Has happened. Wedding is over. It was lovely. Got most of my sewing done-thank goodness for mother- and sister-in-laws! Working at the Senate again-on the final 4 weeks of the session. We will see how it all goes. Going to Cirque de Soleil for Mother's Day . . .

I have 66 days to finish the sewing and other projects for the wedding. Of course, realistically, I have fewer because the wedding is in 66 days. If I don't have my dress done in the next few weeks I'll probably have a breakdown. But, things are going well. My Best Woman's dress is done. My mom's dress is done. Tim's tunic is nearly done. Only my ( Read more... )

Managed to get the bodice attached to the skirt. My sister came by this afternoon and I realized the sleeves of her under dress where too tight. I think when I sewed in the neckline it pulled much more than I anticipated. But, I think I have solved the problem. I put a panel of the over dress silk into the underside of the sleeve and neckline. I ( Read more... )

Finally finished hemming Tina's under dress last night. Cut out the skirt and most of the bodice for the over dress today. I got the skirt sewn together . . . I think. There are extensions for both the front and the back. The back extensions just don't seem right, although I followed the directions and diagrams carefully. Oh well. It actually seems ( Read more... )

Thankfully, I only have one sister. Although, I wonder, if I had more siblings, perhaps it would have been easier to get along with all of them ( Read more... )

Rather, washing, ironing, pinning and cutting. But! There will be sewing! Fortunately, Halloween costumes have NOT required sewing beyond an embellishment here and there. I am working on wedding outfits. I hope to have Tim's tunic completed this weekend and Tina's underdress cut out and mostly sewn together. I am still deciding what colors my dress ( Read more... )

Rowan loves the Hardy Boys stories. We are reading them to him in order. We started with the new editions, but have found the editions published in the early 60s are much better. For one thing, Joe isn't an idiot. Plus, the writing is better and the vocabulary is more varied and challenging. My mother is buying the old editions for him as she finds ( Read more... )

Unemployed-again. Since last Wednesday. Feeling a bit depressed. In 6 weeks I was asked to apply for 2 higher level positions, and then 'rejected from probation' with no explanation other than 'it wasn't a good fit for the department' That is truly not helpful ( Read more... )

So . . . 6 year old son and 7 year old nephew are playing with Playmobiles, and running up and down the hallway. They are singing. Sometimes it's Christmas Carols. Sometimes it's the theme song from Scooby Doo. Just now, it was Kung Fu Fighting . . . which they know from the Kung Fu Panda movie. But, it is still hilarious. Especially when they ( Read more... )

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