This Flurry of Activity!
Whew. Holy cow. This has been such a busy month. First working in Retail during the holidays. That's busy enough, but then there is also the stuff to DO with the holidays. Decorating, shopping, wrapping presents, shopping more lol (Yeah... I did that. I wrapped 90% of my presents and then went online and bought some more lol!), Making new festive holiday masks for work. AND because my old Nutcracker festive holiday vest is not only wearing out and fraying now, it's too tight! I lost almost 10 pounds since October. Why oh WHY are my BOOBS popping the top button... WHY BOOBS? WHY!?
So in addition to all that, because my vest won't last another year, I have also been learning how to make a vest so I can make myself a NEW festive holiday vest. I learned today how to sew a dart. What's a dart for you ask? It's to make room for my... BOOBS. Yes. I traced the pattern off my existing vest, and learned how to modify a pattern to add a dart. So I made it an inch or so bigger at the sides and added the dart to the new pattern. I bought some clearance Xmas fabric to use for making mock-ups (aka prototypes that won't waste the fabric purchased specifically for the final product) which, if I've done this right the first time, will actually result in a festive holiday vest in and of itself since it is also festive. lol. I sewed two darts and have two to go which I did not do today because I was too lazy (too busy actually) to take the time to change the thread for the lining fabric. I might do that tomorrow and then maybe baste the thing together to test the fit. I've left enough seam allowance to actually tweak it a little. Mistake? I forgot and sewed the darts with a real seam instead of basting, so if it's wrong, I'm spending a couple of hours picking those two seams instead of a couple of minutes.bleh.
On top of that, there's all the stuff to do with settling my brother's estate. Meetings two weeks in a row on my day off, both of which ate into a large part of my only weekday off, and a lot of other things not getting checked off my list for that day, including not getting to go the the chiropractor when I REALLY needed to, and I'm hoping I can go on Wednesday this week, but I don't know if his office will be open or not. I also wasn't able to call my gut doctor, and I need to ask about my medication - i.e. it costs 3 times as much over the counter as it does with a prescription... so if he wants me to continue taking it, I need him to write a scrip... and if he doesn't, he needs to tell me how the hell to stop taking it, because I tried to follow the urgent care doctors instructions and ended up in a very uncomfortable situation within a couple of days reducing the dose. I did not like that, and could not function by the fourth day. I had to start taking it again. Not happy about that. Also, I'd like to pay his bill, but the bill provides a website that I can't log into to pay it, because I wasn't provided with a special code or something that I'm supposed to have to create my account? Uh... Ok...
So anyway. Busy. I didn't work on CTT at all the last three days. Too busy. I just want to sit down and write it now, but guess what. It's bedtime! lol... It's also thrown me off a bit that my day off changed because of Pink Sunday. So I was off today and working tomorrow... I might try to beg myself off an hour or two early if it's not too busy. I just might. I hardly EVER EVER ask for anything or leave early unless I'm deathly ill or something. I don't ask for favors hardly ever, but I might ask for one. I have stuff to do. lol.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
So in addition to all that, because my vest won't last another year, I have also been learning how to make a vest so I can make myself a NEW festive holiday vest. I learned today how to sew a dart. What's a dart for you ask? It's to make room for my... BOOBS. Yes. I traced the pattern off my existing vest, and learned how to modify a pattern to add a dart. So I made it an inch or so bigger at the sides and added the dart to the new pattern. I bought some clearance Xmas fabric to use for making mock-ups (aka prototypes that won't waste the fabric purchased specifically for the final product) which, if I've done this right the first time, will actually result in a festive holiday vest in and of itself since it is also festive. lol. I sewed two darts and have two to go which I did not do today because I was too lazy (too busy actually) to take the time to change the thread for the lining fabric. I might do that tomorrow and then maybe baste the thing together to test the fit. I've left enough seam allowance to actually tweak it a little. Mistake? I forgot and sewed the darts with a real seam instead of basting, so if it's wrong, I'm spending a couple of hours picking those two seams instead of a couple of minutes.bleh.
On top of that, there's all the stuff to do with settling my brother's estate. Meetings two weeks in a row on my day off, both of which ate into a large part of my only weekday off, and a lot of other things not getting checked off my list for that day, including not getting to go the the chiropractor when I REALLY needed to, and I'm hoping I can go on Wednesday this week, but I don't know if his office will be open or not. I also wasn't able to call my gut doctor, and I need to ask about my medication - i.e. it costs 3 times as much over the counter as it does with a prescription... so if he wants me to continue taking it, I need him to write a scrip... and if he doesn't, he needs to tell me how the hell to stop taking it, because I tried to follow the urgent care doctors instructions and ended up in a very uncomfortable situation within a couple of days reducing the dose. I did not like that, and could not function by the fourth day. I had to start taking it again. Not happy about that. Also, I'd like to pay his bill, but the bill provides a website that I can't log into to pay it, because I wasn't provided with a special code or something that I'm supposed to have to create my account? Uh... Ok...
So anyway. Busy. I didn't work on CTT at all the last three days. Too busy. I just want to sit down and write it now, but guess what. It's bedtime! lol... It's also thrown me off a bit that my day off changed because of Pink Sunday. So I was off today and working tomorrow... I might try to beg myself off an hour or two early if it's not too busy. I just might. I hardly EVER EVER ask for anything or leave early unless I'm deathly ill or something. I don't ask for favors hardly ever, but I might ask for one. I have stuff to do. lol.
Happy Holidays Everyone!