Have You Seen My Mojo?

Since the purchase of my new Singer sewing machine this past spring, I’ve have barely had time to use it. It’s a very nice sturdy, machine. It sews even stitches and runs and sounds strong. It sits on my dining room table 24/7. It has dinner with the family every night and breakfast every morning. All the while sitting very patiently to be “turned on” (and I don’t mean that in a weird sewing machine-fetish sort of way.)

Problem is, I’ve lost my desire to sew. I’ve been collecting fabric, trims, laces by the yards with plans to sew my little heart out. Well evidently, after sewing one apron, my heart’s all sewed out. To be honest, I think it’s the sheer frustration of expecting something to be perfect and then finding out that it doesn’t quite meet MY standards – which are ridiculously high (it’s the dratted Virgo perfectionist “thing”).

Rather than let my machine sit and collect dust, I’ve decided to become proactive and signed up for some sewing courses. I’m hoping these two courses will help me to re-find my “mojo”. Who am I kidding? I’m hoping that I can FINISH the courses. I am lacking in the “stick-to-it-tive-ness department!

My Super Duper Kiddo!

My daughter, Cupcake "One of the Loves of My Life" &
"The Pain in My Butt"

My youngest daughter (in the interest of privacy, l shall refer to as Cupcake) happens to be the "creative" genius in the family. Most times you can find her drawing, gluing, cutting something and/or doing something that involves LOTS of glitter. We've found glitter in our food, glitter on the cats, glitter everywhere She single-handedly is responsible for putting a lot of "BLING" in our world.

Last night, she finally decided to clean her room. This took her a whopping three hours! We did check on her from time to time to make sure that she wasn't buried under a pile of clothing and/or garbage.

After three hours, she emerged with the following hairdo:


She somehow put a water bottle in her hair to make her hair literally stand on end!

You know the saying "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime?"

In my case, I'd like to amend that to:

"Give a man a bottle of water, he'll have a drink for a day. Give Cupcake a water bottle and she'll incorporate it into a wacky hairdo!"

Crazy kid!

Mother - Daughter Project

Spent some nice time with my youngest daughter, Cupcake" this morning. We actually sat down at the sewing machine and made coordinating pin cushions!

She picked her fabrics out, helped with measuring, did the cutting and piecing together. Not bad, eh?