sewing saga

This weekend I accomplished much! I vacuumed all the baseboards & window sills in our house (minus John's room because I can't navigate through all his mess), vacuumed my car, washed my car windows & added new stickers, did laundry and...broke open my new sewing machine.
I had my grandma's sewing machine,but when my mom tried to use it once, it wouldn't turn off. The pedal wasn't depressed (that we could tell), but it just kept going. So, she took it somewhere in Lexington to get fixed and they told her it would be about $80 to get it looked at. Well, it wasn't doing us much good, so she'd have them check it out. Weeks later, Ibrought it up and she said she'd need to call them. When she called, they told her they got rid of it....that she'd told them it was too much to fix. Um, what!? She'd never talked to them about it. I got a bit upset, more for a sentimental value than having a sewing machine. But, as mom has been practicing, she decided it wasn't worth getting upset about and just wanted to figure out what to do next. She got a little bit of a discount (not enough to settle for getting rid of grandma's machine) and got me a new one. I got it out and just was doing a little practicing with it yesterday. I got some new Fiskars since I could barely cut fabric with my scissors yesterday and told John, "You can't use them." He told me that's what his grandma used to say. :) Now I need to get my million (maybe a LITTLE exaggeration) t-shirts together to make another quilt! If only I could be as creative as Nichol...

nooma

So, before Christmas I got myself the full set of Nooma videos b/c they had a cyber monday special. I was super-excited and finally got them into the DVD player this weekend. (If you don't know these videos, you should check them out. They are at most 15 minutes and they give a snippet of putting scripture into practice.) It was so great to watch Rob Bell's face during the videos. He is very intense and excited about what he wants to share. I can only hope to be half as excited as he is about my faith. My favorite right now is called Today. I have had a little trouble lately living in the moment b/c I seem to compare myself to friends who live on the coast or play ultimate frisbee with their group of awesome friends or go on amazing mission trips to 'save the world' while I'm concerned about being "boring." This video is 11 minutes of immersing yourself in the here & now, the present, TODAY and I will continue to watch it to have a nice reminder...afterall, I need more reminders than instructions (I've heard that before...maybe from CS Lewis, but I cannot find the source).