No gold medal for me

Well, I am left with the lace border to knit and then I will be done with Madil. The next time I blogged about Madil, it will be all blocked and ready for its long journey to Singapore!

Knowing that I won't be getting the gold, I was kind of slack over the weekends. Hehe. Besides, I was visiting, so all the more reason to relax and play with my adorable 2 yrs old nephew.

The computer problem wasn't too tough. The PCI card wasn't installed properly and hence Windows didn't detect its presence previously. The other problem was just the AT&T installation. Apparantly, the configuration settings provided by AT&T installation disc was not working for some reason. After a call to the AT&T support, some serious exchange with subtle threats of unsubscribing, they fixed my problem by giving me another login name and password. I do not like when the IT support tells me that you should change your operating system because they do not know how to support yours. You see, WinXP has made a lot of things automatic and hence make life so much more easier for them. My future-in-laws are using WinMe which is essentially Win98. As they only use it for email, I see no need to go out and get a copy of WinXP. Besides, I can see that everything is working fine except for the connection to the internet. I am glad that everything is fixed but it took a while to get there cos of the support call. So no yarn shopping for me! =( Oh well, next time hopefully!

Although I didn't get a gold medal for knitting, I score really well for my beaded earrings! I sold 15 pairs of earrings in all. Woohoo! While making the sales, I also asked if the prices are agreeable and how they like my beaded earrings. I got really positive feedbacks which is great! And apparantly, my earrings appeal to customer as young as 12 to as old as 60. Very good demographic!

I have also decided that I will donate 5~10% of my beaded jewelry sales to UNICEF. I am currently donating to Doctors Without Border on a monthly basis so whatever I earned from my bead shop will go to UNICEF then. I do not earn a lot of money but I am very lucky to never have to worry about my next meal or survival.

Thanks everyone for your encouragements with the KO! I will be back with the blocked Madil very very soon!