Finishing Up A Purchase
Last spring when I had last visited Bird Island to have Amanda and Kelly do their great Bernina customer service on my machine . . . it was a bit of a struggle. I have no idea what my sewing machine weighs. It is heavy. It is bulky and . . . where on earth is the best place to grab hold of without harming something. For me it always helped by taking it up the steps standing in front of it and lifting up one step at a time. Bringing it back in the house, I stood in front of the machine and lifting the machine one step at a time going down as I was backing down.
The Bernina couple ordered a carrying case for me. One thing lead to another and I didn’t get to pick it up in a timely fashion. That was the agenda for today. It also gave me a chance to check my stabilizer that I had on hand and make a purchase from Amanda. Carrie and Megan do have the 80 skate towels purchased, laundered and dried ready for a delivery to St. James before school begins. Each towel will have the clubs logo embroidered on it. A utility towel with a flair. The skates need to be wiped off each time a skater leaves the ice. They will be given out next June at their year end banquet. I have had the clubs logo digitized. After today, I am ready.
I now have a case on rollers with a retractable handle. It will be able to do steps via pulling the machine up the steps backwards. It has side handles on the sides of the case to lift it into the back of the car. There are more zippered compartments that I can attest to right now. Dennis checked it out and thought it would work even as a bag if he and I run away from home . . . together. What a forward thinking fellow!
I know right now Kelly and Amanda’s family is enjoying the water park adjacent to the Mall of America. They have been selling sweetcorn since the early season began. They sold the bulk of the sweetcorn that the Olivia’s Corn Days needed as one of the growers had a crop failure. How early did that family have to get up every morning to pick enough ears to sell over 100 dozen ears of sweetcorn a day? Today was the last day of selling. Hip. Hip. Hurrah. I really appreciate this young family and I do not mind the 60 minute drive to get to their store front.
Today also gave me the opportunity to hand deliver some of the peanut butter and molasses cookies to the Fairfax team that we cranked out yesterday. Today was Kersten’s birthday. How special to have a birthday on a Friday to allow the good feelings to last all weekend.