Sunday May 26, 2019
I wonder how the party at your house went today? I hope it was fun and the graduate enjoyed the celebration.
I just watched This Week With George Stephanopoulos, I guess what I found most interesting was the interview with Mayor Pete. The 2020 election will be interesting.
Last evening I went to CSO, with Daniel and his new lady friend Dena. I've visited with her a few times now, she seems very nice. I met them for dinner at the Greek Island first. Dina treated us for Daniel birthday. The music was more modern than usual, Latin music with a guitar solo performance. I started having one of those nervous feels by the town I got downtown---which took away from the music. I'm not enjoying going to CSO as much as I use to, I should think about taking off a year, and see if I miss it.
I'm reading four books, will,-- listening to one just now. My life seems very quiet--I think I like this yet I keep thinking I should be doing more. I don't think I don't want to bring another person into my life , but maybe I should go out of my way to plan more things?? Yet I love having these quiet days. I am trying to get disciplined about going to sleep earlier (although last night I stayed up reading till 5:15, I should sleep really well tonight!). Get to bed by midnight, get out of bed by 8:00, do my physical therapy exercises, walk at least 30 minutes, and now--I'm seriously trying to lose weight. It is easier to eat less when I'm not socializing as much. I need to lose 85 lbs, and I'll still be overweight at that. I got on the scale the other day and my wt. was 243.8 lbs--probably the highest it has ever been. I went to the doctor on Tuesday with a list of complaints, aches in my joints and muscles, these bouts of nervousness, my feeling like I must have some decease that is killing me (yes, I know it sounds like a hypochondriac!) but I do seems to be in constant pain. I wasn't very satisfied with the doctor, Dr. G, maybe I should go to another doctor--but then I think maybe she is right! My blood test all came back normal and she said the inflammation caused by being overweight might be what is causes the pain. Which is what brings me to I need to lose weight, if nother else to see if that could be the cause of all the ill health I feel. I just have to figure out how to do it, and I'm trying. I'm eating very low calories now, third day--trying to finish up the food I have in the house. I need to stop eating meat, eggs, cheese, daily products--my cholesterol is too high. I promise myself I am going to keep working on this! I am thrilled to still be alive but I want to feel better physically!
Back to books, the book I read for the Anderson book group for the last meeting was Ghost in the School Yard, about school closing in Chicago (2013) and how it was racist. Although most of the people in the group seemed to praise the book I didn't like it. It seemed to be very one sided to me, The points it made about people losing their neighborhood were important but I felt like it would have been stronger if the book also went into the closing of schools in the none black communities. The lack of the Chicago School Board included parents in decision making was important but I guess the biggest problem I had with the book was the lack of looking at the bigger picture, that poverty and the social economic conditions in our country are the bigger problem and schools are a small part of that problem. Just my take. This month's book is Bias by Dr.Eberhart, so far I am finding it more interesting. Well written and researched. I'm only three chapters in to it. LWV books, last month--A Women of No Importance was good, very interesting tail of a female spy in WWII. I don't think I would want that much adventure and I probably could be that brave. This month's book is The Line Becomes a River, I didn't like the beginning of the book because it was so graphic with the details of brbrutality but I understand how the author thought it was needed. The second half of the book where he tells a personal story about how the immigration policy effect one family was very moving. I wonder if we train border patrol to be respectable and humane and providing better facilities to house people, still deported those that are illegal, but treated them better, could that solve the problems. Can it cost that much more to provide humane treatment to the immigrants??
Also got a new Alexander McCall Smith books--I really enjoys his series. This one is The Colors of All The Cattle. Mma Ramotswe becomes so really in his writing. Also both reading and listening to more of the Jack Reacher books. I don't like them as well as the Boosch books or Robert Ludlum--Lee Child's descriptions of violence is too graphic for me. But the stories/mysteries are good.
Oh last week the COD group get together--I thought only A and I were going, everyone else cancelled out--so we went to Portillo's but then saw that J had driven to the restaurant we were suppose to meet at. I didn't know she had planned on coming to lunch, I felt badly that we missed her. Will need to check with everyone in the future before changing plans, even if I think they aren't joining us.
Hobbies, needle felting--I finally finish the Nuno scarf I had laid out forever, ended up not using any silk base. I like the way it looks. I'll need to wear an all black outfit so I can use the scarf come next cold season. I haven't started a new project yet. I laid out the different kits I purchased but need to decide what to do, maybe the purse.
Back to reading, maybe one TV show this evening.
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
I haven't written for a while, been busy but not sure on what. I just read all your post, makes me tired. For a lazy life you are too busy! I'm going to write about what has been going on but not in any particular order. I'd have to look at my calendar to figure when things happened and I'm just being too lazy to do that.
Oh, you didn't tell me about babysitting for your neighbor. How old is the baby now? V, my sister's adopted granddaughter, the one that is married to the fellow in the army and she lives in Co. had their baby. It is a girl, I can't remember the name. Yesterday when I went to the store to get some organizing containers so that I could organize my craft room, I picked up several really cute baby outfits and I mailed them off this morning. Baby clothes are so cute! I ended up getting some of those hard plastic shelf units and got the craft room reorganized finally. Maybe it will be easier to start a new project.
I don't think I'm going to make any more needle felted items. I have plenty to use as examples if we ever do the workshop for JK. I need to start giving away all the things, I have way too many for the minimalism life I want.
My car! Actually tires, again! On Sunday afternoon I was suppose to be going to see a play with MK and her family in the city--Live, Love, and What I Wore by Nora and Delia Ephran. I think it would have been good but----on the way there, only about 20 minutes from the place, I hit a pot hole and my tire blew out! So very annoying! I'm glad I bought Triple A, they were out in about 45 minutes, very please with them. but, I missed the play. I could have caught the group for dinner but I was frustrated after getting the donate tire on and the car drove kind of funny so I just came home, parked the car and had a quiet Book/TV rest of the day. Monday I took the car over to this car place that my friend S told me was good (I decided not to go back to the car dealer for stuff since that last scheduled visit cost a small fortune)---anyway the fellow there said they won't have time till Wednesday to put the tire on and check underneath the car for damage. Oh, the tire with the blow out was done, done, done--so, I had them put that tire I had left from the last tire mishap on, luckily the rim was not bent. Tomorrow I will go back to have this project completed.
Tomorrow I have to get car in, go to the senior group at church, cook and deliver sloppy joes for 25 to Pads. In between I have lots of reading to catch up on.
I've been listening to those Reacher books when I drive around and supposedly when I go walking but I haven't walked in a few days--the weather here is kind a yuk and I haven't been feeling well. More on that later.
The book club at the book store that meets once a month isn't turning out to be what I thought it would be. Interesting but not what I thought. I was expecting it to be about bringing people with different political views together but it seems to be focusing on racial issues instead, which I suppose is sort a the same issue but not quite the same. And there doesn't really seem to be much diversity in the audience. I guess I was hoping to meet a reasonable rational Trump supporter and that person would make me see not all Trump supporters were bad people. The book was Ghost in the Schoolyard: Racism and school closings on Chicago's south side by Eve Ewing. I was wondering if I was the only one at the discussion who had some of the questions I wondered about yet I didn't want to ask the questions to the group. While the book gave statistics about the closing in black schools I think it would have made a stronger point if it had also included the statistics for the white schools that closed. I'm aware of the racism yet I think it is beyond the schools to solve the problems, the poverty in our social economic system needs to be dealt with, education, institutions are just part of the problem, and then I think about the black people I know that don't want to let white people into their world---I wonder well racism get any better in my life time.
Tomorrow I need to write about the COD group, the LWV book club, the condo get together. Now, I want to go fix something to eat and watch TV. Oh, and I still don't feel well!
Oh, you didn't tell me about babysitting for your neighbor. How old is the baby now? V, my sister's adopted granddaughter, the one that is married to the fellow in the army and she lives in Co. had their baby. It is a girl, I can't remember the name. Yesterday when I went to the store to get some organizing containers so that I could organize my craft room, I picked up several really cute baby outfits and I mailed them off this morning. Baby clothes are so cute! I ended up getting some of those hard plastic shelf units and got the craft room reorganized finally. Maybe it will be easier to start a new project.
I don't think I'm going to make any more needle felted items. I have plenty to use as examples if we ever do the workshop for JK. I need to start giving away all the things, I have way too many for the minimalism life I want.
My car! Actually tires, again! On Sunday afternoon I was suppose to be going to see a play with MK and her family in the city--Live, Love, and What I Wore by Nora and Delia Ephran. I think it would have been good but----on the way there, only about 20 minutes from the place, I hit a pot hole and my tire blew out! So very annoying! I'm glad I bought Triple A, they were out in about 45 minutes, very please with them. but, I missed the play. I could have caught the group for dinner but I was frustrated after getting the donate tire on and the car drove kind of funny so I just came home, parked the car and had a quiet Book/TV rest of the day. Monday I took the car over to this car place that my friend S told me was good (I decided not to go back to the car dealer for stuff since that last scheduled visit cost a small fortune)---anyway the fellow there said they won't have time till Wednesday to put the tire on and check underneath the car for damage. Oh, the tire with the blow out was done, done, done--so, I had them put that tire I had left from the last tire mishap on, luckily the rim was not bent. Tomorrow I will go back to have this project completed.
Tomorrow I have to get car in, go to the senior group at church, cook and deliver sloppy joes for 25 to Pads. In between I have lots of reading to catch up on.
I've been listening to those Reacher books when I drive around and supposedly when I go walking but I haven't walked in a few days--the weather here is kind a yuk and I haven't been feeling well. More on that later.
The book club at the book store that meets once a month isn't turning out to be what I thought it would be. Interesting but not what I thought. I was expecting it to be about bringing people with different political views together but it seems to be focusing on racial issues instead, which I suppose is sort a the same issue but not quite the same. And there doesn't really seem to be much diversity in the audience. I guess I was hoping to meet a reasonable rational Trump supporter and that person would make me see not all Trump supporters were bad people. The book was Ghost in the Schoolyard: Racism and school closings on Chicago's south side by Eve Ewing. I was wondering if I was the only one at the discussion who had some of the questions I wondered about yet I didn't want to ask the questions to the group. While the book gave statistics about the closing in black schools I think it would have made a stronger point if it had also included the statistics for the white schools that closed. I'm aware of the racism yet I think it is beyond the schools to solve the problems, the poverty in our social economic system needs to be dealt with, education, institutions are just part of the problem, and then I think about the black people I know that don't want to let white people into their world---I wonder well racism get any better in my life time.
Tomorrow I need to write about the COD group, the LWV book club, the condo get together. Now, I want to go fix something to eat and watch TV. Oh, and I still don't feel well!
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Its been a couple of days again.
Lets see...first some personal tmi. I was all excited because I finally started a period early this week but then at the doctor's the ultrasound showed my lining not thining out as we had hoped to see. And despite awful cramps Wednesday and Thursday, the cramps went away and now the bleeding has lessened dramatically. I have another ultrasound on Monday, so we will see how things are progressing or not, as the case may be.
Funny story, So for some reason, after I left the doctor's on Thursday, I somehow got it in my brain that it was FRIDAY, so I went to an estate sale that was supposed to be on Friday morning, the lady running it said "bless your heart dear, its Thursday! and then Friday I decided not to leave the house in the morning.
Project-wise, I finished the first skirt from the pattern from earlier this week, I am very happy with it. I also finished the first shirt from the FBA, and it is very comferble and I think it fits well. The pants, well, I mostly finished them but they did not fit quite right, so I brought them over to Severin and she advised me how she thought it would be best to modify the pattern, so this morning I cut them out of sheet fabric, and I used the serger for most of the assembly, but then Hugo came over and we assembled his new belt pouch! I was ultra cool to spend a day working with him. Such a cool guy!
Oh! I also, between last evening and this morning finished the edges on three weaving projects.
1) a bunch of towels that I did from a twill sampler. The were the first project I did on my home loom after I learned how to warp it from Jenny S in class. They really feel beyond lovely now that they are washed. I am glad Mom said she would like them. Note, they are all different sized, mostly because I could not be arsed to care about precision in this project.
2) This is a really cool project that I did to learn how to do overshot in class. I was a little unhappy with it when I first brought it home, but once I washed it, the hand of the fabric became beyond lovely. I had planned it as a head scarf, and while it does work for that, it is a bit more bulky then what I normally wear. However, I think it would also make a lovely shawl.
3)These are two samplers I did for Huck (a weaving technique). They are essentially the same (same warp, same weft, same patterns, but one is on a 12 dent reed, and one is on a 10 dent reed. I took lots of close up pictures, and tonight I am washing them, because supposedly huck changes a bunch after you wash it. I will also have to do a sampler where I leave one unwashed, and one washed at some point.
And then I finished off today with a little work on the Janesville sweater take 2.
Funny story, So for some reason, after I left the doctor's on Thursday, I somehow got it in my brain that it was FRIDAY, so I went to an estate sale that was supposed to be on Friday morning, the lady running it said "bless your heart dear, its Thursday! and then Friday I decided not to leave the house in the morning.
Project-wise, I finished the first skirt from the pattern from earlier this week, I am very happy with it. I also finished the first shirt from the FBA, and it is very comferble and I think it fits well. The pants, well, I mostly finished them but they did not fit quite right, so I brought them over to Severin and she advised me how she thought it would be best to modify the pattern, so this morning I cut them out of sheet fabric, and I used the serger for most of the assembly, but then Hugo came over and we assembled his new belt pouch! I was ultra cool to spend a day working with him. Such a cool guy!
Oh! I also, between last evening and this morning finished the edges on three weaving projects.
1) a bunch of towels that I did from a twill sampler. The were the first project I did on my home loom after I learned how to warp it from Jenny S in class. They really feel beyond lovely now that they are washed. I am glad Mom said she would like them. Note, they are all different sized, mostly because I could not be arsed to care about precision in this project.
2) This is a really cool project that I did to learn how to do overshot in class. I was a little unhappy with it when I first brought it home, but once I washed it, the hand of the fabric became beyond lovely. I had planned it as a head scarf, and while it does work for that, it is a bit more bulky then what I normally wear. However, I think it would also make a lovely shawl.
3)These are two samplers I did for Huck (a weaving technique). They are essentially the same (same warp, same weft, same patterns, but one is on a 12 dent reed, and one is on a 10 dent reed. I took lots of close up pictures, and tonight I am washing them, because supposedly huck changes a bunch after you wash it. I will also have to do a sampler where I leave one unwashed, and one washed at some point.
And then I finished off today with a little work on the Janesville sweater take 2.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
I did it! The dreaded full bust adjustment.
Well, its been a few days, I have read a fair bit, so I'm not going to go into detail, mostly because I am too lazy to go back and figure it all out. BUT, most notably, I finally did read the new Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed. I made the mistake of coming to it around midnight, saying "I'll just read the first chapter. " Needless to say, I was up reading it until 4 am. I did not quite finish, but then I went back to reading it as soon as I woke up. That also means I have not gone on a walk Mon, Tue, or Wed morning because I threw off my sleep cycle. I'm hoping to get to sleep at a reasonable time again tonight, and then walk in the morning.
The exciting news for the week (for me at least) is that Monday evening, I started to bleed, and it continued heavily enough for me to consider it a "period", so I called the doctor, and I am going in to start monitoring for this next cycle. Hopefully it will not fizz out like the last one did. We will see, I don't want to get too excited.
Household - I am trying to adapt a new philosophy. There are a couple of things that Mike just refuses to do it "THE RIGHT WAY' (i.e., MY way). And they have, and continue to, infuriate me. (partial list, refuses to put dirty dishes into dishwasher, even when the dishwasher is sitting there empty and OPEN, refuses to put sponge/scrubber back into the hanging spaces for them (so they don't get disgusting and slimy),... ok, Im not going to list them because I feel my bloodpressue rising), but basically I am going to try to not let them get me so upset. Just take a deep breath and go on. Lets see how this works for me, but I think this will help me have a better life.
Anyway, because I messed up my sleep on Sunday/monday night, I felt sick (er - I was feeling much better) again on Monday and Tuesday, So I am very far behind in where I wanted to be with sewing. Well, also, because the first step was modifying patterns or just making new ones, I dithered. Thats what I do when I'm not entirely confident in my skills in a project. BUT! here I am in the three projects.
1) Easiest - Drafted the half circle skirt for about mid-calf on me from the pattern in The Modern Maker vol 2. Instead of drawing the pattern directly on the fabric, I made a paper pattern, because I figure I'll be making several of these skirts this summer. I got the pieces sewn together, the two straight sides sewn over, and the waistband applied. I used 2.5" strips cut on the straight grain for that. I still need to cut out 2.5" bias for the bottom of the skirt, and to apply it. (did this in that striped white linen that I have had for ages and ages -like more then a decade! )
2) FBA on New Look 6340. https://curvysewingcollective.com/tutorial-a-full-bust-adjustment-on-a-one-dart-bodice/ I used the basic size 18 I had cut out from last year because the shoulders were already a little far apart for my like, and added 1 inch on each side. I have the front darts sewn up, and the front seam sewn up, and finished. I tried to stay stitch the front neckline, but I gathered it in the process! Oh! also, I made the shirt the length of the width of the fabric, not the length the pattern is cut to. I think I should change that on the pattern. (made this out of the same striped white linen as the skirt). OH - what needs to still be done with it! I need to sew up the backs, and then the back to the front. Then the armholes, neckline, and bottom needs to be bound. I THINK the binding needs to be done with a thinner linen, as this linen gives a very bulky binding!
3) Drafted the pants sloper, then drafted the pants pattern, and cut them out in the leftover green linen from some SCA tunics for me and M. Its not as crisp of a linen as I am used to, I wonder if it is a cotton/linen mix? Not sure, but I like the old fashion army green of it. I really hope these turn out to at least fit.
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OH!! also, on Tuesday night I got to babysit my neighbor's baby!!!! I was so excited, and he was a joy!
The exciting news for the week (for me at least) is that Monday evening, I started to bleed, and it continued heavily enough for me to consider it a "period", so I called the doctor, and I am going in to start monitoring for this next cycle. Hopefully it will not fizz out like the last one did. We will see, I don't want to get too excited.
Household - I am trying to adapt a new philosophy. There are a couple of things that Mike just refuses to do it "THE RIGHT WAY' (i.e., MY way). And they have, and continue to, infuriate me. (partial list, refuses to put dirty dishes into dishwasher, even when the dishwasher is sitting there empty and OPEN, refuses to put sponge/scrubber back into the hanging spaces for them (so they don't get disgusting and slimy),... ok, Im not going to list them because I feel my bloodpressue rising), but basically I am going to try to not let them get me so upset. Just take a deep breath and go on. Lets see how this works for me, but I think this will help me have a better life.
Anyway, because I messed up my sleep on Sunday/monday night, I felt sick (er - I was feeling much better) again on Monday and Tuesday, So I am very far behind in where I wanted to be with sewing. Well, also, because the first step was modifying patterns or just making new ones, I dithered. Thats what I do when I'm not entirely confident in my skills in a project. BUT! here I am in the three projects.
1) Easiest - Drafted the half circle skirt for about mid-calf on me from the pattern in The Modern Maker vol 2. Instead of drawing the pattern directly on the fabric, I made a paper pattern, because I figure I'll be making several of these skirts this summer. I got the pieces sewn together, the two straight sides sewn over, and the waistband applied. I used 2.5" strips cut on the straight grain for that. I still need to cut out 2.5" bias for the bottom of the skirt, and to apply it. (did this in that striped white linen that I have had for ages and ages -like more then a decade! )
2) FBA on New Look 6340. https://curvysewingcollective.com/tutorial-a-full-bust-adjustment-on-a-one-dart-bodice/ I used the basic size 18 I had cut out from last year because the shoulders were already a little far apart for my like, and added 1 inch on each side. I have the front darts sewn up, and the front seam sewn up, and finished. I tried to stay stitch the front neckline, but I gathered it in the process! Oh! also, I made the shirt the length of the width of the fabric, not the length the pattern is cut to. I think I should change that on the pattern. (made this out of the same striped white linen as the skirt). OH - what needs to still be done with it! I need to sew up the backs, and then the back to the front. Then the armholes, neckline, and bottom needs to be bound. I THINK the binding needs to be done with a thinner linen, as this linen gives a very bulky binding!
3) Drafted the pants sloper, then drafted the pants pattern, and cut them out in the leftover green linen from some SCA tunics for me and M. Its not as crisp of a linen as I am used to, I wonder if it is a cotton/linen mix? Not sure, but I like the old fashion army green of it. I really hope these turn out to at least fit.
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OH!! also, on Tuesday night I got to babysit my neighbor's baby!!!! I was so excited, and he was a joy!
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Lazy Sunday
I find I'm much less productive when the husband is home, even if he spends most of the day napping. But it was a lazy day, the most excitement was finally putting the insurance cards in the vehicles, and getting my mail from the mailbox. It was nothing but junk mail, by the way.
I started the day off with a call to Mom (it was Mother's Day, after all, though I probably call her fairly often anyway. And ever since she has retired, I feel bad for calling her before 10. But I do it anyway sometimes. I finished organizing that one shelf, and I found a couple of other projects that need to be finished. I actually did "finish' one that I found -- I had made a pair from the yarn recommended and in the pattern recommended by Jane and Ninya at last year's Jamestown conference, but I had never woven in the ends. I think I knit most of them at the beach up in Michican with Mom. So I did that and popped them into the tub of garters and stockings. I had, immediately last year, cast on a new pair, but that project has been languishing for ages.
I also worked some on the Janesville second edition, I finished the first grey segment, and started on the first black segment. I do think I will need ONE more skein of the grey, but I am going to wait to order that until I run out.
Oh! I also got to work on the pile of laundry that had accumulated.
I then spent the rest of the day reading, and not getting very engaged in what I read. So here is the listing. Be warned, most of the reading was kinda speed reading, to see if I found the stuff engaging, and mostly I did not. I don't know if it is the stories or me. Most of these where either from KU or the library. I had come across an list of recommendations, and borrowed whatever was available, figuring I would get to it if I felt like it, if not, the borrow would expire.
-The Duke and the Dandy Highwayman by Zakarrie - The language was... I saw what the author was doing, but to me it was too distracting. It was cute, and if the next book was in the KU, I would probably borrow it, but I did not like it enough to buy the next one.
-Prosperity by Alexis Hall - I'm not the biggest fan of steam punk except in a very few exceptions, and this one just did not get me to feel too involved. It was good writing, but this author was also doing stuff with his language that I found distracting and did not help me get involved. I think other's could really like it. I won't avoid this author, some of his blurbs for his other books at the end sounded interesting, but I don't think I will go out of my way to find them.
-The Poison Within by Kasia Bacon - This one was quite good, engaging, and I felt attached to the characters. I would enjoy others by this author I think, but the blurb with the chapter long intro (I think it was the next book coming out) did not grab me. So I am being lazing and not bothering to find others.
-Of Dark and Bright by Kate Sherwood - blah. I mean, it was written well, and maybe if my mood was different, but right now, I could really care less what happens to the characters next.
-Starting Long Shadow by Kate Sherwood, we will see how that goes and if I am awake much later then that.
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I plan on going walking in the morning, M will fuss at me about that because I'm still not totally well, but I miss my walks, and if I listen to M all the time, I will always have an excuse to not exercise.
M turned in his part of the uber grant, I think that is why he is sleeping so much this weekend.
OHOHOH!!! and exciting news, B and J asked me to babysit the baby on Tuesday!!!! This is so exciting!
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Oh, listening : I finished Hidden by Kendra Eliot and started Chilled by the same author. I do have to say, as I said before. Contrasting Hidden (her first book) vs her latest book, I think she has improved as a writer a great deal. I also remembered the second point that bothered the feminist in me. Here are two quotes from the pos of the main male protagonist.
First quote
"If he ever had a daughter, she would live at home during collage, with her bodyguard"
Second quote - this one is describing a young gymnast who was photographed doing a routine
" Would he want his daughter posed on a billboard like that, Hell NO"
Now, I know that this is not the viewpoint of the author, but it always makes me uneasy when the male leads in romance novels (or males in real life) talk about locking up their daughters or in other ways restricting their life because men are so bad. It seems like it is taking agency away from women.
I started the day off with a call to Mom (it was Mother's Day, after all, though I probably call her fairly often anyway. And ever since she has retired, I feel bad for calling her before 10. But I do it anyway sometimes. I finished organizing that one shelf, and I found a couple of other projects that need to be finished. I actually did "finish' one that I found -- I had made a pair from the yarn recommended and in the pattern recommended by Jane and Ninya at last year's Jamestown conference, but I had never woven in the ends. I think I knit most of them at the beach up in Michican with Mom. So I did that and popped them into the tub of garters and stockings. I had, immediately last year, cast on a new pair, but that project has been languishing for ages.
I also worked some on the Janesville second edition, I finished the first grey segment, and started on the first black segment. I do think I will need ONE more skein of the grey, but I am going to wait to order that until I run out.
Oh! I also got to work on the pile of laundry that had accumulated.
I then spent the rest of the day reading, and not getting very engaged in what I read. So here is the listing. Be warned, most of the reading was kinda speed reading, to see if I found the stuff engaging, and mostly I did not. I don't know if it is the stories or me. Most of these where either from KU or the library. I had come across an list of recommendations, and borrowed whatever was available, figuring I would get to it if I felt like it, if not, the borrow would expire.
-The Duke and the Dandy Highwayman by Zakarrie - The language was... I saw what the author was doing, but to me it was too distracting. It was cute, and if the next book was in the KU, I would probably borrow it, but I did not like it enough to buy the next one.
-Prosperity by Alexis Hall - I'm not the biggest fan of steam punk except in a very few exceptions, and this one just did not get me to feel too involved. It was good writing, but this author was also doing stuff with his language that I found distracting and did not help me get involved. I think other's could really like it. I won't avoid this author, some of his blurbs for his other books at the end sounded interesting, but I don't think I will go out of my way to find them.
-The Poison Within by Kasia Bacon - This one was quite good, engaging, and I felt attached to the characters. I would enjoy others by this author I think, but the blurb with the chapter long intro (I think it was the next book coming out) did not grab me. So I am being lazing and not bothering to find others.
-Of Dark and Bright by Kate Sherwood - blah. I mean, it was written well, and maybe if my mood was different, but right now, I could really care less what happens to the characters next.
-Starting Long Shadow by Kate Sherwood, we will see how that goes and if I am awake much later then that.
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I plan on going walking in the morning, M will fuss at me about that because I'm still not totally well, but I miss my walks, and if I listen to M all the time, I will always have an excuse to not exercise.
M turned in his part of the uber grant, I think that is why he is sleeping so much this weekend.
OHOHOH!!! and exciting news, B and J asked me to babysit the baby on Tuesday!!!! This is so exciting!
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Oh, listening : I finished Hidden by Kendra Eliot and started Chilled by the same author. I do have to say, as I said before. Contrasting Hidden (her first book) vs her latest book, I think she has improved as a writer a great deal. I also remembered the second point that bothered the feminist in me. Here are two quotes from the pos of the main male protagonist.
First quote
"If he ever had a daughter, she would live at home during collage, with her bodyguard"
Second quote - this one is describing a young gymnast who was photographed doing a routine
" Would he want his daughter posed on a billboard like that, Hell NO"
Now, I know that this is not the viewpoint of the author, but it always makes me uneasy when the male leads in romance novels (or males in real life) talk about locking up their daughters or in other ways restricting their life because men are so bad. It seems like it is taking agency away from women.
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Not Much Today.
I ended up starting Top Secret by Sarina Bowen after I finished writing last evening, and could not sleep well, mostly because I kept waking myself up by coughing. But I got off to a slow start, and worked some of the blanket for L. I also discovered that I need to rip out all the work I have done, because I can't seem to crochet straight back and forth. I either loose stitches or gain stitches! I have a friend who does crochet for pay, and can use the extra money so I have a "secret" plan now. Bring the whole mess to her and pay her to finish it! In the below picture, you will see that the circled in red was the part already done, and how the blanket curves in after I start it. Also, It is very narrow, so I asked J how she wanted me to deal with that, and I have included the plan for that also.
I then decided, instead of working on a project, I would start organizing one go the shelves one of the craft closets. The bottom three shelves are much more organized, but I have a mess to clean up, and I still have the upper shelves to deal with!
Then I spent some time on the computer working on the ever necessary and never-ending task of cleaning up my photo roll. Then we went to a work part at Rich and MaryLou. It was a wonderful evening, I do like the people Mike works with. I reestablished contact info with MaryLou, and I got S and J's contact info. I have been wanting to invite them over for dinner for ages, and M keeps not doing that. So sometime in the next week or two, I will text S and hopefully we will set up a dinner evening. I need to make cannoli, as J seems to love them! I also got contact info for G, because I thought that maybe A would enjoy seeing all of G's dad's farm equipment, but he suggested that we also just try going to the John Deer store. Oh, and I suggested that one of the young men there look into the SCA and if he wanted to get into it, I would introduce hie to the local people.
And now I'm home, and ready to go to bed. Well, I am actually writing this FROM bed, but I mean settle into reading and sleeping.
Read today: Finished Top Secret by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy. Definitely an enjoyable read, it was well written and fun. just enough pathos to be gripping, but not so much that it felt like a soap opera. And the smart people acted smart, and there was no making the soon to be ex girlfriend into a mean girl, which I appreciated.
Listen to: Continued with Hidden by Kendra Elliot. This is the first book, as far as I can tell, written by this author. You might remember that I Just finished listening (for the first time) to her latest two books. I have listened to this book, but it was several years ago, and her writing has definitely improved. This book is also much more ... I don't know exactly how to describe it, but in this author's latest writing, it seems like she has matured into to her writing and is writing more what she wants to write, instead of going purely for the genre's rules. There are several things that bug me, mostly my "feminist" side, but there is even the wealthy billionaire as the love interest if we are noting how well the author keeps to the genre's "rules". The two things that bugged me, on the feminist side -1) It is always the female daughter who is in charge of the billionaire's family forturen's charitable arm, and the son of the family who is the business tycoon. I would like it sometimes if the the female scion could be the the business tycoon and the son be in charge of the charitable arm! 2) ...oh, shoot, maybe I should take notes as I think about these things, because now I remember there were two things, but I can't remember the second one!...wait a moment and let me think. Oh, well, I probably will remember as soon as I go back to listening. If I remember, I'll come back and type it in.
Friday, May 10, 2019
Mom! You are supposed to post also!
First off, trying to write something everyday might be interesting, we will see how I keep it up, but fair warning, I will probably overshare. I do that chronicly. Here is a story about that, and its even a true one. (Oh, I also overuse exclamation points, trust me, I probably leave out half the exclamation points that you would insert were you transcribing my speech).
Back to the story -My very first year of public school was 8th grade, and I was living with my father in a carribian island, going to school at the school on the local American army base. Before that I had been going to a very small privet school that my mother had founded. So this was my first time not going to school with the same 100(from pre-school to high school) kids I had known my whole life. I assumed everyone knew everything about me, and it did not bother me in the least. I think that might be because my parents raised me to be supremely confident that I was loved and adored, which is not a bad thing to be able to say about one's parents I think.
There were some things I loved, but I found English to be hard. Not reading or speaking or learning rules, but actual writing had always been quite difficult for me. I have dyslexia (I refuse to be ashamed of my spelling, poor spelling is NOT a sign of low intelligence, my brain just works differently then your), and beyond spelling, getting my words onto paper or even a computer continued to be beyond difficult for me,* until fairly recently. Only recently have I noticed writing has gotten, maybe more smooth? less terrifying ? (yes, Mom, you were right, with enough practice, I can do anything, its just that most people seem to be able to write but the time they are in high school...I had to wait until I was in my 40s for that practice to pay off!)
So, in the new school, I had an absolutely adorable English teacher, who I think was frankly, puzzled and bemused by me beyond belief. He was an older gentleman, who I assumed was gay (you know the mannerisms that one assumes are associated with "gayness', but really are not. And its really not that relevant, but its always something I think about when I remember him. But he had us write these personal essays every month? and we would polish them up and rewrite them nicely, and then he would staple them to his bulletin board every month. And I think the poor guy was frankly horrified at what I chose to include. He never graded me down, but was always trying to gently guide me to slightly less personal comments.
Oh, I think this might be why I always think of his presumed gayness. One of the comments in one of my essasys he tried to steer me away from was something about how wonderful I felt when something ended, kinda like how wonderful it felt to finish bleeding after one's period. And the poor gentleman was plainly worried that I would get teased and had that look on his face that some gay guys get when they talk about women's body (it's a different look then the disgusted look straight guys get). I refused to edit it out, and no-one every even noticed it I think, other then him, but I alway thought it was so sweet of him to try and protect me from my own over sharing.
*Facebook->writing for me Ok, on the topic of how Facebook has helped my writing. Back when I started using Facebook, I was still very very tentative about writing anything. It would never be good enough, so it just seemed like it would be so much work for something that was a bad product. But I started just writing little small posts, but it was so off the cuff, that it never seemed to be a thing. and then I could write longer and longer posts, and no one was jumping out of the woodwork and laughing at me, and...well, PRACTICE does make better...yes, mom, you are right!
I should probably do revisions on what I just wrote, but I'm not planning on doing many, if anyone besides my mother reads this, and I have been unclear, post a comment and I might explain better.
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Today's activities. I felt better today, but not all the way better. Like the weight on my chest feels like its 5 lbs, not 50lbs, and the thought is not AS sore, and I was able to do stuff, but I still got exhausted. But I think I'll manage to recover without antibiotics. I hope. I do take and believe in antibiotics, I just get massive yeast infections (TMI, see above), and getting rid of THOSE always seems harder then getting rid of whatever sickness the antibiotics were for.
But because I got all my projects sorted and away yesterday, I had nothing sitting there bugging me to start working on it. so I lazed around a bit this morning, and it was cold enough I did not want my tea outside. So instead I had my morning tea (no walk because of sick) in my comfy chair. I worked on the AWFUL BORING odd sized blanket that J asked me to make for L because her mother started it. I also HATE HATE the yarn, it feels soft but its grabby so it does not pull effortly. But this project is just row after row of single crochet. Anyway, whine whine, pout pout. Then I pulled used the chainsaw** on some of the wood in the back yard, and pulled in some of the piles of branches to the back patio ( I'll burn them Sunday mom, but I don't think I had the energy to both extract them from the grass that had started to entangle them on the same day) , and I washed and BRUSHED my hair (its been since Sunday?), and then I went out to lunch with Shari, K, and J. We went to cheddars, because I had been wanting to go there for a while. it was ok, but I was not overly impressed. for some reason, I had assumed that there would be cheddar biscuits. I was going to hang out with Shari as her and her boys worked on cleaning her garage, but my lungs started nothing me the moment I spent a min in there! So I came home, and started a project that I think is going to be on hold until I get bigger crochet hooks. Mike's co-worker's daughter is due to have a baby soon, and I want a baby blanket to send to her. I want to do a star crochet blanket, but I want to do two threads together (quicker!) and the 6.5mm needles are producing too stiff a fabric.
and then I read Proper English by KJ Charles (I recommend but the way!) while working on the second Janesville sweater. And now I'm writing this, and then I might start reading Top Secret by Sarina Bowen. Today's Listening was Hidden by Kendra Elliot (also both text and audio on KU)
**Chainsaw funny story: So, the chainsaw was not where I expected it to be, I looked in several places, but the husband has this habit of leaving things in the place where he is finished with them instead of finding or returning to an "away" place. So I call him and ask him where the chainsaw is. This will only be my second time using a chainsaw EVER. But he blithly gives me directions to where he things it is, and it is , indeed, in that location. and I'm about to sign off the phone call and he gently, hesitantly, delicately asks me..."mhm, what are you using it for?' like, you know, it just occurred to him that his wife was asking him where this dangruos machine was... it was very cute.
OHOH!! and this very cute little guy was keeping me company while I used the chain saw. My pictures don't typically end up this gorgeous, but this one, if I do say so myself is gorgeous!!!
Back to the story -My very first year of public school was 8th grade, and I was living with my father in a carribian island, going to school at the school on the local American army base. Before that I had been going to a very small privet school that my mother had founded. So this was my first time not going to school with the same 100(from pre-school to high school) kids I had known my whole life. I assumed everyone knew everything about me, and it did not bother me in the least. I think that might be because my parents raised me to be supremely confident that I was loved and adored, which is not a bad thing to be able to say about one's parents I think.
There were some things I loved, but I found English to be hard. Not reading or speaking or learning rules, but actual writing had always been quite difficult for me. I have dyslexia (I refuse to be ashamed of my spelling, poor spelling is NOT a sign of low intelligence, my brain just works differently then your), and beyond spelling, getting my words onto paper or even a computer continued to be beyond difficult for me,* until fairly recently. Only recently have I noticed writing has gotten, maybe more smooth? less terrifying ? (yes, Mom, you were right, with enough practice, I can do anything, its just that most people seem to be able to write but the time they are in high school...I had to wait until I was in my 40s for that practice to pay off!)
So, in the new school, I had an absolutely adorable English teacher, who I think was frankly, puzzled and bemused by me beyond belief. He was an older gentleman, who I assumed was gay (you know the mannerisms that one assumes are associated with "gayness', but really are not. And its really not that relevant, but its always something I think about when I remember him. But he had us write these personal essays every month? and we would polish them up and rewrite them nicely, and then he would staple them to his bulletin board every month. And I think the poor guy was frankly horrified at what I chose to include. He never graded me down, but was always trying to gently guide me to slightly less personal comments.
Oh, I think this might be why I always think of his presumed gayness. One of the comments in one of my essasys he tried to steer me away from was something about how wonderful I felt when something ended, kinda like how wonderful it felt to finish bleeding after one's period. And the poor gentleman was plainly worried that I would get teased and had that look on his face that some gay guys get when they talk about women's body (it's a different look then the disgusted look straight guys get). I refused to edit it out, and no-one every even noticed it I think, other then him, but I alway thought it was so sweet of him to try and protect me from my own over sharing.
*Facebook->writing for me Ok, on the topic of how Facebook has helped my writing. Back when I started using Facebook, I was still very very tentative about writing anything. It would never be good enough, so it just seemed like it would be so much work for something that was a bad product. But I started just writing little small posts, but it was so off the cuff, that it never seemed to be a thing. and then I could write longer and longer posts, and no one was jumping out of the woodwork and laughing at me, and...well, PRACTICE does make better...yes, mom, you are right!
I should probably do revisions on what I just wrote, but I'm not planning on doing many, if anyone besides my mother reads this, and I have been unclear, post a comment and I might explain better.
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Today's activities. I felt better today, but not all the way better. Like the weight on my chest feels like its 5 lbs, not 50lbs, and the thought is not AS sore, and I was able to do stuff, but I still got exhausted. But I think I'll manage to recover without antibiotics. I hope. I do take and believe in antibiotics, I just get massive yeast infections (TMI, see above), and getting rid of THOSE always seems harder then getting rid of whatever sickness the antibiotics were for.
But because I got all my projects sorted and away yesterday, I had nothing sitting there bugging me to start working on it. so I lazed around a bit this morning, and it was cold enough I did not want my tea outside. So instead I had my morning tea (no walk because of sick) in my comfy chair. I worked on the AWFUL BORING odd sized blanket that J asked me to make for L because her mother started it. I also HATE HATE the yarn, it feels soft but its grabby so it does not pull effortly. But this project is just row after row of single crochet. Anyway, whine whine, pout pout. Then I pulled used the chainsaw** on some of the wood in the back yard, and pulled in some of the piles of branches to the back patio ( I'll burn them Sunday mom, but I don't think I had the energy to both extract them from the grass that had started to entangle them on the same day) , and I washed and BRUSHED my hair (its been since Sunday?), and then I went out to lunch with Shari, K, and J. We went to cheddars, because I had been wanting to go there for a while. it was ok, but I was not overly impressed. for some reason, I had assumed that there would be cheddar biscuits. I was going to hang out with Shari as her and her boys worked on cleaning her garage, but my lungs started nothing me the moment I spent a min in there! So I came home, and started a project that I think is going to be on hold until I get bigger crochet hooks. Mike's co-worker's daughter is due to have a baby soon, and I want a baby blanket to send to her. I want to do a star crochet blanket, but I want to do two threads together (quicker!) and the 6.5mm needles are producing too stiff a fabric.
**Chainsaw funny story: So, the chainsaw was not where I expected it to be, I looked in several places, but the husband has this habit of leaving things in the place where he is finished with them instead of finding or returning to an "away" place. So I call him and ask him where the chainsaw is. This will only be my second time using a chainsaw EVER. But he blithly gives me directions to where he things it is, and it is , indeed, in that location. and I'm about to sign off the phone call and he gently, hesitantly, delicately asks me..."mhm, what are you using it for?' like, you know, it just occurred to him that his wife was asking him where this dangruos machine was... it was very cute.
OHOH!! and this very cute little guy was keeping me company while I used the chain saw. My pictures don't typically end up this gorgeous, but this one, if I do say so myself is gorgeous!!!
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Yes, Mom, I'm finally posti
I feel better today. I think I made a mistake going for my morning walk back on Tuesday, but I did, and I felt terrible again all Tuesday and yesterday. But YESTERDAY evening, Shari got me to go Avengers:Endgame with her and her group and that was fun. It was exactly the type of movie I like, with great special effects, and wonderful explosions, just a little bit of comedy, but lots of action. now, the plot could have used some work, but thats not typically why I watch movies. I'm also glad I saw it on the big screen.
Today I woke up late and was slow starting, and I had to go up the hill and walk the neighbor's dogs twice. their older dog was experiencing "intestinal distress" and they wanted to let her have extra chances to void. I also ran into town because I kept dragging my feet, and their was a piece of mail I wanted mailed before the weekend and for some reason, I could never seem to get it in the mailbox before the post person dropped off mail!
I spent some time on house upkeep (running dishwasher, policing kitchen counters, doing a couple of small tasks there, getting the craft room ready for Roomba, finally starting to organize the shelves in the closets, running the Roomba in the craft room), but then I mostly spent time on craft stuff. I think next week I want to spend a bunch of time actually sewing. I need 1)linen pants, 2)linen tops, 3)linen circle skirts, 4)some summer dresses -that Gertie dress from last summer, but because of my weight gain, I need to resize from what I did last year, 5)try and get a mock wrap dress in both woven and knit... I will probably focus on the pants and shirts, I need to modify last year's shirt's pattern because it is too tight in the bust, again due to the weight gain over this last winter.
so...today, I kinda regrouped and reorganized my new "active project" shelf that I bugged Mike to put up a month or two ago. I finished putting in the shelves today, and I redid the boxes for some of the projects.
I also worked on the latest Deep in the woods hat, the first one I made with 4x35 stitches would only fit over my head with my hair down, while I prefer my hats to by slouchy, and to go over my hair. I also contacted the guy who sold me the yarn, and reordered more, because I still think I want to do another pair of mittens so I can put a lining in. I started the next hat, this time with 5x35 stitches.
The light blue yarn on the far left is some very light cashmere from colormart I got a long time ago, that I was supposed to make something for mom... and then never did. I'm starting with the two small mittens, and putting in a very light weight lining (using two strands of the cashmere, and the 2.25 needles that those mittens were made of. then I'll make the lining for the other pieces with the 2.75 needles that I used and am using for the other pieces. as you can see from the picture above, I am almost out of the brown. I think I would have enough of the colored yarns to make another hat, and possibly another pair of mittens... but not enough of the brown. The guy said he won't be able to get to making more of the yarns until end of May, so everything except the linings will need to be put on hold until then.
I also reorginyiaez the Janesville sweater. I finished the first one, and it is much wider then the original schematic called for. even wider then I though it would be, as the fabric relaxed when I blocked it. It was supposed to start at about 33', and before I wet it and laid it out to dry, it was about 38' wide. but after blocking, it ended up being around 40 inches wide. I started a new one with only 113 sts (I think) to start with, and going from there. I got about 5 inches done in the movie last night! I don't know if I will have enough yarn, but if I run out, I can order more. Actually, once I started the first one, I thought I would need more black, so I ordered two more skeins, and I did not even need to start those for the first. which is actually why I'm doing this one, because I wanted to use up the leftover yarn. SO I hope I don't need to order more!
I finished off the evening with some weaving. I have had this narrow weave going on with some leftover yarns from another project --actually, I ran out of the leftover, so the last half of it I have been using one of my old handspun as the weft. I like how it looked. One bit of the weave is going to be a jewelry hanging device...I'll post a picture when I get to that, and one bit is going to be for circular (and maybe even dpns) to hang in size order. we will see how that works out. anyway, this has been on the loom forEVER it seems. But I wanted to finish this off as Shari has hopes of unearthing her loom (an 8 shaft that might be my new loom, we will see, but that is the plan), replacing my loom in my craft room, and shifting this loom to be a semi-permanent loan to a local spa aquantence.
As you can see, I used up almost all of that warp. Im going to see if the new person for the loom wants to see it set up before I cut the fabric off the loom.
Listened to: Kendra Elliot, A Merciful Fate. this is the last of this series, I think she is planning to write more of them, but I have enjoyed this series, so I hope she writes more. but I will probably like whatever she writes. though I wish her females would keep their last names when they get married. or at least some of them. I like this author's work, and they are good to listen too, and the audio is included in Kindle Unlimited, which is an addiotnal big plus. many of this author's books are included in the audio part of KU, which means I have hear them all. but it has been I long while so I was thinking I might go back and listen to some of them again.
I have not read much because I have about 5 new books and I know as soon as I start to read them, I won't want to do ANYTHING else...so I keep putting off reading them. Silly, because I have been looking forward to these ones for a while.
Anyway, Its off to dinner - stew--which is a story in itself... For about the last two years, Mike has been very disapointed with my stew, so this time when he hinted he wanted me to make stew, I told him he should make it himself and write down what he did so he can be happy with what I make. So he did, and we have had stew all week -he's been having it for lunches. here is the recipe.
Oh! and here is a pict of me trying on that darned hat!
Today I woke up late and was slow starting, and I had to go up the hill and walk the neighbor's dogs twice. their older dog was experiencing "intestinal distress" and they wanted to let her have extra chances to void. I also ran into town because I kept dragging my feet, and their was a piece of mail I wanted mailed before the weekend and for some reason, I could never seem to get it in the mailbox before the post person dropped off mail!
I spent some time on house upkeep (running dishwasher, policing kitchen counters, doing a couple of small tasks there, getting the craft room ready for Roomba, finally starting to organize the shelves in the closets, running the Roomba in the craft room), but then I mostly spent time on craft stuff. I think next week I want to spend a bunch of time actually sewing. I need 1)linen pants, 2)linen tops, 3)linen circle skirts, 4)some summer dresses -that Gertie dress from last summer, but because of my weight gain, I need to resize from what I did last year, 5)try and get a mock wrap dress in both woven and knit... I will probably focus on the pants and shirts, I need to modify last year's shirt's pattern because it is too tight in the bust, again due to the weight gain over this last winter.
so...today, I kinda regrouped and reorganized my new "active project" shelf that I bugged Mike to put up a month or two ago. I finished putting in the shelves today, and I redid the boxes for some of the projects.
I also worked on the latest Deep in the woods hat, the first one I made with 4x35 stitches would only fit over my head with my hair down, while I prefer my hats to by slouchy, and to go over my hair. I also contacted the guy who sold me the yarn, and reordered more, because I still think I want to do another pair of mittens so I can put a lining in. I started the next hat, this time with 5x35 stitches.
I also reorginyiaez the Janesville sweater. I finished the first one, and it is much wider then the original schematic called for. even wider then I though it would be, as the fabric relaxed when I blocked it. It was supposed to start at about 33', and before I wet it and laid it out to dry, it was about 38' wide. but after blocking, it ended up being around 40 inches wide. I started a new one with only 113 sts (I think) to start with, and going from there. I got about 5 inches done in the movie last night! I don't know if I will have enough yarn, but if I run out, I can order more. Actually, once I started the first one, I thought I would need more black, so I ordered two more skeins, and I did not even need to start those for the first. which is actually why I'm doing this one, because I wanted to use up the leftover yarn. SO I hope I don't need to order more!
Listened to: Kendra Elliot, A Merciful Fate. this is the last of this series, I think she is planning to write more of them, but I have enjoyed this series, so I hope she writes more. but I will probably like whatever she writes. though I wish her females would keep their last names when they get married. or at least some of them. I like this author's work, and they are good to listen too, and the audio is included in Kindle Unlimited, which is an addiotnal big plus. many of this author's books are included in the audio part of KU, which means I have hear them all. but it has been I long while so I was thinking I might go back and listen to some of them again.
I have not read much because I have about 5 new books and I know as soon as I start to read them, I won't want to do ANYTHING else...so I keep putting off reading them. Silly, because I have been looking forward to these ones for a while.
Anyway, Its off to dinner - stew--which is a story in itself... For about the last two years, Mike has been very disapointed with my stew, so this time when he hinted he wanted me to make stew, I told him he should make it himself and write down what he did so he can be happy with what I make. So he did, and we have had stew all week -he's been having it for lunches. here is the recipe.
Oh! and here is a pict of me trying on that darned hat!
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
So cool! Puppy FT me a little while ago and wanted technology help from me ! With her I phone. I’m always asking her how to do tech things. Of course the reason I know how to do what she wanted was because of what I think is another sign that I’m dyslexic, the worlds worst speller, am I.
I use Siri to spell words for me daily!, sometimes hourly! If I didn’t have Siri I would be severely limited in written communication. Anyway, Pippy is definitely dyslexic and it was easy to hook her up with spelling Siri. First we had to change from our phones to iPads so that we could run through the steps together. She had Siri turned off on the phone but now has it on so I’m sure she will find it just as useful as I do. I guess it uses lots of battery power so we need to watch that. I use to carry a dictionary around with me but since I don’t use a purse any more , uses Siri is great.
I use Siri to spell words for me daily!, sometimes hourly! If I didn’t have Siri I would be severely limited in written communication. Anyway, Pippy is definitely dyslexic and it was easy to hook her up with spelling Siri. First we had to change from our phones to iPads so that we could run through the steps together. She had Siri turned off on the phone but now has it on so I’m sure she will find it just as useful as I do. I guess it uses lots of battery power so we need to watch that. I use to carry a dictionary around with me but since I don’t use a purse any more , uses Siri is great.
Friday, May 3, 2019
I think this morning may be one of the first mornings that I have time to think about some new goals, since retirement almost two years ago. I did have a meeting I was suppose to attend for one of my volunteer organization at 7:30 this morning but when I woke up I decided I just didn't want to go, it was suppose to be a breakfast wrap up of what has been done all year. I'm pretty sure I want to drop this volunteer activity as I don't feel like I really do anything to make the world a better place with it, someone else is doing all the work and I just am there. I wanted to be involved with schools when I retired but this post doesn't make me feel useful, so I think I will resign.
What I started writing about was new goals. I need to start getting to bed at a more reasonable time, so that I get out of bed at what I would consider a reasonable time, say 7 or 8. I need to take a 30 minute walk everyday. I need to start having a regular morning routine, tea and toast in the morning, at least one hour of reading and one or two hours of writing --what should I write about, besides post on the blog, I should decide. Even if nothing ever gets published from my writing I should attempt it since Ive said for a long time that I should write. If I give myself at least four hours a day for the above I will still have lots of day left for family, crafts, TV, socializing, and volunteering--all things I want to do. Writing it down I hope will make me do it!
I was planning on having the whole day at home to myself but I just got a phone call with an offer too good to pass up. Son John called and asked if I could go over to their house for one of the boys, and then go to see a movie with them, The Avengers Endgame, and then pizza dinner with them. I guess my afternoon and evening is planned.
I've started moving my plants outside on the balcony. I'm thinking this means I have some confidence that spring is here. I hope so! I have two hours to finish up everything I want to get done before I start running around. I wonder if Pippy is posting?
What I started writing about was new goals. I need to start getting to bed at a more reasonable time, so that I get out of bed at what I would consider a reasonable time, say 7 or 8. I need to take a 30 minute walk everyday. I need to start having a regular morning routine, tea and toast in the morning, at least one hour of reading and one or two hours of writing --what should I write about, besides post on the blog, I should decide. Even if nothing ever gets published from my writing I should attempt it since Ive said for a long time that I should write. If I give myself at least four hours a day for the above I will still have lots of day left for family, crafts, TV, socializing, and volunteering--all things I want to do. Writing it down I hope will make me do it!
I was planning on having the whole day at home to myself but I just got a phone call with an offer too good to pass up. Son John called and asked if I could go over to their house for one of the boys, and then go to see a movie with them, The Avengers Endgame, and then pizza dinner with them. I guess my afternoon and evening is planned.
I've started moving my plants outside on the balcony. I'm thinking this means I have some confidence that spring is here. I hope so! I have two hours to finish up everything I want to get done before I start running around. I wonder if Pippy is posting?
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