The Sewing Mom

How many watches do you own? I have one. If I’m wearing a watch, it’s on my arm. My husband on the other hand, has somewhere in the number of twelve watches and he wears each of them on various occasions. He is a watch collector. He doesn’t just collect any watch either, he has very high standards and preferences.

Now, I’m not saying he has Rolex watches or anything in that price range, but he does own some very beautiful watches. Some are antique and some are bought new. He prefers watches with automatic movement rather than a quartz movement. He also looks at the different functions of a watch such as whether or not it has a moon face or if it’s a chronograph. He prefers details such as breguet hands which are a more decorative hand.

A watch that would certainly meet his standards, except for the quartz movements, would be the Ebel Swiss watch. The Ebel company has been in existence since 1911 and has been recognized worldwide for its creativity and technical expertise. Considering that the watch making industry was predominantly male, especially in the 1900’s, having a woman as one of its two founders, was certainly unique for Ebel. Ebel continues to be a stand out in the world of watches today being one of the top 5 luxury watch brands in the world.

As for me?  I’ll be sticking to my one watch.  I’ve owned it now for 10 years and replaced the watch band only once. 

Tags: Ebel, Ebel watch, swiss watch, watch, watches

I am so slow, but finally, I have pictures of our booth in Knoxville, TN last month. My sisters and I all had tote bags and purses to sell, and my mom had made beautiful pin cushions and dish towels. We had a number of other hand made items including fleece embroidered blankets, pillowcases, and my daughter’s beaded jewelry.

The booth is pretty basic, we used a few retail display items and our own tables overlayed with quilts. My niece and nephew had the booth right next to us and we shared a large canopy cover. It was nice because at night, we could put the sides on the canopy for added security.

I would consider our sale successful, although, I probably won’t do that event again. There was just too big of a variety of products being sold and I would prefer to be in a hand-made craft event where people appreciate the work more.

Tags: booth sale, expo, sewing, vendor

It’s been many, many years since I was involved in an auto accident. I had two, neither of which were my fault. The first, a driver ran a red light and plowed into me as I was going through the intersection. The second, a semi-truck, coming the opposite direction, decided to turn left directly in front of me and I wound up driving right into him. I was able to walk away from both with some scratches and bruises. I can’t say the cars I was driving fared as well. The first time, the car was repairable and I went on to drive it for many more years. The second time, the car was totaled, the front end completely destroyed.

What about you, have you ever been involved in an auto accident?

Did you know that even if your car is properly repaired after an accident it’s still not valued as much as it would have been had it not been in an accident? If you go to sell it or trade it in, the value is lower. The difference in the value is called the diminished value. If you are in a car accident, you are entitled to recover the diminished value.

I’m glad I’ve been able to go so many years now without being in an accident. Maybe age has caused me to be calmer behind the wheel!

Tags: auto accidents, car accident, diminished value

My daughter and I headed out early this morning to get a few errands done.  Our last stop was not planned, but we decided to run in to Target to check out their binders, the last thing on her back to school supply shopping list.  Surprisingly, she managed to find the binder that she really liked and it was such a relief to know that she now has everything.

As we were leaving the store, we walked throught the electronics department.  We have a habit of doing this to check out the Wii games.  We never buy anything, but we do like to see if, by chance, anything we want might happen to be on sale.  So, we walked into the video game aisle and, there it was.  The first time I’d ever seen one in person.   A nice shiny white bog with big greeen letters on it:  Wii Fit.  It was sitting in the glass case, shining up at me and I could even see the words “BUY ME” flashing across my brain.

A quick call to my husband to let him know of the good news and the price, and then it was ours, and not a moment too soon.  I no sooner had asked a sales associate to open the case for me when another couple of ladies walked around the corner, disappointed that they had just missed getting it for themselves.  mmuuuuuhahahahahah!  It’s MINE!

I can’t wait to try it out. 

Tags: school supplies, Target, Wii, Wii Fit