Road trip!

Linda and I just purchased the second new car in our lifetime. I have never been a fan of buying an item whose value decreases by several thousand dollars the moment you take possession of it. So I make a point to watch for a car that is a few years older that I can buy at a reasonable price. But when I found myself needing a new car I weakened and let Linda talk me into looking at new models. That combined with the fact that our son Dan works for Ford and could get us a very generous employee discount resulted in our buying a new Ford Fusion.




Well I am currently in Virginia Beach as part of Linda's Mother's Day present. She has been toying with embroidery sewing machines for a few years now but has never gotten really "into it" if you know what I mean.

Judy, our daughter in law Sue's mother, on the other hand is well versed in their use and turns out some beautiful work with hers. She just recently upgraded to a newer machine with more bells and whistles and mentioned this to Sue and said that the older model was up for sale. A phone conversation ensued first between Sue and LInda and then between Linda and Judy the result of which is a deal was struck sell Linda the now unused machine. So here we are on vacation to visit with Fred and Judy enjoy their company and the long weekend and pick up this sewing machine that Linda has been drooling over for more than a month now. Under Judy's watchful eye Linda is learning the basics of the machine over the weekend and getting some vital pointers that only come with experience.

Here is Linda's first effort with the machine. This is a shirt that she bought yesterday while we were out shopping and set up on the machine this afternoon. I think she is rather proud of her first effort. I think Linda is going to be very happy with her new hobby and I'm looking forward to having my amateur radio call sign (WA3FKG) embroidered on lots of things. I all ready have ideas for all sorts of neat custom one of a kind projects for the ham shack.

I have enjoyed Fred and Judy's company this weekend and will enjoy the drive home to Oakmont. I'm sure this is not going to be the last "road trip" for the summer unless of course fuel really does make it to five dollars a gallon. Then I will probably be blogging from home rather than on the road.