So what would you do if you had no job and alot of time on your hands?
Home improvment?
Well, that's what I would do of course.
Current projects include, but are not limited too, revamps of our basement and attic.
You know... keeping your basement and attic spaces free of clutter and organized is good for your Chi. When these areas are not kept tidy it can have an effect on your mood, your attitude and your well being. These in turn affect all aspects of your life.
Also - I am doing my part for America. Its important in these hard economic times to keep the economy moving along. To pull our weight I am internet shopping today for major appliances. These include (and are also not limited too) a refrigerator, a laptop, a shopvac, and a sewing machine. (If anyone has sewing machine advice - please let me know. This is uncharted territory.)
Now I've got to go apply for unemployment. I mean... somebody has to pay for all this stuff.
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Please send some of your motivation my way. 21 days unemployed and I'm about to pull my hair out. My "Chi" is way off.
Me me! I have sewing machine advice.
Ok, so in the past few years most of the major companies have outsourced to china and all but the exclusive high end machines are made of cheap and not terribly wonderful plastic parts.
My advice is to see if you can find a used one, a couple of years old - my favorite brand for them is Husqrvana - and the butch factor goes up because they make lawn mowers and chainsaws too.
See if you can get one that was made in Sweden, as the quality is much better - i was able to buy mine for about $200 not terribly long ago. It is a Viking 205.
Good luck!
I'd rearrange furniture.
If you think that unemployment earnings will pay for anything more than something on the $1 menu at McDonalds, you're in for a RUDE awakening, my friend!
And what will you be sewing???
oh I was also going to recommend Husqrvana for a sewing machine. I know they make really good chainsaws. I was totally surprised when I found out they made sewing machines too. Out of curiousity I dug into it, and found that they are supposed to be really good quality. Just like the chainsaws. Other than that, I know nothing about sewing machines.
no sewing machine advice here, but I can supplement your unemployment checks by paying you to hem all my pants!!
We have a home project that needs some attention? Can we hire you? We won't be able to pay travel costs though....
What would I do w/no job and time on my hands? Why I'd travel to S'bury and help out friends who aren't so handy with a couple of home improvement projects, of course! ;)
Revamp the attic? You mean that place above the second floor and under the roof? I thought that was the mice's domain... our mice, not your mice. I seriously can't remember the last time we went up into our attic, it scares me.
Huskies are great---for yard work or sewing. Used is the best choice. Our local quilting shop (Eddie's Quilting Bee in Sunnyvale, CA---I mention b/c they might have a suggestion for a local place for you---if you email them) has a host of them (sewing and quilting machines, that is) and offers deals, specials, classes and maintenance on the stuff you buy from them at a cut rate. I drool all over one a friend owns, but she actually knows what she's doing with the machine. I failed the sewing portion of my 7th grade HomeEc class---thank G-d for the cooking portion to pull up my grade! I hem, I quilt (badly) and have sewn a few things with my olllllllld Kenmore back when Reagan was in office---in DC, not CA!
Have fun with the projects!
I got kicked out of one sewing class in high school for taking the front cover off the sewing machine so I could see how it worked.
Here in Oz, Elna or Bernina sewing machines used to be the go, but I wouldn't know because sewing machines do not interest me at all, not now that I know how they work.
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