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[badly_knitted]

Well, I don't want to go into a lot of genre tags like horror, fluff, etc. but there does need to be some re-jigging. Relationship is a bit unwieldy, I'll have to do some serious thinking on what category I could use that's simpler and not misleading. I set everything up in such a rush in the end that I hadn't really thought the system through.

Argh! *tears hair out* Why so complicated?

Thanks for letting me bounce this issue back and forth with you, I'm sure between us we can come up with something workable.

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Anytime; I'm glad if I can help in any way. :) Though I'm a bit afraid that I may have muddied the waters a fair bit, instead...*fidgets worriedly*

[badly_knitted]

Nah, you just pointed me in the direction I need to start thinking, although don't expect me to change anything soon, I need time to think things through properly this time, the whole problem started because I rushed in the first place, and with Christmas fast approaching... I'm never prepared for anything at this time of year and I seem to be even more disorganised this year than usual o_O

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

I know what you mean. This time of year is so crazy and busy, it's a wonder anyone even has time to breathe!

[badly_knitted]

I know! I have to find my Christmas cards, decorations won't be going up for a couple of weeks yet. I don't have much, the coal fire spreads ash over everything. And I still have writing to do... o_O

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Wow. I never thought about ash getting on stuff. I can't remember if we ever had a proper fireplace before coming here, and we don't use it, except for decorating. (Probably a good thing we don't, since we have shelves built into either side, and keep our DVD collections on it. Heat + DVDs... = Probably Bad Things.)

We just got back a little while ago from taking Mom's baking to where the sale's gonna be this weekend. Don't know if there's anything else that needs to be done, aside from putting my bedroom decorating boxes away, and decorating our back fence. (And Christmas shopping; gotta squeeze that in somewhere.) Mom is beyond relieved that the baking's taken care of. Ohhhh...just remembered. She's still going to have to bake for our property management office's Christmas party. But that's two weeks away, and I made up a lot of the cookie doughs for her, so hopefully there won't be much of a crush.

[badly_knitted]

I find myself wishing I lived nearby so I could get something from the bake sale, your mum cooks up such delicious sounding things! I hope it's a huge success.

Yeah, cleaning out the fire twice a day means ash flying everywhere. It sucks. I don't spend much time in the lounge, my room which is above the lounge is warmer and gets the most daylight, so I basically live there. It's cluttered, full of books, magazines, DVDs, CDs, but it's been my room since I was born so I like it =)

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Thanks. It...didn't go as well as we'd hoped. She did okay yesterday, but practically nobody showed up today, so she sold hardly anything. Came home with most of her stuff, and we're both devastated. I score, in that I get to eat the truffles and these little wrapped Hershey Minis she dolled up--but that means I'm eating her profits, and that really upsets me. She says she's never making the truffles for a sale again; she wouldn't have this time, but the person who made up the flyers included them, and Mom couldn't very well bow out of that obligation.

Just now, she's on the phone with her brother, and seeing what he'd like to buy. So far, he's biting. Wants all three of whatever it is she has all three of (I don't know if that's her pies, or one of her breads).

*breathes* Note to self: Calm down. Freaking out won't exactly save the day.

Ohhhh, whew! He wants all three pies and all of the leftover cookies. Nearly $160!

[badly_knitted]

That's a relief! It must be so hard on her after all that hard work seeing so much not sell. I do wonder why so few showed up for the sale on Sunday, that's weird. I hope things improve salewise. *hugs*

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

*hugggggg* <3

It doesn't help that the people running the sale didn't put a sign up. They live in an out-of-the-way part of the neighborhood (which is a tricky neighborhood to get around, anyway). And the husband was supposed to put a sign out on the main road to get peoples' attention. And he only put it up just outside their driveway--and it was a small, computer-printed sign, that was hardly even visible. A lot of people showed up, telling Mom that they'd gotten lost before finding the place. I imagine some people probably went looking for the place, never found it, and gave up. Plus, a friend who said she'd come and buy apparently didn't realize that they'd be packing up early, and was off running errands down south. By the time she said she was on her way, it was too late.

But Mom was doing the math, and she actually made more this year than last, including the stuff she's taking for him to buy this morning--even without that, it still comes out to more. It's just that, proportionately speaking, it feels like less, as she's never taken so much stuff to any of her sales before. (Heh, guess I can eat the candy with a clear conscience now. She knew that at least the truffles weren't going to go to waste, given how much I enjoy 'em.)

[badly_knitted]

Men! Leave things to them and they always manage to stuff it up. Next time, make your own sign for your mum to put up or something!

Glad your mum did better thn you both thought. Enjoy those truffles, they sound yummy!

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

No kidding! They might be useful for keeping our population going, but that seems to be about it. (Well, my grandfather was something special, though.)

A friend who was selling her latest novel was tempted to grab a piece of paper and just scribble one hastily, but I think it was too late by then.

Thanks. We're both beyond relieved! (And, OMG, the truffles are absolutely heavenly. One batch of chocolate-chip-cookie-dough, and another of mint/candy cane. Wow! And we have a recipe for mashed-potato ones that I'm very curious about.)

[badly_knitted]

Oooh, they sound so decadent!

There are good guys out there, but there are more idiots than anything else.

Just found out mum's brother, my uncle, passed away on Saturday. He's the last of that generation of our family, but he was one of the special ones.

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Oh, gosh. I'm so sorry to hear that. :( *huggggggg*

[badly_knitted]

Thanks *hugs back* It's so weird, mum was the youngest of six and now they're all gone. I wasn't expecting him to last much longer, he wasn't in the best of health, but it's still hard to get my head around it.