busy days!

I'm taking off for Texas again tomorrow.  During the last few days I've been scrambling to get my sewing finished while we're getting our plans finalized for the construction/renovation of the back yard -- WHEW.  Talking to the last contender for landscaping this afternoon, but I think i'll put the sauerbraten (I've been marinating for the last couple of days) on to cook before we leave....

My sewing machine started to misbehave yesterday afternoon -- AAAAARGH!  It's gonna have to go back to the repairman, because unlike the antiques, you can't reach the problem that needs solving in a modern machine ... just like automobiles!  The last half-hour before I gave up last night, I disinterred a middle-aged machine I inherited, just to see if it was in any condition to make buttonholes -- [moan of frustration] buttonholing is one of the most magical things my Bernina DOES!  Making them using an outmoded technique on a machine i'm unfamiliar with won't be fun!  And making them by hand is something I avoid as much as possible.

Unlike the old days, I won't be cooking anything special to take along.  I won't bring car snacks;  being well adapted to VLC, I no longer need them.  I'll probably let my husband take me to breakfast, then not eat for 6 or 8 hours, and pick up an early supper on the road.  I'll take a couple of cans of fish (tuna, salmon, sardines and kippers), a few nuts, a couple of bottles of champagne and lots of mineral water to see me through the weekend.  ;-)  Meg suggested that British tropical classic, the gin'n'tonic because of the possible heat, so I have some New Amsterdam decanted into an appropriate bottle and a period-reproduction label ready to paste on....

It'll be a quick trip this time, because I need to be back home NEXT Thursday, but i'll try to fit in as much fun and socializing as possible.  Talk to you all later!