Happy Birthday Michael

Thursday, May 15 was Michael's birthday. We both took the day off and had a wonderful relaxing time.

 

The night before he brought home his favorite pizza, Killer Pizza From Mars. I totally love the name, and have to admit it's pretty damn good pizza. Then the next morning we had his favorite cereal Count Chocula for breakfast. He got to open his presents in bed, and then we planned to go to the beach because he loves to play in the waves. But that meant we had to get out of bed and get dressed. We decided against that. So, basically we just had a nice relaxing day hanging around the house.

Michael's favorite place for dinner is a steak house on Harbor Island called Island Prime. So, eventually we got ourselves dressed and went to dinner. We had a great dinner as usual, but were way too stuffed to even think about his birthday cake sitting at home in the microwave. (It's the only cat-proof place) His cake was slowly eaten over this last weekend.

 

We didn't have any kind of over-the-top celebration for his birthday, but it was a nice quiet day for just the two of us. Michael is the greatest guy in the whole world and I'm so lucky to get to be his girlfriend. I hope he enjoyed his birthday this year, and I'm looking forward to many, many more.

 

Happy Birthday Michael Bacon!!

Where'd Ya Get That Pretty Little Stitch?

From my new Singer 115 of course.

Michael got me a beautiful Singer 115 in a very ornate treadle cabinet for my birthday. The treadle cabinet works beautifully as a desktop for my serger, and I wasn't really sure what I was going to do with the old machine that came in it. But I decided to look into the serial number anyway. It's amazing how as soon as you name something, you become attached to it.

I couldn't find any pictures of this machine anywhere online, and none of the old Singer collector's websites listed it. So, I called Singer's 1-800 number and gave them the serial number. This is what they told me:

She was born January 8, 1917 in St. Jean, Quebec, Canada. The gold decal design is called "Wings".

Now that I know a part of her story, I love her and have to keep her. I wonder how many different dresses she's made. I wish I knew more about her. I oiled her up really well, and she sewed the most beautiful stitch I've ever seen. I still plan to take her in to get serviced, but first I think I need to make one dress. :)