Comments on: Someone stop me!

By: Marti Johnson

Marti Johnson — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:35:17 +0000

I thought I’d share another person’s RAK with everyone. As a member of the Socks for Soldiers group, I’m always thrilled to hear about what knitted treasures are being given to our soldiers overseas. Knitters are so generous and donate all sorts of things to make our soldiers feel appreciated, but I just read the best of all. Those of us in SFS fully appreciate all the work the founder, Kim, puts into this program, finding yarns that are suitable, seeing to the bundling, shipping, sorting and just plain overseeing all the work this group involves. One of her biggest problems, however, is to keep her computer up and running and keeping track of all the organization this work requires. We’ve all sympathized with her difficulties in keeping a reliable computer system up and running, but this time, the most generous couple in the whole world donated a $2000 HP computer system to Kim to handle all the work that SFS involves. Obviously, this is more than a RAK, but the generosity involved in this certainly passes on all the generosity that the Socks for Soldiers creates. Way to go, folks!

By: andi

andi — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:48:04 +0000

i was waiting in line at the gap to pay for some jeans (for myself–sigh…) and the girl behind me had an armload of men’s clothes. i had a 20% off coupon that i was going to use on the jeans–but i wasn’t totally convinced i was going to keep them…so i put my jeans down and handed her the coupon. felt so freaking awesome!!

By: janna

janna — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:13:27 +0000

I finally got around to making the pretzel dessert you posted a couple weeks ago. YUM!!!!!!! Sweet, salty! I didn’t want to share with my family!

By: Deborah K

Deborah K — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:52:04 +0000

I’m going to guess Koigu (I hope!)

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:50:02 +0000

I was on the receiving end of a RAK this morning….well, maybe not so R, but certainly an AK, and definitely good customer service.

I stopped at Starbucks for a peppermint mocha for the first time in several weeks, because I had a serious case of the “It’s Friday, it’s snowing, I have a 44-mile drive to work, and I’m sleepy” coffee need. While waiting for my coffee, I chatted with the very nice shift manager/barista who was making it. After she gave me my drink, I went to the front condiment bar to stick an illicit straw in the cup (yes, flouting the warning on the straw package so I could sip it easier in the car).

Instead of going through the sippie hole, my straw hung up and capsized the cup, dumping 3/4 of the contents on the condiment bar. I wanted to cry, but I mopped up the coffee (no damage–all of the packets were in plastic bins well off the surface). I went back to the ladies’ room and washed off my hands, and as I was about to walk out with my 1/4 of a grande PM, I offhandedly commented to the manager/barista that you really know you need coffee when you spill it before you can drink it. Without hesitating, she said, “Let me make you another one.”

That may be corporate policy, or it may just be the kind act of a nice person, but it certainly made my day. That particular Starbucks, like several others I have frequented in the past, has an unusually nice collection of people on staff, and this particular shift manager is the very nicest of all. The next time I see her there, I’m going to be sure to thank her again (I did thank her profusely today).

And, to give them equal time, the staff members at the two Caribou Coffee stores I frequent are also very nice. And CC has free WiFi, so I will be spending more time there once I get the laptop I ordered last week (arriving 12/21, allegedly). Maybe I’ll manage to update my blog more frequently when I can do it remotely!

By: Laura D.

Laura D. — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:50:55 +0000

The last RAK I tried wound up with me be verbally assaulted in our local Pizza Hut…lol. I have vowed only to do RAK when in drive-thrus for the next month. I am so glad you are starting to carry rovings….I have spun twice as long as I have knitted. I am sooooo excited to see the new lines!!!! Oh and for giggles I thought I might mention that on your side bar where you so wonderfully keep the “See What’s New” caption……perhaps you should have a link for those of us with dialup. Please consider naming it “See What’s Left”…..lol!

By: Kim Bradley

Kim Bradley — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:41:54 +0000

RAK: Yesterday at our local coffee shop I paid with a $20 and told them to use the change to buy the next several orders (and when the amount left was too small, to throw it into their tip jar). It was fun to sit with my drink and watch several people be surprised by free coffee (anonymous), but the coolest part is that the last one was a friend of mine, who had been up half the night at the ER with her father and who really needed a pickmeup.

By: Kim B

Kim B — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:11:22 +0000

In finally got a chance to buy the CD yesterday. I have been hearing about it. Wow! Picked up one for my sister for Christmas as she doesn’t have money to buy CDs. I haven’t stopped playing it since I bought a copy.

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:37:04 +0000

Noro sock yarn is coming!!! yea! Our local yarn store won’t carry it for another 4 months, so can’t wait to see it on your home page.

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:36:35 +0000

So jealous of Josh ownership. I’m being good and saving my money for Christmas shopping.

Let’s see…. RAKs… Hmmmm, spending about 10 hours tomorrow at a spay/neuter clinic. Which will probably add up to 40 surgeries. My back hurts just thinking about it but it needs doing. It’s a low cost program that the owners pay $5/cat or $10/dog for.

And my sucker moment. A gentleman brought in an adorable kitten with a nasty leg fracture. He couldn’t afford the repair, and anyway, kitty lived outside.

Ahem. I sort of kept the kitty, did an amputation (too much damage to fix the bone), and he now lives with my technician. The original owner and his daughters were delighted that he could find somewhere safe and get fixed all at once.

Shhhh. Don’t tell the boss.