The only person more happy to see me that night than the store ladies was my wife. She seemed to be short on vision at first (probably from being locked away with two pre-schoolers) when I announced that we have the best flag on the street for tomorrow .......... (after she sews it together). When she explained that I had gotten her a junky sewing machine that didn't have room for a 3-1/2 ft. bundle of boat sail to pass through, I felt bad and knew I had to work something out. I knew we had to have a better view of the situation.

The kids were excited when I started moving the dinning room furniture into the living room. They thought it was fun to see the whole floor covered with bright colors. After a little 'discussion', we rolled one stripe of material the long way like a carpet, fed it into one side of the machine, I got a rope, tied it around the bottom of the portable sewing machine, and pulled it across the room as she followed, sewing as it went. We didn't even have to take the machine back across the room to do the other stripe. Just move over and go the other way. Worked great! The edges were a cinch with only a bit of twisting and shoveling a bit of bulk along the floor.

That 11 ft. x 7 ft. flag has flown every year since and I was happy to pass it along to the new family matriarch. My daughter has had to display it by hanging it on the porch these past few years, but son-in-law and I erected a flag pole befitting the legend. I just hope there is never enough wind to unfurl this thing or it may flip over the house. This all seemed to have worked into being a good thing, but .....














....WHAT THE FUCK WAS I THINIKNG?!?!





So what projects have came to you when you were 'inspired'? Even if it wasn't on St. Patrick's day, what seemed like a "good idea at the time", if it worked out or not.

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