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Letters From Your Friendly Cashier: A Special Edition of a Reflective Nature 2007-10-26 15:31:00 Dear Guy with the Religion Issue,
This letter is especially for you. It has taken me awhile to work up both the courage and the right thing to say. I'm afraid both are still lacking greatly, but you always seems like such a polite young man, and this letter will likely be the only time we discuss this issue.
It's been awhile since I first saw you wearing that shirt. You know the one--the one Read more:Cashier
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Yes, Weather Can Be a Good Gift 2007-10-25 16:19:00 It's my birthday. I may have mentioned it was coming. I'm not really one of those peeps who like to keep it under wraps. You essentially get one day a year to celebrate You, and I'm takin' it. Chalk it up to oldest child syndrome. They always say it's the middle child who clamors for attention, but they forget that the oldest child is usually deemed good for nothing other than taking over the
Thought Dump 2007-10-24 11:47:00 I'm feeling a little wonky today, due to the fact that I had to have a tetanus shot yesterday, and I'll use any excuse other than the fact that I have narcolepsy to excuse my total lack of motivation concerning my to do list for the day.
So instead of getting to those dishes (gag), I thought I'd share some randomness of epic proportions swirling around in my brain this morning.
--with some well
Letters From Your Friendly Cashier: Vol 14 2007-10-21 21:16:00 Dear Cherished Shoppers,
I tried and tried to find a unifying theme for this letter to you, one in which I could address a single group of people; the circus performers, the seriously lacking in proper coverings, the too busy to attend to your dangling children shoppers.
But alas, it cannot be done. Because if this weekend was anything at all, it was random. And I'm ok with that. If you are Read more:Cashier
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And the Winner is... 2007-10-20 02:03:00 Jenny from Just Taking Notes.
She won the Birthday Drawing Giveaway via the random number picker.
It's a very scientific process, that number picker. I always feel like I'm cheating a bit when I use it. But it's random and that's what I wanted. So Jenny, I will email you soon and give you your instructions! Yay!
Thanks to everyone for participating and linking me up to let your readers know
Station Break: Homeschool Break 2007-10-19 01:51:00 It's another one of my Fridays over at this fine blog. I'm still convinced that any day now, they're going to kick my crazy behind out of there in hopes of filling my spot with someone with a little more sanity.
Nevertheless, you might like my post today if you frequent this blog at all. Just click the button to get there!
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Letters From Your Friendly Cashier: Vol 13 2007-10-18 10:00:00 Dear Do You Ever Wonder Customers,
I'm always thinking of weird things when I wait on you all. Things not necessarily pertaining to you directly, but I thought I'd share some of the profundities of my job with you anyway. Consider it a peek into a curious mind.
Sometimes I have to fill in as the Door Greeter. They need their breaks just like the rest of us, so usually a cashier gets sent over Read more:Cashier
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Station Break: Who's In And Who's Out? 2007-10-17 17:46:00 Only two more days to enter the Birthday Drawing Giveaway.
Remember, if you want to enter leave me a comment at the original post, specifying if you are IN, then if you have a blog, link back to the contest post. Nothing fancy, just a short blurb.
And if you're just joining us and would like more details on how the process of drawing you a picture works, please visit my Etsy shop. Read more:Break
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Wordless Wednesday: Fright 2007-10-16 22:17:00 If you're brave enough to find out the identity of the mystery guest, go here. And just as a side note, Jackelope isn't really scared. He's just a good faker. No worries.
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Station Break: The Feed Isn't Feeding 2007-10-14 23:31:00 I hate to interrupt the flow of madness. But I'm having issues with my feed. I subscribe to my own blog, not out of vanity, but to make sure it works. And well, I might've made a boo-boo, because it wasn't working.
What about you guys who do the feed reader?
I use google reader, and when I put in http://gremlinwrangler.blogspot.com, I just got all the old posts.
But when I put in http:// Read more:Break
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Letters From Your Friendly Cashier: Vol 12 2007-10-14 19:48:00 Dear Would Be Fashionista Shoppers,
I like seeing your somewhat happy faces. I like making a connection when a harried mom comes in and proclaims she still has to make 3 dozen cupcakes and it's pushing 1 am. I even like scanning and bagging your purchases with such speed and efficiency that you leave astonished that your shopping experience could ever go so well .
But some of you have Read more:Cashier
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Is There a Rug Doctor In The House? 2007-10-13 02:13:00 I don't remember this. This infestation of dirt on my other gremlin's clothing when they were all over the rug. I'm only showing you this outfit in hopes that someone else out there is feeling just as badly about her domestic skills or lack thereof, and needs a friend.
I promised myself, back when I was huge with The Cuteness, that I would rent a Rug Doctor
before he learned how to crawl.
Here Read more:House
Birthday Drawing Giveaway 2007-10-11 11:16:00 Your point and click skills are superb. Thanks for coming over. I've moved only my favorite posts over with me, but the other blog will stay open too since many of my files are there and I get a lot of traffic from search engines. It's all part of my master plan to take over the world.
So don't forget to change your readers and links to gremlinwrangler.blogspot.com and the title to 'the gremlin Read more:Birthday
Build-A-Cake 2007-10-10 21:41:00 So we had some birthday madness around here this last weekend. I might have mentioned that my oldest is now a decade old. Wowzers.
But the real issue at hand is the cake building. I've built some doosies in my time. Some really swell and some really not. That's how most things are for me. No middle ground in my life. That's how I roll with it.
I've found, however, that with working weekends, Read more:Build
The Ultimate Care Package 2007-10-10 21:38:00 Usually care packages are reserved for kids away from home. My Man is an only child and his parents have never really accepted that he is a grown man and since they live two states away, technically he is a kid away from home.
So we've always received care packages full of goodies the likes you've never seen. I thought you'd like to share in the bi-monthly excitement that is "The Box From Read more:Ultimate
Dapper is as Dapper Does 2007-10-10 21:35:00 It's been one of those days. Those days.
I woke up to find my wireless router not working. But hey, without mobile access to the web, maybe I'd get a few things done around here.
Me and the gremlins went a round during school about their attitudes. Again. But hey, it sunk in for the time being and we finished our work without incident.
I've chewed most of my nails down to the nubs because my
What's In A Decade 2007-10-10 21:26:00 A lot can change in 10 years. Just my hair color/style alone has changed at least twice a year. It's not until you have gremlins that you realize how psychotically fast time passes. This week my firstborn, Chaz (a.k.a Socrates) turns the big One-O. And there's a whole slew of funny things I could tell you about that guy, but as I was thumbing through his mountain of firstborn pics, my brain
The Getting it Done Category 2007-10-10 21:25:00 I started taking Mondays off from school to utilize at least one day a week to catch up on the myriad of nonsense that apparently needs to be done around here. But I'll be honest. I've been lax in the Getting Things Done Around The House category. Stuff above and beyond everyday needs.
Now, if you want to talk to me about the Writing category, the Personal Hygiene category, the Read more:Category
Letters From Your Friendly Cashier: Vol 10 2007-10-10 21:22:00 Dear You Are in So Much Trouble Customers,
On Thursday and Friday nights, I thought to my friendly self, "Geez, everyone is acting refreshingly normal. Maybe, just maybe folks are picking up a few tips from my letters and putting them into practice. You know, treating one another like human beings and such.
Then came Saturday. Ah yes. Shopping Saturday. Where everyone and their Aunt Sally Beth Read more:Cashier
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Three Little Gremlins Carve a Pumpkin: A Modern Fairy Tale 2007-10-31 19:57:00 Once upon a time, there were three little gremlins. They bugged and nagged and harassed their poor tired mother for weeks to please, please, please buy them some pumpkins to carve. They were so sad that everyone else in the 'hood had nifty fall decorations adorning their front porches and they longed to be part of the festivities.
So one night after pretending to be a friendly cashier for 5 1/2 Read more:Carve
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I Think I Found My Color 2007-10-30 14:39:00 A few years back I had to take Wellbutrin, a really rockin' anti-depressant for some issues I was having. After a string of ineffective anti-depressants, it was my ticket to the Chocolate Factory, complete with Johnny Depp and those crazy cool Oompa Loompas. Unfortunately it had one slightly depressing side effect--hair loss.
And when you already have thin hair, that is not cool. In fact, it is Read more:Color
Letters From Your Friendly Cashier: Vol 15 2007-10-29 08:54:00 Dear Candy and Costume Obsessed Customers,
Man, you guys sure do buy a lot of candy! And by "a lot" what I mean to say is Massive Quantities Never Seen By Man In This Millennium. My arm is limp from dragging and scanning those gargantuan bags of Kit Kats. My shoulder joint is squeaky from hefting those 20 lb bags of Kid Mix!--the assortment pack. Including, but not limited to Dum Dums, Tootsies Read more:Cashier
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Letters From Your Friendly Cashier: Vol 16 2007-11-04 22:06:00 Dear You Never Cease To Amaze Me Customers,
I was sitting here thinking about just how many letters I can eek out of my time with you; if there will ever be a time when I'm just repeating the same ol' thang every week and have to stop because of the redundancy of it all.
And then you crazy party animals do something like buy $200 worth of frozen dinners. It's then that I realize that the Sea Read more:Cashier
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