Compliments of my brother:

Nutty: 43-year-old fruitcake found in attic

We have stitches!

Yeah, now that’s what I’m talking about! A new sewing machine – a Juki TL-98Q! Recommended by good online friends, test drove in Chicago, ordered and now working.

Yeah for me and Mom! Oh yeah, did I mention that Mom got one too?

I heard from a very wise woman (ok, it was my hero Caryl Fallert) that it takes quite a while to train your sewing machine to do machine quilting, but that the good news is that it only takes a short while to teach your next sewing machine to quilt. ;-)

Status:
In Transit – On Time
Note: Your package is in the UPS system and is on time with a scheduled delivery date of 04/18/2006.
Package Progress:

BUFFALO, NY, US
04/17/2006 7:57 P.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN

All righty then!

Favorite things. Smell department:

• warm morning after a night-time rain
• hot coffee
• moldering leaves, pulled back from garden
• sun-warmed soil
• freshly-crushed fennel
• simmering sauce
• first spring breeze coming through the window
• blowing around the fresh baked bread smell in the kitchen

What a lovely day, made all the better by putting my hands into the dirt for awhile. Such a promise of things, coming while we watch.

OK, not exactly creeping here, but definitely not hurtling…

HODGKINS IL, US
04/14/2006 3:18 P.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN

Guess I’ll have to find something else to do this weekend.