It's the little things
May. 26th, 2014 11:16![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillSmall Projects Day. This is when I try to take care of a bunch of the little fiddly things; half of them are small sewing projects to improve or mend my stuff.
I'm trying to keep myself from doing anything physically strenuous, as I crashed very hard last night (worst CFS crash in years). The good news is that it feels like if I take it easy today, I should be fine tomorrow.
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One item is to finish washing and laying out the bay leaves I picked yesterday (there's a Lauris nobilis growing wild beside the canal trail about a block from here). I think I got enough leaves to last two households for a couple of years... they're very potent when dried at room temperature.
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Accomplished: I installed ankle ties in a set of mock-BDUs I got from Jackal Emeritus. While I was at it, I let out the side seams in a few places. While they are still hot-pants, they are no longer I-fear-to-sit-down pants. Improvement. :)
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More accomplishments:
I put pockets on the awesome pencil case, so I can now carry my blending sticks, erasers, and extra xacto blades in it. I now pronounce it perfect.
I used a Pringles can (I ate the chip-like objects with dinner) to create a case for the brush set I bought today -- I know I'll need some nice brushes to paint designs on the harps, so I bought a mid-grade Taklon set. Very nice (at least for a non-painter). I needed some way to store them safely, however, and I couldn't find a generic box to keep them upright and dust-free, so... Pringles can. Woo.
I also watched way more Warehouse 13 than is really healthy. I can guess what sort of dreams I'll be having tonight.
Tomorrow the sewing machine goes to the shop, as it's starting to sound like an old treadle machine and it's lost the reverse gear. I'm sure it just needs a bit of TLC.
I'm trying to keep myself from doing anything physically strenuous, as I crashed very hard last night (worst CFS crash in years). The good news is that it feels like if I take it easy today, I should be fine tomorrow.
******
One item is to finish washing and laying out the bay leaves I picked yesterday (there's a Lauris nobilis growing wild beside the canal trail about a block from here). I think I got enough leaves to last two households for a couple of years... they're very potent when dried at room temperature.
******
Accomplished: I installed ankle ties in a set of mock-BDUs I got from Jackal Emeritus. While I was at it, I let out the side seams in a few places. While they are still hot-pants, they are no longer I-fear-to-sit-down pants. Improvement. :)
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More accomplishments:
I put pockets on the awesome pencil case, so I can now carry my blending sticks, erasers, and extra xacto blades in it. I now pronounce it perfect.
I used a Pringles can (I ate the chip-like objects with dinner) to create a case for the brush set I bought today -- I know I'll need some nice brushes to paint designs on the harps, so I bought a mid-grade Taklon set. Very nice (at least for a non-painter). I needed some way to store them safely, however, and I couldn't find a generic box to keep them upright and dust-free, so... Pringles can. Woo.
I also watched way more Warehouse 13 than is really healthy. I can guess what sort of dreams I'll be having tonight.
Tomorrow the sewing machine goes to the shop, as it's starting to sound like an old treadle machine and it's lost the reverse gear. I'm sure it just needs a bit of TLC.
