Posted by SewPixie on August 3rd, 2008 in Daily Life, Scooter
Okay, I really got back on Wednesday but I don’t go back to work until tomorrow. I need to blog later with all the details but all in all I had a great time. I got to have dinner with Jen and Karen which was awesome! I also spent a lot of time with my sister and her family. My nieces and nephew are so cute! Three little smarties..I couldn’t be prouder.
I finished up the week by laying about very lazily on Thursday and going to TYF on Friday. There are some really scary holes on Apache Blvd that about knocked me off my scooter!! I assume they are from the light rail construction as they were partially covered by metal plates. I really freaked out when I hit the first one and I tried to avoid the second one but couldn’t. Thankfully I did not go flying off the scooter. I really need to get onto four wheels. But with some potential financial crapola that may be a while.
Saturday was pretty boring, grocery shopping and some knitting. Got he sewing room cleaned up today and listed a couple of new bags in the shop. I also finished one more for Betsy so only 3 more to make for her.
Posted by SewPixie on August 12th, 2007 in Home Sweet Home, Scooter
So yesterday was a mixed bag. On the good side I scooted my way to JoAnns. ‘Big deal’ you may think…but for the scared-to-drive girl it was pretty darn good to go down Chandler Blvd on Saturday morning the 3-4 miles to the store…then to the bank…then to the grocery. Woo hoo and ‘go me’/ 
And then things went bad from there. The AC was making an odd rattling noise…before that it sounded odd when it turned off. I didn’t think much of either of these things. Then yesterday afternoon the burning smell started. Now that I thought something of. I turned off the the AC. Tried it again and no cold air. I called the repair people (found someone in the phone book that didn’t charge extra for weekends) and they were going to have someone come out Sunday. About an hour later they called again and were sending someone out that night since they had a cancellation.
The blower motor is unbalanced (pretty much meaning not there isn’t ANYTHING balanced in my life) and a bad bearing yadda yadda. They guy had the right motor but in the unit I have now the bracket is fused to the motor so the guy had no way to put the new one in. Mornday the motor and wheel will be ordered and I can get those put in. So much for the savings pike I had started to accumulate.
Ferrets don’t do well in the heat so I was really freaked out about my baby. I called B and he said he would get him in the morning. So I slept in small slices throughout and the night, awaking to check on Napoleon and put ice near him and wet him (ferrets can’t sweat to a fan alone doesn’t do much). The thermostat read 90 so I was really paranoid since that is around the temp where he could have had heatstroke. His little footpads were warm and I had to keep checking if they and his nise looked too pink.
B came this morning and took Napoleon until Thursday and took Kitaro too. I miss that little guy so much. So it is just me and the cats here for now. We’ve got the front and back door open and all fans going. Those new windows can’t get here fast enough!
I suspect Napoleon has rat tail (but there is also a chance of adrenal disease) so he is going to the vet Thursday along with B’s kitten.
And this is my last day of vacation. I really want to cry. I don’t want to go back to that place. I feel my soul dying already. I have more than enough to deal with in my life that I don’t need the drama of that place.
Let’s recap though that I did get done over my vacation:
* cleaned sewing room including the closet!
* rode scooter a lot
* whacked weeds in the back
* ordered new windows
* finished a quilt
* started 2 new quilts
* sent a swap package
* kept the house picked up
* saw Louis CK at the Improv
* made lots of Blythe clothes for Gracie
* emailed an old friend
* tried meditation
I did want to get the bathrooms cleaned but I think that will have to wait until I get the AC fixed. I did way more crafting than I did cleaning but eh I figure I needed the crafting due to all the stress I have right now.
Posted by SewPixie on June 24th, 2007 in Scooter
yep….Reese the scooter has 100 miles logged on it now! Wooo hoooo
Orlando was great. I didn’t take a lot of pics but will get an upload what I have. TechEd will be there next year too so I hoping to go.
In crafty news…I did get a clock for the sewing room so that is coming along nicely. I made a pad/blanket for the bottom of Napoloeon’s room/cage and some new covers for the couch cushions. I’ve been working on the binding for that first quilt I started a few months back.