"How much are we supposed to get?" DH asks.
"About three inches. It will taper off after midnight." I read from the NOAA site.
Yesterday we finally had twenty four hours in which the temperature stayed above ZERO F. I washed my car before I drove up to New Hartford to Sew Wilde for a mini long arm quilting seminar given by Joyce Blowers . I think the car stayed clean for about thirty miles. It was only 18 degrees when I washed it. I violated the 20 degree rule but I couldn't stand the mud and crap on the car ANOTHER MINUTE. I managed to get some back spray on my boots when I tried, in vain, to clean out the wheel wells. That ice was SOLID.
I enjoyed the seminar and it was great to see Joyce and Ron. They will come by on Tuesday to replace the motor in the Nolting. I will miss them. I must work. Steven, lucky guy, will be here.
Because we had "milder temperatures" I was able to warm up both the guest apartment and the sewing loft today. I spent much of the afternoon rearranging the sewing loft. It is now ready for J. when he comes to look at installing a baseboard heater. Steven volunteered that he might call him this week. You know I got inspired when I heard that.
I had thought that I would ditch the junky barrister's bookcase (REMEMBER THE PFAFF) but thought better of it. Instead I reorganized the thread.
Now to get rid of more stuff. I have a problem. Honestly, why am I hanging onto a 50+ year old Singer 401 cardboard box? You know, the one that Mom brought her machine home in when she bought it. I just think, well, hell, she hung on to it that long, seems a shame to ditch it now.
Put that box on ebay. Does it say Singer 401? It's original. Someone will want it!
ReplyDeleteIn case it helps: Back in the day, it made sense to keep the original packaging for everything because repairs meant sending the machine back to the manufacturer, and they often insisted on original packaging. That is no longer the case (I stopped doing that with electronics when the manufacturer threw away the carefully preserved packaging and used a repurposed box for the return.) A collector might value the box, but I doubt that it would be a selling point. Some things have their only instructions printed on the outside of the box (leading to some peculiar photocopying situations and to cut-up boxes), but that's also not likely to be true of the 401. The old box isn't even much good for shiipping since it probably wouldn't hold enough cushioning.
ReplyDeleteI want you to know that I have had that Eric Clapton song in my head all day since reading your blog this morning. Thanks. The ceiling is leaking here from ice through my light fixtures now that is in the 20s. I have lived here 20 years and it never happened.
ReplyDeleteOH DRAT! Leaks are terrible.
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