It was 10:30 p.m., and I was sitting at my sewing machine wrapping up the night’s work on the wedding dress. The kids were in bed. The Narrator was out of town for the night for work. Just as I was finishing a seam, I heard a really loud bump. I mean a REALLY LOUD […]
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Friday Funnies
We were sitting at dinner when Little Miss Sunshine says to me, “Our house is crooked.” Me: Crooked? What do you mean? LMS: Leaning over to one side and tilting her head, “SEE?” Me: Leaning over to one side and tilting my head, “I guess if you look at it from this angle it is!” […]
Serger Story
The night before I went to my serger class at the sewing expo I moaned to The Narrator, “I just know this class is going to make me want a new serger.” He replied, “That’s a given!!” I got my old serger about a year and a half ago used for $50. It’s what you […]
Wedding worries
I had a very crazy dream last night last night. I haven’t been sleeping well for a few weeks and my dreams are getting quite bizarre. I’m making a friend’s dress for her wedding. That’s not a dream, that is reality. It’s the biggest sewing project I’ve ever done. And even though it’s not a […]
Over.Load
Brain. Over. Load. Can’t. Think. Straight. The whole coveting thing? Yeah. Didn’t work. I’ll just leave it at that. I can’t even begin to tell you how funny I thought it was that the 6th World Congress on the Aging Male was held at the same time as the Original Sewing and Quilting Expo. The […]
Thou shalt not covet
Dear bloggy friends pray for me tomorrow that I will resist the ever-present temptation to covet and will instead practice the discipline of contentment! I’m headed to a big sewing expo in town this week and will be taking lots of fun classes packing my brain full of new tips and tricks that I’ll be […]