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chocolatepot) wrote2014-10-04 11:08 am
chocolatepot) wrote2014-10-04 11:08 am
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Worked at 6 this morning - wasn't too bad, I only did one stupid thing and the AM didn't get fussed about it. Because I was only there for four hours there wasn't a high expectation of productivity. I did all the special order cakes for the day, and there were quite a few. So that was nice.
Started reading Scoop, which is turning out as bad as Black Mischief - not in the dark sense, at least not yet, but in the racism. It's fun to be able to identify Diana Mitford in it, though.
The other day I helped cull in the library basement, in the biography and history sections. Wonderful, I was able to get rid of a bunch of things that have been on the shelves for a long time and not going, plus a bunch of conservative political books. I also picked up a handful that I would have culled, which I will probably read and take back/try to read and take back when I can't. One is Mistress of Monarchy, which I tried to read before and couldn't get into; now that I've done so much more research and history writing, I really appreciate the way she doesn't just give the narrative but talks critically about sources.
Got started on the mourning dress bodice: gathered the back, but I may have done it a bit low, need to try it on again. I also need Mom to dig out the rest of the wool so I can cut out the skirt pieces.
Started reading Scoop, which is turning out as bad as Black Mischief - not in the dark sense, at least not yet, but in the racism. It's fun to be able to identify Diana Mitford in it, though.
The other day I helped cull in the library basement, in the biography and history sections. Wonderful, I was able to get rid of a bunch of things that have been on the shelves for a long time and not going, plus a bunch of conservative political books. I also picked up a handful that I would have culled, which I will probably read and take back/try to read and take back when I can't. One is Mistress of Monarchy, which I tried to read before and couldn't get into; now that I've done so much more research and history writing, I really appreciate the way she doesn't just give the narrative but talks critically about sources.
Got started on the mourning dress bodice: gathered the back, but I may have done it a bit low, need to try it on again. I also need Mom to dig out the rest of the wool so I can cut out the skirt pieces.