Right now, we're being visited by Hurricane Sandy. Major storms bring out interesting behaviors in people. Yesterday in between church services, I went to a local dairy, and the place was full of shoppers. What can I say? I was there, too. My reason was not to get extra milk , bread, cheese, eggs, or other hurricane staples. I went to get three pints of ice cream because I only allow myself to eat ice cream on Sundays after dinner. I got three pints because it's Buy 2, get 1 free. This supply will last for a good while. Anyway, I heard one cashier say,"These people act like it's the end of the world!"
I know the world will one day come to an end, and I live to be in the right position on that day. If I'm living in obedient faith, it'll be okay if I'm at the dairy on that day.
Take care and be safe,
Sylvia
Monday, October 29, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Mending
A young lady relative approached me with a pair of slacks. The inseam had come apart, so she wasn't able to wear them. She asked, "Do you think I should take these to a tailor shop and have them sewn?"
My reply was, "They just need to be stitched back together, the opening is only about 5 inches. A running stitch will do it, but a back stitch would hold better. Can't you just sew them yourself and save some money?"
She said, " I don't know how to sew them."
Her facial expression showed me that she was serious. Of course, I sewed them for her, and we'll soon have a date for me to teach her how to sew a couple of mending stitches.
This event made me think of how, long ago, mothers or grandmothers or junior high school home economics teachers prepared young people with basic life skills for when they were to be on their own. My sister knows how to stitch mend, and I think my brothers do also. (Of course, one of them is an exceptional clothing designer, so he knows more about it than the rest of us!) My husband knows how to stitch mend, too. I wonder if it's a Baby Boomer thing.
Do you know how to stitch mend? Do your children know how?
Smiles,
Sylvia
My reply was, "They just need to be stitched back together, the opening is only about 5 inches. A running stitch will do it, but a back stitch would hold better. Can't you just sew them yourself and save some money?"
She said, " I don't know how to sew them."
Her facial expression showed me that she was serious. Of course, I sewed them for her, and we'll soon have a date for me to teach her how to sew a couple of mending stitches.
This event made me think of how, long ago, mothers or grandmothers or junior high school home economics teachers prepared young people with basic life skills for when they were to be on their own. My sister knows how to stitch mend, and I think my brothers do also. (Of course, one of them is an exceptional clothing designer, so he knows more about it than the rest of us!) My husband knows how to stitch mend, too. I wonder if it's a Baby Boomer thing.
Do you know how to stitch mend? Do your children know how?
Smiles,
Sylvia
Friday, October 12, 2012
Chicken Check
Some people are busy with ways to get around the law. A recent article reports about a person who was arrested at an airport because he smuggled in more than five pounds of cocaine into another country. What's unusual is that the cocaine was stuffed inside roasted chickens. An airport security scanner detected that oblong packages containing the drug were wrapped in foil and stuffed inside the cooked chickens. While many of us consider roasted chickens as tasty and low fat sources of protein, at least one person saw roasted chickens as drug containers. From now on, when I see a roasted chicken, I may think about this news article. Check your chickens.
Smiles,
Sylvia
Smiles,
Sylvia
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