Notes and Notions

There’s a note going around Facebook where you make something for the first five people that respond. Fun! I might post it more than once, after I make things for the first five.

Dritz sewing notions are 50% at Hobby Lobby this week, so I went today and got some eyelets and needles. The power cord to my sewing machine came yesterday, so I tried it out. The top thread breaks when I sew too fast. It might just be when I’m doing a fancy stitch, though. The bobbin thread got pretty jammed up, but I set the tension on “Auto”, and whatdaya know, it stopped jamming. The stitches look nice. I had fun trying out the decorative ones, especially the penguin. Who thought to include a penguin stitch? There’s also a duck and what looks like an alligator. I’m not sure I’ll find a reason to use those. The machine is quieter than my other one and seems to sew quite nicely. I was afraid at first that the screen didn’t work, but I just needed to adjust the brightness. It’s a lot heavier than my other machine, too. Which doesn’t mean anything to me, just thought I’d comment…*stops rambling*

Now that I’ve finished reading How Sleep the Brave, I’m back to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. I’m enjoying the humor, and the rest of it.

I thought of something to write about, didn’t hold onto the thought, and lost it when I was rereading my last two sentences.

Oh! My new story. The current “Extra Credit” project on Clean Place is Adopt-a-Plot 2 (because we’ve done it once before). Everyone that wants to participate submits two plot ideas and chooses one submitted by another person to base their story on. The one I picked is, “[Write] A story about a bounty hunter. But he/she’s not just any bounty hunter.” We have to write the story in 6,000 words or less. This might sound like a lot if you don’t have anything to compare it to. It’s not. For example, 50,000 words is on the short side for the average novel. I’m trying to fit as much character development in as possible while still moving the plot along to a satisfactory conclusion, and it’s rather difficult, but I’m enjoying the project overall. I’m posting it on Facebook as I write and get feedback for them, if you want to read it.

I need to go to sleep. Goodnight.

Have an amazing rest of your life!
- WM