My Obsessiveness

 I am, and always have been prone to being obsessive.  

My latest one is I want an embroidery machine.

Now, sewing machines have always been my passion , since I was about 7 years old. I had to downsize from 7 to 3 when we moved house last year due to space limitations.

I kept my treadle machine, (because if the world goes to pot and we lose power, I will still be able to sew), my old Japanese Standard electric one, (because it is in my sewing cabinet and will probably outlast any modern machine), and my Brother SQ9285 which I bought from a thrift store for $35.

The treadle and the Standard have sentimental value because I worked hard to restore them and get them nicely cleaned up and working.

The SQ9285 is a very basic embroidery machine in as much as it has about 150 different stitches programmed into it and can do simple characters. It can be programmed for up to 35 characters at once so I tried doing my name. It came out quite well.  But,  like I said, it is pretty basic, but fun to play with.  So I am going to take the time to learn this machine properly, because, in all honesty, what would I do with a fancy embroidery machine, other than play with it and maybe put a few motives on a few clothes.

Also, several years ago I bought a set of many different sewing feet and I want to try using some of them.  Plenty to keep me occupied without spending any money!

For any English or European readers I pray that the heatwave abates soon.  I know the houses are not really equipped to deal with such heat, unlike here in the US and Canada where almost every home has air conditioning or at least ceiling fans.

Be safe my friends.......

Plodding on with life

Life is settling down again.  Still getting physio therapy for my arm but it is getting more range of motion and strength so that is good.

We are expecting my stepson tomorrow for a few days, he is flying in to spend Father's Day with my husband.  Looking forward to that.

We got a new ceiling fan and light installed in our living room.  Every other room had one.  It is so much more pleasant now to sit and watch TV and hopefully it will pay for itself over time with lower air conditioning costs.  This is Maggie earlier today enjoying it's benefits.

We also got a new fridge freezer.  This one has the fridge on the top.  The other one is still OK and we have moved it into the sunroom for overflow.  The new one is so much better for me though as I don't have to bend to get things out.

We got a good deal on it in the Memorial Day sale at Home Depot.  I am never sure if these things are a con or not but in this case it was genuinely $450 off, as the current price is now back up.  And added to that we got another $150 off for spending more than $1,500.  Prices on new appliances have sky rocketed in the last year or so but I don't think they will go back down anytime soon.  This is the first brand new fridge freezer I have had in nearly 40 years as usually there was one in any property we purchased. I hope it will be as reliable as some of the older ones we have had.  It is very well designed inside and holds a lot more than the old one.

I think that completes all the changes we planned to make to this house.

I have some new health issues.  I am now on a low dosage of thyroid medication as tests indicated that I have under active thyroid.  My diabetes meds have been upped too.  Not sure why as my A1C was 6.5 and I didn't think that was so bad.  Having to get a CT scan of my back too.  X-rays raised some concerns so they want a better look.

Weather has been reasonable for this time of year so no complaints there although we did have a tornado scare last week and we had to retreat to an inner room.  The sirens were going off to warn people.  Lots of rain too so far this year, which is a good thing as we had been in a bit of a drought last year.

Hope life is treating everyone well.....