Waiting...

Since I'm sitting here waiting for a car, I can take the time to do an update.

I've been working on the vanity stool the last couple of days. My fingers hurt from pulling out about 100 staples; clearly this was machine upholstered. But I can finally see the end of this particular project. If there's enough fabric, I'll make a reversible bottom cushion instead of the attached one that came with it. Waiting for a car to be available to go get interfacing at the fabric store so I can finish this up.

Watched the school board meeting on TV the other night. ALM thinks I'm out of mind to watch these meetings, but there really is a lot that takes place. Missed the beginning where the new principals for the new high schools were announced, so had to look up the info on board docs. Unfortunately, saw Little Dude's OT listed as one of the employees who is resigning at the end of the school year. We had two OT's last year and then a different one this year, so I'm not anxious to change once again, especially since the last two have been providing both services and information beneficial to the team and our plan. Just learned this year from our current OT why he rights down the middle of the page; wish someone had educated me about this at an earlier date as this has been driving me crazy for years. Now I can let it go and concentrate on the content.

Anyway, back to the school board meeting. There didn't seem to be any announcements on elementary level leadership positions so will have to wait to find out who our next principal will be. I also missed the public comments from Dominion HS parents about the suspensions of students after drinking wine during a recent field trip to France. In other words, all of the fun viewing was over by the time I tuned in! Heard the discussion on grandfathering fifth graders, but didn't hear a single word about special exceptions for special ed students. If Little Dude was affected by a boundary change in fifth grade and I didn't know what options I had, I'd be ticked. We've been planning for his transition to middle school for the last two annual IEP meetings. And his caseworker and I are trying to plan a joint visit to the middle school before finals start to continue this planning.

The discussion on grade weighting was tense, but I was glad to see that all of the advocacy of parents was not ignored. What is the advantage of taking Honors classes if there is no weighting available for the extra work and commitment? And who wouldn't agree that the Science Academy coursework should be weighted? Will have to tune in next time to see what happens. Not going to get involved in the Wheatland issue as it is now a dead deal, and we have our own problems with land and a high school right here in Dulles North.

Yeah, SOL's are finished for another year!

So Sew

I really don't like to be cagey. Got a cold call this morning about window treatments, and not surprisingly, one of the first questions was about pricing. As a consumer, I certainly understand why cost is near the very top of the list of questions, but as a service supplier, I have to be careful to vet the calls and make sure they're legitimate potential customers. Giving out my pricing information to possible competitors due to my own naivety can leave me idle. But we made an appointment for a consultation next week, so I relayed some basic figures.

Am developing quite the list of possible projects:
Current project - reupholstering a swivel vanity stool for the daughter of a neighbor & Bunko friend.
Next project - roman shades for a bay window for a friend & Deacon-to-be at church.
Quotes Given:
Bunko friend who will be a repeat customer with a pillow order; waiting on fabric.
Neighbor, fellow Mom of an '08 grad & Bunko friend who wants living room treatments; waiting on fabric also.
Consults:
Dear friend who wants new cushions & pillows for outdoor use; might have found what she wanted and will only require alterations to existing covers.
Church couple spoke with me at coffee hour about window valances; need to make consult appointment.
And this morning's cold call; moving into newly built home in fall - I like her time frame of 5-6 months!

Have been dragging my feet on the current project as upholstery is not on my list of favorite hits, and there are a lot of mechanical parts to this stool. But rainy days are the best for sewing, so I'm trying to get it off of my to do list.

Meanwhile...
Little Dude has a cold with no fever, but quite the runny nose. Dosed him up and sent him to school as the VA Studies SOL is tomorrow and I'm sure they will practice for it today. He made an 86% on the online practice test this weekend, so he should do fine.

Ms Giggles worked at one or both jobs all weekend. She looks like she could use an extra day of sleep, but we all know how happy she'll be when the paychecks start.

Floggy called many times over the weekend. He and Gramps got the car towed to the Mechanic School on Friday. Since he doesn't have cable or internet where he's staying, he called for updates on the Indy 500. But when he found out that we had left money in his account after loaning him the deposit for the tow bar, he walked to the grocery and then back with a whole lot of dairy products. Reassured him that it wouldn't be spoiled; boy was he happy.

Finally went to see Star Trek yesterday with ALM & Little Dude. Ended up at Tally Ho theater as Brambleton Fox was sold out. Movie was great, but we might need to see it again on a bigger screen with better sound. Nearly had an accident on the way home as a young female driver in a rear wheel drive car did two 360's across 4 lanes of traffic and right in front of us. But the ABS worked perfectly and we stopped without skidding; didn't get rear ended either.

And Little Dude knew the purpose of Memorial Day.
A great weekend.