Ranting is over... calm has returned

Thank you one and all for listening to my ranting ~ calm has indeed returned and the computer is working correctly.

All is good in the floral world.

For now.

The weekend is yet to come.

However, as promised Kristen, I found it!!!!!!!!

The wonderful Jack -in-the-Box made out of flowers.

a Moment of Ranting

Pardon me for a moment as I give way to ranting...

Why is it that when you need to call tech support for your computer, that what ever the problem is, it takes FOREVER to get it fixed???!!!

Case in point. I have a POS system at work that is a florist specific program capable of wiring out flowers to other stores, processing credit cards and a bunch of other stuff specific to the floral industry. For the past couple of months we seemed to be have a small 'glitch' of sorts. Knowing I needed to call tech support, but sensing that this problem was going to take awhile, I put it off until I had a good chunk of time to spend on hold and waiting while a tech worked on my system.

Well, yesterday was THE DAY. As I picked up the phone to call, I commented to my fellow workers that I would be awhile.

Little did I know that 'a little while' would turn into 3+ hours (and only about 30minutes was spent on hold) the rest of the time was me watching the 3 different tech people log into my pc and try to figure out what in the world was going on with the program.

Now two of the tech people asked me how long this had been going on - I explained that I had been on the phone already for over 2 hours and the problem wasn't fixed and that I had not had a 2 hour block of time to sit on the phone.

Now I am sure you are asking yourself, 'well why didn't you use a head set so that you could do other things while waiting?' rest assured, I was. But every time (I kid you not) every time I walked away form the computer - the tech decided that was the moment that he/she had a question and/or that I needed to be at the computer to see if something had printed off.

Don't get me wrong - I like computers - they make my life easier(most of the time) and the tech people I work with are great. It's just that I am convinced that my presence somehow interferes with a computer's abiltiy to run properly.

Maybe it's the pollen that is always on my finger tips?

wait, that's it!

My computer is allergic to flowers. I wonder if it could get injections too, to help with it's allergies.

Just for the fun of it

Kristen - this one is for you (I'm still trying to find which folder that Jack-in-box flower is in) But in the meantime, I hope you enjoy!

Yes, your eyes do not deceive you - that is indeed electrical equipment.

Something cool and refreshing~

memory candle at the wedding
cabdle garden accented with flowers as a centerpiece

calla lily centerpiece
This arrangement greated guests as they entered the country club

Before & After

BEFORE

AFTER

Tribute to the Love of Trains

One of the many interesting things I get to do at work is come up with inspired tributes when someone loses a loved one. Here is one such tribute for a man who loved trains - now how in the world do you incorporate trains into a floral funeral arrangement ?

Apparently, God loves to give inspiration....

A Florist's Home...

is not her own. I don't mean because I share it with my husband ~ I mean the way a florist brings the work home with her.



This is what my home has been turned into - a prep and storage area for nicely ironed chair covers. (Yep, you guessed it. Yours truly has been at the ironing board for HOURS pressing chair covers and maybe a few pair of pants in-between while the iron is hot.) So for the next week my home has been invaded by white hangers and chair covers-

All 185 of them.




If you feel the need, say a prayer for my husband who has to put up with this kind of craziness and temporary clutter...

Celebrating the 4th - ummm.... I mean 5th

As providence would have it, my parents annual 4th of July picnic ended up being scheduled for the 5th - Therefore, hubby and I would be able to be back in time our lake trip (see previous post) to join in on the festivities. This was good news since we would have hated to miss the shin-dig AND hubby was on grill duty along with my brother-in-law.

My folks had all kinds of fun lined up for everyone - there was swimming, badminton, bottle launching, food ~ lots of it ~ and last but not least go karts.

My friend Cheryl and I somehow convinced our husbands that they needed to participate in the fun....

(my Hubby communicating how slow he thought the go kart was moving)

Glenn & Matt drag racing...

I'm sure my Hubby bribed someone to take this shot documenting the insistance from the husbands that the wives take a spin in said go karts.

Lake Adventures

over the 4th Hubbie and I were invited to go on an overnite boating trip with friends

(thanks friends!)

Hubby on small tube...

"cave dog's" first boat ride (above)

our cute little cabin in the woods (below)

hubby helping to 'cast off ' he had lots of practice with that ...hiking a trail that ran along the edge of the lake and an old railroad bedLara and I on the BIG tube (above) and (below) a photo my Hubbie insisted on taking

All in all it was a great time - we even had an adventure that caused us all to have a deeper appreciation and more sympathy for the disiples' attitude durring the storm -

We had a bit of a storm come up on the lake while we were in the boat. There were white caps and wind and sand and lightning! We made our own landing on the beach (not at the boat dock where there was a swarm of people also trying to get off the water) and while the men secured the boat, the ladies and dog took cover in the truck. The men took cover in a culvert to aviod any lighting strikes. It was amazing how fast the storm came in and how fierce the storm was... but on the bright side - it did cool things off for the evening for better sleeping. The next day the sun came out and -yep- you guessed it we were out on the boat again.

Some of my favorites...

******HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE*******