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.
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.
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….
May 24th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
Oh Laura, I am sorry! Something better wil open up to you down the road to make the wait so very worthwile 🙂
Congrats to Nate on his award!
May 25th, 2005 at 12:12 am
Sorry to read these news – was anything stolen from the car? It happened to me once that I babysat for 2 weeksin a row to make some extra cash and then, one evening, on the way to the childrens house I had a small accident and the money I had made went towards that repair. Never understood the universal logic of this accident.
I am happy that you were not present when this happpened, i.e. you suffered no injury.
Thats most important
Barbara
May 25th, 2005 at 12:26 am
So sorry to hear about your car! You will get your wheel…hang in there.
That is awesome about your son and the SPJ awards…congratulations to Nate!
May 25th, 2005 at 1:12 am
Oh Laura, that’s horrible! It makes me so sad to hear about those kind of things happening in our city! I remember when Phil and I lived in Fremont and our car and my bike were stolen in the same week… We got the car back after a few days, but decided it was time to move. 🙂 That totally bites that you have to use your birthday money to fix it too… Will the guy with the wheel not wait a bit longer? It seems a shame to just let the whole thing go, especially since it comes with all those accessories.
May 25th, 2005 at 1:13 am
Laura, I am so very sorry about your car and future wheel. I agree with Niter – something better will come along and/or maybe that nice gentleman will be willing to wait a while longer……
Many congratulations to your husband on his award!!
May 25th, 2005 at 1:21 am
Well, that sucks. That sucks a lot! (w00t, with the proper use of English.)
Anyways, I’m so sorry about your car window…stupid vandals/thieves!
I wish I had a wheel to loan you. Oh, congrats to Nate again (way to go!), and thanks for the receipe. I think I might try adapting it to a gluten free version.
May 25th, 2005 at 1:39 am
I’m so sorry to hear about your car and your spinning wheel! 🙁 Something unexpected (good unexpected) will happen and you will get your wheel eventually 🙂
Congrats to Nate!
I think I may have to try makin the black bottom cupcakes! They looked so yummy!
May 25th, 2005 at 4:27 am
I’m sorry to hear about your car. Were there any other cars damaged too? Was anything stolen? I hope you find another way to get your wheel. And congrats to Nate!
May 25th, 2005 at 5:00 am
Laura, you need to post a Big Huge Paypal button on your site right now! I’m sure I’m not the only blogger who loves to read your entries and will help replenish your Wheel Fund. We want to help, so give us a chance. It’s not every day you turn 30, y’know.
May 25th, 2005 at 5:07 am
Oh, how crummy. 🙁
Insurance doesn’t help with stuff like this?
May 25th, 2005 at 5:13 am
I’m sorry that that happened to you. Boooo, thieves!
May 25th, 2005 at 6:12 am
What a bummer. Do you have car insurance? It should pay for most of it, less the deductible is high???
May 25th, 2005 at 8:08 am
I second the request for the paypal button!
May 25th, 2005 at 8:56 am
Oh, so very sorry about the car. What bad news…
May 25th, 2005 at 12:00 pm
That is a bummer about your car! I sometimes think that cars sense when you have money and they decide they want their share :-). Every time we get a large sum and make plans to pay off some bills, one of our vehicles breaks down. At least Nate got some good news that night.