Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

A sad, sad tale

I have wanted a spinning wheel since Fall of last year. I’ve been looking, listening, and taking classes. I’ve borrowed, practiced, and looked some more. I asked family and friends to contribute to the cause with my birthday in mind, and happily, I received enough. I am touched and grateful to you all. Saturday night, while at the SPJ awards banquet for Nate, someone broke into my car by smashing the back window.

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Bye bye spinning wheel. Sigh. (To clarify, no wheel was stolen from my car. But repairing my car is going to take most of my funds). I even had a wheel picked out. It’s actually a used wheel that belonged to a woman who died from cancer last year. Her sweet husband has been saving it for me since February so I could save up. It’s a walnut lendrum with an obscene amount of accessories, Wooly Winders, many, many bobbins, etc. I was excited. I’m thinking now that I should probably let this one go and practice patience. Amazingly, I’m not devastated. Highly annoyed, sure. But not devastated.

Out of curiosity, does anyone have a spinning wheel they’re looking to sell? A lendrum would be great. I’ve quite fallen in love with them, truth be told, despite their rather plain appearance. A maple, single treadle would make me happy, and would be much cheaper than the walnut wheel I was hoping for. There will probably be some money left after my car is fixed. (This is the second fix my car will require with my birthday money, but the first one by itself wasn’t enough to take it all away).

I mentioned the awards banquet. My fabulous Nate has been winning SPJ awards for the last four years. He wins for his writing, magazine layout, and illustrations. I’m so proud of him. This year he won 1st place for Cover/Page layout, and 2nd for illustration.

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See the award on the table? He would be looking happier, if we hadn’t just come back in from seeing our car smashed. I’m glad we made it back in time to hear his name called. That would have REALLY sucked.

Congratulations, Nate! I’m very, very proud of you.

A few of you have expressed interest in the recipe for the black bottom cupcakes so wantonly displayed on Friday’s post. Well, here you go….