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I’ve been sewing on a Brother XR-52 machine for about six years now. Over the last few years my Brother has become increasingly ill-behaved. First, its tension control dial stopped working correctly and constant fiddling became necessary to produce even remotely normal stitches. I thought maybe a tune-up would help- it didn’t. And then about six months ago the machine became completely incorrigible. It started doing all sorts of random bizarre stitches. Being the perfectionist that I am, I couldn’t handle the thought of something I spent hours meticulously sewing falling to pieces because of my Brother’s inadequacy.

This little blanket was the straw that broke the camel's back. After sewing it I decided that I couldn't stand making one more thing using my obnoxious Brother.

After my most recent sewing project, a baby blanket, took much longer to complete than it should have, thanks to my naughty Brother, I decided that that was it. I needed a new sewing machine and I needed it NOW! Jason caught my hints, well more like demands, and bought me a new sewing machine for our anniversary. My new machine, a Singer Confidence 7470, is lovely. It has an electronic display, memory capabilities, 225 built-in stitches, 7 one-step buttonholes, and one-touch stitch selection. But far more important than any of these other niceties, it has automatic tension control. Yes! No more continual tension adjustments; my happiness is now complete! If only all defective brothers were as easy to replace.

My sweet new Singer- if it's good enough for Martha, it's good enough for me.

Jason is the best husband ever! I know many of you women think that your husband is in fact the proud owner of that title, and admittedly my opinion on this subject is quite skewed, but I can’t imagine a better husband than Jason. Even if you don’t agree that Jason is the best, you can’t deny that he is pretty fabulous.

Due to my foot surgery, these last couple of months poor Jason has been forced to be my nurse and maid. He has taken on these roles rather happily for the most part, except for the occasional complaint about how much he really hates cooking.

The first few days after my surgery he rarely left my side. Although his behavior concerning me sometimes bordered on paranoia, his anxiety over my wellbeing was very sweet.

In the weeks that followed I was on crutches and practically useless. Jason made the meals, kept the house clean, did the laundry and grocery shopping, and ran countless errands for me. However, not only did he do all those household tasks, he also carried me in and out of the tub and shower, and helped me wash my hair and change my clothes…like I said, I was pretty useless. I don’t know what I would have done without that boy’s help. I guess I would have been really dirty and hungry by now.

My lunch plate: Jason has put one out for me everyday I've worked since my surgery. The note tells me what is in the fridge for my lunch.

Although I have thanked him many times for all that he has done recently, no amount of thanks seems adequate. So I decided that publicly embarrassing him with this post should help even the score.

Thanks Bubba! Thanks for reading Alice in Wonderland to me until 5:30 AM in a futile attempt to help me sleep. Thanks for waking up to make me snacks in the middle of the night so I could take my pain pills. Thanks for the endless servings of ramen noodles you made me and the rides up the canyon at 2:30 in the morning to quell my claustrophobia. You truly are the best husband ever, even if I’m the only one who knows!

The title is very prestigious: first wreck of the mountain biking season. And the prize goes to…(drum roll please)…Jason. Yeah!!!! Your applause is astounding I’m sure. Yes, Jason hit a tree root while we were biking in Lambert’s Park today and did a little somersault over his handlebars. But the event only scraped his knee a bit and knocked his bike’s chain off. Both rider and bike have recovered fully.

BTW Lambert’s Park is an awesome group of single-track biking trails located in Alpine. It’s mountain biking without having to go to a mountain.

Howdy all,

I just finished wrapping Jason’s last present, the last Christmas present I have to wrap this year. I must admit he is rather spoiled. As usual, our Christmas tree looks like it was the victim of a Christmas present explosion. But since I rather like that man, it’s fun to spoil him a bit, even if he ends up with more presents than Dudley Dursley.

I hope ya’ll have a Christmas that is super fab!

Did Jason actually get thesabins.com back up and running… YES!!! I did finally get it back up and running. It’s fully functional with wordpress and the default theme… YEAH! Now it’s onward to some sweet blogging!