A Cold Saturday
It may only be 30 degrees, but at least the winds are now a strong breeze. We have a piece of builder’s ridged 2″ foam over the top of the walkup attic steps. With several roof vents in the attic, the north winds had a hay-day of giving that covering enough for some noise when least expected.
Today we had an unexpected guest that stopped in from Decorah, Iowa, on his way home to Duluth. Nephew Eric was here at ten this morning. He had made the trip to his dad, my brother, in Decorah. My brother Calvin had a storage unit rented for some time as they lived in a mobile home unit. My sister-in-law, Eric’s mom, passed away in January and Eric has made several trips working on getting the storage unit emptied to consolidate items.
Eric made his way this far north from his trip home to drop off his mom’s sewing machine. Eric had been working with his dad to sell this model 530 Bernina. I believe they had exhausted local listings as well as different locations where Craigslist listings were available. My brother was done working with it. This machine weighs 17.5 lbs. compared to my model 770 that weighs 35 lb. With the case that it was brought in, it would make it very mobile . . . possible sewing retreats. Eric’s mom bought the machine in 2011. Eric had it serviced for her in February of 2021. Lois never sewed with it after that.
This afternoon, I did go down and set it up. Yes . . . the lights went on. The automatic needle threader worked like a charm. One problem . . . no bobbin case. As luck would have it, the name of the dealer in Decorah, with a phone number, was on a sticker. I called them and asked them to pull Lois’s account up and they reiterated the last service date. I shared with them that she had not been able to use it after that date and thus the bobbin case had not been put in the machine after their servicing. Yup, it will be in the mail this coming Monday. All I needed to do was to pay the $7.00 shipping fee. Sweet. Lois purchased some high end additions to the machine and they were still in the store packaging.
There is a down side and one that Eric said had come to light when one gal inquired about purchasing the machine. Both Calvin and Lois were heavy smokers. The machine decking shows evidence of that. As these days remain sunny and fresh, I will be putting the travel case outside for some airing. The surface of the case is a brushed suede and may take some time to let the smell of cigarettes’ smoke diminish.
So that was my day in a nut shell. Eric had never been to our home and stayed long enough to do some catching up. Sweet!
Tomorrow is another day and from all accounts of the news, the cool weather will prevail for the week.