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Nov. 27th, 2015 01:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotI finally finished my damn Hunger Games post (before the end of November!), which is a really good feeling. It's not like it took a ton of writing, I just find it hard when doing movie-related posts to judge how much period comparanda I should bring in, so I avoid avoid avoid.
I finally found what was making my fridge smell! There was the most disgusting, oldest can (open, of course) of crushed tomatoes in the back. Just black inside. So awful. But now maybe things will improve.
Yesterday, I went to the Thanksgiving of the daughter of a museum volunteer. Her other daughter was there, the first daughter's husband, two of their friends, the other daughter's daughter, and the two great-grandkids. It was draining! Not too bad - there was no politics or religion - but the little boy was a bit naughty (tried to steal my purse at one point) and it was a little disturbing to me how nobody really engaged with the toddler. I left on the early side (but after the friends) because the granddaughter was weirdly sullen and I thought it might be that she just wanted to be with her family. Made Parker House rolls with barley malt syrup - delicious.
Watching The Iron lady this evening, pretending it's not about Thatcher. (It's getting hard to pick things off my Netflix queue because I've watched all the fun things and nearly everything else is dark. Or subtitled. Can't watch subtitles while typing/sewing.) It's very good as long as you do that - good period piece, good character piece, good acting. ♥ Harry Lloyd. I would actually prefer the whole movie to be about the 1950s.
I finally went looking at DSW for boots and realized from looking at their categories that I wanted a combat boot. Found one I liked! Now I can have my feet warm and comfortable.
Cut out all of the pieces for Butterick B5707 today. I think my scissors are terrible and need sharpening if not replacement, but it should turn out well.
I finally found what was making my fridge smell! There was the most disgusting, oldest can (open, of course) of crushed tomatoes in the back. Just black inside. So awful. But now maybe things will improve.
Yesterday, I went to the Thanksgiving of the daughter of a museum volunteer. Her other daughter was there, the first daughter's husband, two of their friends, the other daughter's daughter, and the two great-grandkids. It was draining! Not too bad - there was no politics or religion - but the little boy was a bit naughty (tried to steal my purse at one point) and it was a little disturbing to me how nobody really engaged with the toddler. I left on the early side (but after the friends) because the granddaughter was weirdly sullen and I thought it might be that she just wanted to be with her family. Made Parker House rolls with barley malt syrup - delicious.
Watching The Iron lady this evening, pretending it's not about Thatcher. (It's getting hard to pick things off my Netflix queue because I've watched all the fun things and nearly everything else is dark. Or subtitled. Can't watch subtitles while typing/sewing.) It's very good as long as you do that - good period piece, good character piece, good acting. ♥ Harry Lloyd. I would actually prefer the whole movie to be about the 1950s.
I finally went looking at DSW for boots and realized from looking at their categories that I wanted a combat boot. Found one I liked! Now I can have my feet warm and comfortable.
Cut out all of the pieces for Butterick B5707 today. I think my scissors are terrible and need sharpening if not replacement, but it should turn out well.
