Gloomy Skies
The sun had been so welcomed the last several days. I cracked open one eye this morning and saw fog. The eye went shut and I stayed where I was. Dennis and I both slept until nine this morning. We agreed last night that today was going to be a slow quiet day and I dare say we were off to that great start.
Yesterday when Kevin was here I asked him to see if he could get one of my computer keys to pop off as it was AWOL. Today I took his advice. I called the GEEK squad in Mankato. I have a year-by-year service contract with them. Five minutes in, I had the solution. The next time we travel to Mankato I need to turn in my HP Notepad to the squad. They will need to send it in and a new keyboard will be installed in the unit and then it will be sent back to me. When Dennis and I do make a trip to Mankato with the HP in hand, I will be sure to back it up on my independent Click Free backup unit. No fees required. Of course I had one more question: as long as the keyboard needed to be replaced could they put in a silver colored unit rather than black, which is easier to see. The answer was, no. But . . . on the upside, the keys that no longer bare the appropriate letters as they have worn off will be an automatic fix. Wonderful!
With a solution in the future I headed down into the sewing studio. More years than I care to admit, I purchased several Damask table clothes on a Pamida clearance table. I am no longer doing full sized table clothes for gatherings. Placemats are easier for me. I cut one of the table clothes up and made place mats out of it. I did some cross-hatching to make them double thick and a bit more durable. I went on YouTube and realized that many gals put on a serger edge. This gave me a chance to up and use the serger that
I had been given. Today, I decided to see how the placemats would cotton to an embroidery design. I am not disappointed by the results. If I do continue using the Damask tablecloths for smaller projects, I need to use a more dense stabilizer as it would allow the dense stitching to lay a bit smoother. Would I hesitate using a placemat of this quality as it’s finished? No.
A good day of seeking and searching for answers near and far and leaving the gloom outside to its own.