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November 6, 2020
Holy Cow - what a week. As time drug on and on with no electricity (the ice storm that hit was monumental, but then it's 2020, I shouldn't be surprised), I was losing hope. I knew so many people around our expansive city that did not have power and didn't see how they were ever going to be able to get anything up by their deadline tomorrow night.
This is pretty much how I feel:
CAPTION: December Tornadoes, Christmas Locusts, and Holiday Famine Diet Are Always Options!
Ugh! Even the lockdown wasn't as bad as the ice storm and then loss of electricity. That means no sewing for 11 days. Walt once remarked to me, "Aren't you looking forward to the day when you don't have to sew all the time?" And I responded, "Please don't take my sewing away from me." I think he's seen, particularly the last days, when there was no hope of getting my juice back on even
for this week, much less next week!
And then for my class on the 13th. I am SO looking forward to seeing everyone and my like-kind on the 13th. And was scared to death I wouldn't be able to do that!
Then this afternoon about 3pm......coming down the street that dead ends into our driveway....yep, an Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) truck. I almost cried, and fell to my knees and clasp my hands and mouthed "THANK YOU!" to the drive. He smiled and waved, turned the corner and stopped half way down the block and parked!!!! The other truck went around the corner to my neighbors back yard and started working on the
line that goes to the back of our home to string a new line up!
Now this may not mean a lot to you, but what it does mean is that I'm very likely to get power late tonite (most likely in the middle of the night all the lights will come on - it IS 2020 after all!), but definitely by tomorrow.
That means that the Free Live Video for Monday is on. Now if you don't have power, no worries - simply sign up and that way you will get a copy of the video and even better the accompanying Google Document where you can make comments, ask questions and the conversation continues.
I'm so excited about this!
This also means that definitely the class on Bernina of OKC Friends (on Facebook) is totally on and will definitely take place.
I'm real excited to see you all again this Monday!
So when the site gets working and back up, I'll put that here, but in the meantime, I've been thinking of some fun things to do while the site is under construction.
One of the things that's happened since the Covid thing started is that I've met so many of you through Zoom Live Videos, and I can't think of anything more fun than getting together and us getting together once a month. These are a blast, and you can give me your questions ahead of time here (that makes it nice cause you can also upload photos and
talk about what is specifically you want to know), but also that allows me time to set up a demo or explanation if I have to be at the drafting board or the sewing machine. My little zoom account can't handle all of you, so those who want to attend will need to send me an RSVP so that I can give you the password to enter the Zoom call.
Simply Respond to this Email with this in the topic:
RSVP Monthly Live Video Zoom
Now, you don't have to ask any questions, sometimes it's fun to simply lurk silently and listen to what others are asking cause this will often help you. As a matter of fact this is how I learned sewing. There was sort of a home-room classroom style where some were very advanced, some were beginners like I was in the beginning, and what I learned was what I didn't know and didn't even know to ask. So sometimes I might be working on fitting a dress, when
another student was doing a tailored jacket, and in a later class I could ask my teacher, "Hey, you were working with Suzy and she was wanting you to teach her how to stay stitch the collar?....how do you do that?" I learned all sorts of things this way.
Simply respond to this email with this in the topic:
RSVP Monthly Zoom Live Video
and I can send on the information.
For November we'll be doing the first Free-for-all video on November 9th at 11:00am CST, so RSVP and I'll send on the password and the meeting information.
Progress is being made on the site and below are links to three of my favorite blogs. Just test it out and see what you think. As always I love to hear from you - respond to this email is all you have to do.
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As the site finishes (toward mid-December) I will start posting a lot of blogs on there with gobs of information to start populating that again! I actually have most of the good ones out there. If there's one you loved that isn't in this three - PLEASE tell me and I'll post one up and do an update! See below for the blogs I have up now.
Thank You!!!
On the Blog
PS - I do a lot of posting on Facebook as SewingArtistry - like my page to see more goodies!
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