August

Yesterday I had the glorious idea to call my friend Sherri, who has been wanting to go back to PA and visit the sewing machine store.  Well, she was ready to go, the store was open until 7 PM, and off we went.  I took along something I found at a garage sale, a Janome Overlock/Serger, which looked brand-new.  In the heat of the hunt at the sale ($15), I forgot to look if everything was included, only to find out at home, that the power cord with the foot pedal was missing.  I ordered one (here open the car window, throw out money, same effect), that totally didn't work.
So I brought the machine along, not willing to believe it was junk. 
Lovely ride to PA, it takes us about 45 minutes to get there.  Well, my machine works!  I bought another footpedal/power cord combination used, and was thrilled.  While I was there, I added to the fabric stash and got more feet for my other sewing machine.

Sherri, however, ended up buying a brand-new machine!  Her Singer totally bit the dust, it never worked to begin with.  So now we'll have to find time to practice.
After my garage sale hunt this morning (ah, a couple of things, found two more carafes, a bunch of books and two plates of the 'blue willow', I sat down and practiced more sewing.  Yeah, I know - but anyone who sews will agree that there is ALWAYS something to learn. 

Oh, and Sherri signed BOTH of us up for sewing lessons at the store next Saturday.  Figure the least I can do after talking her into buying a well, rather expensive sewing machine.

I had a long chat with my cousin, who just returned from a 2-week cruise in Europe with her husband.  I can't wait for those photos! 

And I will see my youngest grandson later today.  The parents are going out to dinner, and grandmas are on deck to babysit. 

Enjoy your weekend!

Movies

A friend and I wanted to go to the movies last night, btw, it drives me crazy when people do the 'me and my friend' - doesn't anyone lean/teach anymore that it's the other person first, then the 'I'???  And people who went to college!   My goodness, how did they make it through school?!  English has to be a 'must' subject?

Anyway, ALL the movies were sold out until 10 PM, which is way to late for us working folks.  So we went home and rented 'The girl with the dragon tattoo'.  I have to say, despite the subtitles, I enjoyed it.  We didn't manage to finish it (old people, have to go to bed early), but we made it about 2 hours in.  Some of the stuff from the book is missing, obviously, but it does follow the story.  I enjoyed seeing an unknown actress as Lisbeth Salander, it makes it so much more believable. 

And I heard this morning, that - I actually will have to look up his name - he was one of the 007 actors - will play Michael Bloomquist in the American version.  Which I think is sad.  Why can't the Swedish version be the only one?  Are the actors not good enough?  Is it because they don't speak English in the movie?  And of course dubbing is out of the question, not with the industry the way it is....  too bad.

I'm kind of at lose ends at the moment, I don't have a book to really get into. 

Update on mother and baby:  both are well, fine, great.  Baby makes a lot of noise, according to the Dad, whom I just spoke with.  And Dad and big brother are well too. 
So I am sitting back, relaxing.  A pregnancy and a newborn without major stress or issues is truly something wonderful.  And after the last two little ones something we all aren't used to.

Let's all hope that things stay this way!

Weather: hot and humid.
I walked this morning.

Sunday

Hot again today.  But with a thunderstorm, the thunderstorm warning, and all those goodies.



My son is instate over the weekend.  He stopped by last night, and will be here in a little while.
We'll go together to visit the baby.
And, of course, his parents, and brother.

And we'll share a pizza and then we'll go home again.

How nice it is when we all get together to admire the new member in the family.

Who is well, eating, sleeping and pooping.

Just doing his job.

Work

Boah,  just when I'm at the very end of my rope, thinking there never will be another order to keep me going, and Linda, who works with me is on vacation, - yup, you guessed it:

The orders started pooring in!

And, as is usual in a case like that, everyone wants everything as soon as possible.

So, what should I be?  First, relieved.
And relieved a little more.
And then, OMG, what should I do first?!
I have to cut, I have to get things to the printer.
I have to sew.

Well, I got another reprieve.
And that's great.

Enjoy your weekend!

Edit:  Just after I pushed 'publish post' I got another order.
Do I hope for it to stop?  Slow down?  Nah, I vote for keep going.

Baseball game

Last night was the annual baseball game between our local channel 7 ABC News and WPLJ, our favorite radio station at a local college.  I like to go with the kids and family, it's a night out, and we never stay long enough to be bored.  The last time we went two years ago, when the weatherman blew out his Achilles tendon.  He stayed at the game, and came out in crutches, to show the viewers that he was all right, and would see his doc in the morning.
Well, he broadcast the weather for the next couple of weeks from his back yard.  It was very funny, he had the neighbors visit, and so on.

Then there was a one-year break in the charity game, and it was back on last night.

And there are photos of us having a brush with fame:

Erika with Lori Stokes, Bill Evans, the weatherman is to the left,

Matthew with Joe Torez, one of the local channel reporters, oh, and I'm peeking in from behind!

Bill Evans signing his picture for Matthew

Jessica eating ice cream,

Michelle Charlesworth was there with her baby, so was early morning news anchor Ken Rosatto, and a line waiting to get their autograph.
And the baseball game:

Who won?  Not important.  It was a good time, we left way before it ended, since kids had to take showers and go to bed for yet another hot activity filled day.