Staying Calm!

   My grandmother told me when I was small that bad things come in threes especially deaths and mishaps. So far in my 61 years of like, I have found that to be very true. She also said that if you handled the bad things with calmness and not anger that 3 great  things would happen in a row soon after. Another of her words of wisdom that has been true 75% of my experience. 

Spirit

Stars are done! Now for details!

  Well, first, last week the tv in the camper wouldn't work to help occupy a 7yo. Then the toilet wouldn't flush and finally the generator wouldn't start so I could sew while DH bowled. Well, the 7 yo and I wrote stories for each other to read and listened to the portable radio. DH forgot to pull the right release handle so we went to a dump site and I pulled it. I cut out all the parts I needed for the Saints Stars 2.

Bright purple so I won't forget it is mine!

  When I got home, there was a huge package for me. The travel case for my Babylock Ellageo which now travels with me was there. So one good thing!
Then my DGS #10 handed me a sweet smelling flower and didn't get in a fight with his sister when she wanted one. He politely told her that he would get her one next. Number two!
  DD#3 called me to go exercise...I needed it! In all our traveling and hotel living, I lost another 2 pounds. Number 3!

 The gremlins were not thru with me yet! The central heat would not work.
We went to start the car and it along with the truck were deader than door knobs. The battery acid had eaten thru the pole holder.  Then the gremlins really did it! My ellageo broke! It runs fine but the needle doesn't go up and down and when it does it makes a strange noise. 

  But I remembered grandmother's words...calm not anger. So I called my wonderful air condition man and he soon had my house comfortable. I now have a new breaker and a new thermostat. Let my DH play with a drill and the pole holder. Being an old mechanic, he soon had both the car and the truck running well enough to be used. And I transferred the table runner I was working on to the Ellisimo and continued. 

The boys watching the game!

  Now the first good thing I want is for LSU to get on the ball win the SEC. They are losing right now so maybe the gremlins are playing with them too. 
Tonight we are having a surprise party for my DH's 73rd b-day. So off I go to get ready. Hopefully, I can get him there on time.
Lator Gators! Keep 2011 STRESS FREE! May all the fabric you desire appear in your stash.

What a Homecoming!

   We left our home on Wednesday, November 23rd and arrived back last night. It was really 3 separate journeys. First we loaded up Spirit, the 3 dogs, DH, and myself in the camper and made a trip to Abita Springs for the Thanksgivings holiday. Spirit started off telling us what she didn't eat and that we needed to buy spaghetti o's. Well, we didn't but she ate very well. Then she informed me that we needed tv to camp. Well, she survived w/o the tube. Finally, on the way to drop her off to her mom, she informed us that we were going back for Christmas and this summer b/c she liked camping w/us. 
  Lorenzo, the chug, had a great time camping too. He caught a duck and then went after the geese. Brave little dog! Then he ran after surf on the beach and just ran in th sand until he dropped. Finally, he ate sand and helped Spirit dig a moat for her sand castle. He was one happy tired little pup.
  We stopped at the house b/c it was pouring and to get meds for me. Then off again we went so DH could bowl on Sunday. I had planned to sew all day but generator wouldn't start. Come to find out, DH decided to unhook one battery from the generator. Most of our problems with the camper have been DH 'fixing' something. 
  We slept in our own beds Sunday night and it felt so good. Then Monday morning off we went again. This time with DD#3 to New Orleans to the LAQUE conference. We had a blast and picked up lots of tips on using SMART boards which is the going thing these days. We even got to compare iPad with other tablets. I want an iPad badly but thinking that I need to wait.
   Last night we got home. We were tired and happy. For our homecoming, we found no heat and car battery is dead. So today when DH gets up we will be finding out the problems. Still it is good to be home. I am getting ready to go into studio and sew with a portable heater to keep me company.
  Judy L. picked UFO#12 this month. That is my "Mystery from Hell'' and I don't think I am ready to tackle it yet. I have not done well with completing my UFOs. They are UFOs for a reason and may never get completed. But I will be trying again and hopefully, they will get done sometime before I am done.
Lator Gators. May all the fabric you desire find its way into your stash. Keep 2011 STRESS FREE!