Did You Accomplish Anything Today?

hollydolly said:
you should start a little local tailoring business, just making a few simple alterations ..curtains etc.. it costs more money for curtain alterations than anything else around these parts.. and people want them done all the time..
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I've thought about that but I'm not sure my back will allow it. Also my machine is is not a smart-machine...no flourishing programs, just basic stitching and finishes.
 
Just wanted to tell you how much I admire you, Mur.

I know it's fun and all to slide a joke in every now and then and rib others, but all jokes aside, the best tailors I have known and dealt with were all European... Germans, Italians, Portuguese.

They were all masters of their craft and did exemplary work.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Just wanted to tell you how much I admire you, Mur.

I know it's fun and all to slide a joke in every now and then and rib others, but all jokes aside, the best tailors I have known and dealt with were all European... Germans, Italians, Portuguese.

They were all masters of their craft and did exemplary work.
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Gramps was Italian :) . He was my great-grandfather, actually, my mother's grandfather, and lived to 98 and never stopped working!

Thanks Marg. I'm the product of some very wonderful people.

And I gotta add, you are a hoot. But I've seen you be serious, too, and you are a sharp, classy lady as well. 👍
 
Aunt Marg said:
Just wanted to tell you how much I admire you, Mur.

I know it's fun and all to slide a joke in every now and then and rib others, but all jokes aside, the best tailors I have known and dealt with were all European... Germans, Italians, Portuguese.

They were all masters of their craft and did exemplary work.
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Ok, I thought that was a PM.

Now everyone knows, "Murr's got a crush on Ma-arg, Murr's got a crush on Ma-arg..." hahaha!
 
Murrmurr said:
Gramps was Italian :) . He was my great-grandfather, actually, my mother's grandfather, and lived to 98 and never stopped working!

Thanks Marg. I'm the product of some very wonderful people.

And I gotta add, you are a hoot. But I've seen you be serious, too, and you are a sharp, classy lady as well. 👍
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Knowing how long your great-grandfather worked, is exactly in keeping with what I knew in respect to the past tailors I personally dealt with over the years. They all worked late into their lives.

Your kind words just made my day, Mur. Thank you so kindly for them.

Right back at you for being the fun and easy going person that you are. You have added such a warm and welcome presence to this forum that so many of us call home.
 
Murrmurr said:
My sister is 5'2" and also dainty, so hems are not only issue, I had to adjust the bodices as well. But I got the last 3 done in one day because the designs were uncomplicated.
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Wow, I have found that merely trying to iron my wife's clothes is difficult. Everything seems small with odd little curves and what not. It did not take me long to figure out that there were better ways for me to help her out. I stick to ironing my own clothes now.
 
Pecos said:
Oh, I have always ironed my own clothes from the time I was a young teen.
... and any good Sailor learns how to iron their own clothes. Mommas don't go to sea with them.🤣
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In order to avoid ironing his own clothes, my Husband married me while he was in the Navy. So the first thing I ironed for him was his navy whites. My Mother-in-law said one of the reasons she loved my husband marrying me was so she didn't have to do his ironing anymore because he was very critical of the way she ironed.
 
I "accomplished" something wonderful yesterday - I became a great-grandmother! My eldest granddaughter gave birth yesterday morning to an absolutely gorgeous baby girl, 8 lb. 7 oz.. She was born by C-section, which may be part of the reason she is so beautiful; I think babies born that way avoid that banged-up look most of them have when they first come out.

Mother and daughter are healthy, the baby looks peaceful and happy, and her parents are over the top, already in love with her. Unfortunately, they live in the Chicago area, so it will be a while before I get to meet her in person, probably not until March or April. But we do have Facetime (the baby is going to call me later today) and of course, she will be brought to our family's weekly Zoom meetings.

What a lovely milestone in my life, and it's so nice to have some happy news these days. :)
 
We have thick freezing fog today... so nothing done outdoors, apart from to rid myself of a HUGE frosty spiders web which was covering the whole of the office window from the guttering down to the window ledge. I should have taken a photo before I removed it, it was covered in ice. ..and looked very pretty.

Got the kitchen floors washed , I almost always do it on my hands and knees , so I can get all the baseboards and bottom of the back door etc, done at the same time..

Got the beds changed, and as it's my Wedding anniversary today hubs has agreed to Vac all through the house upstairs and down... which he's going to do shortly.. after he's taken a link out of the bracelet of my watch so it's not so loose

We can't go anywhere to celebrate due to the lockdown, and if it had been a nicer day we'd have taken a walk in the woods behind my house..(which is allowed) but sadly it wasn't nice ... so vacc'ing for me will do nicely..thanks muchly... :LOL:
 
hollydolly said:
We have thick freezing fog today... so nothing done outdoors, apart from to rid myself of a HUGE frosty spiders web which was covering the whole of the office window from the guttering down to the window ledge. I should have taken a photo before I removed it, it was covered in ice. ..and looked very pretty.

Got the kitchen floors washed , I almost always do it on my hands and knees , so I can get all the baseboards and bottom of the back door etc, done at the same time..

Got the beds changed, and as it's my Wedding anniversary today hubs has agreed to Vac all through the house upstairs and down... which he's going to do shortly.. after he's taken a link out of the bracelet of my watch so it's not so loose

We can't go anywhere to celebrate due to the lockdown, and if it had been a nicer day we'd have taken a walk in the woods behind my house..(which is allowed) but sadly it wasn't nice ... so vacc'ing for me will do nicely..thanks muchly... :LOL:
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Happy Anniversary, @hollydolly !
 
hollydolly said:
We have thick freezing fog today... so nothing done outdoors, apart from to rid myself of a HUGE frosty spiders web which was covering the whole of the office window from the guttering down to the window ledge. I should have taken a photo before I removed it, it was covered in ice. ..and looked very pretty.

Got the kitchen floors washed , I almost always do it on my hands and knees , so I can get all the baseboards and bottom of the back door etc, done at the same time..

Got the beds changed, and as it's my Wedding anniversary today hubs has agreed to Vac all through the house upstairs and down... which he's going to do shortly.. after he's taken a link out of the bracelet of my watch so it's not so loose

We can't go anywhere to celebrate due to the lockdown, and if it had been a nicer day we'd have taken a walk in the woods behind my house..(which is allowed) but sadly it wasn't nice ... so vacc'ing for me will do nicely..thanks muchly... :LOL:
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Happy Anniversary!
 
Yup, walked over 10.000 steps. I know that cause my new watch says I did. Started whittling come curtain rods, keeping my hands and brain busy. Couple of days ago we got over 4000 new covid patients in Ontario, double checking my supplies then settling in for a few weeks. Too many city people heading this way these days.
 
I was so tired yesterday after a busy two ays that I fell asleep very early...4 p.m. I slept til about 11:30 p.m. and have been up ever since. I sorted laundry, disinfected the laundry bags I use to bring the clean clothes back upstairs then went down to the community laundry room to wash clothes about 3 a.m. I loaded the dishwasher, reorganized items in my tote bag (used as a purse), put away some of the items I bought after two days of shopping, showered and made two prayers, all before sunrise. I have a dryer in the apartment, so I dried the clothes after taking a nap and ran the dishwasher. I'm done for the day, so I'll probably put the clothes away tomorrow. My DIL had sent me some food, which my son delivered the night before, so I'm glad I did not have to cook today.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I was so tired yesterday after a busy two ays that I fell asleep very early...4 p.m. I slept til about 11:30 p.m. and have been up ever since. I sorted laundry, disinfected the laundry bags I use to bring the clean clothes back upstairs then went down to the community laundry room to wash clothes about 3 a.m. I loaded the dishwasher, reorganized items in my tote bag (used as a purse), put away some of the items I bought after two days of shopping, showered and made two prayers, all before sunrise. I have a dryer in the apartment, so I dried the clothes after taking a nap and ran the dishwasher. I'm done for the day, so I'll probably put the clothes away tomorrow. My DIL had sent me some food, which my son delivered the night before, so I'm glad I did not have to cook today.
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It's always a nice day when you don't have to cook isn't it. I need to cook the ground turkey I took out of the freezer and I'm too tired to do it because I've been up since 4:00 in the afternoon yesterday haven't slept.
 

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