Thursday, February 21, 2008
I spent the morning today just puttering around the house and getting some stuff cleaned up that has gotten left while my back has been hurting....what a pain! Don't know what's worse, the mess on the counter, or the pain in my back!
This afternoon, Cooper and I went over to Elizabeth's house and had an ice cream picnic on the floor with her boys. Ethan's cancer is back, and it's in his lymph nodes close to his spine so the whole situation has Elizabeth in tears. She just wanted to laugh today, so I took dinner, the ice cream picnic, Cooper and her jokes, and a Horton Hears A Who game I bought.
I have decided that I am not sure that I can sit with her and watch her little one die. The doctors don't know what to do, as they have done the chemo that he can have for his lifetime, surgery isn't a good option, neither is radiation. So, we are waiting to see what they come up with. A VERY DEPRESSING situation. I had to tell her today, that the Savior may need Ethan in heaven more than we need him here on earth.....that just breaks my heart after the year I've spent helping her through the cancer treatment. They thought they had won, and now this. I am the friend she calls to cry with....I am glad to be her friend, but this is SO HARD!
As I was ready to leave, she just clung to me and with tears in her eyes and mine, I told her I would trade with her if I could. She has been through so much, it would be nice if someone else could just carry her burden for a little while.
When I called the RS Pres. today to update her on the situation, we had a good cry together. I told her that I needed some help in getting Elizabeth to laugh....she is coming up with something.
Well, I must get something to eat....and then rest my back.
I love you all.....
Mom
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
I Was Tagged!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
I was tagged a while ago, but have just found the time to answer these questions. And no, I won't tag anyone else since everyone already has been tagged.
10 years ago: I was living in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I was working with a preschool doing the book orders, and running the lunch room at the elementary school.
5 things on my to-do list:
Clean out my closet
Organize all the photo albums
Spend some time with Guy (always my favorite thing to do, and no, he can't bring his laptop!)
Catch up my ironing
Help my friend through her daughter's cancer diagnosis (I just finished this mess with one friend, and it looks like it is starting with another one. At least I know where the hospital is this time.)
5 snacks I enjoy:
cheesecake
warm chocolate chip cookies
warm brownies with ice cream and chocolate syrup on top
Snickers bar
Heath Bar
If I were suddenly a billionaire:
I would see that our children had the money they needed to totally finish their educations, pay my tithing, pay off any bills we still had, buy a new van with rear air conditioning, and go on some vacation with just Dad. The rest of the money we could give some to Grandma and Grandpa for medical issues, and maybe for the first time in our lives just waste some!
3 bad habits:
I'm a perfectionist - which leads to problems in some situations.
I demand to much of myself most of the time.
I hate to do the ironing and clean the bathroom - that's why I let Dad do the bathroom every Saturday. He loves me enough to pretend he doesn't mind doing it.
5 places I have lived:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Greeley, Colorado
San Francisco, California
Cobham, Surrey, England
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
5 Jobs I've Had:
Financial secretary for Finance America
Kelley girls- executive secretary
Model garment seamstress for Cloth World
Medical Coder
Dance Studio Office Manager
5 Things People Don't Know About Me:
I play the accordian, organ, and piano
I tried out to be a majorette for my junior high drill team - thankfully, I didn't make it!
I would like to open my own business
I love making chili, having a fire, and reading a good book under a snuggly cover when it's snowing outside. I know, fat chance in Houston!
I received a scholarship to go the the LDS Business college.
Must get back to the sewing machine.....have a good day.
Mom
I was tagged a while ago, but have just found the time to answer these questions. And no, I won't tag anyone else since everyone already has been tagged.
10 years ago: I was living in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I was working with a preschool doing the book orders, and running the lunch room at the elementary school.
5 things on my to-do list:
Clean out my closet
Organize all the photo albums
Spend some time with Guy (always my favorite thing to do, and no, he can't bring his laptop!)
Catch up my ironing
Help my friend through her daughter's cancer diagnosis (I just finished this mess with one friend, and it looks like it is starting with another one. At least I know where the hospital is this time.)
5 snacks I enjoy:
cheesecake
warm chocolate chip cookies
warm brownies with ice cream and chocolate syrup on top
Snickers bar
Heath Bar
If I were suddenly a billionaire:
I would see that our children had the money they needed to totally finish their educations, pay my tithing, pay off any bills we still had, buy a new van with rear air conditioning, and go on some vacation with just Dad. The rest of the money we could give some to Grandma and Grandpa for medical issues, and maybe for the first time in our lives just waste some!
3 bad habits:
I'm a perfectionist - which leads to problems in some situations.
I demand to much of myself most of the time.
I hate to do the ironing and clean the bathroom - that's why I let Dad do the bathroom every Saturday. He loves me enough to pretend he doesn't mind doing it.
5 places I have lived:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Greeley, Colorado
San Francisco, California
Cobham, Surrey, England
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
5 Jobs I've Had:
Financial secretary for Finance America
Kelley girls- executive secretary
Model garment seamstress for Cloth World
Medical Coder
Dance Studio Office Manager
5 Things People Don't Know About Me:
I play the accordian, organ, and piano
I tried out to be a majorette for my junior high drill team - thankfully, I didn't make it!
I would like to open my own business
I love making chili, having a fire, and reading a good book under a snuggly cover when it's snowing outside. I know, fat chance in Houston!
I received a scholarship to go the the LDS Business college.
Must get back to the sewing machine.....have a good day.
Mom
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Pain and Suffering!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Yesterday was a very traumatic day for me. My sewing machine DIED!! I can't believe it.....that thing is just supposed to keep sewing. I wasn't done with the maid costumes. How rude! It just croaked without any warning....frozen solid! The only thing worse is leaving my wedding rings at the jeweler!
The man at the sewing machine hospital where I took it said it probably needed servicing more than every 2 years if I was going to use it everyday. He said it wasn't an industrial machine....can you imagine....a machine that can't handle sewing over 100 costume in 6 months?
I guess there is an oil reservior somewhere in the hidden insides of the thing that needs to be replenished every so often, and he thought it was probably bone dry. They need a warning light or something....not just dead machine! A whole week to 10 days before they have it back...I had to borrow Ginny's sewing machine to work on the maid costumes. One is almost done, and the other one is half done...just the apron left to do.
Spent the evening at the hospital with Tina. They were doing spinal taps and bone marrow tests on her Megan. They are looking for lymphoma....not good! All her lymph glands are swollen, which means it is throughout her entire body. A stressful evening in the surgical waiting room....it's hard to make someone laugh when they are waiting on those kinds of tests. However, I finally managed to get a smile just before I left. Lupus is also a possibility, but not likely.
Then as usual, I got turned around when I came out of the hospital, so I had to call Dad who is my personal guidance system. Thank goodness for onstar in the car, it makes talking to Dad lots easier while driving and shifting and trying to read the signs. Now my foot is KILLING ME! I couldn't take the van since it wouldn't fit in the parking garage. They say that sacrifice is good for the soul....hope that it's helping mine. I hope I at least got some kind of brownie points in heaven for tonight. I would hate to have all this pain and suffering for nothing. I know, I shouldn't care.
Cymbre is breaking out in hives again tonight....she came home covered with them from dance last night....we gave her Benadryl and I kept her home. May have to take her to the doctor for some of those steroids though if it keeps up. They fade until the Benedryl wears off, and then attack. It's just like when Cooper had them, but they aren't as big, and not all over her body. She will probably be home from school again tomorrow....at this point I don't care.
Well, this isn't a very cheery post, but I haven't had a real cheery day....cancer is a scary thing to deal with even though it isn't my kid. I just got through this with Elizabeth and Ethan, and now it's Tina and Megan.
Well, I am going to take my swollen foot and sit in the jacuzzi for a bit.
Hope you all enjoy your goodie boxes, that is if you can get the ransom paid and get them back from the post office!
Have a good day, and remember an extra prayer for Megan.
Love you.
Mom
Yesterday was a very traumatic day for me. My sewing machine DIED!! I can't believe it.....that thing is just supposed to keep sewing. I wasn't done with the maid costumes. How rude! It just croaked without any warning....frozen solid! The only thing worse is leaving my wedding rings at the jeweler!
The man at the sewing machine hospital where I took it said it probably needed servicing more than every 2 years if I was going to use it everyday. He said it wasn't an industrial machine....can you imagine....a machine that can't handle sewing over 100 costume in 6 months?
I guess there is an oil reservior somewhere in the hidden insides of the thing that needs to be replenished every so often, and he thought it was probably bone dry. They need a warning light or something....not just dead machine! A whole week to 10 days before they have it back...I had to borrow Ginny's sewing machine to work on the maid costumes. One is almost done, and the other one is half done...just the apron left to do.
Spent the evening at the hospital with Tina. They were doing spinal taps and bone marrow tests on her Megan. They are looking for lymphoma....not good! All her lymph glands are swollen, which means it is throughout her entire body. A stressful evening in the surgical waiting room....it's hard to make someone laugh when they are waiting on those kinds of tests. However, I finally managed to get a smile just before I left. Lupus is also a possibility, but not likely.
Then as usual, I got turned around when I came out of the hospital, so I had to call Dad who is my personal guidance system. Thank goodness for onstar in the car, it makes talking to Dad lots easier while driving and shifting and trying to read the signs. Now my foot is KILLING ME! I couldn't take the van since it wouldn't fit in the parking garage. They say that sacrifice is good for the soul....hope that it's helping mine. I hope I at least got some kind of brownie points in heaven for tonight. I would hate to have all this pain and suffering for nothing. I know, I shouldn't care.
Cymbre is breaking out in hives again tonight....she came home covered with them from dance last night....we gave her Benadryl and I kept her home. May have to take her to the doctor for some of those steroids though if it keeps up. They fade until the Benedryl wears off, and then attack. It's just like when Cooper had them, but they aren't as big, and not all over her body. She will probably be home from school again tomorrow....at this point I don't care.
Well, this isn't a very cheery post, but I haven't had a real cheery day....cancer is a scary thing to deal with even though it isn't my kid. I just got through this with Elizabeth and Ethan, and now it's Tina and Megan.
Well, I am going to take my swollen foot and sit in the jacuzzi for a bit.
Hope you all enjoy your goodie boxes, that is if you can get the ransom paid and get them back from the post office!
Have a good day, and remember an extra prayer for Megan.
Love you.
Mom
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Elastic Popped!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Well, I thought I was done sewing for competition, but had to take in some of the Super Cali Vests, and Cymbre's duet skirt popped the elastic. That will be a major fix it job as it is between the two button holes holding the bib on the outfit!! GREAT!! I guess I should be glad that I don't have to pay myself to do it.
I must admit, if we ever get all these teams on the floor this year it will be an absolute miracle!!
Cymbre is having to step in for a girl who is quitting company. It may be for two dances, but I know it will be for one. She is going to have to learn the whole dance in a couple of weeks. We videoed it for her on Friday, so she will be working on it from now on. Why do my girls always have to be the ones to step in at the last minute?
Cooper has picked up another private lesson student for every Saturday. That kid will be making $60 a weekend. She is also making the company CD's, so she will get the money from that. At this rate, I am going to ask her for a loan so I can chaperone her in New York.
For those that don't know, Cooper made the Joffrey Summer Intensive Workshop. They overbook, so she is on the wait list, but is really hoping to get a spot. I don't know who is more excited, her or Ms. Ginny! I just see the $$$$'s before my eyes. Two weeks in New York City will not be cheap! It's a really prestigious program, so they were lucky to even get in. It will be really good for her dance resume. Then we all go to National's in Nashville for both the girls to compete in July. Joffrey is in June right after recital. Cooper really wants to go to BYU for a dance camp, but I don't know if the $$'s will hold out.
My foot physical therapy doesn't seem to be doing much...four more sessions to go. Then who knows that the Dr. will say. Hopefully, it won't be surgery. I just flat don't have 6 weeks to be laid up flat with the dumb thing! I think I may just buy a whole bunch of new slippers, and just wear them for the next several months until the Dr. says it should be feeling better. Although, I do like that numbing stuff the therapist rubs all over it when she is done with the therapy. She gave me some samples, but I am saving them for competition weekend this week.
We will be competing on Friday night and Saturday throughout the day......everybody has to cheer for them at the appropriate times. I will have to find the sheet, and send the times to those who have to cheer. Prayers for Mom's foot to not swell would be gratefully appreciated!
Well, I guess I better get on that piece of elastic.....it's a major rip out job, and then I think I will be giving a piece of elastic a piece of my mind. There is nothing that irritates me more than when I have to do something like this. It takes me a long time to fix it just because a piece of elastic can't hold itself together! It should have warned me that it was going to have issues before I sewed it into the waistband and gathered 5 yards of material around it. I think it is a pretty slouthful servant if you ask me.
Well, have a great week, and remember to do something nice for several people. Maybe make a special valentine for someone you love. Remember that Dad and I love you all very much, and we wish we could be there for hugs and late night talks.
Love you.
Mom
Well, I thought I was done sewing for competition, but had to take in some of the Super Cali Vests, and Cymbre's duet skirt popped the elastic. That will be a major fix it job as it is between the two button holes holding the bib on the outfit!! GREAT!! I guess I should be glad that I don't have to pay myself to do it.
I must admit, if we ever get all these teams on the floor this year it will be an absolute miracle!!
Cymbre is having to step in for a girl who is quitting company. It may be for two dances, but I know it will be for one. She is going to have to learn the whole dance in a couple of weeks. We videoed it for her on Friday, so she will be working on it from now on. Why do my girls always have to be the ones to step in at the last minute?
Cooper has picked up another private lesson student for every Saturday. That kid will be making $60 a weekend. She is also making the company CD's, so she will get the money from that. At this rate, I am going to ask her for a loan so I can chaperone her in New York.
For those that don't know, Cooper made the Joffrey Summer Intensive Workshop. They overbook, so she is on the wait list, but is really hoping to get a spot. I don't know who is more excited, her or Ms. Ginny! I just see the $$$$'s before my eyes. Two weeks in New York City will not be cheap! It's a really prestigious program, so they were lucky to even get in. It will be really good for her dance resume. Then we all go to National's in Nashville for both the girls to compete in July. Joffrey is in June right after recital. Cooper really wants to go to BYU for a dance camp, but I don't know if the $$'s will hold out.
My foot physical therapy doesn't seem to be doing much...four more sessions to go. Then who knows that the Dr. will say. Hopefully, it won't be surgery. I just flat don't have 6 weeks to be laid up flat with the dumb thing! I think I may just buy a whole bunch of new slippers, and just wear them for the next several months until the Dr. says it should be feeling better. Although, I do like that numbing stuff the therapist rubs all over it when she is done with the therapy. She gave me some samples, but I am saving them for competition weekend this week.
We will be competing on Friday night and Saturday throughout the day......everybody has to cheer for them at the appropriate times. I will have to find the sheet, and send the times to those who have to cheer. Prayers for Mom's foot to not swell would be gratefully appreciated!
Well, I guess I better get on that piece of elastic.....it's a major rip out job, and then I think I will be giving a piece of elastic a piece of my mind. There is nothing that irritates me more than when I have to do something like this. It takes me a long time to fix it just because a piece of elastic can't hold itself together! It should have warned me that it was going to have issues before I sewed it into the waistband and gathered 5 yards of material around it. I think it is a pretty slouthful servant if you ask me.
Well, have a great week, and remember to do something nice for several people. Maybe make a special valentine for someone you love. Remember that Dad and I love you all very much, and we wish we could be there for hugs and late night talks.
Love you.
Mom
Thursday, January 24, 2008
MIRACLES WILL NEVER CEASE!!!!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Yippy Skippy! Hurray! I don't believe it! Can you imagine! What will I do now? It's a miracle!
Hip Hip Hurrah! It's about time! I can go to bed before midnight! I can see Dad again! I can vacumn the sewing room and it won't get thread all over again immediately! The dining room table is sewing free! There are no pattern pieces all over the kitchen! I have some time to myself! I now have time to go to physical therapy for my foot, and to get the crown on my tooth.
I HAVE FINISHED SUPER CALI!!! I even made Katherine a new vest, and I must say it turned out gorgeous!!
I refuse to sew tomorrow!!!!
Tonight I am taking inventory of what I have made, taking pictures of everything, and taking a very long, hot, bath, and go to bed.
Yippy Skippy! Hurray! I don't believe it! Can you imagine! What will I do now? It's a miracle!
Hip Hip Hurrah! It's about time! I can go to bed before midnight! I can see Dad again! I can vacumn the sewing room and it won't get thread all over again immediately! The dining room table is sewing free! There are no pattern pieces all over the kitchen! I have some time to myself! I now have time to go to physical therapy for my foot, and to get the crown on my tooth.
I HAVE FINISHED SUPER CALI!!! I even made Katherine a new vest, and I must say it turned out gorgeous!!
I refuse to sew tomorrow!!!!
Tonight I am taking inventory of what I have made, taking pictures of everything, and taking a very long, hot, bath, and go to bed.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
FINALLY DONE!!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I have FINALLY FINISHED 24 Super Cali Costumes. Good thing since they dance on Friday! Never again will I attempt to make 24 costumes in two weeks. I finished them at 1:15 am!!!
It's cold and rainy here today, so I just cleaned up the sewing mess, and then went birthday shopping for Cooper. I ended up at JoAnn Fabrics buying some stuff to make Katherine a new top for her Super Cali costume since the one from the seamstress is to small...I just can't win. It's been nice not sitting at that sewing machine all day long.
I will be back in the office at the studio next week. That is, if I survive the weekend performance in Galveston! I must admit it will be fun to see all the costumes I've made for Mary Poppins out on the floor. Now if I can just get some good pictures for my book.
Shyla tagged me....whatever that means....so here's the thing about husbands:
1. What is his name: Guy, Dad, Gravity Guy
2. How long have you been married? It will be 30 years in December.
3. How long did you date? 5 dates
4. How old is he? 52
5. Who said I love you first? Dad did while we went on a walk around my neighborhood the night before I left to go back to BYU.
6. Who is taller? Dad, but if I wear heels some days I am taller than he is.
7. Who can sing better? Me by far
8. Who is smarter? Depends on the topic. Dad for scientific things, but mom for practical things.
9. Who does the laundry? Mom usually starts it during the week, but Dad finishes it after I go to work. Dad usually starts it on Saturday. Whoever is here and hears it beep changes it. I really should bribe the little girls to do it.
10. Who pays the bills? Dad. It's his job to put the money in and my job to take it out.
11. Who sleeps on the right? If you are standing at the foot of the bed, I sleep on the right. But only if Dad is in the bed. If he isn't there, then I sleep in the middle. When he snores, I sleep on the couch.
12. Who mows the lawn? Definitely Dad!
13. Who cooks dinner? Depends on the night. Dad mostly during the week, or the girls fix their own in the microwave, while I am at work. But on the weekends, I make dinner. I'm really good at roast and baked potatoes on Sundays.
14. Who drives? Dad mostly, but when I go somewhere alone, obviously I drive.
15. Who is more stubborn: Dad when he sets his mind to something....me if I am having a bad day.
16. Who kissed who first? Dad kissed me first while on our walk around the neighborhood. We stopped by the stop sign at the top of my street. He still kisses me first each morning.
17. Who asked who out first? Dad, and I didn't want to go with him. I was mad at him because he stared at me the entire evening at a young adult barbeque when I took a non-member friend. He still calls me for dates.
18. Who proposed? Dad, we were lost on the way to visit my grandma, and he says he just did it because he didn't think he would have to go through with it. Guess I proved him wrong!
19. Who has more siblings? I do, 3 sisters and 2 brothers. Dad has 1 sister and 2 brothers.
20. Who wears the pants? I let Dad think he does most days. He does a pretty good job most days too!
I don't know who to tag because I don't know who reads my blog.....so I guess you'll just have to love me anyway?
Well, must get busy working on Katherine's thing.....have a great day.
Love you.
Mom
I have FINALLY FINISHED 24 Super Cali Costumes. Good thing since they dance on Friday! Never again will I attempt to make 24 costumes in two weeks. I finished them at 1:15 am!!!
It's cold and rainy here today, so I just cleaned up the sewing mess, and then went birthday shopping for Cooper. I ended up at JoAnn Fabrics buying some stuff to make Katherine a new top for her Super Cali costume since the one from the seamstress is to small...I just can't win. It's been nice not sitting at that sewing machine all day long.
I will be back in the office at the studio next week. That is, if I survive the weekend performance in Galveston! I must admit it will be fun to see all the costumes I've made for Mary Poppins out on the floor. Now if I can just get some good pictures for my book.
Shyla tagged me....whatever that means....so here's the thing about husbands:
1. What is his name: Guy, Dad, Gravity Guy
2. How long have you been married? It will be 30 years in December.
3. How long did you date? 5 dates
4. How old is he? 52
5. Who said I love you first? Dad did while we went on a walk around my neighborhood the night before I left to go back to BYU.
6. Who is taller? Dad, but if I wear heels some days I am taller than he is.
7. Who can sing better? Me by far
8. Who is smarter? Depends on the topic. Dad for scientific things, but mom for practical things.
9. Who does the laundry? Mom usually starts it during the week, but Dad finishes it after I go to work. Dad usually starts it on Saturday. Whoever is here and hears it beep changes it. I really should bribe the little girls to do it.
10. Who pays the bills? Dad. It's his job to put the money in and my job to take it out.
11. Who sleeps on the right? If you are standing at the foot of the bed, I sleep on the right. But only if Dad is in the bed. If he isn't there, then I sleep in the middle. When he snores, I sleep on the couch.
12. Who mows the lawn? Definitely Dad!
13. Who cooks dinner? Depends on the night. Dad mostly during the week, or the girls fix their own in the microwave, while I am at work. But on the weekends, I make dinner. I'm really good at roast and baked potatoes on Sundays.
14. Who drives? Dad mostly, but when I go somewhere alone, obviously I drive.
15. Who is more stubborn: Dad when he sets his mind to something....me if I am having a bad day.
16. Who kissed who first? Dad kissed me first while on our walk around the neighborhood. We stopped by the stop sign at the top of my street. He still kisses me first each morning.
17. Who asked who out first? Dad, and I didn't want to go with him. I was mad at him because he stared at me the entire evening at a young adult barbeque when I took a non-member friend. He still calls me for dates.
18. Who proposed? Dad, we were lost on the way to visit my grandma, and he says he just did it because he didn't think he would have to go through with it. Guess I proved him wrong!
19. Who has more siblings? I do, 3 sisters and 2 brothers. Dad has 1 sister and 2 brothers.
20. Who wears the pants? I let Dad think he does most days. He does a pretty good job most days too!
I don't know who to tag because I don't know who reads my blog.....so I guess you'll just have to love me anyway?
Well, must get busy working on Katherine's thing.....have a great day.
Love you.
Mom
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
2 Duets, 16 Spoonful of Sugars, 19 Step In Times finished, and just 24 Super Cali's To Go!
January 8, 2008
Well, we have survived getting Cooper's tonsils removed, Christmas, New Years, and returning to the school rut! Guess you could say our lives are back on track....
My time is anything but dull and boring lately....I spent my entire Christmas break making 19 Step In Time Costumes!!! My poor sewing machine is threatening to go into retirement, and I just may let it after it finishes 24 Super Cali costumes in the next couple of weeks. I am just waiting for the light bulb on the sewing machine to burn out. All these late nights, early mornings, and entire days surely must be taking it's toll on how many life hours that bulb has remaining. The biggest problem is that I don't have a replacement bulb, there is no Bernina store close by, I can't see very well when it's dark if it doesn't work, and there flat isn't time to go find a store that may have it. Everyone better be saying their prayers that the bulb has a VERY LONG life span! I'm not sure the machine will work if it burns out....guess we'll see.
My other problem is that my seam ripper seems to just LOVE to play hide and go seek. Now that normally isn't a problem except that I lost my other one, and now if this one goes to hide, how am I supposed to rip out mistakes that I very rarely make. Just the other day it was complaining to me that it doesn't hardly ever get used, and that the blade was going to rust. Generally, I can handle a little guff off a sewing instrument, but after 15 hours straight of sewing, I just lost my temper. I threw the thing in the back of the top drawer of the sewing cabinet, and then when I went to look for it, it was no where to be found. I truly think that it got together with the kite string and formed some kind of alliance to find a new home together. Come to think of it, the kite string has been acting funny lately. Every time I go to make a ruffle on the duet costume skirts, I have to untangle the kite string. It never used to get tangled, but now that I bought some new sharp scissors, (And no, you can't use them for anything!), that kite string manages to tangle itself up overnight. There must be some party going on in that top drawer that I don't know about. Maybe the tailor's chaulk will fill me in if I am nice and feed it a chaulk refill! If not, maybe the pinking shears will spill their guts! That may be dicey though as they really have their up and down days. I know, the Mom labels will tell me the truth, and then I can just clean out the drawer and sort everyone out! Cleaning out the drawer will cause some anxiety as I really don't know what could be lurking in the way back corner of it. It could be something scary, or sharp and pokey. Who knows what the magnet that lives back there could have attracted! Heaven knows it's not straight pins. All of them are working their little heads off holding various costumes together until I get around to sewing over them. The lucky ones manage to make it through another seam without getting bent by the big bad needle coming down on their little heads. One of the pins met it's doom tonight as the needle came down and fractured it's leg. I now have a hole in the material where the pin was bent so terrible. I had to take the needle out the the machine, and pry the material out of the bobbin casing! All to try to revive that little pin. It is impossible to give a pin mouth to mouth recessitation as they don't have mouths! It wouldn't have worked anyway as the poor little guy was in such a state of shock from seeing his little leg at a 90 degree angle from the rest of his body. Needless to say, the pin did not survive the ordeal, and we had to have a funeral before it found it's final resting place in the trash can with the ruffle scraps. I did make sure it was resting comfortably on a piece of interfacing though, so does that mean I get brownie points from the other pins? A pin funeral is really quite boring as they all just stand there straight and tall (well mostly straight and tall, some of them are a bit bent over with age!) holding their heads up. No one says much, they just stand there, staring in disbelief at the bottom of the trash can.
Things at the dance studio are rolling along. We are in the middle of our first competition registration. What a mess! People don't pay the entry fees on time, and then they wonder why we haven't entered their solos and duets. DUH! We don't enter dances that aren't paid for! Several people have had some revelations tonight as we told them to bad, they couldn't dance their solos this time. And before we know it, we will be in the middle of the recital stuff. I can hardly wait for those costumes to start coming in!
I am running the studio from home for the next couple of weeks, as I am living at the sewing machine to get the costumes done. Ginny and I spent the entire morning downtown choosing material for Super Cali. Ginny thinks I can run the studio from home and sew at the same time. It's going to kill me. I will soon be found at the bottom of the trash can among the ruffle scraps laying on that cozy piece of interfacing with the fractured pin! The phone rings constantly while I am home, and it's very hard to hold the phone, hold fabric straight, and not sew thru my finger. I know from experience that it is painful when you run the needle through your finger, and you have to spend time digging the needle parts out of your finger and stopping the bleeding. Then the next day your finger is VERY tender, and swollen, and that makes it an easy target for the situation to repeat itself!
Thankfully, Dad is in town, and is doing all the dance runs. He carts costumes to and from the studio, and picks up files and papers, and phone messages. He even comes into the sewing room, putting his life in peril to fight his way through all the hanging costumes to kiss me! Miracles will never cease....those kisses are what is keeping me going.
My foot is not doing any better. Guess that podiatrist will have to come up with something besides a surgical boot and 3 motrin 3 times a day. Thank goodness it is not the foot I use to sew, just the foot that pushes in the clutch on that dumb car. Tonight it is swollen and very sore because I drove the car clear downtown this morning. The van has some gas smell from something they did to clean the engine, so when I drive it more than a block I get a migraine. That wouldn't have been good in the rain and traffic, so Dad took the van to work today and I had the car. Now tonight, my foot is doing the be a pain thing.
Well, I guess I better at least try to get some sleep. It's been a really long day, and I have to get all the leotards for Super Cali cut out in the morning. Then it will be off to match some lining material for the boys vests, and buy some backram to make the girls hats. Home just in time to pick up Coop from school, then back to the old sewing machine grind until Dad comes home and the whole dance thing begins again.
Those of you still reading this, remember Dad and I love you very much. Remember to talk to your Heavenly Father about the important things happening in your life, and go out there and make Him happy that you served someone today. Do your homework, brush your teeth, and call your mom and dad sometime.
Love you bunches and bunches,
Mom
Well, we have survived getting Cooper's tonsils removed, Christmas, New Years, and returning to the school rut! Guess you could say our lives are back on track....
My time is anything but dull and boring lately....I spent my entire Christmas break making 19 Step In Time Costumes!!! My poor sewing machine is threatening to go into retirement, and I just may let it after it finishes 24 Super Cali costumes in the next couple of weeks. I am just waiting for the light bulb on the sewing machine to burn out. All these late nights, early mornings, and entire days surely must be taking it's toll on how many life hours that bulb has remaining. The biggest problem is that I don't have a replacement bulb, there is no Bernina store close by, I can't see very well when it's dark if it doesn't work, and there flat isn't time to go find a store that may have it. Everyone better be saying their prayers that the bulb has a VERY LONG life span! I'm not sure the machine will work if it burns out....guess we'll see.
My other problem is that my seam ripper seems to just LOVE to play hide and go seek. Now that normally isn't a problem except that I lost my other one, and now if this one goes to hide, how am I supposed to rip out mistakes that I very rarely make. Just the other day it was complaining to me that it doesn't hardly ever get used, and that the blade was going to rust. Generally, I can handle a little guff off a sewing instrument, but after 15 hours straight of sewing, I just lost my temper. I threw the thing in the back of the top drawer of the sewing cabinet, and then when I went to look for it, it was no where to be found. I truly think that it got together with the kite string and formed some kind of alliance to find a new home together. Come to think of it, the kite string has been acting funny lately. Every time I go to make a ruffle on the duet costume skirts, I have to untangle the kite string. It never used to get tangled, but now that I bought some new sharp scissors, (And no, you can't use them for anything!), that kite string manages to tangle itself up overnight. There must be some party going on in that top drawer that I don't know about. Maybe the tailor's chaulk will fill me in if I am nice and feed it a chaulk refill! If not, maybe the pinking shears will spill their guts! That may be dicey though as they really have their up and down days. I know, the Mom labels will tell me the truth, and then I can just clean out the drawer and sort everyone out! Cleaning out the drawer will cause some anxiety as I really don't know what could be lurking in the way back corner of it. It could be something scary, or sharp and pokey. Who knows what the magnet that lives back there could have attracted! Heaven knows it's not straight pins. All of them are working their little heads off holding various costumes together until I get around to sewing over them. The lucky ones manage to make it through another seam without getting bent by the big bad needle coming down on their little heads. One of the pins met it's doom tonight as the needle came down and fractured it's leg. I now have a hole in the material where the pin was bent so terrible. I had to take the needle out the the machine, and pry the material out of the bobbin casing! All to try to revive that little pin. It is impossible to give a pin mouth to mouth recessitation as they don't have mouths! It wouldn't have worked anyway as the poor little guy was in such a state of shock from seeing his little leg at a 90 degree angle from the rest of his body. Needless to say, the pin did not survive the ordeal, and we had to have a funeral before it found it's final resting place in the trash can with the ruffle scraps. I did make sure it was resting comfortably on a piece of interfacing though, so does that mean I get brownie points from the other pins? A pin funeral is really quite boring as they all just stand there straight and tall (well mostly straight and tall, some of them are a bit bent over with age!) holding their heads up. No one says much, they just stand there, staring in disbelief at the bottom of the trash can.
Things at the dance studio are rolling along. We are in the middle of our first competition registration. What a mess! People don't pay the entry fees on time, and then they wonder why we haven't entered their solos and duets. DUH! We don't enter dances that aren't paid for! Several people have had some revelations tonight as we told them to bad, they couldn't dance their solos this time. And before we know it, we will be in the middle of the recital stuff. I can hardly wait for those costumes to start coming in!
I am running the studio from home for the next couple of weeks, as I am living at the sewing machine to get the costumes done. Ginny and I spent the entire morning downtown choosing material for Super Cali. Ginny thinks I can run the studio from home and sew at the same time. It's going to kill me. I will soon be found at the bottom of the trash can among the ruffle scraps laying on that cozy piece of interfacing with the fractured pin! The phone rings constantly while I am home, and it's very hard to hold the phone, hold fabric straight, and not sew thru my finger. I know from experience that it is painful when you run the needle through your finger, and you have to spend time digging the needle parts out of your finger and stopping the bleeding. Then the next day your finger is VERY tender, and swollen, and that makes it an easy target for the situation to repeat itself!
Thankfully, Dad is in town, and is doing all the dance runs. He carts costumes to and from the studio, and picks up files and papers, and phone messages. He even comes into the sewing room, putting his life in peril to fight his way through all the hanging costumes to kiss me! Miracles will never cease....those kisses are what is keeping me going.
My foot is not doing any better. Guess that podiatrist will have to come up with something besides a surgical boot and 3 motrin 3 times a day. Thank goodness it is not the foot I use to sew, just the foot that pushes in the clutch on that dumb car. Tonight it is swollen and very sore because I drove the car clear downtown this morning. The van has some gas smell from something they did to clean the engine, so when I drive it more than a block I get a migraine. That wouldn't have been good in the rain and traffic, so Dad took the van to work today and I had the car. Now tonight, my foot is doing the be a pain thing.
Well, I guess I better at least try to get some sleep. It's been a really long day, and I have to get all the leotards for Super Cali cut out in the morning. Then it will be off to match some lining material for the boys vests, and buy some backram to make the girls hats. Home just in time to pick up Coop from school, then back to the old sewing machine grind until Dad comes home and the whole dance thing begins again.
Those of you still reading this, remember Dad and I love you very much. Remember to talk to your Heavenly Father about the important things happening in your life, and go out there and make Him happy that you served someone today. Do your homework, brush your teeth, and call your mom and dad sometime.
Love you bunches and bunches,
Mom
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