I do not know where my time goes, I do something, put something off, fragment off to something else.

And days go by.  I am handing you this philosopical (I know this is spelled wrong, I just can’t figure out why) pile of bull because it has been since before Thanksgiving since I wrote here.  Bad Dog.

The odd thing is I like writing here, for this…so why do I put it off?

Our big deal Thanksgiving trip to spend the holiday with my son & Polly was a washout, literally.

We left here Tuesday afternoon, around 1.  It was gray & raining.  We hoped to do the drive that night, get in 1-2am, had a hotel room waiting.

K likes night (or very early morning) driving, less dodderers & minivans.  It took us 2.5 hours to get to Allentown (should be 50 min to 1 hour).  OK, not good and K was having some anger issues at the terrible traffic.

I suggested we stay at a hotel and wait the rain & traffic out.  We did not really want to drive on the day before Thanksgiving but we figured to leave at 4am, get through NY early.  After that the Ma Pike is always (mostly) doable.

Ok, again.  We get up 4am and go.  Still raining and still very heavy traffic.  Takes us another 3 hours to get to the NJ state line.  K simmering, close to boiling over.

I said “enough” we turned around and went home.  Called son who was very upset, as were we.

Eric (son) made a quick change and they went to Polly’s family in CN.   That would have been a good solution, so they would not be alone however Eric had worked until 2am, closing the restaurant he works at (he is sous chef)the night before and was exhausted, it had been a very busy night.

He was nodding off driving to CN, fortunately Polly is a smart woman, she took no guff from him and she drove. Still, he was tied and draggy all day (he says).

We cooked a nice little turkey, had a fire and watched a movie.  Quiet OK day.

We did go up there the weekend after.  Easy drive.

NewNeedlepoint.com had a run on new books until a few days ago.  People with men’s names (oh gosh) were ordering many of the new books, even a few very rare used books.

I sold several copies A Perfect World in Ribbon Embroidery & Stumpwork by Di VanNiekerk.  I have just 1 left and then there are no more.  The stopped publishing this book and I believe I have bought up and sold most of the remaining new copies.

That keeps happening, as I have mentioned (ranted) about several times before.   A book get “moving” and people become aware of it and begin buying it, but it is too late and they stop printing the book (or the distributers stop carrying it….but when that happens I can usually find it elsewhere).

I have a question, or am soliciting opinions from my readers (all 2.5 of you).  I have a NewNeedlepoint.com dilemma.

For a long time now I have sold these very nice Mighty Bright L.E. D. Floor lights with Magnifers.

Each lamp has 4 groups of 3 lights (for a total of 12 LED lights) surrounding the magnifying area in the center.  The light can be used as just a magnifier, Just a light or both at once.  Versatile and at a good price.

I was asking $85.00 for it and a $10.00 shipping surcharge.  (Otherwise nn.com is free shipping but UPS ground for this is usually between 16 & 19 dollars).

I sold quite a few of them, once we got past the questions and complaints about the surcharge.  

According to my web site counters, this lamp was the second most looked at item on my web site.

Then UPS rates went up (as did USPS).  The last 2 Mighty Bright Lamps I sold cost me $24 and some change (I forget the exact amount and am too lazy to look through all my invoices).

At that amount of shipping I am not making enough to make it worth doing.  They are my only UPS ship item so it is a special trip & special packaging (I think I sold a lot of them because I sell them for less, DOH)

So, I have to either raise their price by $10.00, double the surcharge (from $10 to $20) or stop selling them permanently  (I am now out and have not yet ordered anymore).

I am not sure what to do.

Any ideas or advice?

Everything else is good, I love living in our new house, the renovation seems to be ok, no leaks or problems of course the main drain backed up but that was an delayed reaction, mostly from before us.  No harm or damage done.

I love the firplace but no one loves it as much as Jack The Cat does.  He is still right there anytime there is a fire.

I am still reading, reading, reading on my iPad.  I am mixing NewYork Times bestsellers & notable books with my regencies.  Re-visiting some of my Georgette Heyer (and buying them again for the iPad).

This is going to sound funny….I am pretty happy (more or less….is this enough qualifiers?)