Don’t Throw Away the Mail!

Because you never know what may be in it! The other day I received a card from the Nielson Company saying that I was chosen to participate in their TV ratings. Well I wasn’t interested, so I tossed the card into the post office recycle bin and went on my way.

This evening I went to check the mail at the PO, got in the car and there was the big envelope from Nielson. I thought I should go back and drop it into the recycle bin, but decided I was too lazy to go back in, so home I drove. I thumbed through my new Mary Jane’s Farm magazine—great issue as always—and then I opened the big Nielson envelope on my way to the trash, but wait! There were two, one dollar bills in that envelope. Real ones! Now just think if I had tossed that into the recycle bin! Now I’m sitting here wondering how many Nielson envelopes might be sitting in the recycle bin. Maybe I should call the PO tomorrow and give them a heads up. Moral of the story—Don’t throw away the mail until you open it up first—there might be a nice surprise inside.

She's Here! Meet Madeline Fiona Featherweight

Isn't she beautiful! She's 60 years old and still beautiful and shiny and sews like a charm! Madeline Fiona is a Centennial Singer Featherweight. These little Centennials were made to mark Singer's 100th anniversary. I have wanted a featherweight for many years and so I decided that this was going to be my 50th birthday present to me!

She's a petite little thing. Only 11 pounds and about half the size of a full size machine and she came with attachments, a buttonholer, instruction book, case, bobbins and a few other little odds and ends. I found her for a very good price and wasn't sure just how well she'd sew, but after a good cleaning and removing a bunch of built up lint and removing old threads from her bobbin housing she just hums along and sews like a dream. I think we will have many happy and wonderful projects together in our future.