We had fun yesterday playing with our Wii and such. I also taught Tessa how to use her new little sewing machine! She made a skirt with "suspenders" for her new cheetah Webkinz. I suppose I should post some pictures! We had a nice Christmas, and an even nicer day after Christmas!
HELP PLEASE!!! Embroidery machine dilemma!
Okay, I bought a Brother PE-700II, in part because I knew so many of you had the same machine and liked it. It was in my budget w/great Black Friday deals, and my research led me to believe it would be a good choice for me.
So tonight I opened the outer cardboard shipping box to put the machine under the tree... only to discover the seller gave me a "free upgrade" to a Brother PE-750D machine, without saying a word!
What the heck??? This was an Ebay purchase from AllBrands (
www.allbrands.com).
Now I'm completely thrown! What do I do? As best I can tell this machine is more expensive... but this isn't the one I researched! I do know it's a "Disney machine" which is somewhat appealing, but... other than that, I'm clueless! In my shoes, would you contact the seller and ask for an exchange to the machine you bought? Or would you be thrilled with the PE-750D and just thank your lucky stars?
Waaaaaah, this really has me spinning... I'm waaaaay too much of a control freak to have something like this happen on a major purchase. The researcher in me is in fits! LOL
Oh, and... Merry Christmas everybody! ]
ETA: Okay, now I feel really dumb... a quick Google search shows these machines are pretty much identical except the Disney designs included and the capability to use the Disney cards. I'll search more later (when it's not 11:30pm on Christmas Eve, LOL) but I'm calmer now.
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I totally understand you freaking out about that! I always research stuff like that before I buy it. Sometimes the less expensive model is better than the more expensive one. So, I would have been mad, too! I'm glad that it looks like the one you received is a good one, though!
We had a very busy day and I have to work tonight...grr...2 of Irelands gifts didn't work. What gives!!! One of the zhu zhu pets didn't work and her glow dome didn't work...she's disappointed. Now I have to go and exchange them..LOL
I hope everyone had a wonderful day with their families...
Lisa
UGH!! I hear you! Here is a list of the things that Sawyer opened that didn't work:
1. Splashy the Whale game (the only thing he asked for)
2. Toy Story walkie talkies
3. Sing Your Heart out Dr. Seuss Grinch game
4. Toy Story fishing game (where you catch the aliens)- it goes around, but it's almost impossible to pick up the aliens with the stupid claw. Plus, the claw broke the first time we used it.
5. Shamu Gamecube game- this was from Henry's brother. We thought we could play it on the Wii, but we don't have the right controllers.
6. Nerf gun- he can't pump the gun to make it shoot the next bullet, but he still loves it.
That was pretty much everything we bought him! He really didn't seem to care, though. He was just excited to open the presents and play with his sister's stuff!
I know some of you got machines for Christmas, which is pretty cool although I think I have you all topped!! I found out I'm PREGNANT!! That wish at "Wishes" really worked quick considering my husband said we were done at two!!
YOU WIN!!!! That is the most awesome Christmas present in the world!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
It would have to be a miracle for us to get a surprise like this! But, I would love to have a 3rd child!
We had a good Christmas here - the kids enjoyed all their loot, hubby liked his stuff. He got me a Cricut, which I was thrilled about (the FED EX man handed me the box last week and ruined the surprise), but I did not realize until I opened the actual box that it was shipped in that he just got the regular Cricut and not the Expressions - hate to sound like a whiner, but the Expressions does extra stuff (like cut Vinyl) that I really wanted to do! I had been saving up to get it, and now he went and bought the one I didn't want from cricut.com and has had it too long to return it (the shipping from Hawaii and restock fee would have made it a money-losing venture to return, anway). So I am stuck - it is cool, but just doesn't do what I wanted it to do, and I feel a little let down, which in turn makes me feel incredibly guilty! It is the first time in three years he has actually tried to get me a present and not just grabbed some stupid thing off the shelf, and I am just upset that he spent too much (why didn't he just go to
walmart instead of ordering it online? He knows you don't order anything heavy out here because the shipping is crazy!) and didn't even get me the one I wanted. I did the polite smile and thank you thing, but I feel like such a cretin for not really being happy about this. Oh well....
I hear yah, and I understand how you feel. You're glad he got you a present and it was really sweet of him. But, you're wishing he would have got you what you really wanted. I've been there!
WOW!!!! That is a gorgeous wedding cake!! I am in awe of it!! So beautiful!! I'm just finally learning to do the fondant icing. I made Lydia a moon cake for her birthday last week and it turned out fairly well (for my 2nd fondant attempt).
You all look so cute in your matching jammies!!
Thank you all for your well wishes, I'm so excited!! DH is sad we have to cancel our 2010 trip to WDW...I love Disney, but I'd rather have a baby!!
I'm not sure when your trip was planned. But, I wanted to tell you that Disney is great while you're pregnant (I went when I was 5 months pregnant with Sawyer), and it's great with little babies (Teresa took Lydia and Arminda when they were newborns). So, you may not have to cancel your trip for that reason!!
The dresses look so pretty on the girls!!! Your mo is so cute! I'm glad she liked her blanket. The doll carrier is very cool! You're such a great aunt!!
I had a few things to share tonight. First, the other day, friends of ours asked the girls to be in their wedding. So I get to make them flower girl dresses! I'm very excited about that! Lydia has a very big crush on the groom, so she is just over the moon to be able to be in his wedding! We went to their wedding shower today, and Lydia insisted on bringing a present for JUST JOE! She gave him a bag of Hershey Kisses.
And, just to add a fourth in here, since I've really been missing the idle chit chat we sometimes have on here, the roads are NASTY tonight! It took me almost an hour to drive home from my Mom's house (I dropped her off after the wedding shower) tonight. It usually takes me about 25 minutes! The drive to my Mom's from the shower was really frightening. I was on the highway, but I couldn't even see the lines on the road. It was very slippery too. My Dad took Corey to a movie and out to eat while we were at the shower. They weren't home when I dropped Mom off, and I didn't want to risk waiting and having the roads get worse, so I asked Mom to keep him overnight. So, there that's the story day. Well, part of it at least!
I love that Lydia!! A bag of kisses, just for Joe! LOL!!
Wow, that's Michele!?! I didn't recognize her when I saw that picture! She looks so pretty! I'm so glad she's home and that she's happy!
I'm glad you made it home okay last night. I'm also glad that I thought you were already home from the shower before it started snowing too bad. Otherwise, I would have been worried sick about you guys! Henry worked last night and I was very worried about him!
I think we are heading for another sad day in the Morris household...
My husband has a ten year old, 120 pound German Shepherd that has quickly been going downhill for the past 6 months or so. He got him as a cute 7 week old puppy for Christmas all those years ago. With all his problems, the vet said it would not be feasible to do any surgery, so all his problems are being somewhat taken care of by his new living arrangements (he became an outside dog about 4 months ago...and loves it!) and some doggie aspirin (with some other stuff in there as well) His cataracts are so bad he can't see anything, and we have to leave the back porch light on at night...that way there are at least shadows to be seen and it makes him happier. His arthritis was so bad he couldn't make it up and down the four stairs to the yard, so we made him a second home under the porch...but he seems to be able to get around a lot better outside, and uses the under porch bed only during the day.
He always comes up to tell my hubby good night...last night he didn't come when he was called. We don't know if he is just sleeping at the far end of the yard.....or what. I have never had a night when he didn't bark at something...haven't heard a peep out of him...and this morning, when I let the little dogs out...I still don't see him.
True, it is still dark, and he doesn't move a lot in the dark...and the neighbor dogs were all quiet last night as well. I am going to make hubby go look for him...I don't think I can!
I really hate the possibility of having another lesson in death so soon after the last! This is going to be really hard on the kids, they don't ever remember a time when Taz didn't live with us. We have been preparing them for several months...(in fact I was afraid we would find him gone when we came back from Disney...I made my middle son (who stayed with him while we were gone) send me daily texts on how Taz was doing!!)
OK...now back to your regularly scheduled chat...
Nini
Edit: Hubby just confirmed. Taz did not make it. He went out looking for him last night after I went to bed. He was in his home under the porch. Now to tell the kiddies...
Oh no, I'm so sorry.
It's so hard to lose a pet that you've had for a long time.
You remember everything, don't you?
Yes, she really does!
That wish at "Wishes" really worked quick considering my husband said we were done at two!! 
