Comments on: Evensongs and Irish Songs

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:51:56 +0000

Glad the window stayed dry!

I love my old machine. The new ones cost a fortune and I wouldn't know what to do with half of the bells & whistles. A new machine would be more than all of my birthday and Christmas gifts combined over about five years.

Luckily I got the good old machine running again!

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:03:17 +0000

Don't you love the word "bilge"? 🙂

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:35:53 +0000

Nice weekend... some meditation, some reading novels and petting cats... laid back.

Glad your sump pump kept pumping... important and reminds me of bilge pumps ;)

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:51:38 +0000

Devon, I'm hustling, too. Had a reminder pop in front of me this weekend -- a building we'd passed was where I'd met a client prospect back in April. It was then I'd realized I hadn't reached out in a few months.

Time to do that. :)

Herd those ducks, Cathy! Good luck on the walk. You inspire me!

Paula, the leak was a non-issue. Not only did we not get as much rain as predicted, we had a sump pump sitting in the window well pumping the entire time (until the power went out, which was after the rains had subsided). Dry as English toast. :)

Sounds like you need a new machine. Stepdaughter has a new Husqvarna she got for Christmas. We've all benefited from it. :)

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:49:43 +0000

Your weekend sounds glorious, Lori - especially after prepping for Sandy last weekend. (I hope the basement window didn't leak too much.)

Saturday I walked the dog, painted the new porch railing, made Greek pizza (spinach, feta, olives and onions on a super-thin crust spread with olive oil and garlic), started knitting boot cuffs, and fought with my old sewing machine. The plan was to turn $1.50 of gorgeous remnant fabric into two throw pillows, but apparently, a little pink thread got caught in the bobbin mechanism when I made the pink sock monkeys. I gently extricated it, but it kept jamming. Frustrated, I decided to deal with it the next day.

On Sunday I "frogged" the first boot cuff attempt and started fresh; ran a couple of quick errands; raked; pulled out the spent tomato, pepper and cucumber plants; chatted with several neighbors; and....fixed the sewing machine! (I changed the bobbin to another color, sewed a few stitches, saw the top thread was leaving huge loops on the underside. So I tested different stitch lengths and gradually turned the tension know to lower and lower settings....until the stitches looked normal. Then I made my pillows.

I just realized I forgot to do laundry over the weekend. Add that to my Monday To Do list along with transcribing at least one interview, writing one article and writing a column. Also gathering more article ideas for Favorite Editor.

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:17:11 +0000

Major hustling for San Diego trip that's like 3-in-1. There are the visits with clients and prospects, vacation with lovely things like lunch with Anne, and then packing for the 3-Day, 60-mile Walk for the Cure. Trust me, there is a lot of paraphernalia associated with the 3-Day.

I created a checklist for all 3 trips in one and it ended up being 2 1/2 pages typed. I am the master roller of packing.

I leave Wednesday so I'm scrambling to get all my work duckies in a row. Can't wait for this trip!!

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:51:42 +0000

Busy: cleanup, yard work, teaching, finishing the edits for OLD-FASHIONED DETECTIVE WORK, keeping up with schoolwork.

Good busy, but busy.

Need to hustle some freelance gigs today.