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Jun. 20th, 2016 08:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotBeen a while again! Gosh it's hot. High 80s every day. I really, really need to get on top of making some tap pants.
Today I boned that corset. I really like the plastic whalebone! It'll be interesting to see how it acts when I wear it properly, but I can say at this point, it's really nice to be able to cut the bone down when I accidentally make the channel too narrow. It killed my hand, but it was better than having to make new channels, especially as this is a single-layer corset with applied backing where necessary. All I have to do is bind the top (and technically I need to do some flossing up there, too) and I'm done with May's challenge!
I made the decision to get a new (refurbished) laptop. :O It's not that mine is broken - it's just that it was my usual "really cheap because we've just taken it off the shelves" model, and I've burned through two batteries at this point, and isn't it so much easier to transfer your files over before the computer starts to die? Meanwhile I am also sewing a rag rug for the bathroom out of old sheets. Priorities: are mine sensible?
This weekend I made burritos from scratch. DELICIOUS. It never occurred to me that I could do that for myself. I got a great salsa for it - I never have it on hand because I don't entertain or hang out with tortilla chips, and I think of myself as not being able to handle spiciness anyway (even though I realized about eight years ago that I like spicy things).
There is an enormous thunderstorm coming in from Canada, between Brockville and Kingston, aaaaaand it's heading directly east so it's actually south of here. :( I'm getting some of the thunder and lightning but no rain. It's very sad and unfair.
Today I boned that corset. I really like the plastic whalebone! It'll be interesting to see how it acts when I wear it properly, but I can say at this point, it's really nice to be able to cut the bone down when I accidentally make the channel too narrow. It killed my hand, but it was better than having to make new channels, especially as this is a single-layer corset with applied backing where necessary. All I have to do is bind the top (and technically I need to do some flossing up there, too) and I'm done with May's challenge!
I made the decision to get a new (refurbished) laptop. :O It's not that mine is broken - it's just that it was my usual "really cheap because we've just taken it off the shelves" model, and I've burned through two batteries at this point, and isn't it so much easier to transfer your files over before the computer starts to die? Meanwhile I am also sewing a rag rug for the bathroom out of old sheets. Priorities: are mine sensible?
This weekend I made burritos from scratch. DELICIOUS. It never occurred to me that I could do that for myself. I got a great salsa for it - I never have it on hand because I don't entertain or hang out with tortilla chips, and I think of myself as not being able to handle spiciness anyway (even though I realized about eight years ago that I like spicy things).
There is an enormous thunderstorm coming in from Canada, between Brockville and Kingston, aaaaaand it's heading directly east so it's actually south of here. :( I'm getting some of the thunder and lightning but no rain. It's very sad and unfair.
