The Sewing Mom

My sewing room is situated on the front of our house. When I’m not sewing, I’m pretty much oblivious to what goes on outside with our neighbors, I can’t see any of their homes from the back of our house. But, when I am sewing, things go on with the neighbors that can really be surprising. Here is the soap opera going on outside my sewing room window.

Back in April, I watched out the window as quite a bit of activity took place next door that was all very curious. We’d only been living here for about a year, so we didn’t know our neighbors that well, but we knew something was going on.

First, a “For Sale” sign went up in the front yard. Then, within a few days, a truck with a couple of men backed into the driveway and started loading up items from the house and garage. As quickly as it appeared, it was gone. A few weeks later, my husband ran into the guy from next door at a restaurant and got filled in on what was going on. Turns out, his wife was having an affair, in the house, and he decided to move out. So, he and their high school aged son moved into an apartment where they’ve been living. In the mean time, the wife has carried on with her affair next door, I’m really disgusted by it. The two of them are always trying to hide so that they aren’t seen. What kind of relationship is that?

A week or so ago, the husband stopped by as we were standing in our driveway. He let us know that they were getting a divorce and she was moving out of the house and he was moving back in with their son. The husband has lost so much weight, I didn’t even recognize him. I get the feeling he was completely caught off guard with the entire ordeal and I hope that he will soon be able to find peace with it all. Who knows, maybe he’ll find the love of his life!

I think he and his son will be moving back into the house this weekend. Once they get settled, I may just have to tell him that he can visit True.com and search for free to find that someone special. Sign up at True.com is also free, so what’s he got to lose? Obviously I don’t know all that went on next door, but I do believe that everyone deserves to be happy and to be loved. I hope he finds his happiness.

I was hoping to have a beautiful photo to along with this post, but alas, my husband had moved things around and I was unable to quickly find my camera. What would the photo have been? It would have been of a fantastic red cardinal that was prancing around on my patio yesterday. He was such a vivid bright red and was just outside my back door. I ran around frantically trying to find my camera, but by the time I had it in my hand, he had moved on. I was so disappointed.

I took my camera in hand and stepped outside hoping he had stayed nearby. I looked all over the yard, around the bushes and in the trees, but couldn’t find him. I have a couple of birdfeeders hanging from trees too, but he wasn’t here either. I really need to visit Birdfeeders.com and order a birdfeeder with cardinals in mind. They prefer a feeder with something flat to stand on rather than a small perch.

No matter what type of bird I’m looking to attract, I think that by spring I’ll need to get a couple of new squirrel proof feeders. It’s absolutely amazing what a squirrel will do to get into a feeder! They will hang in precarious positions and chew through just about anything to get to the seed. I’d love to see the “Squirrel-Be-Gone” model in action, it actually closes off access to the seeds when something heavier than a bird (i.e., a squirrel) is detected. That has got to be so frustrating for the squirrel, but what a cost savings for the seed buyer!

There are so many varieties of birdfeeders to choose from, it’s really difficult to choose! A new birdfeeder is always on my wish list for anyone who wants to give me a gift! Her’s another pretty, yet very functional feeder I would like to have.