I've decided I Need A New Sewing Machine

First of all, another shout out to my friend Sam, who has still not made it to France.  Unfortunately we all know the hassle of delayed flights :( but I'm still sending all that good juju that I spoke of yesterday straight to you.

Moving on, many of you know that I'm a seamstress on the side, mainly doing costumes for theater shows.  While I really enjoy doing the work it definitely has its drawbacks when your as busy as I am...but I keep doing it haha! I can't stop..I really do enjoy the satisfaction of a cast looking awesome because of my good work and seeing my name in the program is always a plus :)  After an extremely restless night and only managing two hours of sleep I decided to start on my newest project THE REMARKABLE MR. PENNYPACKER.(For those of you who might not know this show is a comedy :) Pa Pennypacker runs the family business, both factories in different cities, shuttling back and forth.  He has one wife and kids in one town and ANOTHER wife and kids in the other. When the two worlds collide...well I wouldn't want to spoil it for you ;)  Come check it out at UACT Sep.15-Oct. 9)  It's a show set in the late 1800's which is a time period that I've never done before.  I'm very excited about designing these costumes and putting my own little touches and spins on all of them.


This morning while sewing I realized something.  I've had this same sewing machine for going on 8 years, just an extremely low end machine that has been falling apart forever it seems like.  Somehow this poor thing just keeps going and going haha! I'm just praying that this little puppy keeps going for a little while longer : /

As the date of Fletcher moving up to Portland is drawing near I find myself getting a little anxious about getting everything done for this show, and getting the house packed up and cleaned.  Trying to figure out what I need to keep with me, as I have another show directly following this one that will require just as much sewing haha.  Thank goodness my sisters are so awesome and are letting me move in with them, commandeering their living room and part of one of their bedrooms.  I'm really not sure how it's going to work out, but hey..it's only 3 months.  I will not complain about their amazing water pressure and never ending supply of hot water. Last month our water heater broke and I had to take a shower over there..think of it as the shower of heaven.  That's what I will be calling it forever more.  I'm extremely grateful that I will be in our old house through the last day of september.  I can finish getting all this costume stuff done and then still have 15 days to pack up the rest of the house and get everything in order to finish moving.  I have no fear that we will get it done though, I have an awesome group of family and REAL (to be addressed later in blog) friends. (you know who you are) I'm also anxious about seeing our new place, because our work schedules are so different I wasn't able to view the apartment and won't be seeing it until we are all moved in most likely towards the end of September...such is life.

I found out some awful news last night...a so-called friend has been spreading rumors about myself and/or my husband and it made me terribly upset.  I'm so tired of all the drama in this town!!  I will not name names but you probably know who you are...I'm not going to shun you...I'll even be polite and friendly because I think that everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt...but please KNOW THAT I KNOW and I hope you will stop because while every married couple has problem occasionally, Fletcher and I love each other very much and are extremely solid.  Also, you maybe spreading rumors to hurt or get back at one of us, but your dragging other peoples names through the mud needlessly.  With that said, I'm done with this topic and extremely happy to move to Portland...taking my real friends with me in spirit and making new ones along the way :-)

The only sadness I feel about leaving is that I was born here...lived here almost all of my life, so I'm sure a part of me will miss it terribly.  Most of my immediate family lives here as well..I've never been more than an hour and a half drive from my mother...so it will be tough for me and her too I imagine. Three of my siblings, my nana and papa and many other aunts, uncles, cousins, etc... Roseburgians...we are getting close to farewell..it's bittersweet..but time :) Rest assured that I will keep blogging during all of this and will be home to visit often when we are gone.

Smiles to all of you,
Amanda