Showing posts with label Geek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geek. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The Sewing Machine

I know how to bake, I know how to cook, I know how to clean a house and throw a party. I can play the role as a corporate wife to an event that requires heels and lipstick with an hours notice. I can iron and use a chop saw and change irrigation lines if needed. But I cannot sew a button on to save my life. When I have had to go to the fabric store for a momentary craft my heart starts to race and I genuinely feel as if I can't breath at the sight of all those spools of thread and types of fabric. It's all to overwhelming and usually smells bad. Seriously.  I told Kevin when I we got married to not expect a single button to be sewn on, luckily his mother knows how. 
This Christmas my mother, who is a great seamstress and quilter, decided that Micall, Heather and I needed our own sewing machines. Terrifiying right?! But I was going to be succesfull. I was going to do it. So let's not talk about my fear for fabric stores still. I ordered all my supplies online and had them overnighted. One step at a time right?

My starter pillow was totally weak, but I didn't get anxious, I didn't freak out and my Mom didn't rip it apart! I'm considering it a win! And Ruby has been delighted to carry it around with her. Now I am trying to figure out my next projects, so heres to Pinterest and maybe gathering courage to go to the actual fabric store. Wish me luck?!?

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Geek

Yesterday I went to the Apple store for my monthly meeting with the geeks. Yes. I go to the Apple store and I sit down with the business team and we brain storms ways to make iPads more useful at my work. It is fantastic. They find me apps that they've tested and we bounce ideas on how to make it easier and simpler. I'm not sure if they do this for most people or if word just got out that I don't carry a pocket protector.
Yesterday while exchanging a broken charger the guy who helped me last time jumped at the chance to help me again. Then after my meeting I was waiting for a few things, he came over and wanted to tell me that he noticed last time and was reminded again that I have amazing pupils. Not eyes, just pupils.

Seriously?

Even though you are a cool apple geek, you still aren't really cool enough for a pick up line.