sewing problem resolved (for now!)

Internets, you are awesome. I got all excited when carrieb commented today about my sewing machine woes and suggested I change my bobbin, because it occurred to me that I didn't have any trouble before I refilled the bobbin last time. When I got home and tested it, I filled a new bobbin and then checked the diagram in the manual just in case to make sure I was putting the bobbin in the case correctly, as per sewing guru reebert. I knew I was doing that right, though, because there was only one direction in which it would make SENSE, due to the angle of the slot and the direction of the thread. ..... So, yes, of course that was my problem, so they were both right. It goes in against the sensible. Thank you all so much! You're brilliant. I was all smug until I started sewing, and then the seam began gathering up, just before the top thread snapped, and I was about to scream in frustration (brand new problem! eek!) while checking the troubleshooting page... when M wandered in and pointed out that the thread had just gotten caught on an irregularity in the spool itself. So, he took my spool of thread downstairs and sanded it for me (weird, huh?) and since then, everything has been fine! Yay! I am so glad that it doesn't suck anymore because I have several projects that I want to finish, and I really want to post about them but I need pictures first. I didn't get a whole lot done tonight, though, because I kept getting sidetracked with Chefography about Nigella Lawson. And, I don't actually care much for Nigella but oh my goodness, what a sad, sad life that woman has led! Now I feel guilty and want to like her show. I finally had to turn it because if one more person died unexpectedly, I may have been an emotional wreck by bedtime. Y

A friend who's having a baby next month called this weekend to ask if we had a changing mat thingie. They had gotten two at their shower, and they didn't have a receipt for it so they wanted to give it to us. He stopped by tonight to drop it off. I guess we'll have to wait until our shower to find out what we should give them. ;)

FYI, I am now ginormous, and I waddle. Also, M now wants to name our poor child Claire Annette. UGH. And if it turns out to be a boy, he wants Benjamin Joseph, or Ben Joe for short. He should be taken out and beaten for those. (Say them out loud.) Ben Joe is the absolute worst, but I know he's definitely not serious, at least, because mandolin players and banjo players have a certain rivalry that would never allow him to name a child such. Amanda Lynn is his favorite still, naturally. Bad, bad husband.