Going to be 53* today with a 100% chance of rain. Yippee!! Another sew day! But missing my walks.
We had a bad shooting in downtown Seattle last evening about 5pm just as people were getting off work and walking to busses. Out on the street at a very busy intersection with lots of pedestrians. 8 were shot. 1 died, 1 was critical, and 1 was a minor injury. 1 was a child who has been upgraded from serious to satisfactory this morning. All survivors are improved this morning. The shooters are still at large. The going theory right now is that this incident was a gunfight between the suspects, not a random shooting. Any spare prayers for all those who are touched by this would be appreciated.
Yesterday I got to stay in my sewing room, almost completely uninterrupted. And I'm hoping today, too, after a few uglies. I got a good start on my Country Charmer. I'd planned to enlarge it to a king for our bed, but turns out it will be a lot of white. White is definitely NOT a good color for our bed until our black pets are gone and we get new, white ones. So I'll probably keep it to the original size - 60x70". Bill was going to do an outdoor project, but with the rainy weather we're having decided to put a quilt on the frame instead! Whoo Hoo! He's working on Scrappy Stars for our neighbors, who should be back from their winter getaway before the end of the month.
BECKY - the more you shop, the more knowledgeable you will be when it comes time to make the decision. Take a little notebook with you to jot down thoughts, impressions of each brand, model as well as details about each machine. And you might check user groups on-line to see what others have to say. And you may find a gently used one for significant savings.
LORI - So sorry I missed the cake! Didn't get the message until 4pm. Rats! When I come to dinner, can we have it again, please? I rarely make it because I can eat the whole cake by myself if no one is watching! But if you made it it would only be polite of me to eat a big piece, and maybe an extra piece just to make you feel good!
BECCA - congrats to your DGD! I hope her bakery does very well! Does she have any employees or is she doing it all by herself for now? Is she a trained baker or does she just have the talent and love of what she's doing?
JANA - I hate when you get your vehicle worked on and they don't work on it, but they don't forget to charge you. We took our pick-up in about 5 months ago for routine work, but Bill had two other things for them to address. Which they didn't. So it meant another round trip to Tacoma, which added another $25 in tolls and fuel to the bill plus the loss of our truck for another day or two. Not to mention the inconvenience and aggravation. Are the hearts you are re-doing on your Valentine skinnie? Better hurry!
TINA - thanks for your texted report last night about your dad. Glad to hear the pressure in his eye is improving and he may get to go home today. Let us know if you have the time.
Supper tonite is still a blank slate. But we have a lot of leftover pizza so that will probably work out for us.
