First of all, I’ve emailed Mary to set up a family playdate next week. I’ll let you know what happens!

Now about yesterday, let’s see… The serger lesson was so cool! I learned how to thread it, a 40 step process, and we did a 4 thread seam thing, a 3 thread overcasting thing, and a 3 thread rolled hem.

There she is, old and sweeeeet. And here are some practice swatches I did when I came home. (Hmmm. I’m obviously a knitter. What do you call a practice scrap in sewing)?

Look at all that serger-y goodness!

So, I did the lesson, then came home and went straight off to school where I assembled the last of the Wednesday packets this year, and got to see the entire school’s 50 yard dash for field day. No camera, unfortunately. But Liv came in first of the second grade girls in the heat she was in. Yay Liv!

While this was going on, Nate was at a fundraising lunch for Mitt Romney. Be warned, that link will take you to a site with sound.

Nate’s been very interested in this upcoming, yet far off presidential election. He’s been reading books, following the candidates on the internet, and it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.

After school, we hauled off to JoAnn’s to take advantage of a fabric sale

You’re looking at a future skirt for Liv, tablecloth, and a quilted cover type thingy for Suzie’s mother of all. Plus a skirt for Abby if I can squeeze one out of the yardage.

Finally, we made it back just in time to meet up with Hayden to make our appointment at a beauty school in Woodinville.

As mentioned yesterday, Hayden got subtle highlights.

Julian cut my hair and bleached the ends before adding purple.

While we were waiting for the color to set, some of the girls got to work on Julian

All the while, Clark was in the foyer, flirting madly with the rest of the staff, but they were out of camera range. And here I am!

I noticed my few silver hairs on the top of my head this morning and regret that we didn’t dye those, too.

When I’m an old woman, I shall have purple hair.

Today I’m running around like a mad woman getting myself and the homestead ready for me to leave for a few days. I’m camping out at the the Black Sheep Gathering again, like I did two years ago, and I’m sooooooo excited!