The Sewing Mom

(received in an email)

Obviously, from the name of my blog, I am a sewer. I truly enjoy creating things from scratch and watching the project grow until it’s completed. This is probably why I enjoy sewing bags. I can create a bag in less than a day, usually. Each and every one is unique and I can make them in so many different ways. I never get bored with them. What I do tend to get bored with is the way my sewing room is organized.

I am always on the lookout for sewing accessories for my sewing room. Currently, I have a craft cabinet that I use for my sewing machine. It has storage and a fold out table which is very nice, but the table isn’t wide enough for when I’m sewing larger projects. I have to keep a hand under the fabric that’s hanging off the edge so that it doesn’t pull on what’s going under the needle. The cabinet would be better used for scrapbooking. I also have a retired computer cabinet that is currently being used to store my fabric stash and miscellaneous craft items such as embroidery threads and fabric paints. This isn’t a bad use of the cabinet, but I would really like to have some shelving units for my fabric so that I can see it at all times. It’s awkward having to pull it in and out of the cabinet to see what I have. I do this a lot when I’m starting a new project.

I was just doing some online shopping and found a great six shelf bookcase at Overstock.com that would be perfect for storing my fabric. It would even give me enough space to expand my fabric stash! Even better though, while I was at their website, I discovered the Game O Love contest that begins tomorrow and runs until February 11.

To enter the Game O Love contest, pick out any item from their website that you’d like to win for your sweetheart (or in my case, myself!) and submit it, along with your email address. Very simple! So take advantage! Get over to Overstock.com's Valentine's Day Game and enter!

In a number of
carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1
liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than
1 kilo of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria found in feces. In other words, we
would be consuming
1 kilo (or 2.2 pounds) of Poop.

However, we do not
run that risk when drinking wine (rum, whiskey, beer or other liquor) because
alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or
fermenting.

So remember:

Water =
Poop

Wine = Health

Therefore, it’s better to drink wine and talk
stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit.

There’s no need to thank
me for this valuable information; I’m doing it as a public service.

I’ve mentioned before that my sisters, mom and I are planning on getting together sometime this year to sell our crafts and some type of craft fair. We’re still making those plans and it’s difficult because we all live so far apart. My mom is currently in Arizona, while my sisters are in Indiana and Kentucky. We really stay in contact, emailing pictures of our projects, via the internet. I don’t know what we’d do without it.

My nieces and nephews seem to be following our lead and moving away. I have a nephew in college in Ohio, a nephew and his family are now in Tennessee, and my niece recently completed her studies and the Coast Guard then reassigned her to a station in Florida. Once again, she was on the move. This is nothing new for anyone who has ever been in any branch of the military, but it doesn’t mean it’s any less stressful. Moving means packing up everything you own, transporting it to your new location, and, most important, finding a new place to live, whether that’s an apartment, condo or house.

I’m not exactly sure what resources she used to find her new apartment in Florida. She may have used those free magazines you see around town advertising apartments for rent or maybe the Coast Guard was able to provide her with available apartment rentals. I do know that she spent a couple of weeks searching for a place while living out of a hotel which can get old in a hurry.

I know that whether you’re hunting for Florida apartments or Nashville Apartments, it can be just as exhausting as house hunting, especially when it’s part of a relocation. She did manage to find a really nice place and I believe that in February, her mom & dad will be driving out to take her some of her “stuff”. I’m not sure how long she will be stationed in Florida, but I’m hoping we get to drive out over the summer to visit. She has sent pictures and the beaches look very inviting!