~I Worked Today~

I got up early today kinda, about 6 and today as it is

ending, I feel like I really actually DID something that was

of value, that mattered and that someone really needed..

and the best part was I got paid to do it.. Traci gave me

her daughters pants to hem up, blue jeans and a cotton

pair.. Jeans are such a thick material..not easy to work

with.. She paid me to hem them for her..Said she was

going to try to do it her self..but it involved cutting them

shorter and she was nervous about that as she really

doesn't sew much.. I usually like to have the person in

front of me or have a pair that are just right in length to

use as a guide just to be safe.. But I accomplished that

today and didn't take me really long..about 4 hours or so..

I took a break after I folded and cut and got them ready

to sew.. but all in all about 4 hours.. and I got thirty dollars.

Which is not bad pay...over 9 dollars an hour.. My time is

worth that.. I used to charge 7 for cotton and 10 for jeans

before when I did this as a business...But this is good..I

enjoyed doing it.. I really did...

While I sat at the kitchen table, I plugged my iron in of course,

that is always the first thing I do..Then I got the heaviest

towel I could find and folded it and used that to lay the pants

on to iron the hems... I cant sew with out an iron.. Wrinkles

drive me insane.. I hate them... and if I make something and

it has a wrinkle I will almost just throw it away if I cant get

the wrinkles out.. But I hemmed every pair by hand.. which I

can most definitely tell right now as the end of my index finger

on my right hand is sore.. I usually use a thimble when I sew

to push the needle through the material.. well .. you can NOT

wear a thimble with long fingernails.. and I bet that middle

finger nail is a half inch long..thimbles will not work.. I sure

missed it though...But I got them all done..and they do look

very nice... I am a good sewer and I can say that , because

I can prove what I can do...

I think when you can prove how well you do something does

give you a sort of bragging right..nothing over board..but the

right to tell that you know what you are doing.. I sat there at

the table and when you sew your mind can wander off to

things.. I thought back of when I had my business and my

sewing room and how many pairs of pants I have done just

that very same thing, hemmed them.. It was a good feeling

to sew.. To me its not work..but I do work hard at it.. but its

fun to me.. its play..My sister and I both call it that when we

would go into our sewing rooms just to see what we felt like

making, or just going thru stuff and seeing again what we had.

Shirley and I both have a 'thing' for material..

Many times we would go to the Amish town called Shipshewana,

they had some fabric shops that were amazing and not outrageous

prices.. She did the same thing as I did..we would slowly walk the

aisles between the bolts of material..so tall you couldn't even see

over the top of them.. we walked slow so we could eye every bolt,

the ones that caught our attention because of the color or the print,

then we would have to touch it.. Shirley would find something she

really liked and would call out to me, I was never far away, and I

would go and look at what she had found, her first words were

"I just HAVE to HAVE this".. and she would grin from ear to ear,

look at the price, say "Stan would kill me if he knew I got this "

and she would take it up to the counter to have it measured to

the length she wanted..she very seldom got under 3 yards..It

was a favorite thing to do..both of us wishing that we had that

whole store, and all the wonderful things we could make...

Well I worked today and I am going to go and have some of

my left over meat pie..then AFTER that I will call and tell the

boy I made it in case he wants to come and get the rest.. I'll

share..hes good to me..But I will get MY share before I give

Donnie his.. Penny comes tomorrow and I may have her

help me move stuff in my bedroom so I can open my

machine... or bring my main one up from the basement..I

hope it doesn't smell..that would upset me.. its plastic so

I hope it doesn't..

I feel I earned my keep today even though that wasn't a huge

amount of money.. but it will get me that crock pot I want or

I may put it towards the winter coat I should have..Its a good

feeling.. some days I feel I am just nothing but a liability to me

and many others that are tired of listening to me gripe at

them.. namely my landlords..Ive not heard a word.. I wonder

if they will get that window in this year before it snows.. Only

taking a year.. what a bunch.. I think those coconuts need

to go back up in the tree.. :-) they need to ripen more or

something :-) I need food, TV and some sleep and of course

to write my GORGEOUS WEEBLE words.."Nitey Nite" ;-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? Love ya..and Thanks :-)

ALways, Lois ***

God Bless you, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again.....