Current Mood : Still a bit dazed, actually...
Current Image Notes : Here's the Barbie Country Living Home, a Ballerina Barbie wearing 'Princess Aurora', and she's on a MAD stand. Happy !
I seriously got bored enough yesterday to do up all the dishes. I rather dazedly spun around the house all day today, waiting for the repair shop to call. I say ‘dazedly' because I've been tired and light-headed since I woke up, and even sipping soda all day hasn't alleviated it. I actually took a nap this afternoon because if I sat still for ten minutes, I fell asleep anyway, so I may as well lay down and not screw my neck up nodding off in my office chair. I knew better than to even try sewing anything. Beloved Hubby reported feeling much the same, and the weather wasn't cooperating much, so he was home early, as worn and tired as I was, only moreso. So I put him to bed under several blankets, hoping he hasn't caught a cold or worse.
Dearest Son came home, and darned if he didn't crash right on the living room floor, playing with his Lego town sets. He and Beloved napped for several hours. Could explain why Dearest's been in a mood for the last couple days. I blame Daylight Savings Time. I blame DST for everything. Foot fungus ? DST. Higher prescription costs ? DST. General lack of faith in the current infrastructure and ongoing socioeconomic political systems ? Oh, yes.
So I did silly, repetitive things, like sort through the small mountain of Dearest's school papers, and replacing the front-door poinsettia artwork he did at school in January with this month's construction paper US flag. Got the trash ready, and cleaned off the dining room table. Had a bit of a great idea yesterday, so I started implementing it today. Needed the table first, though.
While sorting through the drifts and piles of clean laundry, I started putting aside damaged and outgrown clothes of Dearest's. Most of the sweat pants still fit him at the waist, but they're too short. And a couple have torn where I patched ‘em. Two of the new pairs that fit him well are already damaged. I soon had a ‘good enough to donate to his school' pile and a ‘wreckage' pile. Seeing all those pants made me think. One of his favorite pair of sweatpants ever had two colors on one leg, three on the other. What if I cut off the damaged areas of all the outgrowns, and patched them together, making them longer and almost new again ? I could do it. Could even do so on ‘KJ', my non-embroidery machine, right at the kitchen table. Just need to measure either a pair that fits him, or his inseam before I start. And hey, even if it takes four pair to repair two, that's two he gets to wear a bit longer. And I can use the damaged pieces and leftover scraps to test embroidery on. Win all around !
So I got the table cleaned off, and retrieved KJ from my closet. I hope to do some sewing tomorrow. I also owe Dearest a Bat-cape, and I found a great free ‘pattern' for one on this site -> http://blog.creativekismet.com/2009/02/26/super-easy-super-fast-super-hero-capes/ <- We bought a yard of black fabric with great flow back when we went on the pattern binge last month, it's been waiting on me ever since. I like the Velcro TM ribbon tabs - they'll tear off if he gets caught on something. Goss knows I got plenty of ribbon. I'm thinking of making two, since I have a yard, and that way, either Beloved or I can play with him. Wheee !
Molly's shop didn't call until nearly 5pm. Machine shop's backed up, so she won't be finished today. Should be ready around lunchtime tomorrow. I kinda expected that, but I was still a bit disappointed. Even though I wasn't planning on really going anywhere ‘til Friday anyway. I still miss my Molly ! At least Beloved got to rest, instead of hopping up to take care of it.
And I didn't even have to cook dinner. DFIL says Bonnie-truck is performing wonderfully, and it felt great to get back to work. Everyone missed him, and was glad to have him back on the job. He even brought dinner for us, subs from the restaurant where he works. He and Beloved chatted for a while about the Blazer's repairs while I sniffed the heavenly essence of roast beef and provolone cheese. He remembered my favorite !
After he left, I remembered to check mail. The needles I'd ordered from AllStitch.com were already here ! That was fast. Everything was attractively packaged and packed well - and I loved the sample book of stabilizers they sent for free ! Dearest may have loved it more, he liked to touch the textures and listen to the explanations of what each one - tear-away, wash away, leave-in - did, and how they'd be used. I may not ever use the samples (heck, I like to touch and leaf through them too !), but I know where to order more !
I find myself repeatedly amazed at how crafty, clever, and sometimes downright sneakily ME sellers market their stuff...
