Blessed Is The Mundane

After 32 hours I got my car back, good as new and I was excited to drive it again-finally! It would have been nicer if that had been the case when I first got it back and there hadn't been all those little things that weren't done right, but it's all good now and all I want is the mundane. I have a strong tolerance for monotony and all these little kicks in the ribs the cosmos keeps throwing me has reminded me how much I struggle when the unexpected (especially the negative) happens. If only it could just stay mundane, but alas in 2 weeks I take my husband to court to find out if he's getting the DUI or a lesser charge. Finding out the UHP will be testifying does not bode well, however. But then again, it's 2015 so if our luck has any say, we're totally screwed on that.

Until then I spend my days cleaning up the every other day vomit-fest from my poor old, Crazy-with the occasional empathy barf from Mojo and trying to get my daughter potty trained. Between cleaning puke and pee, in addition to cooking and cleaning it's no wonder I feel like I have enough on my plate already and just want to have the resources to deal with those things for now.

On a lighter note, I bought a new sewing machine-I'd received a flyer about a killer sale on sewing machines and since mine is missing some parts and isn't as user friendly as a destructive newbie like myself needs, I succumbed to the purchase, using my stashed money I'd received from my only advance on my published book. In looking at my sewing books for beginners I'm thinking, "Yuck. I know these are beginner projects but do they have to look that shapeless?" Then there's the whole finding the size as what you buy is not the size you are in the patterns and you have to measure, adjust, etc. I thought, "Hmm. I wonder if I could just take mine and my daughter's clothes and trace them-create a pattern that's already measured to fit perfectly and just add a little seam allowance for the sewing? Turns out-this is a common thing! Gotta love Youtube-it showed me how to install my daughter's car seat and now it's showing me how to trace your own clothes to create patterns that fit in styles you already love-and it's FREE! Because really, at this point I'm only interested in making t-shirs, tank tops, stretch pants and jammies-for me and my daughter. For readers that are interested, Professor Pincushion on Youtube has videos on how to do this very thing and save you the time of searching for the right style, in the right pattern, for the right size, yada-yada. Go no further than your closet!