Re: Is that the soft hum of sewing machines I'm hearing?

BEI Design wrote:

Because it's sure quiet around "here". ;-)

I wish! That's a cute jacket. Glad to hear you've been so productive on
the vest---good job!

No sewing going on here so far this week. I just have to vent about how
NUTS it's been here lately. Hang on to your hats!

Last week our neighbors were out of town for a few days. When they leave,
DD takes care of the cat. While they were gone, good friends of ours, who
used to be neighbors before a corp. transfer, came for a visit. The cat's
mother told me to bring our friend over to see the redo they did in the
kitchen. So we trooped over, DD, me and my pal. Walked into the kitchen
to find that the cat had dragged a rabbit (half his own size, and he's not
a small cat) through his kitty door for a "play date." Sent DD to "go get
Daddy!" DH came and removed the remains, while I mopped up the crime
scene. What a way to show off the redone kitchen! End of last week, I
discovered little bugs crawling in my kitchen floor (just after I finished
mopping, thank you very much. NOT!) Turns out they were termites in the
middle of an early spring swarm. *sigh* Called the termite folks, they
were here to look things over within 20 minutes. Yay! They sprayed on
Monday so that's all dealt with now. The lucky part was they were only in
one wall, and there was no damage to anything other than the baseboard.
They came up the water pipe that feeds the ice maker on the fridge. FYI
that's the most popular way for them to get in the house apparently.
ICKY!!!! Then Monday afternoon another round of monsoon rain came through.
We got 3" of rain in about 2 hours. Lots of thunder and a little hail just
to make things interesting. This was apparently enough to spook a 135 lb.
bull mastiff into running off from home. How do I know this? Well, she
saw the sign the last lost dog wrote on my house that says "Lost dogs, come
here. Nice lady will find your mother for you." Of course she showed up
after the animal shelter and the vets' offices were all closed for the day.
So, of her own free will, she slept on my deck in the back. Next morning I
called the shelter. Sure enough her family had called and left phone
numbers. I was able to get a hold of her "dad." He came to pick her up
and she was THRILLED to see him. What had me most worried was she'd
obviously recently had a litter. I was afraid someone had to hand feed
pups all night. But he told me the last pup went to its new home just a
few days ago. He was so thankful to get her back. I told him I was just
happy to see her going home again. I'd be broken hearted if my dog was
lost. A couple hours later, he came back and brought me a 40 lb. bag of my
dog's brand of food. I'd told him when he picked her up what I'd fed her
earlier in the day so he'd know what she ate. I told him he absolutely
didn't have to do that. And he told me it was the least he could do in
return for me taking care of his dog. :) What a sweet man.

So I am going to try and get in my sewing room to hem some pants. Although,
it's tempting to just lock myself in there and never come out again, I
don't think I will get to do that. LOL

Sharon

--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.
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