{"id":3179,"date":"2026-01-08T05:07:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:15:53","slug":"almost-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/08\/almost-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost there"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been working diligently to learn the world of embroidery and how to get it &#8220;just right&#8221; and I have to say it is one of the most complex, and trying things I have ever done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like to think I am an intelligent guy and can do just about anything, but man &#8211; this has been very trying!  Wow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spent an hour on the phone with Ricoma, in a Facetime session as one of their techs walked me through some set up and adjustments to my machine to get it to center and run better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you know there is a front and back side to a needle?  Yeah, neither did I.  I had three of my needles in backwards.  A quick and easy fix, but damn &#8211; what a difference it made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the time we were done, I had learned a ton of &#8216;valuable information&#8217;, tips &amp; tricks, and had my machine running like brand new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh wait, it is brand new&#8230; Anyways.  A great learning day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kind of reminds me of learning how to 3D print, my first prints every looked like &#8220;Spider Puke&#8221; &#8211; but look at them now!  Practice makes perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 8 \u2014 The power of \u201cno\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every \u201cno\u201d protects a \u201cyes\u201d that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Johnstown SEO<\/em><\/strong><em> \u2013 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/johnstownseo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>https:\/\/johnstownseo.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rank Higher. Get Found. Grow Faster.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Powerful, Proven SEO Strategies for Small &amp; Medium Businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been working diligently to learn the world of embroidery and how to get it &#8220;just right&#8221; and I have to say it is one of the most complex, and trying things I have ever done. I like to think I am an intelligent guy and can do just about anything, but man &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3181,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179\/revisions\/3181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}