I mentioned a couple months ago about the mint-condition vintage Bernina sewing machine I gave my wife for Mother's Day. I haven't spent very much time on it since then, with so many other projects in the way.
I finally sat down with it today and I'm quite proud to say that I fixed it. As far as we can tell it is working perfectly. She already pulled out a couple of her shirts from the closet and "took them in".
No time in the shop, but very productive, made my wife happy, and
left me with that feeling of having not only accomplished something, but having overcome a significant challenge (Bernina no longer even has diagrams or service manuals on this 1953 model, and I have no training as a sewing machine repair technician). I don't know about you, but
I need that every now-and-then to keep me going. It makes up for the other days.
I also got my Hackintosh (custom-built computer running Mac OS X)
working again this weekend. LONG story about why it stopped around the same time (late May), and the same reason I haven't been able to touch it since then. But it's working again and I can finally put this thing to good use.
I'm going to start posting YouTube videos soon (I've been recording a bit, but I've been unable to edit and upload without the computer working), under the channel name Glue and Sparks. There is nothing to see yet, but if anyone is inexplicably interested in subscribing already here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9t5z7wW4jLFbITrPMIXsw
Oh, and my mother's huge home renovation project is basically finished. I put the finishing touches on the construction of a built-in shelf yesterday. It and three doors need to be painted and then WE'RE DONE.
Just one evening this next week and then I can finally have my Saturdays back! And it's cooling down enough that I can stand to be in my shop after work on weekdays as well.