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I HAVE MADE FIRE
Okay, I haven't made fire. But I have identified and, more importantly and impressively, corrected an issue with my sewing machine (an elderly object that was a wedding present to my mother in 19-mumblety-mumble) so that now, when I ask it to zigzag, it does in fact both zig and zag. \o/ (There was a bit on the inside that has to move out of the way to admit the zigzag template, but it was not moving back into place once the template was inserted, so the thing would zig and then not zag, which was unsatisfactory to me. All the many many masks I made with just straight seams were fine for what they were, but in this case I wanted to overcast so the edges wouldn't fray, and now I've worked out where the thing was moving as it should but not as freely as it should, and oiled it and reminded it that slipping back to its original position is half its job, and who needs 4H or whatever domestic skills I never learned as a child, I can figure this shit out all on my own, huzzah.)
(I have also realized that the pieces I cut for my kid's Halloween costume are slightly too small for the purpose I intended for them, which is an okay thing to find out on October 10 with fabric that's only five bucks a yard. No problem, easy to reorder and begin again, moving right along.)
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And re: fire, at least you weren't left alone in the woods to start a fire on your own the old-fashioned way. (I'm looking at you, ghost of Bob Fraser, and your parenting techniques.)
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