Thursday, September 20, 2012

When it rains...

When it rains it pours!

We opened up our hot tub and discovered half of the water was missing.   Most of it was still visible on the ground around the base.   The pool guys came by today and naturally the leak is on one of the sides that are next to the concrete block walls.   Now I get to see if I can troubleshoot what it might be before they get here to help save on the cost of fixing it.   They have to move it away from the wall, that is after it is drained.

I took my sewing machine in about a month ago, and managed to piece a t-shirt quilt for my niece, but when I went to embroider some fill on a piece in her quilt, there was a horrific grinding noise.   I took it into the dealer here in AZ on Monday.   I totally love one of the owners because of the terrific service she offered!    She understood that I did indeed oil the machine every bobbin change, and loved that I recorded the sound so they could tell what might be wrong.   Somewhere within the time of dropping it off and about an hour later, it was discovered the screen on the machine was broken!   Wow, I even bought the bag that was made just for the machine.  They are ordering a new screen on the dealer,  and then they can troubleshoot the bobbin noise.   I really hope she's not in too long, because I wanted to use her to quilt this t-shirt quilt.  


 

I came home this morning from brunch with a close friend, and discovered this guy hanging around the door.   I rarely see them here in the desert.   The girls and I are currently being eaten alive at soccer practices by mosquitoes.  Hopefully this little stretch of 100+ ˚ temps will kill off few of the little beasts!

My pomegranates are kind of sickly this year.   A lot of them have split and are very brown.  This is a picture of last years crop.   We just ate the last one a few weeks ago.   They keep for up to nine months in the fridge!



HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!