Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

Friday the 13th.

Numerologically, 13 isn't a bad number. It's just a number of change - the old giving way to the new. Adapting to change gracefully brings out the strength of the 13 vibration. I'll try and keep that in mind today. It sounds palatable, but how it plays out in life - well....

It's been quiet in real estate land the past several days. No calls for showings or previews. Like a mini lull. Fall Foliage is in near full swing here - couldn't be a more perfect time to be wowed when home shopping.

But as it turned out yesterday, the dryer (bought at a yard sale, oh 5 years ago? maybe more) decided it didn't want to work. Thank goodness I got through the clothing and just had wet sheets left, which went onto the line - but WHO wants to view a house with laundry hanging outside? So, no scheduled showings is OK, until hubby fixes the dryer. Or I can just shove the linens back into a machine to hide them temporarily!

But UN-fortunately, yesterday was the day I decided to wash and full the 6 new Pillbox hat samples. Well, they got washed and spun out, but NO drying is in their immediate future. So, they're lying there, drying - ufda.

I don't felt via endless trips in the washer, but then I don't ever design something that needs felting until the sts are obliterated! I prefer a fulling - just a tightening up of the fabric. For this, a brief trip or 2 through the permanent cycle of the dryer is ideal. It does actually require heat, tho! and that drum was ice cold.

Our tea kettle crapped out as well, the other day. Sure it was 5+ years old, but that's no reason for the entire handle to begin disengaging from the pot! The 19 year old car needed parts, too, a week ago.

It all better cut it out! I know all our stuff is old, and is held together by electrical tape (the vacuum!) and denial of their age (if ya can't afford to replace something, it doesn't help to dwell on it), but it all needs to hang on JUST A BIT longer. Until we sell and move and can get some new stuff, like -
new vacuum (this one's olive green, so that tells you how old it is! It was a gift and we are grateful the thing has lasted this long and is still kicking, thanks to hubby)
new microwave (same age as vacuum! but I want to keep this old one for dyeing - it's SO large!),
new, water saving front loading washer and dryer (not these wasteful top loaders),
new couch ('cause this cheap one's not good for our backs, so I don't even sit on it. I sit on the carpet and work),
new chairs ('cause these yard sale chairs are worth what we paid for them),
new mattress (see couch comment, tho it doesn't bother me as much as hubby, as women tend to need softer mattresses for our curves!),
new lawn mower/tractor ('cause this antique POS needs parts all the time, and *always* when he's in the middle of mowing or plowing snow),
and eventually, a car that isn't 19 years old. We seem to buy them at 14-15 years old and run them into the ground - easy to do when he drives 100 miles a day back and forth to work.

I think that's most of the list - LOL!! Just a few minor accoutrements!! But, I guess that makes us good recyclers? We use things until they are plum worn out!

So, the 13 vibe has been at work here, trying to kill off our old stuff! Hahahaha. It can stop now, thank you!

Onward, cautiously, lest something else break!