Confessions and surprises!

Confession #1 - I'm getting old. My eyes, even older than the rest of me apparently.

Confession #2 - I mend things. (Things that aren't too complicated for me as I have no formal training or real talent in that department!) I don't toss them at the smallest rip, hole or ravel. Yep as in, drag out the sewing box, yes I have one, and find the right colour thread, size needle and spend the next 1/2 hour trying to thread it. (I should mention at this point we are all going to a wedding tomorrow and I've been ironing too...) Google that if you don't know what an iron is and I don't mean hair iron!

Confession #3 - I use the biggest needle I can get away with. I have been known to use a darning needle, (google it if you don't know what darning is,) for bulkly fabrics.

So tonight I have to shorten straps on a "slinky" type shirt. Can't use the darning needle, have to use a fine one. I can't see the hole, can't see the damn thread, just can't see period. Bob, (husband, not next door,) says, "why don't you use the needle threader?" I must admit then...

Confession #4 - I never figured out how to use one! Yep, tried over and over for years, off and on and could never figure it out. So Bob takes it, shoves it through the eye of the needle, tells me to put the thread in and voila... threaded! OMG... I ask why he never showed me that before? His answer...

Confession #5 - I can't tell you all my secrets at once, I have to have some surprises left! Who knew he had any to start with! hehehe

Turns out I've been taking a very simple process and over complicating it every time. I thought the thread had to slip through the wires PRIOR to going into the needle. Never occurred to me it worked the other way! duh...

The old guy still has a few tricks in him after all!