Life is good at times

It has been raining all day.  Rained yesterday.  And the day before.

I went to the store and when I got home I found -- and I still can't believe it -- Dallas and Sadie laying in the same chair side by side.  I about fainted!  I have never seen Dallas this close to Sadie without a fight going on!

Way back when I was in school I took some sewing classes and even made some things -- pants, dresses, even a bathing suit.  But is has been forever since I made much of anything.  I still own a sewing machine and after my trip to the cloth store I thought I should break it back out.

I am starting SLOWLY and on something to is supposed to be easy.  How easy you may ask?  Well, you know those books that the title says "....for Dummies"?  Did you know you can get sewing patterns that say the same thing?  Really, I kid you not.  I went and bought a "Pattern for Dummies" on making a slip cover for my living room chair.  I don't have the money for the material right now, but hopefully the pattern will help me figure out how to measure the chair and come up with how much material I will need to buy.

More GREAT news.  I took a loan out 3 years ago to pay to have central air put in and replace my furnace.  So that I wouldn't have to put my house up to secure the loan my parents put up one of there CD's.  My loan was due to be paid off this summer and I knew my dad wanted to free up that CD.  We were out so we stopped at the back to see exactly how much I still owe (about 3 months of payments), and I got the shock of my life!  My dad went ahead and paid off the loan!! Woo Hoo  I had been thinking of taking the money out of my savings account to pay it off, but this will work fine with me!