The sewing machine actually saves me hundreds of dollars a year, since i sew most of my own clothes; sewing has been a part of my life since I was 13. Cheers, Christine
On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:00 PM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: > Having to spend all that monies I am not sure if congrats are in order or > not but at least it appears you got some good deals. > > ___________________________________________________ > You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Christine Aguila > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:31 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PAW--Week 29 > > Hi Everyone: > > Well, it hasn't been dull here. My 10 year old used sewing machine died, so > we took it in last Sunday. I'm out of touch with the latest models, so I > started looking around and couldn't believe some of the sale prices, and I > had the manager demonstrate the features on a top Singer model. He > offered me an incredible deal--and I mean incredible--so I left promising > him I'd think about it. Well, after getting the estimate for repairs, I > decided to buy it, and we bought the new machine on Thursday. It works > like a dream. I made a blouse today. The machine is such a joy to use!!! > > Well, after bringing the sewing machine home on Thursday, I thought I'd > check email. That's when we discovered our 6-7 year old HP crashed. We > called HP, and they said it's just to old to fix. > > So, Thursday night, we went to Best Buy just to look around--see what's out > there. When asked, I told the sales guys we were just looking, and I really > meant it! We wondered over the the Mac table, and, of course, we were asked > if we needed any help. "No, we're just looking," I said. > > Then this really nice young sales guy comes up: "Need any help?" > "No, just looking," I said, while playing with the 21.5 inch all-in-one > iMac. > Then Darrel starts talking to him, then I join in, then the next thing we > know we're being offered a deal we just couldn't walk away from--great, > great deal. So, we're a Mac family now. My brother is a Mac guy--"Finally" > and "Congrats" was his response. > > > We've got it set up. Darrel's first question was, "Where are all the > wires?" I have lots to learn; I'm totally discombobulated-- I'm amazed > iPhoto does RAW, and it's editor reminds me of Lightroom a bit. I have to > call Adobe tomorrow about Lightroom--I'm hoping they'll let me upgrade to > Ver. 3 at the upgrade price. There will be lots of data transfer to learn > too. Oh boy, can't wait! > > All in all, we're really pleased with our purchases, but I do have > new-gadget-fatigue. The first shot, I think I actually took last week, but > the other three I did take this week--so it's a legit paw-post. Nothing > really great--I have been a bit preoccupied as they say. Cheers, Christine > > > > http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
