If you ever text messaged in your car while driving, please read the below link.
TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IS NOT WORTH IT - THE MESSAGE CAN WAIT!
I regularly read this blog, and want to help spread the word, especially since I’ve heard on NPR that texting in California wasn’t banned with the newest regulations that took effect.
Please. Pass this on.
No words necessary, I believe….. Just look at that face… She picked this up in about 5 days.
Yesterday I had over 1200 hits on my fabric bag tutorial. Thank you to whomever put me on stumbleupon.com. I got listed on the top posts on wordpress too, and I wasn’t even paying attention… Does that mean I’m famous?
Any suggestions on what other sewing or tiedye projects you’d like to see a tutorial on?
Glitter Glue Princess is getting a trip to American Girl Place in Chicago for her birthday. We are going this weekend. S told her that she needed to get rid of some of her toys in order to get more. So far she has gotten rid of two trash bags full of toys, a box of books and a stepstool. I gave her an estimated value of $200. Admittedly most of the stuff came from the recesses under her bed, but at least she is making an effort, right? Keep in mind that this will only buy like 5 outfits, or a doll and two outfits - they will occupy MUCH less space. Everyone wins. She has a lunch reservation as well as tickets to the show, so it should be a fun filled day for her.
Of course she has conceded that I will be allowed to visit Ikea, Vogue Fabrics and the Container Store - yay! This is provided I allow her to eat at Cheesecake Factory - boo! There goes my waistline, and just in time for Thanksgiving.
We are going to R & M’s house - and I get to see Petey the cat again! Last time I stayed at their house, Petey decided that he wanted to play ball at 2 in the morning, so he kept dropping pompoms on my face while I slept - should be a fun time!
The shirts state:
Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don’t make sense
Refrigerator
My software arrived on Monday - yay! The interface will be easy for me to quickly pick up and digitize, after tinkering with it for a bit yesterday. So all is good there.
So, I won the software on Saturday the 12th, I paid at the same time. The seller emailed me on Monday stating he wouldn’t ship till Wednesday (I really couldn’t complain about it - shipping was free). I emailed him on Sunday, asking for a tracking number. Got it AFTER the software arrived - he blamed the change in postal rates for the confusion (?!?! - I thought that was earlier in the week - how could that have anything to do with shipping out the software?) As it turned out, he used the US postal service GROUND to ship it. Granted, he put insurance on it, but you’d think he’d use something a bit more efficient for tracking given the cost of the thing!?! My experience of using the postal service to get money back with insurance hasn’t been the most positive experience in my life.
Sooooo, I go to ebay and consider what kind of feedback to give the guy, and he hasn’t even done the feedback for me yet?!?! He was paid well over a week ago, and still hasn’t given me feedback. I kind of feel like he should be giving feedback first since he got paid quickly. I get the feeling he is waiting for me to say something so the feedback could be retaliatory. I’ve noticed that this seems to be standard practice by sellers too. Well, I can wait forever for the feedback, which is what I plan to do before I put his down first. I think he needs my feedback worse than I need his.
Well, I knew it was inevitable. After being disappointed with all the “mainstream” software out there to make embroidery designs, I’m going back to what I know… P E Design.
I found someone on Ebay who had it for 40% less than the local fella. Every time I spoke to the local guy, the song changed - first it was “Oh, you have to buy 5 then upgrade to 7″ (total cost = $1200). Then it was “Oh, you can buy 7 without having to buy the others, but you need to get a CD drive to attach to your machine” (total cost $1200, but he’d “let me” have it for $1050).
Quite frankly, I love how he services the machines, but I *think* the sales portion of his business is something I’ll stay away from. I do wish that there was a way to tell Brother just how bad it can be on this end - there is a “rule” (local fella told me this, so I don’t know if it is true) that buyers are not to buy out of their home states. Then… If this is the case, you HAVE to buy from the greasy guys who shouldn’t be selling used cars, but are now going after us women who merely want to enjoy our sewing.
The ebay seller was supposed to ship yesterday. I’m hoping that since I was experienced with 3 that 7 will be a breeze for digitizing - the kid already has grandiose plans and I’m two steps behind.
