Yes, today was chalkful of fun. We left early, went to an office supply store so that I could get labels for my Casio labelmaker. Ended up making the decision to buy a P-Touch label maker, instead.<\/p>\n
Then, we went out sailing with Terry’s dad and his new wife. \ud83d\ude42 Enjoyed our time on the water and I stitched plastic canvas coasters for use on the boat the whole time we were out (I finished 2 of 6 coasters). Then we stopped and had dinner out. Dinner was good, but I started feeling a bit funny partway through dinner, so I took an Imodium and had them pack the rest of it up so that I can have it tomorrow.<\/p>\n
We still had to go to Joann fabrics to look at sewing machines. I decided that I don’t trust my current, inexpensive Brother machine that I bought at WalMart several years ago to work through the lovely navy blue velvet that we bought for our renaissance costumes. On the way to the Joann store, we stopped at Mary’s house so that I could drop off her tote bag and wallhanging. No one answered the door, which was odd because I saw lights on inside and hear someone on the stairs. Mary hasn’t returned any of my phone calls, either (I’ve been leaving a message every other day or so, just to see how she’s doing). I’m not sure what’s going on, but I will do whatever she needs to be comfortable, so I left the box on her porch and then called and left a message on her machine so that she knew that something was out there.<\/p>\n
We finally got to the Joann store and were inundated with expensive sewing machines. They have a Husqvarna\/Viking dealer in the store, so that’s what we ended up getting. They have several different levels of complexity and, of course, I fell in love with an expensive version ($1200, eek!), but I didn’t want to spend anywhere near that much money. My last machine cost me less than $200. We ended up compromising and, instead of buying a higher-end Singer, we went with a middle-of-the-road Viking machine. We’ll be able to trade up for a more expensive version later, if we want, and the warranty was 12 months as opposed to Singer’s 90 days.<\/p>\n
I also went into Joann with the intention of getting some scissors in the new Ashley print, but they didn’t have any. Very disappointing!<\/p>\n
Now we’re home, it’s late and we’re exhausted. Time for bed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yes, today was chalkful of fun. We left early, went to an office supply store so that I could get labels for my Casio labelmaker. Ended up making the decision to buy a P-Touch label maker, instead. Then, we went … Continue reading