Wednesday, Running with scissors!

 Yes and I am in a short skirt with pink high heels.  Really I don't own a pair of pink high heels, but I think Sluggy and I will buy some on our cruise if we can find them.  Stay tuned for pictures.....

I was a sewing demon yesterday.  I actually was able to complete 4 wedding dresses, and start another and then another.  So my plan is to have all wedding dresses done by Friday.  That way I can attack the piles and the bridesmaid dresses.

I was doing hand work on the a wedding dress last night about 8:30, and a car drove up and I thought who can possibly be coming to the shop this late?  It was the missionaries and they were returning the crockpot I had delivered a meal in on Sunday.  They had a pair of suit pants that needed to be let out and one of them had a bad rash on the inside of his arms where his short sleeve shirts had been brushing in the elbow crease.  This is a condition that is experienced here during the extreme heat.  A rash from sweat is caused as the fabric rubs.  I see it in policemen and people who have to wear uniforms.  So I had him take it off and shortened the sleeves and fixed the pants. As I had been working with wedding dresses all the day the floor was covered with pearls, sequins and threads and I knew I would have to thoroughly vacuum as we had Kelsa today.  SO they did my vacuuming and washed the dinner dishes as I fixed the clothes.  Missionary felt so much better when he put the shirt back on and it was not rubbing that rash. I call that a good trade.

Also yesterday, I had a client call me, who is 100 years old.  She is amazing, but is losing her eye sight.  She needed 4 curtain panels shortened.  You should see how she cut them.  Anyway I told Hubs I was running to her house and I would be back in about 10 minutes.  Well an hour later I was back and he was laughing at me.  I said that wasn't 10 minutes was it?  He said anytime you go to pick up something or do any work for the elderly it is never 10 minutes because they have to visit.  I realized he was right.  We had a nice visit and I cleaned some spots off her carpet where she had spilled something and she could not see it, plus looked at the bedroom she was redoing.  Why Kim gets behind......  I would not have gone and done this to someone I did not know well, but I have done her sewing for over 30 years.  Amazing she was 70 and now 100.  WOW I hope I can be like her.

Daughter came in last night with a ton of food.  Corn, frozen lasagna, a large salad, breads, squash. All things she picked up from a food bank on the prairie.  She stopped there as they were closing.  She said there was so much food left.  It makes me sick that more people don't use this blessing.  Even if they don't need to financially, at least it isn't going to the garbage.

SO today I am going to continue on wedding dresses and see if I can get another 3 done or at least ready for fittings.  I have a fitting today and 2 pick ups tomorrow.  Get these suckers out of here.

The downside to getting so much sewing done is that other things don't get done, like cleaning, getting money envelope filled, although I will try and do this today. Also no grocery shopping as the sale papers had nothing and I have to eat thorough the food we have here.

Well I am off to find my scissors! Are any of you behind on anything?

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim