neadods | Small Satisfactions & Sewing Stuff

Just before the new year, I not only emptied the many weeks' worth of trash out of the garage (we kept having windstorms, and I don't like putting out the trash in a high wind), I went down in the basement and got rid of the 3 years' accumulated cardboard boxes.

...and then they didn't pick up the damn trash for a week!

But when I came home yesterday, that pile was gone, gone, gone! Huzzah!

That's satisfaction #1. #2 is being in a position where I can seriously consider going to this expo. I stumbled over it while trying to find digitizing classes, and while none of the classes offered is for beginning digitizing, there's some mighty fine stuff being taught. It's just a pity that my annual pilgrimmage to Williamsburg for the quilting fest doesn't have any embroidery classes, although it has plenty of vendors selling machine embroidery patterns. (It's also a pity that it's not actually in/in walking distance of old Williamsburg this year. I'm thinking of extending my visit for a day so I can take a walk up those oyster-shelled paths and do a little shopping.)

Now that I've got Poohcifer, I want to get the most out of it. That means embroidered clothing and quilts.