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A little over 12 hours ago I posted the below aims for today. Let's see how we did: Behold the aims of the day: * Shopping with Mum - Complete with the addition of much chocolate and Joseph and Drake's Christmas presents sorted as well.
* Call Sue and arrange to go to spotlight. - DONE
* Babysit Di's kids (mark SOMETHING while there) - Ended up not being needed, which is a good thing when you find out what happened today.
* Go to spotlight with Sue (hopefully)
* Get into Work (MAYBE) - Not a snowflake's chance in Hell.
* Set up Diary for School. - I would love too, I have the time now, but Diary is at school of which I had a SNOWFLAKE'S CHANCE IN HELL of getting to.
Not bad really when you think about it. So, rang Sue and asked her if she wanted to come out with me today, just to check out fabrics, test colours and weights and such, not to BUY anything (the wedding is 20 months away), but I also asked Mum if she wanted to come with. BACK STORY - Sue is a lady at my work. She knows I like Medieval stuff and she has always wanted a 'Medieval Wedding' so she came to me. I have designed a gown and since its more Medievalesk than truly period I'm not fussed but using Simplicity Patterns as my base (note base, if I can make them more period because they will look, sit and feel better that way then I will). Actually Simplicity is lifting its game quite a bit. They don't look all that half bad.
Well, put two dressmakers in a car together and both of us are profectionists when it comes to making things, particularly lovely special things like ball gowns and wedding dresses, we ended up going ALL over Perth to find a fabric store that might stock the stuff we needed. I had half a tank of fuel, I now have almost nothing. To tally up the day, we have patterns for the wedding dress - which will be a combination to two different patterns - and the bridesmaid dresses. We have the colours we want to use and a basic idea of highlights and we now know where the most AWESOME dress shop for bridal and fancy fabrics is. However, we do not have any fabric. We could not find any anywhere. We got close once but I hated the patterning on it, I felt so bad... but we have 20 months... well 18 really to find the right fabric and I know we will. Down side of the whole day - once again... no work done. Gah! Tags: sewing
Current Mood:  sleepy
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autumnsfire | |
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Cleaned the kitchen last night. And I mean -cleaned- it. From top to bottom. Moved things around, really scrubbed at the counters. 2 and a half hours later, I had a very clean kitchen. And I managed to hang up a picture in the hallway in the process when I took a break. Tonight I go to Yellow Springs with firesong_jb and forgottenalarms. Whoot! I did finish watching Torchwood: Children of Earth a few nights ago. I have some thoughts to put down, but I'm still going over everything in my head. fierypower ping me online as I have some information regarding the end of ep 5. I cried through most of Ep 5; the small speech recorded at the beginning of the episode was so damn good. The 5-episode arc was a roller coaster; emotional, dark, exhilarating, and just wonderful, even if I dislike some of what happened. I wanted to watch it online within a few days of it airing in the UK, because I don't like watching episodes cut, and I know BBCA cuts some parts out. Besides, I didn't want to wait three weeks. :) Anyway - schedule for the week: Tonight - Yellow Springs Tomorrow - Get tired changed, pay two bills at mall, vaccuum, clean bathroom, try to get table put together and some art up. If anyone wants to come over and keep me company/help out, that'd be awesome. I will love you long time and might even feed you :) Thursday - Go to gym to sign paperwork. Cleaning what's left over - living room and bedroom. Friday - Mom comes into town. Speaking of that, does anyone know good places to go around here that aren't very expensive? I know we are going to the Columbus Zoo one day; but ANYWHERE Else would be wonderful. We used to go to Nashville Indiana when I lived there and walk around. I need plans for this weekend. Next weekend is the Celtic Fest, so we are going to that. :) Also, restaurant ideas would be great too!
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So, whenever I check for new comments at Elfwood, I take a peek at the forums, and lately in both my comments and on the forums, there are many new people basically saying "I suck at drawing. How do I get better?" then they get pissed when you point them to some anatomy books and say 'practice'. I don't know how these people come to the conclusion that there's some magical trick that will make them better overnight... It's not a secret, it's the same as with everything, the more you do it, the better you will become at it. Shocking. Chuck Jones, quoting his drawing teacher: "All of you here have one hundred thousand bad drawings in you. The sooner you get rid of them, the better it will be for everyone." And that's pretty much true for everyone. There are rules to learn of anatomy, colour theory, perspective, technique, and some people do have a knack for it... but they still need practice.
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I really like this quote from this book. This is what I think and what I concluded while analyzing it a long time ago. (Also testing a bit how my new layout works). - Do you want to drive? he asked. - Me? I don't know the gears. - Go ahead. I'll talk the gears to you till we are out of town. - I'll try it for a bit. Hana sat upright, adapting the rear-view mirror to her height. He climbed in, pretending to luxuriate in the passenger seat. - Lights, he said. Ondaatje This is the ending of the book In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje. For me this represent a view of the past, in the rear-view mirror, a change of driver/storyteller for his other book The English Patient as well as for the lives of the characters. The view switches from Patrick to Hana, as a life can switch from parent to child. The lights is the future to come, which they will face on their rode. With the help from Patrick, Hana will be guided in the beginning of her life. Tags: hobby - books
Current Location: at home
Current Mood:  geeky
Current Music: Michelle Branch
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(taken from one of the women's magazines, Woman's Day or Woman's Weekly, I guess, or maybe New Idea). 500 g premium mince 1 large onion 1/2 t cumin 1/2 t paprika 1/2 t tumeric 1 1/2 C rice (basmati) 3 C chicken stock 1 C frozen peas (thawed) 2 chopped tomatoes 1/2 C currants 1/2 C parsley (chopped) 1. Brown mince in a little spray oil and drain. 2. Saute diced onion with the spices. 3. Add stock and bring to the boil 4. Toss in rice 5. Allow to simmer for a little while, until rice par-cooked 6. Toss in mince and other ingrediants 7. Simmer until rice is cooked and the kitchen smells aromatic and delicious. 8. Serve with a spponful of natural yoghurt Serves 4-6 (I reduce mince to 400g and rice to 1 C to serve 2 people for 2 meals) Tags: recipes
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Ugg... I had such high hopes for today, but it kinda seemed like a one step forward, 2 steps back kinda day. Though that's not entirely fair, I think it was more like 2 forward, 1 back. There's just too much stuff I wanna do and it can't happen in 16 hours with a crazy 21-month-old running around and, well, being crazy ;). Kate wasn't feeling well so no playdate today. I'd cleaned for it this AM, so I was like, ok, yay clean apartment! Devin undid that in, like, 10 minutes, heh. Albie ended up coming over to keep me company. Devin was pretty needy, so I didn't get far on the crocheted elephant. We did watch HP5 in prep for HP6, as it's been a while. And we cooked (from Facebook): Sesame Ginger marinated chicken on the Foreman, brown rice and microwave steamed broccoli all mixed together make a suprisingly good dinner. Coconut pocky, banana-chocolate pocky, Private Reserve Toasted South Seas Coconut and Internationale™ German Black Forest Truffle make a decadent dessert! Not good for the waistline, but good for the soul. And now my clean kitchen is dirty again. Ah well, there's always tomorrow. I did get my comics in order... thanks to reading HP6, I'm like 2 months behind now o_O. I think the elephant and the comics are now my priorities :). OK, super sleepy, off to maybe read a little then to PASS OUT o_O. Night all!! Tags: albie, animal, book, busy, chore, comic, crochet, devin, food, harry potter, hobby, mini-update, movie, sleepy
Current Location: sofa
Current Mood:  contemplative
Current Music: Triple D
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elemmiir | |
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Well, I'm functioning presently on medication (perscribed) and RedBull .. .perhaps a slightly bad idea.. but... taken over a long enough period of time to difuse some of the potentially bad (and lethal) effects. With that wonderful introduction said ... I'm also presently taking a break from my first all-nighter of a long time!
The funny thing, perhaps ... is that I'm sitting in the CEO's office (that is soon to be mine, actually...) ... at work... in downtown DC.
Its not as dramatic as it sounds, I promise. Regarding the office, the CEO is almost never in and my boss suggested I take it to get some quiet while the conference room was taken up for a loud meeting (right next to my normal desk). That, and we are moving the Service desk into this office once my assistant starts in two weeks... she and I will share this office, which will make coordinating things with her much faster.
So why am I here at 1 am?
Because I have an orientation presentation to present to a new client tomorrow!
An orientation presention to create.... to write ... to powerpoint... and to deliver.
So far, the concept and the outline are done. A third to half of the writing (the more difficult portion, at least) is done; and the powerpoint...is very much not done.
Both of my bosses think I'm crazy... but admire it. I didn't drive home, as that would kill approximately four hours (round trip) that I need -- either for rest or for writing. That, and I'm in no shape to drive right now. I also kind of neglected to eat... which I may regret in the morning.
This is a wee-bit of Dejavous from college days -- except the last year, I had someone doing the same thing with me, and we were able to keep eachother awake. Not that I want that particular person -- perish the thought -- but the general concept of mutualy-assisted all-night-sustainability is perhaps a useful thing. Especialy when one has this much work to do, inversely proportional to the capability with which one can continue to work... especially given that one has to be 'fresh' and 'alive' (read: well caffinated) for a presentation tomorrow morning.
I'm definitely going home around 2:00 PM tomorrow (today?) , however, and sleeping. In a bed.
In case you're wondering, my car is parked on the street. I didn't forget about poor Gwen.
Although, given that its DC, I am somewhat worried for her safety. I may check on her before I go to bed.
I think my age is starting to keep up with me -- this seems much more difficult than it used to be...
and college folk take note: all nighters can still happen!
If you're insane, at least...
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akilika | |
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Water's out at Bill's parents' house. Pump's apparently broken. They've been without water two days now, but think they might be able to get it fixed tomorrow. Got the old pump out of the hole today; a guy with a crane pulled out the pipe and disconnected each 25 foot section as it rose. Took a while, and once he got below the water level, it started getting a bit messy. But it's out, and it would have been a hell of a lot more trouble to do it themselves. (A backhoe is not quite the tool for this job.)
Meanwhile, I've been reading some stuff from Ludwig von Mises. It's . . . well, it's really dense, tends to eschew simple sentence construction, and uses lots of words rather specialized to economic study, but even so I'm enjoying it. It takes a while to understand certain paragraphs, but once I do, it just makes sense in a way a lot of other things I've heard simply don't.
So I think I'll be doing that for a while. Might even buy Human Action--the excerpt I read was really neat.
Not much else. Went to a Barbarian Feast (read: lamb barbecue) yesterday. Ended up spending most of it watching romantic comedies with the teenagers (and, for most of it, Bill). Was actually reasonably entertaining. I don't like romatic comedies as a rule, but the entire point of "He's Just Not That Into You" was the stupid ideas women get about these things . . . and besides, I wasn't really paying attention during the second half as we talked about Stuff.
It's a pity none of them are legal--some of them would be fun to take clubbing, and I don't really have any girlfriends. (Not that their Bosnian parents would approve of that even if they WERE twenty-one, I'm sure.)
Guess part of it is that I don't seem to have much in common with most of the adults I meet up here. They all have kids and are married instead of dating and stuff. And I may appreciate manual labor, but I can't really have extensive conversations on pipe couplings or backhoes--I just don't know enough.
Ah, well. I'll find 'em.
Maybe at college.
Anyway, this "essay" seems to extend for chapters and chapters--not quite what I was expecting. Guess I should continue on that. :)
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So, yesterday I was supposed to go into work and get things done. Being at home I have not touched even a paper of the work I set aside to do. My mum calls as askes if we can go out. I jump at the chance (she needs me for the car but we don't get to do enough stuff together as it is), but I go into work anyhow and get my desk stuff sorted out at least. Mum calls at 12.30 saying there is a change of plans. Now it is all hands on deck to get my brother's rental house cleaned. My brother and his soon to be wife bought a house last week. After my hair cut I was back to my place to pick up my vacuum cleaner - because it is awesome - and cleaned their carpets while Mum cleaned the dishwasher, emptied the cupboards and cleaned the kitchen. My brother made trips to the tip. All was going swimmingly, and then my brother decides he needs my car keys to get my road map to help a mate.... He put my keys back in his pocket and did another trip to the tip. So, here we are; Mum, Dad and me, all of us needing to be somewhere else and we can't go anywhere because my brother disappeared with my keys. *shakes head* Right so ten minutes to 5, I'm driving my parents to a car place to pick up Dad's car. Meanwhile I was meant to be at a friends house to have dinner before stealing their 14 year old son to take to Dance class AND I had to be at Subiaco Train station at 6.30pm to pick up my Housemate and her friend who she was taking to Dance class. GAH! Thus *lol - confused yet* Today has transformed from being a sit-at-desk-and-work day to a catch-up-on-other-stuff day. Behold the aims of the day: * Shopping with Mum * Call Sue and arrange to go to spotlight. * Babysit Di's kids (mark SOMETHING while there) * Go to spotlight with Sue (hopefully) * Get into Work (MAYBE) * Set up Diary for School. Edit.... See post above. Tags: day to day, to do lists, work
Current Mood:  rushed
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