Flypaper thoughts somewhere in Virginia version

• Stopped for the night and tomorrow will keep heading south
• The right direction to go for a Nova Scotian in January
• Had a magical visit with the son and daughter-in-law in NYC
• Poignant because this is probably the last one before they move to San Francisco
• Which will also be good
• But snow falling as you walk in New York streets, past the doormen
• Past the older people out and about 
• Who in any other city would be holed up at home because you need a car 
• Past small bright bars and dogs in coats
• Past facades that are just the way they were 50 years ago
• New York is its own time capsule
• And for a while it has been mine
• Now on to the next thing
• With kids, of any age, it there is always a next thing
• Even if the last thing is perfect
• But we all need next things 
• And some times we even know it
• Have passed the time on the drive plotting my sewing
• Tell me
• What's with all jackets right now being presented as unlined?
•  As if that was a good thing
• Truth is linings cover a lot
• And keep you from feeling you should do fancy seam finishes which take about 47 hours
• And such a pain to draft your own lining pattern
• Which just goes to show these patterns are no time savers
• Do you think if I attempted a knit moto jacket, lengthened I could do it without losing my mind?
• We will see
• I have decided it is easier to sew more jackets than it is to lose weight
• I want some Indie designer to hire me to help with the instructions
• Just ran across a poor new sewer posting she was having trouble with step 117
• Listen there is research on this
• The mind can only hold onto 5, maybe 7 points, max.
• You need to stop and give headings
• Things like telling folks what they are actually doing and why they are doing it 
• And when they are done you write "You have now completed the body of the dress and just need to put in the sleeves"
• Or words to that effect
• So they can breath out
• 117 steps
• That's just not fair
• Is there any thing more annoying than that voice on the GPS
• Unlike perhaps it is your own voice saying that GPS is annoying
• When you are not the person personally stopping traffic in Manhattan 
• With a large RV with a car attached behind it
• Not to worry
• That nice lady from New Jersey just went around us and drove up on along the sidewalk
• After she had a talk with us
• Didn't know you could drive there
• We don't do that at home
• Tomorrow we are getting a new GPS that tells you what roads, bridges and tunnels you are allowed to drive an RV on
• Seems like a good idea
• Also tomorrow
• Driving far enough south so the water lines are not at risk of freezing
• And I get my running water back
• Also a good idea
• We wait all year for these trips
• It's our big excitement
• Now off the bed with a small mad black dog
• Real grass tomorrow Daisy
• Real grass