Okay, hence if you're genuinely former similar me, you lot mightiness retrieve the Carousel of Progress at Disneyland. I lived inward southern California when I was inward junior high as well as high school, as well as trips to Disneyland were a several-times-a-year occurrence.
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If I'm remembering correctly, it was an present created yesteryear General Electric, as well as the audience moved on a carousel unopen to a serial of rooms that represented progress to the "modern" age, if vintage 1960 seems "modern" to you. Here's exactly i of the rooms you lot could have got seen:
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Okay, hence I suppose you're wondering where I'm going amongst this. It has to create amongst the championship of this post. As I sat downwards to write, I was thinking almost how I'd made progress on many fronts since lastly nosotros talked as well as inward my ruminations, I idea of the Carousel of Progress, which brought to hear the song:
There's a cracking big beautiful tomorrow
Shining at the terminate of every day
There's a cracking big beautiful tomorrow
And tomorrow's exactly a dream away.
Man has a dream, as well as that's a start
He follows his dream amongst hear as well as heart
And when it becomes a reality
It's a dream come upwards truthful for you lot as well as me
There's a cracking big beautiful tomorrow
Shining at the terminate of every day
There's a cracking big beautiful tomorrow
And tomorrow's exactly a dream away!
But don't have got my give-and-take for it, you lot tin hear it for yourself, right here! I know! We're e'er inward the mood for a adept ear worm hither at the Three Cats Ranch! And if you lot can't encounter the video, as well as hence click right here. In fact, you lot tin sense the whole "carousel" ride for yourself!
Well, how tin my yesterday stand upwards up to that? It'll live hard, but hither goes. Of course, I started amongst a circular of irksome stitching. ("Round." That's inward keeping amongst the "carousel" theme.)
The barn is finished now, as well as hence I moved my hoop to the left. And that's the lastly of it.
Well, we're heading out on an RV trip tomorrow, as well as I'll demand some irksome stitching to pack along. With that inward mind, I traced out the tenth of 12 blocks for the Snow Globe quilt. This i is called simply, "Deer."
And then, I was determined to larn the terminal edge sewn on the Cardinal quilt, as well as hence I headed downwards to the sewing room, cut, pressed, as well as pinned the foremost side. Then I switched on the sewing machine.
And permit me exactly tell you, this made my blood boil. This is the foremost message I received from my sewing machine dorsum inward 2013 the real foremost fourth dimension I turned it on when I brought it domicile from the store. I figured out fairly rapidly that yesteryear depressing as well as releasing the threader, I could clear the error, as well as restart the machine to create it. After I depressed as well as released the threader, I'd larn this message:
So, sure, I'd restart the machine, as well as all would live well. I could run upwards along my merry way. Only I've taken my machine inward for annual maintenance inward 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, as well as 2018. Each time, I've mentioned this problem, which was becoming progressively worse. I'd have got to restart the machine several times to clear it. When I took it inward for its lastly maintenance, I mentioned it again. When I brought it home, I got the mistake message the foremost fourth dimension I turned it on. "PUCK!" I yelled. Only, my give-and-take started differently. But still, I could restart the machine (several times) as well as clear it.
So lastly calendar week sometime, it took 17 (I counted) restarts to clear the error. And you lot mightiness wonder how many times I was willing to restart the machine earlier giving up. Well, at nowadays I tin tell you lot that it volition live to a greater extent than than 50 times. Yes, I restarted the machine to a greater extent than than 50 times yesterday, which was when I lost count. I never could clear it. Perhaps at nowadays it is broken for good, as well as I tin finally, finally, finally larn it fixed. In whatever case, I'm going to demand it live covered nether warranty since this work has existed, literally, since Day One.
Well, non to worry. I exactly got out Pfelicity...she's hence sweet...and she finished upwards the chore Big Bertha (at 10 times the cost) could not. And at that spot you lot go...a finished flimsy. Blood pressure level lowering now.
And as well as hence I ate lunch. Now here's the thing, I mean value I've been pretty adept almost non talking almost the diet besides much, but I'll exactly state I've lost five pounds since the get-go of October. And I solely cry this because I desire to tell you lot almost my novel favorite thing to swallow for lunch, which was inspired yesteryear a recipe from the Cooking Light diet. And this hardly needs a recipe. First, you lot toast a piece of bread, as well as and hence you lot spread it amongst some homemade apple tree butter. Then you lot add together a piece of Swiss cheese, as well as hence a quarter of a pear, thinly sliced. (It doesn't affair what variety of pear.) Then, mantle 2 slices of prosciutto over the top, as well as and hence you lot swallow it. Yum.
The recipe from the diet solely allows i piece of prosciutto, but it also adds a side dish of grapes or something. I skip the side dish as well as plow over myself an extra piece of prosciutto. The extra poly peptide keeps me going through the afternoon until dinner time. So anyway...I'm addicted to this now. Think of it every bit Pear as well as Prosciutto Crack.
And as well as hence nosotros hung upwards the kitty pictures. We liked them staggered amend than side yesteryear side.
The artist, Melissa Averinos, does a adept chore amongst the eyes. We'd similar them fifty-fifty if they weren't our ain kitties.
And at that spot was nonetheless fourth dimension left inward the day, as well as hence I decided I'd at to the lowest degree larn started on quilting The More the Marinarier. I dear this ruddy thread. It's a perfect gibe for the ruddy love apple tree fabric.
At some indicate inward time, I ended upwards amongst a few spools of Aurifil thread inward my collection. This is the label from this spool.
The quilt has been sitting out as well as I've been circling it for a while, trying to create upwards one's hear what to create amongst it. I actually didn't desire to create anything on those love apple tree seed parcel panels, as well as hence I ended upwards doing the whole thing inward uncomplicated right away lines. I outlined the seed packets, as well as and hence exactly quilted right away lines inward all the other strips.
Here's how it looks from the back. I've e'er loved this love apple tree fabric. It's such a pretty shade of red.
And at nowadays that i is finished, except for the binding. I'll larn that sewn on yesteryear machine today, as well as and hence have got it amongst us when nosotros run RVing this calendar week to complete the manus sewing.
There's breadstuff rising downstairs. I mixed it upwards lastly night. I took a picture, but it was variety of gross...like person had already eaten it, hence never mind. In whatever case, it was left overnight, as well as I was a piffling disappointed it didn't brand to a greater extent than progress. For now, it's sitting inward a warmer spot, as well as I mean value it's looking a piffling livelier. I nonetheless demand to shape it into a boule as well as and hence plow over it some other rising inward a proofing basket, which is where I'm headed next.
Other than that, Mike as well as I are going into town to run a few errands, as well as I'm going to driblet off Big Bertha at the repair shop. They'd amend create her this time. I have got murder on my mind, but I'll refrain from mentioning that when I driblet her off. It volition in all probability live obvious yesteryear the evil glint inward my eye.
But hey...there's a cracking big beautiful tomorrow...!