This is how the universe treats me...

Stalkers!  It's me, Jaime Mac!!!!  I was shamed beyond belief encouraged by many of you to get my blogging mojo back.  Sigh.  I know, I know - it's been tough on you all...not hearing from me...not laughing at my life...not enjoying my lengthy stories.  Alas - I assure you - it has been harder on me.

I'm not gonna lie to you, I feel like my life is in a tail spin.  I have lots of decisions to ponder.  Lots of hard choices to make.  I hate being a responsible adult.  Boo hoo. 

Anywho-I've missed ya'll with all.my.heart.  You know I need your affirmation to know my life has meaning.  (Even if it is via terroristic threatening.)  Who am I kidding?  I love the attention...

And with that - lets do this...

I have been uber busy with the jewelry biz.  Busy is not bad, it's just busy.  Busy means I'm out there working my jewelry lady butt off.  Busy means I'm making some moo-lah to buy more purses.  (Yea, uhm - my recent tail spin has caused me to buy 3 purses in the last 2 weeks.  No.lie.  I'm trying to fill an empty hole... with cute bags... it does help....)

You know how I go to Texas in July for Rally, right?  Of course, this year is no different.  I've also told you a billion times how Premier recognizes us for our hard work.  They have a reward called the "Founders Club".  It is for the top 5% in retailing & sponsoring in the country for March, April & May.  If you are on track at the end of April's accounting period, you get to register early for rally.  This.is.a.huge.deal.  This means you get first dibs at hotels.  Like hotels across the street from the convention center.  And you don't have to stay 10 miles outta town & be shuttled in on buses everyday & everynight like cattle.  BIG.DEAL.

Soooooo, I was ecstatic when I got this email from Premier:

Oh yea, baby.  Look at me.  I get to register EARLY!  Nanny nanny boo boo!  So I put a reminder in my phone & was all poised & ready at the computer at the time it opened.  And tragedy struck... The website kept saying the webpage 'could not be displayed'.  The words we all dread.  I thought, "Ok-it's like concert tickets.  Everyone's trying to get on it - it'll be a minute."  I tried for 20 minutes.  NOTHING!  GULP.  So I called Premier & got this lovely message "please hold.  There are 63 callers ahead of you."  Oh, the humanity.  I knew at that point it was them, not me.  Sadly, I had an appointment & couldn't hold the line nor be in front of my computer. 

An hour or so later - I got this email.  Yea, the universe hates me. 

Thankfully, Premier re-opened registration 2 days later & I was able to get registered & get a downtown hotel.  Maybe the universe was forgiving me?

Ok, the next thing.  I've had this washer & dryer since B-rad & I got married.  That's like 12 1/2 years ago.  Recently the dryer quit drying on the medium setting.  Not a huge deal, but how long do you think it takes to dry stuff on low?  A long freakin' time. 

 Mom & I went to Home Depot to get paint for the bathroom & I looked at new washers & dryers.  I found a set I liked, but you know me, miss cheap skate (unless it's a purse...all bets are off...) I didn't buy one.  I came home & talked to B-rad about it to see what he thought.  He said, "What does it matter what I think - I'm not the one who uses them."  Oh, how I love him.

They were having a sale, blah, blah, blah so I went back & bought them.  However, everyone else must've needed the exact set I got because they were backordered for 2 weeks.  Ok, no problem - I've still got mine to use. 

I spent one whole day doing as much laundry as humanly possible to get it caught up so B-rad could get the other set out when he could squeeze it into his busy planting schedule.

Oh, happy day when the delivery guys came & my new pretty washer & dryer were all ready to be loaded into my house & start cleaning some clothes.

 These things have more buttons than a space ship.  And you know I love me some space ship inspired electronics.

 HOWEVER...can anyone tell me what's wrong with THIS picture?  Why yes, stalkers - there's something missing.  The WASHER!!!!

When they brought the washer in, it was giving them a door lock error.  A sensor was bad so they called in & ordered me a new one.  They would call me in 24 hours to tell me the new delivery date.  UHM, ok...I can live for another day or two.  I could take laundry to moms or B-rad's parents....for a day or two....

I got the call... "Mrs. McAfee-we have set your washer delivery date for MAY 8TH."  For the love of God...that's 2 weeks away.  So - the universe hates me again...

I made several phone calls.  I begged.  I pleaded.  To no avail.  The washer is on backorder (like it was when I bought it) again.  Since I'm a spoiled brat - there is NO way I'm travelling all over the country to do our laundry.  I mean, really....

I have asked B-rad to bring the washer back into the house.  He said he will...when he gets time.  Sigh...  If our clothes look dirty, please forgive us. It's the universe - we can't help it.