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I stayed up late again last night, and slept late again as well. But I got up and mowed the lawn in the heat (90 degrees or so). Then I did more laundry, including washing some woolens; folded remaining laundry; put away the costume stuff; put away the rest of my new acquisitions (particularly hats); and put away/tidied most of the sewing stuff that I took or has been out. I then made a batch of breakfast muffin; ran to the Container Store for some more stackable drawers for further organizing costume stuff and some more hangers; spent a delightful time getting interesting sweets from the bulk section at Central Market; fixed my airplane lamp; did some online stuff; researched flights; experimented with my new Tissot boots (I need to move the buttons over because they're too loose); and went through the accumulated mail. I also discovered that Retro TV shows two hours of original Doctor Who on Saturdays... and despite never having actually seen any episodes, I was very proud of myself for recognizing what it was within five minutes. ;)

And now I feel like playing a computer game...

That's all!

Current Mood: tired

I stayed up too late last night "researching" a couple of costume things (yeah, via Pinterest), so I slept a little late this morning. But when I got up, I was productive. I put the things that have been soaking in oxi-clean in the wash, got groceries, went to the chiropractor, then had lunch and spent some good time with my parents. Then I came home and balanced my budget. *wince* I wasn't looking forward to paying the piper after my lovely Costume College & then some vacation! But it really wasn't too bad. And then, for some reason, I was very adult and sent emails and made phone calls, like about insurance, and getting a discount on my internet, and other things. Some of which I've been, uh, needing to do for several years. But it's done, yay!

There's still plenty on my list for the rest of the weekend. But I got rid of the ugliest one, and some bonus things besides. Go me!

Oh! A couple of you might remember at Costume College I had some trouble with my 1790s/1800s stays suddenly making my left shoulder ache horribly. (I know I complained about it to mlsdesigns a lot at the ice cream social!) I went to the chiropractor mainly to have a check after the rear-end accident fancyfrocks and I had two weeks ago (I'm totally fine!), but I did ask about it. Turns out my left shoulder joint was slightly out. When I tightened my stays, particularly the shoulder straps, to wear the red dress, it naturally pulled my shoulders back slightly. And the resulting pressure on a joint that was slightly out, did build up to that straining ache I got after wearing the stays for some time. So it's back in now, and I've got some stretches to do to help it stay in. It's good to know what was going on!

Current Mood: complacent

Boo-Hiss: My peace lilies seem to have died for lack of water while I was gone. :(

Yay!: My foresight in having a nice, yummy frozen pizza ready for when I got back.

Boo-Hiss: Extra-special crazy first day back at work.

Yay!: My continued foresight in leaving a remarkably clean house to come home to. It felt so good to walk in to an oasis at 11 at night instead of a scene of destruction.

Boo-Hiss: I have to wash my hair tonight. Wah.

Yay!: Finally discovering Cabin Pressure for the first time on my interminable flight home. (H/t

litlover12!) British accents, hilarious AND clean (so far), and very re-listen-able.

I haven't gotten much sewing done, but I did do the monthly bills/budget and made phone calls I've been putting off for a while. So that was good. And I also played some miniature golf and got fried fish for dinner. Yum!

Other than that, I've finally got the waist of the Pesky Pannier finished. It needs a hook and bar, and all the tapes are only pinned and the steel lengths need to be finalized, but I'd rather do that now that the waist is done. And I can go ahead and finish up my bodice pattern now.

I also got my grandmother's serger up and working! When she gave it to me, we didn't know a gear was broken. The shop actually managed to find a replacement, so I got it back a couple months ago. In a Joann's sale a few weeks ago I got white cone thread. And this afternoon I changed the thread and serged the ends of the batiste, lawn, and pimatex, plus the green 40s print and the Hawaiian print I got yesterday, so I could pre-wash them. Yay!

Finally, I played around with the Singer ruffler and tucker attachments. The ruffler took some work. It's not quite the same as a modern one. It helped when I found a picture of another Featherweight 221 foot in action so I could see that a lever on mine was totally out of place. It took some careful brute force to get it back. But it went back successfully, without blood or stabbings. And then it worked fine! I need to figure out some rough 2:1 and 1.5:1 ratios, and also how to ruffle and sew down to a foundation material at the same time. It can even attached a binding/facing at the same time - this is amazing! The tucker foot was much simpler. It makes super tiny tucks so easy, and presses a fold line for the next tuck at the same time so there's zero guesswork where to place it. Both wonderful tools!

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Entries tagged with life

Another productive day!

I've been so good today!

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