I've been looking to get together with Laura and her family for a few weeks now. Once October rolled around and I was up for actually doing things on the weekend, it seemed time. She was game for yesterday after getting some stuff out of the way; we were texting about it Friday night. However, reading is hard, especially if you're a slow texter ( Read more... )

I broke down and picked up some Milk of Magnesia at the store today. Nothing had really changed in my situation, and I just wanted to get things moving again. I was hoping to pick up a small, 8 oz bottle of the strawberry flavor, but all Woodman's had was the 12 oz size in mint. Good to know: The mint made it somewhat palatable. Oh, man, never ( Read more... )

Sunday. Project day. What to work on today ( Read more... )

Recent things I haven't yet posted about ( Read more... )

There has been talk about people with the virus having a lingering fatigue. I wouldn't necessarily count myself among them, except, for the second Wednesday in a row, I'm bushed. I felt sleepy last week around 6 PM and crawled into bed by 8. Today, I had gone outside when I got home, to eat lunch on the deck, and I kept yawning. I ended up ( Read more... )

I've long had a thing for stuff that glows in the dark. I was one of those people who had glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling for ages--into my 30s, truthfully. I took them down when I painted back in 2009, but I didn't dispose of them; I still have them, crammed into a little box, in case I found another use for them. Along those lines, I ( Read more... )

My long week continues. I think I'm getting better, but I still haven't wanted to be around people. To wit, I didn't go downstairs yesterday until after 1 PM. This is a big red flag to my family, because if there is one thing I do, it's eat breakfast. I *always* eat breakfast. If I eat nothing for the rest of the day, I'll still do that. I ( Read more... )

My week still isn't that great, but at least I've been in more of a mood to do things. I did watch TV in the morning yesterday, but in the afternoon, I cut out patterns for several masks. I'd wanted to make a few more for myself, and YC had requested one, so now they are ready to be pinned and stitched for whenever I get around to it. I did ( Read more... )

I spent the morning finishing up the two remaining masks, then got started on the ties. I finished one before lunch, then took a break. Mom had also mentioned the other day that maybe she'd want to take a walk today, and we did that after 1 PM. She let me lead the way, and I went to a subdivision nearby that we haven't walked through recently--a ( Read more... )

I took yesterday off from mask-making since I worked, but today, I got back into it. I also decided to try and streamline things a bit by cutting the patterns for several masks at once. I was using the swirly purple butterfly fabric, the one that should be more forgiving toward a pieced-together pattern, and wanted to make the fitted-style mask ( Read more... )