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It was a boring, but I suppose productive, weekend.
It was end of financial year, so we spent yesterday at home. I didn't do much. I needed a rest. I actually spent about half the day working on sewing a pair of pants I've been meaning to try doing.
People always say pants are hard to sew... and it's true, more than any other garment, pants are much more 3 dimensional (because of the bum, really) and harder to visualise and measure up. However, they're really not THAT bad.
I find it's the INSTRUCTIONS on the patterns that make it difficult. They are telling me things that don't make sense, like put the zipper in and then cut it back. CUT IT BACK? ACTUALLY PULL TEETH OUT OF IT? They say this because they think it's impossible to measure the correct length out prior to putting the waistband on. However, that's just because they suggest sewing bits of it in the wrong order. Order and timing are everything.
So today, I had to go get the RIGHT size zipper, since they told me to get one an inch longer than actually needed and cut it back! Idiots! Now I can continue on,
Trying to get more exercise. Yesterday I walked the dog down to the park and took the steep steps through the woods back. Wow, does that give your legs a workout... not to mention your lungs... I was wheezing by the time I got to the top!
This morning, we got an early start and went out to Quattro Formagi, a deli that has just added a cafe, and had a bit of cafe breakfast and coffee. Then we bought some deli meats and cheeses and ran a few errands in the adjacent mall. Went to get some medication for the two sick fish with dropsy (well, stronger medication anyway), and then came home.
Then I walked the dog and the bird on the same route as yesterday. Usually the bird is nervous out in the open, but with dog there it seemed to calm him. The two of them are getting along wonderfully these day. They realise they're flock mates now, I think, and they've accepted each other.
Then, I cleaned the kitchen, sorted and started doing the laundry, cut up various fruits and vegetables for the week, and sat down for a few minutes to try and calm down!
Once I'm done typing this message, I'm going to hang up some laundry to dry and then do some more work on my pants now that I have the right zipper!
Later, I have to make dinner, change the water in the fish tank, and try to sort out some ADO stuff for work.
BUSY BUSY. YUCK!
It was end of financial year, so we spent yesterday at home. I didn't do much. I needed a rest. I actually spent about half the day working on sewing a pair of pants I've been meaning to try doing.
People always say pants are hard to sew... and it's true, more than any other garment, pants are much more 3 dimensional (because of the bum, really) and harder to visualise and measure up. However, they're really not THAT bad.
I find it's the INSTRUCTIONS on the patterns that make it difficult. They are telling me things that don't make sense, like put the zipper in and then cut it back. CUT IT BACK? ACTUALLY PULL TEETH OUT OF IT? They say this because they think it's impossible to measure the correct length out prior to putting the waistband on. However, that's just because they suggest sewing bits of it in the wrong order. Order and timing are everything.
So today, I had to go get the RIGHT size zipper, since they told me to get one an inch longer than actually needed and cut it back! Idiots! Now I can continue on,
Trying to get more exercise. Yesterday I walked the dog down to the park and took the steep steps through the woods back. Wow, does that give your legs a workout... not to mention your lungs... I was wheezing by the time I got to the top!
This morning, we got an early start and went out to Quattro Formagi, a deli that has just added a cafe, and had a bit of cafe breakfast and coffee. Then we bought some deli meats and cheeses and ran a few errands in the adjacent mall. Went to get some medication for the two sick fish with dropsy (well, stronger medication anyway), and then came home.
Then I walked the dog and the bird on the same route as yesterday. Usually the bird is nervous out in the open, but with dog there it seemed to calm him. The two of them are getting along wonderfully these day. They realise they're flock mates now, I think, and they've accepted each other.
Then, I cleaned the kitchen, sorted and started doing the laundry, cut up various fruits and vegetables for the week, and sat down for a few minutes to try and calm down!
Once I'm done typing this message, I'm going to hang up some laundry to dry and then do some more work on my pants now that I have the right zipper!
Later, I have to make dinner, change the water in the fish tank, and try to sort out some ADO stuff for work.
BUSY BUSY. YUCK!