I know what you mean. We usually go out through the laundry room into the garage. There is no trim along the knob side of the door from the laundry room to the garage. Charlie destroyed it trying to go where he last saw Mommy go during a storm that came up while I was gone one day. Now, I check the weather forecast and plan my shopping accordingly. If there's bad weather and I need to go pick up/drop off a child, the hairy boy gets to ride along. ("ride in the car" offsets "bad noise from the sky.") If I really need to be gone, someplace he can't go, and I know there's a chance of weather, I call Gramma and see if he can go over there so he won't be alone. ;) DMIL is great about that. And her yard has SQUIRRELS!!!!!!!! (isn't that pathetic that I am willing to do all that for my dog? lol he really is one of my children.....)
Whoo hoo!!!!!!!!! New toy!!!! I'm so glad you will be able to dedicate one machine to embroidery designs. That's great. You do such a beautiful job with that stuff. Having that computer just for that is definitely a tool you needed. ;)
From now on with all that wiredness going on at your place, I will expect email answers from you at the speed of instant messages. ;)
Sharon