People Who Buy Glass Tables Shouldn’t Throw Kittens

It must be that winter is setting in. I’ve had the “feathering” urge for a while. I think that’s what finally inspired me to organize my computer room. Evidently The Socialist is feeling it too. Sunday we went out just to look at furniture. We stopped by the modern furniture place where I bought that lovely coffee table of mine, but we saw little, and the prices were on the far side of outrageous. We popped into a local furniture chain, and saw typical chain furniture. On a whim I suggested that we stop by an outlet mall not too far from our house that I’ve only recently gone to for the first time. It was there we hit paydirt. They carried the same stuff as the modern furniture place, but at about a quarter of the cost. The Socialist ended up purchasing a really nice two tier end table (glass and chrome) for our living room. It complements the coffee table nicely, and has given the kitten something new to explore. She apparently doesn’t trust it fully, though, because she seems reluctant to walk across it. She shows no such compunction about the coffee table, so I don’t’ think it’s the glass surfaces that are slowing her down. There is something about it that gives her pause to consider though, for which I’m very grateful.

The Younger Sister surprised me over the weekend by calling and saying she was interested in going to the transplant seminars with me. I immediately got us registered, and reserved a room in the hotel where the event is occurring for the night before. Harrisburg is far enough away to be a tiresome trip, and I’d rather do it the night before rather than have to get up ultra-early to travel the 2+ hours it would take to get there. Information about the seminar can be found at Gift of Life’s website under Legacies of Life Conferences. I’m looking forward to going to this and to the Philadelphia conference as well in November. There are eight programs I’m particularly interested in attending, and being able to go to both conferences ensures I’ll get to go to everything I’d like to.

Remember that little problem I had with the dunning notice I’d gotten from the jeweler I’d purchased presents from last Christmas? It resolved rather more neatly and easily than I expected. I found a number on my initial correspondence with them from when the account was first set up, and called it today. The service representative who answered the phone was incredibly helpful and polite, and found out almost immediately what had happened. It seems that when they refunded my overpayment to me, they refunded too much, something I hadn’t realized. They then turned around and billed me for the over-refund, along with tacking on late-payment fees. The service rep immediately corrected it, and I made arrangements to return the overpayment they made to me. I didn’t even have to wait on hold for more than fifteen seconds or so. So I guess I owe Littman/Barclay jewelers an official apology in my diary, since I finked them out by name in my previous entry. Turns out they are a class act to deal with after all, once you find the right people to talk to.

I’m a little upset with myself. I’ve been wearing a gold ribbon charm on my medic-alert bracelet. It has a little clasp on it, and clipped onto the bracelet easily. I clipped it onto my bracelet Sunday morning, and noticed Sunday afternoon it was no longer there. I have no idea where I lost it, only that it is gone. It must have caught on something, but I’m amazed I didn’t feel the tug when it was pulled off. Well, it’s gone now, and there’s nothing to be done about it.

The software I’m using for my digital camera that allows me to download from the camera to my computer is apparently fried. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling three times now, and each time I still end up with an error message when I attempt to open the software after reloading it. One of the critical data files, which should be empty upon installation, is giving the program conniptions. The file cannot be opened by the software, which keeps accusing me of having said file set to “read only”. I don’t. I swear it’s set to “archive” the way it’s supposed to be. But still the program won’t run. So I’m an impasse when it comes to uploading pictures to my diary. *grumble*

Several diarists I read have recently tweaked or completely changed the looks of their diaries. This once again has me thinking. I miss my Salamander motif. I have never really been pleased with my current diary’s looks, while I especially loved what I finally was able to put together for Salamander. It’s too late to go back to making entries in the Salamander diary, and there’s no way for me to transport the Palimpsest pages into Salamander. What I could do is simply use the Salamander motif in the Palimpsest diary, though. I’ll have to think about it … perhaps I’m giving up on this diary’s looks too easily.