone's minds.

Alexis, what did you do to your hair?  It looks sooooooo much better when it's curly!

Laura cleared up the 'I wasn't talking shit about Holly' rumor, but confirmed her friendship with Jason and Cam was NOT an 'alliance'; it was FRIENDSHIP.

With six women and four men, the women have really come into their own....now if they can curb the paranoia and catty tendancies.....

Ash can take her pouty-ass self home!  Whoot!

Score:  5-4

Ep 10:  Why does Janelle wear a headlamp when no one else does?

Thank you Holly for talking Laura down off the insecurity ledge, and psychoanalyzing Cam!

Score:  4-4; bye-bye Alexis with her purple hair.

Ep 11:  Score 3-4 Bye-bye Janelle

Ep 12:  Laura's pissed because she didn't get picked to do a tattoo.  Only 4 canvases chose, based on the 1st tats the artists did earlier. Jason got a Japanese frog; Holly a new school bearded dragon , Jake the Koala bear, and Dani the Athena.  Jason is the ONLY one safe from elimination.

How the hell does Holly get the ax?  Cam did two similar tats!  Not fair.

Score: 2-4

Ep 13:  How many tank tops/cardigans does Dani own? And why does Cam seem to wear the same tee all the time?  Lucky shirt?  Holly wore the same leopard print dress several times.

Cam gets to close shop.

Score:  2-3

Ep 14:  Illustrative Portrait Day:  Laura's worried; Pon's worried.  Pon packs up.  Score 2-2

Ep 15:  Face off:  Laura:  Jake's Plague Dr; Jason:  Laura's Alien holding a space galaxy;

                             Dani:  Jason's Broccoli Wizard; Jake:  Dani's Witch.

Laura and Dani made the finale, along with Jason.

Jake packed up shop.

Score:  2-1

Finale:  Jason, last man standing:  B/G realism

              Laura:  Traditional Japanese

              Dani:  Full Color Biomech

Give it a rest, Ash...(to Alexis):  'You never really had my back..('I had your back, except that one time when I put you in the bottom') See???"

Jason:  Female pirate, which I think wins.  It's so clear!

Laura:  Japanese god of thunder, which for me, is hard to see.

Dani:  Biomechanical, which looks cluttered, imho.

WOW.....they eliminated JASON???

Winner:  LAURA!  Chris and Oliver voted for her; Dave went with Dani.

Battle of the Coaches:  Ryan, DJ, Duffy, Bubba, Megan Jean, Nikki, and Jimmy

Winner:  Ryan!!!!

DJ-2nd

Nikki-3rd

Bubba-4th 

Duffy-5th

Jimmy-6th

Megan-7th

From The Stupid Files: Y8, W3

 Day 10: Warmer, low 70s; 111 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Conrad, Isaiah

1) For a while at 1st, it seemed I could neither read nor type!

2) Had to take a 30 min lunch instead of a 60, due to scheduling issues

3) Had my evaluation, and it's good; I'm getting a raise!

4) 15 yrs ago, I 'bossed' Raven around when she was in preschool and I babysat her; now, she's my DS!

5) We got one bad survey and it put our LTR score in the 60s, I got a survey and it bumped us back up to 73.

Outfit:  Gray hooded sweatshirt, faded jeggings, black danglies

Day 11: Warm, low 80s; 56 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Didn't arrive until after 5, due to my appt. Clocked in 5:10, went to the restroom, then discovered my lock wasn't on my locker; it was INSIDE my kleenex box. WTH???  Put on my vest and ran into Darren as I was heading up to Pro.  Arrive at my register and Madi asks me where I've been.  Told her; she said ASM Keri told HER I'd clocked in at 5!  Shook it off, but was steamed for a bit.

2) Tried to sell a returned special order shower bottom, but it wouldn't change the fulfillment.  Had to have Emma come work her magic; in the meantime, hopped over to #2.

3) Weird pain on left side at 8am; finally figured out it's the same MONTHLY pain I used to get prior to Sept 2012.  WTH?????

4) Place was deserted between 7:30-8pm/

Outfit:  Blue sparkle tee, faded jeggings, large zirconians

Off tomorrow for GSH Vendor Fair!  Am cancelling Indy Dr Appt, due to pending storms.

Day 12:  Rare Sat Cool, 50s; 90 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Katelyn

Loaders:  DS Charles, Jax, Isaiah

1) Was slammed 1st hour, then things calmed down.

2) Discovered no one cleaned the coffee carafe last night.

3) It didn't look as if anyone had swept the place, either.

4) Around 9:30, the place cleared, and was able to sweep and sanitize.

5) DS Charles ordered Papa Johns pizza:  2 sausage/pepperoni and one chicken bacon ranch.  Ate 1 slice of S/P and two of the other. YUM!

Outfit:  Black check sweater, black vest, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings, red and white hoops.

Day 13:  Rare Sun Cloudy, rain, 70s; 86 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Katelyn

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) 1st hour was busy!

2) My final customer, Theo B, had a gift card and wasn't sure of the amount on it. Tried increments of $25 until it declined...$75.  Was good to see him; at one point, thought he was lost in the store!  Had a water leak which caused his bill to be over $1300!

Outfit:  Brown blouse, white s/s turtleneck, new faded jeggings, brown 'dreamcatchers'.

Survivor 50: In The Hands of the Fans, Ep 1 and 2

 I'm excited for this season, since it's all returning players!  Esp ones I've not seen for several seasons:)

Tribes:

Purple:  Stephanie, Aubry, Q, Angelina, Kyle, Colby, Genevive, Rizzo

Orange:  Savannah, Christian, Cirie, Jenna, Ozzy, Joe, Emily, Rick Devins

Teal:  Kamilla, Chrissy, Tiffany, Mike, Jonathan, Coach, Charlie, Dee

NO RICE OR SUPPLIES!

Challenge #1:  Retrieve torch and get your fire

Purple through first and wins! Gets their flint and a massive bonfire

Orange close behind

Teal makes up a lot of time retrieving their torch and paddling back; catches up to the others retrieving their key to unlock the torch.

Journey:  Fight for supplies:  Q, Coach and Ozzy!

Oz shinmies up the pole 1st; then digs up the 2nd bag and swims out to get the 3rd.

Q and Coach get their bags and swim out while Oz is making his stick to retrieve the key.

Coach's pole breaks

After 45 mins, Oz knocks it off!  Drags it to them, then Coach steals it from him!  Gets his pot, machete, and flint:)

Oz and Q flip the note over once Coach departs....and they've been stranded on Exile Island!

Back At Camp....

Jenna's rallying her tribe for Cirie to be the 1st to go

Colby's not too fond of Rizzo's mouth and non-work ethic

Savannah fesses up about her win, since she left 2 weeks after her win and before her season aired!

Mike wrote and co-produced White Lotus (HBO Max)

Early Bonds:

Colby, Steph, Angelina, Genevive, Aubry

Devins, Christian, Emily

Chrissy, Coach, Jon

Kamilla, Tiff, Dee

Exile:

Boats show up with a pot and machete....but there's a catch:  One person gets it but loses their vote. The other returns empty-handed, but gets a secret extra vote.

Oz tells Q to take the supplies; he will take the extra vote.

Back At Camp.....

Kyle fills Q in on the bonds; Q tells K he's lost his vote.

Christian starts a fire with Gen's glasses!

"Science is cool, kids!"

Devins tells Cirie about Jenna wanting to get her out; Cirie tells Oz, who in turn tells her about his extra vote.

LMAO....Rizzo won over Colby!

Immunity/Reward Challenge:   Ramp, muddy net, roll crate with coconuts; empty coconuts; then toss coconuts into net to release a crate with a rope. Toss rope to drop a ramp, then get everyone up to the platform and solve a puzzle!  Reward:  Fishing Gear

Purple, Orange, then teak

Q tossing and Charlie, and Ozzy

Aubry, Coach, and Cirie tossing the rope; Coach first

Teal onto the platform 1st, followed by Orange

Chrissy and Kamilla on puzzle

Kyle hurts his ankle; Jeff stops the challenge.

Medical clears Kyle; it's back on.  Q helps Kyle up the ramp.

Angelina and Gen on the puzzle.

Cirie FINALLY pulls down the ramp!

Emily and Christian on puzzle

Teal WINS!

Purple wins, sending Orange to tribal!

Tribal:  Jenna, Cirie, or Ozzy??  Are they NUTS?  Keep the Oz-man!

Jenna voted out, 7-1

Episode's not over though.....

Kyle reveals his ankle feels okay.

Gen finds the Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol!  She has to send it to someone on another tribe, and if they're voted out before they use it, it returns to Gen!

She sends it to Ozzy!

Journey:  Mike, Colby, Savannah

Task:  Pick 2 to play:  Draw rocks, Mike can't play.

Jenga-like challenge.

Structure falls on Colby's turn; he loses his vote. Savannah earns a secret Block-a-Vote!

Kyle gets ultrasound on his Achilles Tendon....then a test that confirms he has damaged his Achilles, and needs to be pulled from the game.

Ep 2:

Reward Challenge:  Water Obstacle, ring toss; hammocks, tarp

Orange in the lead, followed by blue, then purple, due to Aubrey missing her 1st target.

Orange wins, followed by Blue!

Teal Tribe:  Coach cramps up in the water; Chrissy's 'mothering attitude' is beginning to grate on Dee, Tiff, and Charlie.

Purple:  Aubrey is gifted the Boomerang Idol by Christian (Orange tribe)

Immunity Challenge:  Collecting 3 sand snakes, move them through an obstacle, then maneuvering balls on snake track.

Teal in the lead to the track; then drops it

Purple in the lead; Purple wins Immunity!

Orange drops; Teal wins Immunity!

Tribal Council:  Ozzy, Savannah,  or Joe?

Devins and Christian hatch a plan to show a fake idol at Tribal, just to stir things up.  Whaaaat?

Savannah voted out, 6-1

As the group is leaving, Christian falls, and Devins plants the fake idol.

From The Stupid Files: Y8, W2

 Day 5: Cold, high 30s; 79 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC: Madi, but went home sick

Loaders:  Conrad, Isaiah

1) We were busy until 4

2) Trained Jael from 5-close

3) Customer tried to return a dryer, but it was past the 48 hour mark.

4) Corporate arriving tomorrow; Kent C was named District Sales Mgr of the Year!

Outfit:  Dark brown and white striped cowl neck; patterned leggings, new dark jeggings, tiny silver hoops

Day 6:  Warmer, 60s, rain am; 78 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Madi

Loaders: Jax, Isaiah

1) We were SLOW!

2) Had my trainee Jael from 5-cl and was able to show him how to process a check and ring up carpet.

3) I was late, due to my drs appt, so only got a 15 min break.  Emailed everyone about my being late next week, since my appt isn't until 12:45, which is an hour later here.

4) Had a customer at close, just as Madi was closing me down. He told Keri 'none of the cashiers would help him'.  He finally left around 9:25, through ASCO.

Outfit:  Black tunic, yellow plaid vest, patterned leggings, new dark jeggings, moon/stars danglies

Day 7:  Rain, 60s; 96 t/a

ASM:  Daniel

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Conrad, Isaiah

1) Day began with call from Sedgewick saying I'd been placed on 'approved leave', due to the INSANE restrictions they 'thought' I needed,  Had to have the Dr's office fax an updated note, then email ME a copy, so I could forward it to the gentleman's inbox.  I was cleared to return to work at noon, which was a good thing; they needed me to come in at 2!

2) Customer brought us Cap'n D's Sweet Tea.

3) Customer got sticky cart and even after cleaning it off, griped about it.  I wiped the ENTIRE cart down.

4)  Ran out of $1s, $5s, and $10s on #1; had to use #2 for 30 mins.

5) Was fairly slow 2-5, then slammed, just as my antibiotic alarm went off.  Managed to swallow it between customers.

6) Customer ordered 150 boards at 2pm; the boys finally loaded them around 6, but they were the wrong ones.

7) It rained on and off.

Outfit:  Teal floral tee, black vest, patterned leggings, new dark jeggings, small gold hoops.

Off tomorrow and Friday, unless I get called in!

Day 8:  Rare Sat; rain, 60s; 70 t/z

ASM:  Shannon

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Arrived and was slammed; Ryann disappeared.  I thought she was supposed to be with me until 8.

2) Customer tore off ALL lumber tags for me to ring up. "I'm mobile with this thing, but thank you!"

3) Was sent to lunch at 5:45, even though I ARRIVED at 5pm.  Jaydon told me 30 mins; I double-checked with DS Charlie, who told me 15. I took 20.

4) Had to empty the coffee caraffe from yesterday.

5) The place was empty by 8:30.

6) My yellow hilighter disappeared; used my pen to circle everything.

7) Isaiah misread his schedule; arrived at 7 instead of 5.

8) Customer wanted to place a large order; DS Mike sent them to the pro desk, even though Pro John had left at 4.  Left him a note to call the customer tomorrow.

9) Didn't have any customers from 8:45-9:45.

Outfit:  Red sparkly tee, black vest, new dark jeggings, thin gold hoops

Day 9:  Rare Sun High 50s, sunny; 99 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) 1st hour was CRAZY!  #1 was out of money; I needed an o/r on #2, and no receipt tape in #3. Couldn't get a hold of anyone; I managed to print the receipt through the printer; Chad hopped on #1 to take care of customers paying with cards; I finally gave up and used HC Kate's #s in order to free up the register.  Also had couplings w/o barcodes, so gifted them.

2) #2 finally ran out of $1s; HC Madi finally put $$ in #1 around 4:15.  Pro John asked what he could do to help me; I asked him to find my sanity!

3) My note to Pro John disappeared; around 4:30, found it DOWN BESIDE Pro Kath's register and showed it to him. We left it for Kim to find in the morning. 

4) Had a customer who'd bought a book from me yesterday; asked her if she'd started reading it.  She said she loved it and was there a sequel?  Told her yes!  Guess I need to buy MORE inventory now....am out of #3-6!

Outfit:  Blue stripe sweater, white s/s turtleneck, new dark jeggings, large gold hoops

March Goals

I wasn't very productive in February, due to the cold weather and watching the Olympics every possible waking hour!

-Do well at Winter Market Sold 3:)

-Watch Olympics (Milan, Italy) Check!

-Watch Super Bowl (Pats vs Seahawks) Seahawks win!  29-13:)

-Have an enjoyable Valentine's Day Check!  Worked 9 hours

Health:  Now dealing with a staph infection on leg wound, plus it's larger, after briefly shrinking. Spent too many hours on my feet when the weather warmed up.

 Books Read:  3

            Print:  2

        E-book:  1

             DNF:  0

2026 Events:

March 11-12:  GSH Spring Vendor event Only sold 1. Bleh.

March 7th:  Winter Creative Market, 1972 KCARC, 10-1pm Sold 5:)

April 17th:  Creative Market, 1972 KCARC 4-7pm

April 18th:  Tippecanoe County Author's Fair, Lafayette, In 1-4pm

June 5-7:  Indy Comic Con (Panelist)

June 13:  Pride

July 10-12:  InConJunction Convention, Wyndham West, Indpls

July 17-19:  Imaginarium, Louisville, KY (Pd 8/2025)

Aug 8th:  Indy Author Event ($250; Pd $50 5/16 still owe $200)

Aug 22nd:  Lafayette Comic Con, Tippecanoe Co Fairgrounds, Lafayette, IN ($40)

Sept 12th:  StompCon, Fowler, IN

Nov 11-15:  ICGAHS

Nov 28th:  Creative Holiday Market, 1972 KCARC

Dec 2-3rd:  GSH Christmas Vendor Event ($50)

March Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs (start 244)

-Do well at Creative Market Sold 5:)

-Do well at GSH event Only sold 1.

-Get good report from Dr. S Postponed until May; bad storms that day.

-Republish Rex

-Fill out passport paperwork and turn it in

-Find out about passport photo

-GET VAN FIXED!!

-Add words to Dragon story and Hallmark-inspired story

-Create new website

-Buy new soap dish for MBa 

-Finish trim, lights, medicine cabinet, and shower guard in MBa 

-Pay down CC and start pecking away at med bills

-Read 6 books

-Finish current e-book 

Feb Reading Schedule:  

Fiction Favorites:

-I Need You To Read This-Jessa Maxwell Very good!  Hate the 1st person-present tense though

-Yours, Eventually- Nora Maznavi DRR!  Loved this one!!

-Perfect Storm-Paige Shelton DNF

The President and the Freedom Fighter- Brian Kilmeade

Die Laughing-Benjamin Oneal

Someone Like You-Karen Kingsbury

George Washington's Secret Six-Brian Kilmeade

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates-Brian Kilmeade

Bride-Ali Hazelwood

The Good, The Bad, and the Aunties-Jesse Q Sutanto

The Hating Game-Sally Thorne

The Choice-Anne Greene (misplaced??)

Louise Penney book

A Quiet Strength-Janette Oke

Valley of the Shaman-Arlen Andrews

Joyful Poems For Children-James Whitcomb Riley

I Heard God Laugh-Matthew Kelly

Life Is Messy-Matthew Kelly

Franklin and Eleanor

-29

E-book:

Carbon Copy-Terri Ventures Great story!

Naughty and Nice-Phoebe Alexander Good story!

Defending Devon-Shannon West Interesting story.....

Twins-RG Miller

Dare To Love-Sandy Sullivan

The Lust Boat-Roz Lee

TBB (on wish list-was tired of not finding them!)

The Marriage Bargain-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)

The Marriage Trap-Jennifer Probst (2013-$15)

The Marriage Mistake-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)

The Marriage Merger-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)

Into Thin Air-Jon Krakauer (2013-$15)

The Cookbook Collection-Allegra Goodman (2013-$11)

The Girfriend-Abigail Barnett ($5)

The Summer Without Her (Men???)-Siri Hustvedt

Searching For Someday-Jennifer Probst (2014-$8)

Hard As You Can-Laura Kay (2014-$9)

The Year of Living Biblically-A.J. Jacobs (2014-$15)

Retaliation-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10)

Accused-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10) 

Romulus-Marilyn Campbell ($5)

Gaslight Chronicles-Cindy Spencer Pape ($8)

So Far Away-Dakota Madison, et al

Love Realized-Melanie Codina

Love Resisted-Melanie Codina

Assumptions-Melanie Codina

One The Run-Jade C. Jamison

Decker-AD Ellis

Sawyer-AD Ellis

Monster Among The Rose-Linda Kage ($6)

Flower of Heaven-Julien Ayotta

Dangerous Bloodlines-Julien Ayotta

If I Fall-Lydia Michaels ($5)

If You Want Me-Tara Mills

Tomorrow-Samantha Kane

Backdoor Billionaire's Bride-Roz Lee (2019-$5)

The Play-Tawdra Kandle

Hopeful In Yellow-Sandra Sookoo

Magic In Mayflowers-Sandra Sookoo

Zero Chance-Linda Kage (want entire series in print)

Paging Dr, Breakup-Jillian David

The Girl Vanished-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)

The Lost Summers-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)

Ballad of Us-Sasha Marshall

Naughty, Nice, Never Been Kissed-Cassidy Hudspeth

A Party To Die for-Kerry Schafer

From The Stupid Files: Y7, W46; Y8, W1

Day 184: 30s, windy; 67 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) COLD!  Had to wear my coat all shift

2) Was 15 mins late, due to wound care appt

3) When I arrived, hopped on #2 to help with the line

4) Pro Kim had complicated order and didn't leave until 6:30.

5) Was told to use Walky-Talky app on Zebra to page

6) Had a lot of returns from yesterday

7) Final customer didn't understand the sales tax. Thought the bill was $10 cheaper, until I pointed out the sales tax.

Outfit:  Maroon blouse, white s/s turtleneck, black vest, patterned leggings, new dark jeggings, silver spirals

Off tomorrow, to be on the Star Chamber Show!

Y8, Day 1:  Mid-40s; 98 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  DS Charles, Isaiah

1) Saw Nate and Olivia!

2) Saw Valerie and the new baby:)

3) Austin and Floyd were there twice

4) Alex bought me M&Ms

5) Got a strange email from HR, basically stating I should be in a full body cast *eye roll*

6) Received my 7 yr patch!

7) Whomever closed last night used Moxi trash bags instead of the regular ones.

Outfit:  White speckled tee, blue vest, patterned leggings, new dark jeggings, sapphire hoops

Day 2:  High 60s; 101 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  DS Charles and Conrad

1) Was called in this afternoon; arrived at 3:30; only got a 15 min break

2) Trained Jael all evening; he did a good job!

3) Saw Floyd twice!

Outfit:  Red turtleneck, new dark jeggings, thin gold hoops

Day 3:  Rare Sat Mid-60s; 71 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  DS Charles, Jax

1) Was asked to come in ASAP; made it around 4pm

2) Trained JB for about an hour before they needed him elsewhere

3) Ordered GS cookies, intending to eat them around 6:30; they didn't arrive until 2 hours later!

4) Final customer was at close

Outfit:  White tunic, maroon vest, new dark jeggings, drop crystals

Day 4:  Rare Sun, Store Meeting:

Clocked in at 7:30 and joined Holly, Pro Kathy and Pro Kim up front.  We're definitely getting our bonus this Friday, since we went 105% above plan:)  The funniest moment was Pro Ian's son Jonah booing Alex!