Mic Covered and Restored...More Virtual Progress

Project continues, got a mic pop cover at Dragon Sound, but brushed by the adapter plugged into the computer and broke it, so had to go back to 🐉 Dragons again to replace the part. Bill figured out how to make it fit. First test on tape recorder failed until it was all figured out by turning over the cassette...Yay!

Soft box lamps: More Adventures in Virtual Progress

This was a process.  Watching videos for all sorts of ideas; Finding old lamps, replacing a small bulb, aluminum foil inside the lamps, black poster board cut for the outside of the lamps, old cut pillow cases for the fronts, duct tape for the backs to hold the extended shades, file clips for the fronts.  Instead of cutting the wires for the lamp, cutting the shades was much easier.

                                 Not much to look at, unless I superimpose
                                 happy faces, 😊😌 but they seem to work. 

'Twas the Night Before Christmas Eve...

My family thinks of me in terms of "figuring stuff out" 🕵️‍♀️and "fixing stuff". 👩‍🔧 So, my first assignment on this busy day before Christmas Eve, is to fix the pleated blind in the kitchen. I finally locate where the problem is, in the bottom, but what a mess of strings! So, I look up "how to" videos on the subject, and one guy says, "first thing, don't get them, because they always do this." Then, he goes on to tell how to fix it, to the degree that, at least, it goes up, but only 3/4 of the way down. I shall be like Edison. So far, I've figured out a thousand ways "kNOT" to do this, but I shall press on until I've invented the light bulb.💡 Now, I've taken out two parts on the bottom and un-knotted the strings. The bottom lies on the floor awaiting attention when I get around to it. Wrapping 🎀🎁🛍 and baking and other last minute excursions should be a SNAP after this hassle.

Pizza or Bust!

I had a very carefully planned store hopping 🦘 plan in mind, which I was proud to carry out, even to the point of calling📞 Bill to see if he could pick up some vitamins Sunday, so I wouldn't have to make another stop. Meijer was my final stop, and it went as smoothly as the other two... bottle deposits, special coupons, etc..., or so I thought. Final purchase, the Pizza,🍕 the two kinds we usually get were gone, and I had this special coupon. Another phone call 📞wherein I explained I could still cut up onion slices and green peppers for the pepperoni and cheese pizza. No, we couldn't skip the pizza for another time. I wanted it tonight. I was very proud to have completed this project, just in time for getting back for O'Donnell, but ever the watchful husband finds the pizza to be...thawed. I mentioned it was the very last purchase from the freezer? I was to check the phone 📞number on it, and they were closed, so time to check the internet. Continual protests about me being flexible and having something else, like shrimp🍤...ugh! Wife protests back, No, I want my pizza!🍕 So, back to the store, saying over and over, it's not their fault, cool it. Long story short, I got my way, and got my solid, frozen🥶 pizza. 🍕 The plan was to show them my receipt on the way out. No one checked, so I just waltzed out,💃 got to the car, 🚗realized what I'd done, and decided, if they have a problem with me not showing my receipt, they can follow me in a cop car🚓 right to my door, and I'll have it ready for them.