A Weekend of Sewing

Disclaimer: we are not expecting any time soon. Lately, I have decided to venture outside my world of quilting and into a world of other fun baby crafts. I was dinking around Jo-Ann’s and found a crochet book on Anigurumi (little Japanese animals),  and thought it would be cool to teach myself how to crochet. Unfortunately, the book was more for people who knew how to crochet, so I YouTubed crochet lessons and went on my way making two teddy bears (pictures coming soon, as they are not fully assembled). I decided that crocheting is very technique sensitive and quite tedious.  It took hours and hours and my fingers hurt and I had very little to show for it.  I’m hoping knitting will be a little easier since I couldn’t resist a cute baby booties knitting book off of Amazon a couple of weeks ago. However, distracted in my quest to YouTube knitting lessons, I was inspired by my husband’s friend’s blog, which I check daily because she makes AMAZING things. Cloth baby shoes. They are incredibly easy and fast and very fun to make. You can make a matching bib, and I’m thinking of making a  matching hair clip. The best part is, you can use fat quarters and leftover scraps of fabric! Cloth shoe tutorial.

After my first pair, I decided to stock up on materials and make a second trip to Jo-Ann’s fabric store. Fernando soon discovered why all men hate this store. And it’s not like I love the store either, but fabric stores are especially difficult to find here in Houston. I’ve always known Jo-Ann’s to have less than desirable customer service as they seem to always be understaffed. This trip seemed exceptionally terrible. I left Fernando in the cutting counter line as I went to find some fabric glue. Maybe 30 seconds had gone by and my phone rings and its Fernando saying it was our turn and he didn’t know what to do with the pile of fabric I had left with him. So I ran back to the cutting table. According to Fernando, a customer had asked the employee at the cutting counter to help her find where something was located. The employee told her the general direction of where the item could be found. The customer asked the employee if she could take her to the item and the employee refused, saying she had to stay at the cutting counter. The customer became angry at the employee’s lack of concern and the employee recanted by saying “Obviously you’ve never been in a store where there is no customer service, so stop bothering me!” By the time I got up to the counter, I had no idea about what just went on, but thought it strange that the employee was complaining about a customer and telling her to leave her alone.  As we left, Ferd said, “This store is terrible, why do you shop here?” Ahh Ferd, what other choice do I have?

Beauty and the Beast

Tonight, we went to see Beauty in the Beast at Miller Outdoor Theatre. We’re excited for this place to finally be up and running. Our friends who planned on coming with us had to bail because they weren’t feeling well; nevertheless, we still decided to show up a little early and have a picnic.

We played cards while eating sushi before the show. We ended up leaving at intermission because this performance wasn’t too engaging. It was put on by HITS; unfortunately, it felt like a high school quality performance. It too was plagued with mic problems. We just haven’t be lucky lately with the musicals. Hopefully, the Chinese acrobatics show at the end of the month will be better.

A Week in Review

It’s been a somewhat eventful week. Rather than spending our time on HAR, we now have been looking at washers, dryers, shutters, blinds, etc. I made a brief plea on Facebook regarding appliances and got some helpful tips.

After about a week of looking, we went ahead and purchased a front loading washer and dryer. We tried using Consumer Reports to help us make an educated decision. It was a little challenging because many machines had both terrific reviews and awful ones. I guess no one machine can please everybody. 🙂

Yesterday morning, we had a design consultant from 3-Day Blinds come to our new home and help us pick out some shutters and blinds. It was a little difficult to visualize how they would look, but I’m hoping they look good!

We also had a small “General Conference” BBQ yesterday in between the two sessions. We were hoping for warm, 80-degree weather, but the clouds kinda put an end to that. It was warm, but not warm enough to relax in our freezing cold pool. We still managed to have a good time relaxing poolside and grilling steaks.