MIGHT NEED A NEW NAME

 Years ago I had a MAGNIFICENT sewing machine ... it was a Husqvarna.  One of the very best machines you could buy.

I bought it thinking it would do me for ever.

But no.  It was in the repair shop on and off for 4 years before the store finally refunded my money (VERY reluctantly I might add).

I named that machine LEMONY for obvious reasons.

It was a bloody lemon.

I then bought my current machine, a BROTHER Dreamweaver.

It was so wonderful, I named him Mc DREAMY.

He has gone beautifully for the past few years.

Till now.

Just lately he's been stopping all on his own ... not all the time.  Just occasionally. 

When I took him to the patchwork workshop on Thursday, he played up a few times, but not too bad.  But it did make me think he probably needed to be looked at by a service technician.

Then yesterday, I tried sewing with him again.

And NOPE.  He was having none of it!

He kept stopping so much I gave up.

Yep.  Every time the red light came on, it stopped.  So, now I have to find the best place to take him to get fixed.

I sent him up to Auckland a few years ago for a service.  They took over 10 weeks to get him 'serviced', and they charged me several hundred dollars OVER the quoted price too.

AND TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, I drove to Auckland to get him because they told me they couldn't return him for a few more weeks, even though he was ready.

I'm like, NOT DOING THAT AGAIN!  

One thing I hate as much as liars, is FUCKING ROBBERS.

Oh hell, here I am complaining AGAIN! But seriously, this is so annoying.  I NEED him to work.

For now, I'm going to use my little 'back up' machine.  I hope I can remember how to work it!

ABOVE:  the difference between my Mc Dreamy, and the Baby Brother.  I think my precise words when I sat in front of Baby were "FUCK, how am I going to use this?  It's like a toy!"

I've now had a headache for over a week.  And nope, I don't have Covid.  I tested myself twice this week.  

Still from yesterday... I stopped into the 'local' (read: nearest to our house), VOLARE Bakery.

It's in a new, small suburban shopping centre on Pardoa Boulevard .  I didn't think it would be busy.

LAUGH's on me!  It was super busy.  A good sign.

I wanted to buy a really nice loaf of bread for our dinner last night.

While there I spotted their Custard Squares.  And yes, they are $7 each.

Now I LOVE custard squares, but don't buy them  because they all taste the same, where ever I get them.   Mass produced, tasteless, jell like custard.  Just ikkk.

But these ones looked different.

So I bought one.

OMG.

LIKE OMG!

A.Mazing.

Going to buy another one today, cos OMG so GOOOOOOOOOD!

If you have a VOLARE near you and love custard squares, you can thank me later.  😂😅😉

OK.  I put an SOS out over Facebook for somewhere to take me machine for repair.  And one of my FBG friends told me of a guy in Cambridge who might be able to take it.

And YES!  We are taking Mc Dreamy in to be fixed today.  Such a relief.

I might not have to resort to BABY at all.

Well Mc Dreamy is now in the hands of an old fulla in Cambridge. He's not 100% sure he will be able to fix it!  He's not used to the new 'fandango' electronic domestic machines, but he will give it a go.

I will be crabby if I have to pay him for looking at it, and still have to send it up to Auckland. So fingers crossed he can fix it.  😌

After going out to Cambridge, we decided to swing by the market in Ngaruawahia, even though we didn't attend as stall holders ourselves.  Bex still did.

It was paired down to just a few stalls outside and a few inside the art centre building.

All up I think there were about 25 stalls there, out of about 60+ that were booked in to do it originally.

ABOVE: That is what the market site looks like.  There was a huge downpour just after it started too.

VERY relieved I pulled out of going, and I will get my fee back as it was called off by the organiser.

I say called off, but she did open in a limited way.

Next year she is going to have a 'back up plan' in the event of this happening again.

Stew and I did a few jobs around the house this afternoon.

Then I cooked a really tasty pasta/bacon/chicken franks concoction, and we had it with some lovely Ciabata bread from Volare.

Watching mindless TV now.  It's only 8 pm and I'm almost falling sleep in me chair!

I sometimes think I am still suffering from long term Covid effects.  I just get so tired, so fast!

It's damn annoying I tell ya.  No energy at all.

Oh well... another day done and dusted.

Catch ya tomorrow.