Oh. My. Word.

You know, sometimes, I really worry about myself...

A few weeks ago, my bestie, Melissa  gave me her [grandma's] sewing machine.

=D I was super excited and ready to get sewing! I used to know how to sew...like when I was in middle school. How silly of me to think that I actually retained all that! So, I found a project and bought fabric. Came home and started to work, all with Melissa's help, of course. {Thank the Lord for Skype!}

Then, I tried to thread the bobbin. I tried a previously wound bobbin, and then I tried to get the machine to thread a new one. After several days of trying and failing, I gave up. Melissa and I have talked about this several times, and she insisted that I take it to a sewing machine shop and have them help me. I seriously didn't want to do that. It'd be like walking in and saying, "Hi, I'm stupid. Can you help me?!" So, I didn't. Then today, Melissa sends me this via Skype {she found it on Google or something":

the bobbin is wound in the bobbin case and there is a button on the left of the bobbin case you push to one side to wind the bobbin. The needle must be in the C position and the buttonhole controls must be set at "off" to make it work. darthval - did you get it to work?

And then I realized: there's a button on the left side of the bobbin...holy crap, could it be that!? No, it couldn't be that simple....

See that target-y looking button? That's what it was talking about. So, after I found that, I pulled out the good 'ole instruction manual. Let me just tell you right now, that I must have read this page about 9 million times while trying to figure out how to get the freakin' bobbin to do what it was supposed to. Apparently, I missed something.

Step 1: push the button down!!!!!!!!

At this point, I told Melissa: "I AM AN IDIOT!" 

How many times had I read those directions?! How many times did I miss this?! Epic, epic FAIL. 

Oh, if I'd only read them more carefully....

Needless to say, I got the bobbin to work. But the durn thing still won't sew! I don't know what on earth I'm doing wrong this time, but it's really beginning to irritate me! I just wanna make a baby blanket for a girl from church! *sigh* I'm seriously going to call my nana tomorrow or Monday...she has a similar machine, so maybe she can tell me either what I'm doing wrong or what's wrong with the machine.

But seriously...where did my brain go?! And I want it back! At least I know I'm not the only one who's going crazy. A little bit ago, I asked Joe to get me some OJ and I heard this "glug, glug" noise from the kitchen...

Me: "What was that weird noise?"

Joe: "Uh, that was your tequila."

Me: "Why were you messing with the tequila?"

Joe: *silence*

Me: "Where was the OJ?"

Joe: "Nowhere..." 

Me: "Where was the OJ?" 

Joe: "In the fridge..."

Me: "Was the OJ in the freezer??"

Joe: "Maybe..."

Me: *laughing hysterically*

Joe: "Well, it seemed like a good place for it..."

Me: *dying laughing*

Note: We keep any alcohol in the freezer. The OJ does not belong in the freezer. 

I'm not the only one around here going nuts! Woohoo! Lol!

Happy Weekend!