Daylight savings, sewing machines, socks and other things

Can't believe how quickly the days go by. First up, Americanah. Really enjoying this book. Very interesting, well written and it is giving me some insight to the trials, feelings and behaviors of immigrants and their perspective on American living. Can't wait for next Monday for our book club discussion. At the last meeting one of our group had on a pair of banned books socks-

. Very cute. Upon returning from Florida and after doing some laundry I discovered that the ceiling in the linen closet had collapsed due to a leak from the toilet (no worry- only clean water) from the third floor bathroom which my son uses. Every towel, sheet, pillowcase was soaked. It took almost three days to wash everything because the spin cycle on the washer machine didn't work (unless going through an entire cycle). I had to have an emergency visit by our contractor (who is also a good friend) and then meet with not one but two insurance agents to assess the damage to file a claim. Frustrating as we have never filed a claim before..... Hopefully the work to fix everything will start tomorrow. But, because everything is 28 years old it looks as if the bathroom will be a total redo except for the shower. Ugh. On a happier note while looking at houses with my son I stumbled upon an series 15 Singer sewing machine at an estate sale. The sale started Friday and went until Sunday. Well Saturday afternoon no one had bought this beauty. So fearing that it might be put on the street if not rescued my husband and I went back Sunday morning. It was in very good condition and worked. So we made an offer and now I have another machine.

. I have my grandmother's featherweight, another older Singer, my two Berninas and a serger. I think that is enough. Have not tried the new one yet because I need to read the manual to remember how to wind a bobbin. What I think is pretty neat using the serial number, you can find out the date the machine was made. Mine was made September 23, 1952. I posted a few pictures on a vintage sewing site on Facebook and lots of people made very positive comments. One last thing. I had sent out an email to my book group reminding everyone to set their clocks ahead last Saturday. I was the one who set all the clocks in the house BACK an hour. It was almost a complete disaster Sunday morning as I am on altar guild at my church and am responsible for cleaning up after the early service. I was almost two hours late for church! Luckily my husband figured out my mistake and I got to church just in time to set up the the second service. What a way to start my morning. Reminded my of the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland who kept saying I'm late, I'm late....