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  1. We have some family members who are lactose intolerant but love ice cream. I'm thinking of buying something we can use at home that makes ice cream / frozen yogurt easily without a lot of bother and preferably without having to add ice. Recommendations greatly appreciated. Thanks.

  2. In my second apartment we had a teeny tiny washing machine that stood in the middle of the kitchen on wheels and you’d hook its hoses up to your kitchen sink. When it would spin, it would shake the entire house and the washer would walk around the room, because it was small and on wheels. The people in the apartment below us hated it. And I hated it. It fit about 2 pair of jeans and that was it. We were constantly washing our clothes. When we got a house and had a full-sized washer all to ourselves, it was like heaven. We gave our old washer to a friend who was washing her clothes by hands in a bucket. I had hated that little washer until I saw her with her bucket and then realized I was pretty lucky. But I still sort of hated that washer, even though I realized it could be worse, and I knew that a full-sized washer was best of all. My washer right now is over 15 years old and is a workhorse. I dread the day it dies. We’ll be able to get a new one, but I hear so many stories of bad washers. Washing machines are pretty important.

     

    Until you  mentioned this I had forgotten we had one of those portable washers when I was a teen. Laundromats were expensive and far enough away that getting there was a pain. We would hook it up to the faucet in the kitchen. It did make a racket, but so much better than washing in the tub!

  3. My first thought was tea - I don't want to give up my jasmine tea or my Earn Gray tea. But I wouldn't want to give up my washer & dryer, internet, or AC either. I can't sleep in the summer if it's hot. I could get by without AC during the day - maybe. Part of my work is online, so internet is a must. My washer and dryer is a luxury I suppose. I could get by without them, but I don't want to that either. If I had to give up something, it would be the dryer. I can't hang out clothes outside, but I could do what a friend does and hang them all over the house. Don't want to give up my car either. Public transportation in our area is limited. Spoiled aren't I!

  4. Wow, there's a lot more to consider than I realized! I don't sew very much at all. Our machine is a Singer Merritt 4525. It was given to me years ago.  According to the repairman, it has plastic not metal parts. It's really hard to set the tension, at least that's what I'm being told. It skips stitches. The last time I took it in for cleaning and repair, I was told it really wasn't worth the repair cost anymore. I can't remember what the repairman suggested at the time. Now that my daughter is serious about making costumes, I guess I need to replace it. She will be taking a costume design class in the fall where she'll need to bring her machine. So portability is important. Cost is a big deal for me, but I don't want to buy something that doesn't work well or won't last. If I budget $300, can I get a decent machine and a rolling case? I want to buy it soonish, but I have to save the money first.

     

    ETA: Can anyone point me to a checklist of stuff to consider when evaluating machines? I'm seriously confused! It sounds as if there are a lot of good sewing machines on the market, vintage and new.

  5. My 17 yo dd is interested in making her own cosplay costumes. She's a beginner, but really interested in learning to sew. My very old Singer machine is hard to use and unreliable. I need to save the money to buy a new one and have no idea where to start or how much to budget. An employee in a fabric store suggested an automatic sewing machine. The prices ranged there from about $200 up to thousands! She said Singer is not that good of a brand anymore. Suggestions please!

  6. Seriously?

     

    I'm still recovering from last year's nightmare.

     

    This is where I am. My daughter will be a senior next school year. I am trying to wish him well, but I wouldn't trust him to teach my daughter in her senior year.

     

    ETA: I know he has to earn a living for his family and to reimburse the thousands of dollars he owes, but I don't care for the reminder of the time and money I lost.

     

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