Today the Nice Man came and installed Dick's new computer (a marvel of Western Technology), brought back my cleaned-up tower, hooked up printers, and just generally got us back in business. My computer works like a dream now - it had been very slow and sluggish. Dick's new computer has so many bells and whistles that he's only been able to toot on a couple of them so far. He has the new flat screen monitor, which gives him tons of extra desk space - it's really nice.
I went back to the quilt shop for more goodies to help me put the quilt together. I got a thinner batting, and some quilting pins (outrageously expensive), ready-made quilt binding, and invisible thread. It sounds like a joke, but I had a hard time seeing the invisible thread! The quilting lady at the first store said with her nose in the air, "We don't carry quilt binding - we always make our own." Well the last thing I want to try is making my own binding on the bias! So I went to JoAnn Fabrics - they have lots of ready-made items. Whew! I may just be postponing the inevitable with all these shopping trips - sooner or later I have to go try to pin this thing together! Wish me luck.
Mother needed more Tylenol and Kleenex, so I went to Tom's and picked up those items. At JoAnn's I found an attractive arrangement of fake roses that was reasonably priced - so that will be Mom's Valentine decoration. We had a nice visit, she liked everything - especially the Arthritis Tylenol which has a cap on it that even she can open with her arthritic fingers! She was thrilled. She now has 5 boxes of Kleenex in her cupboard - she's afraid of running out!
Picked up a computer cable at Office Max and headed for home.
