I accepted a position as a RN-Home nurse at a clinic which is over a hour from home. The in person and telephone interviews went very well. Everybody that I spoke with was so positive and upbeat. The clinic has a nice set up and everybody seems so nice. The clinic has a need that I can fill and the company feels like a place where I can fit in.
Life will be interesting since I am not a commuter. I actually hate to commute. The good things about the job will outweigh the commute, I hope. Whenever things happen, I ask what lesson am I suppose to learn. This time the lesson is to trust God. The bishop said that God will send you where he wants you to be. I know that this is God directed because I don't feel scared or concerned that I have such a long commute. I'm looking at this as my mediation time. DH is going to drive at first until he thinks that I can handle the drive. He will also drive in bad weather. During the interview, we discussed bad weather and the company will pay for me to stay at a hotel close to the clinic. I'll keep a change of clothes in the car. My Kindle and Nook will keep me from being bored.
Not having a regular paycheck is a scary experience but everytime I start to feel panicky, I remember that I need to trust God and it will be okay. Lesson learned.
During this time, I was sorta working, I was going to a client's home three times a week but I charged her very, very little because her and her family are really nice. After I left my last job, they called and asked if I would come to help out until I got another job. It was easy work and I enjoyed spending time with her, took up less than 3 1/2 hours at a time but it was not enough to keep me going financially. I will miss taking care of her on a regular basis. I will still help out when my schedule works out.
The new job is exciting, it is pretty much the same thing that I was already doing. The new part of the job is the chance to teach patients with chronic kidney disease about kidney failure. I love to teach and the chance to teach pre-dialysis classes is one of my passions.
I will miss staying at home. I enjoyed having the time to cook and bake during the week. Now the crockpot will get a workout. DH thinks that he can cook, he is good at making grilled cheese and heating up in the microwave. He did try cooking one time but it ended when he made chili and added mushrooms. He got a little sensitive when I tried to explain that mushrooms don't belong in chili. DS can cook but I don't want to eat fried food all the time.
I have been sewing but I have a bunch of stuff that needs finishing. I don't start work for a couple of weeks so I need to finish up all of my UFO's. We will have a family meeting to discuss housekeeping since I do not plan to clean house on the weekends. My next post will be about the garments that I have been working on.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Life is never dull
God has good jokes but he never makes mistakes. I'm currently out of a job but am happily unemployed at the moment. When I lost my job, I had a moment for about 45 seconds but realized that leaving that job was a good thing. I decided to take time off before I started looking for another job. I am much more relaxed and my stress level is non-existent. I'm not bored. I have returned to church and started going to Bible study. I've spend more time with my mother and sisters in the last month than I have in months.
We rent (Thank God) a old rowhouse around the corner from my DM. This is really nice because I can go around the corner to freeload a meal. If one of us is out of something when we are cooking, it is cool that we can send around the corner and avoid going to the store. It is also cool because we can ride to church together. My baby sis talked me into making hoop earrings and feather earrings. Not making any money but DS is getting a lot of free jewelry out of the deal.
Crazy stuff is happening but I am not stressed about it.
1. Two weeks ago a shelf felled down in my sewing room. The screws pulled out from the wall and did a number on the plaster. It took two weeks and multiple reminders before DH put up a new shelf. The wall was so damaged that the shelf had to be moved higher.
2. Last week, DH was watching TV and noticed that the floor was wet. It was raining on the inside of the window running down the window blind. We called the management company but they are backed up because of all of the leaking roofs. DH is going to try to caulk the crack until they can get here to repair the damage.
3. Today, we went in Walmart and came outside and the truck was missing. DH forgot to put up the handicap sticker and they towed the truck away. It cost $225 to get the truck back.
Since my sewing room had turned into diaster land, I figured that it was a sign that I needed to give the room a good cleaning and re-organization. I've spend the last week slowly re-arranging everything. I'm 80% finished but I have a honey do list so hopefully the room will be finished by next weekend. This is a before picture.
We rent (Thank God) a old rowhouse around the corner from my DM. This is really nice because I can go around the corner to freeload a meal. If one of us is out of something when we are cooking, it is cool that we can send around the corner and avoid going to the store. It is also cool because we can ride to church together. My baby sis talked me into making hoop earrings and feather earrings. Not making any money but DS is getting a lot of free jewelry out of the deal.
Crazy stuff is happening but I am not stressed about it.
1. Two weeks ago a shelf felled down in my sewing room. The screws pulled out from the wall and did a number on the plaster. It took two weeks and multiple reminders before DH put up a new shelf. The wall was so damaged that the shelf had to be moved higher.
2. Last week, DH was watching TV and noticed that the floor was wet. It was raining on the inside of the window running down the window blind. We called the management company but they are backed up because of all of the leaking roofs. DH is going to try to caulk the crack until they can get here to repair the damage.
3. Today, we went in Walmart and came outside and the truck was missing. DH forgot to put up the handicap sticker and they towed the truck away. It cost $225 to get the truck back.
Since my sewing room had turned into diaster land, I figured that it was a sign that I needed to give the room a good cleaning and re-organization. I've spend the last week slowly re-arranging everything. I'm 80% finished but I have a honey do list so hopefully the room will be finished by next weekend. This is a before picture.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Zipper front jacket
Easter 2011
I managed to get DH to go to church since I would have a hard time carrying DGD while wearing heels. Church was awesome and DGD kept us occupied. She is a good baby in church, sometimes she claps and tries to sing with the choir. She has been to church enough that she recognizes the bishop's voice and turns around to see him. Her head is on a swivel the entire time that she is awake. She kicked her shoes off at the beginning of service so we left them off. I'm luck that she usually manages to fall asleep during the sermon. After church, we went to lunch with DM and her sister.
It is hard to believe that she is almost a year old. It has been a fast year but she truly has brought a lot of joy to this family. Needless to say, she is spoiled rotten and very much loved, which is easy to do when you are the only baby and the only girl. She is learning to walk so we are starting on a new adventure.
It is hard to believe that she is almost a year old. It has been a fast year but she truly has brought a lot of joy to this family. Needless to say, she is spoiled rotten and very much loved, which is easy to do when you are the only baby and the only girl. She is learning to walk so we are starting on a new adventure.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Never again
I bumped my head when I thought that I was out of the prom dress business. After we found a dress, it turned out that her mother did not have any money to buy a dress. WTH!!!!. This is after I asked what were they expecting to spend on a dress. Needless to say, Grandma objected to spending $348 on the dress. So they came back to invade my sewing room again.
DM and Grandma worked on the top of the dress while I was at work. Big lesson learned, do not buy boning from Joann's. Second lesson, do not buy boning from Walmart. The boning was so cheap and flimsy that I had to use 2 pieces in some places. I used the fitting muslin for the underlining. I had DM sew a channel using bias tape around the top of the underlining. I ran a piece of elastic thru the casing to keep the dress from falling down. Another lesson learned, when you are barely a B cup do not buy cheap boning and wait until the last minute to make a dress. Can you tell that I'm ticked off about the boning.
Now they decide that they are going to change the skirt part of the dress. I used PMB to draft a new skirt because Grandma is dismayed that her "private parts" are going to be on display when she sits down in this dress or tries to get out of the limo. My cousin and her mother use my rotary cutter to cut out the skirt and the lining. IT WAS A HOT MESS. They decided that the skirt was too long so they cut it shorter. They cut off the hem.
I got roped into the mess when it was time to join the corset and the skirt. On the corset, they sewed the bottom of the outer fabric to the underlining. Now I have to make slits in the channels to slide the boning in place. I can't adjust the corset where it is slightly too loose because I be dammed if I going to rip stitches out of black fabric at night. Grandma draped the front of the skirt and I sewed the top to the bottom.
Now the fun starts, the original corset tied up the back. I told my mother that it would be a cold day in hell before I made those eyelets. I told them that I wanted to put the zipper in the side seam but it slipped their minds. Steam is rising as I struggle to sew a zipper into the back of this dress. I ended up redoing the zipper twice before it looked presentable. The inside of the dress is so bad that I used the pinking shears to try to make it look better. The dress is not short enough so I pin a deeper hem in the dress and give it to Grandma to finish the hem.
DM and Grandma worked on the top of the dress while I was at work. Big lesson learned, do not buy boning from Joann's. Second lesson, do not buy boning from Walmart. The boning was so cheap and flimsy that I had to use 2 pieces in some places. I used the fitting muslin for the underlining. I had DM sew a channel using bias tape around the top of the underlining. I ran a piece of elastic thru the casing to keep the dress from falling down. Another lesson learned, when you are barely a B cup do not buy cheap boning and wait until the last minute to make a dress. Can you tell that I'm ticked off about the boning.
Now they decide that they are going to change the skirt part of the dress. I used PMB to draft a new skirt because Grandma is dismayed that her "private parts" are going to be on display when she sits down in this dress or tries to get out of the limo. My cousin and her mother use my rotary cutter to cut out the skirt and the lining. IT WAS A HOT MESS. They decided that the skirt was too long so they cut it shorter. They cut off the hem.
I got roped into the mess when it was time to join the corset and the skirt. On the corset, they sewed the bottom of the outer fabric to the underlining. Now I have to make slits in the channels to slide the boning in place. I can't adjust the corset where it is slightly too loose because I be dammed if I going to rip stitches out of black fabric at night. Grandma draped the front of the skirt and I sewed the top to the bottom.
Now the fun starts, the original corset tied up the back. I told my mother that it would be a cold day in hell before I made those eyelets. I told them that I wanted to put the zipper in the side seam but it slipped their minds. Steam is rising as I struggle to sew a zipper into the back of this dress. I ended up redoing the zipper twice before it looked presentable. The inside of the dress is so bad that I used the pinking shears to try to make it look better. The dress is not short enough so I pin a deeper hem in the dress and give it to Grandma to finish the hem.
I was glad to see this dress leave my house. My sewing room was trashed, my rotary cutter blade has nicks. DM knows that I will never be pushed into sewing for somebody else again. Grandma and DM learned that sewing is not as easy as they thought. My cousin and everybody was happy with this dress. This reminds me of why I don't sew for other people.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Life changes
DGD lives with us during the week and takes up most of my time in the evening when DS is in school. She is such a joy to be with but at the same time helping to take care of her has kept me out of the sewing room. I love her but I do miss the downtime after work. Being a grandparent is much easier than being a parent. I have spoiled her rotten but she is learning what no and stop means. Next month she will be a year old and it has been a fast year.
I have been slowly sewing since November. I have been working on tweaking my pants and skirt patterns to add a full tummy adjustment so that I have breathing room when I sit down. The long winter and fitting issues has added to the sewing slowdown. After cleaning out the closet, it is bare and if I don't start sewing soon, I will be in big trouble.
Last Sunday, DH and I was driving DM and her sister to a birthday dinner. As we are going down the road, my aunt hands me a bag with fabric and patterns to make a prom dress for her DGD. The prom is April 15th. Both of them have decided that they are going to make this dress with my help. It has been at least 25 years since either of them touched a sewing machine. There is an assumption that it is okay to take over my sewing room and that I am free to help them after working 10 hours a day.
My cousin bought a black cheap satin and a silky printed polyester from Joanns. They bought patterns for a corset and a draped front skirt that they wanted combined into a dress. On Tuesday, I left muslin for them to make a trial garment. I got home from work and they had cut out the skirt pattern too small. They did manage to sew the corset together and only sewed one section on backwards. My cousin came and I tried to tell her that it would not look good but entitled childen only hear what they want. At the end of the night, DM left with a suit that I spend the last month working on and a skirt. But she agreed to buy DGD's Easter dress. This worked out perfect since I wasn't happy with the jacket.
Last night, I drafted a new skirt which was closer to what my cousin wanted. I tacked the black satin to my dressform and started draping the skirt. It was butt ugly so I stopped in my track and called them to come see the dress. I took a picture and showed everybody at work. Everybody agreed that it was butt ugly. I pulled out fabric from the stash and offered it to my cousin but nothing was what she wanted. She did not like any fabric on the internet. I helped her find a dress at Saks. So now I am out of making a butt ugly prom dress. This is the reason that I don't sew for other people.
I have been slowly sewing since November. I have been working on tweaking my pants and skirt patterns to add a full tummy adjustment so that I have breathing room when I sit down. The long winter and fitting issues has added to the sewing slowdown. After cleaning out the closet, it is bare and if I don't start sewing soon, I will be in big trouble.
Last Sunday, DH and I was driving DM and her sister to a birthday dinner. As we are going down the road, my aunt hands me a bag with fabric and patterns to make a prom dress for her DGD. The prom is April 15th. Both of them have decided that they are going to make this dress with my help. It has been at least 25 years since either of them touched a sewing machine. There is an assumption that it is okay to take over my sewing room and that I am free to help them after working 10 hours a day.
My cousin bought a black cheap satin and a silky printed polyester from Joanns. They bought patterns for a corset and a draped front skirt that they wanted combined into a dress. On Tuesday, I left muslin for them to make a trial garment. I got home from work and they had cut out the skirt pattern too small. They did manage to sew the corset together and only sewed one section on backwards. My cousin came and I tried to tell her that it would not look good but entitled childen only hear what they want. At the end of the night, DM left with a suit that I spend the last month working on and a skirt. But she agreed to buy DGD's Easter dress. This worked out perfect since I wasn't happy with the jacket.
Last night, I drafted a new skirt which was closer to what my cousin wanted. I tacked the black satin to my dressform and started draping the skirt. It was butt ugly so I stopped in my track and called them to come see the dress. I took a picture and showed everybody at work. Everybody agreed that it was butt ugly. I pulled out fabric from the stash and offered it to my cousin but nothing was what she wanted. She did not like any fabric on the internet. I helped her find a dress at Saks. So now I am out of making a butt ugly prom dress. This is the reason that I don't sew for other people.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Staycation update
This has a very peaceful and relaxing week. I have truly enjoyed myself. I did spend a fair amount of time in the sewing room. I didn't finished anything yet. I spend a lot of time doing nothing.
I worked on testing the new update. I had some problems with the program. I emailed WG. They were great at working on fixing the problem in less than 24 hours. Their customer support is awesome. I like the new styles that they added to the program and plan to try them out before the end of the year.
I made a princess seam v-neck top to check the fit. The neck is a little too wide, the neckline needed to be raised up a inch so it would be suitable for the workplace and I had to reduce the bust ease by one inch. Even with these issues, the top turned out nice. I didn't have the right color of thread for topstitching so I had to make a trip to Joann's. I made a wearable muslin of a pencil skirt and it just needs to be hemmed.
Cutting out fabric is not one of my favorite things so I took advantage of the time off to cut out new garments. So far, I have cut out 5 tops, hopefully a wearable jacket muslin, another pencil skirt and a pair of pants. The best thing is that all of the fabric came from the stash. I did order some knits this morning from an ebay vendor.
DGD has been here since Thursday and she keeps me busy so I haven't got much accomplished since she came. She is a good baby but sleep is not on her agenda. I just put her to sleep and she slept 15 minutes. DH just came home and it's his turn to babysit. He does well until she starts acting up because she is sleepy but fighting going to sleep. It took me two hours to get her settled down last night. I'm going to work on a wearable muslin for a coat that I drafted this morning.
I worked on testing the new update. I had some problems with the program. I emailed WG. They were great at working on fixing the problem in less than 24 hours. Their customer support is awesome. I like the new styles that they added to the program and plan to try them out before the end of the year.
I made a princess seam v-neck top to check the fit. The neck is a little too wide, the neckline needed to be raised up a inch so it would be suitable for the workplace and I had to reduce the bust ease by one inch. Even with these issues, the top turned out nice. I didn't have the right color of thread for topstitching so I had to make a trip to Joann's. I made a wearable muslin of a pencil skirt and it just needs to be hemmed.
Cutting out fabric is not one of my favorite things so I took advantage of the time off to cut out new garments. So far, I have cut out 5 tops, hopefully a wearable jacket muslin, another pencil skirt and a pair of pants. The best thing is that all of the fabric came from the stash. I did order some knits this morning from an ebay vendor.
DGD has been here since Thursday and she keeps me busy so I haven't got much accomplished since she came. She is a good baby but sleep is not on her agenda. I just put her to sleep and she slept 15 minutes. DH just came home and it's his turn to babysit. He does well until she starts acting up because she is sleepy but fighting going to sleep. It took me two hours to get her settled down last night. I'm going to work on a wearable muslin for a coat that I drafted this morning.
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