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Nov. 1st, 2005
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Nov. 1st, 2005 06:00 pmSCORPIO. This is your new start for the year, Scorpio, and it is an extraordinarily dynamic one. Jupiter has just entered your sign to give you its blessings and benediction for the next year. You will work hard, and push against odds. However, you thrive in a milieu of struggle. You’re beginning to develop new responsibility at work, as well as a changed attitude in relationships with others.
From Daykeeper.
Today Jupiter and the sun and moon are all in Scorpio. I can do no wrong. *lol*
Plan: Finish eating enchiladas (they were from an Amy's TV dinner). Eat a Tofutti Cutie. Aka: April's trying to find ways to eat more.
Then get laundry sorted and start a load.
Celebrate my dad's birthday with my family with singing, cake (not that I'll be eating it, but whatever), etc.
Sew until nine. Take shower. Fall into bed.
When I left work, I knew I needed to walk through the Nature Park. So I did, and my gut was right--I got to see a few deer pretty damn close, and a chipmunk standing three feet from me that seemed to be checking me out as much as I was checking him out.
It's rained several inches over the last few days. Part of the park, closer to the max station, there's a boardwalk. It goes over a small creek and a lot of wetlands. The whole thing was flooded, it was one giant shallow fast-moving creek. It was a surreal experience because the boardwalk was only two feet above the water. It was kinda creepy actually, I kept half-expecting the boardwalk to start floating away or something.
When I got to the bus stop, the next one wasn't for twenty minutes, so I walked to Freddy's. Then I walked home.
What this means, is that I literally walked all the way home from work. Including stopping to stare at deer and a chipmunk and moving water, and shopping; it took me an hour and a half. Not bad.
From Daykeeper.
Today Jupiter and the sun and moon are all in Scorpio. I can do no wrong. *lol*
Plan: Finish eating enchiladas (they were from an Amy's TV dinner). Eat a Tofutti Cutie. Aka: April's trying to find ways to eat more.
Then get laundry sorted and start a load.
Celebrate my dad's birthday with my family with singing, cake (not that I'll be eating it, but whatever), etc.
Sew until nine. Take shower. Fall into bed.
When I left work, I knew I needed to walk through the Nature Park. So I did, and my gut was right--I got to see a few deer pretty damn close, and a chipmunk standing three feet from me that seemed to be checking me out as much as I was checking him out.
It's rained several inches over the last few days. Part of the park, closer to the max station, there's a boardwalk. It goes over a small creek and a lot of wetlands. The whole thing was flooded, it was one giant shallow fast-moving creek. It was a surreal experience because the boardwalk was only two feet above the water. It was kinda creepy actually, I kept half-expecting the boardwalk to start floating away or something.
When I got to the bus stop, the next one wasn't for twenty minutes, so I walked to Freddy's. Then I walked home.
What this means, is that I literally walked all the way home from work. Including stopping to stare at deer and a chipmunk and moving water, and shopping; it took me an hour and a half. Not bad.
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Nov. 1st, 2005 09:38 pmSewing isn't as hard as I thought. I'll definitely have this done by Friday morning. Apparently my mom didn't realize how simple the pattern was.
I'm more than halfway done. The lining is sewn together, the outside is sewn together, the hood is done (lining and outside) and sewn to the outside part. I just finished pinning the lining to the outside. I have to sew all the way around except for the neck, flip it so it's right-side out, sew down those seams on the outside. Then I have to sew (near as I can tell, by hand--I don't think I'm that good with the machine) all those nasty seams at the neckline so they look nice and neat, and sew on the hook-and-eyes. Voila, a cape.
That neckline is gonna kill me. The actual pattern assumes you're using that shiny thin "lining" stuff for the lining. My lining is thicker than the outside part. Ha. Because, guess what, I actually want to be warm.
I'm glad I decided to just go with using thread the color of the outside part. The grey thread looks really neat on the inside edge of the lining.
This cape is going to be pretty dang warm. I think I'll spray it with Scotchguard too, just to make it extra water-resistant.
*is happy*
Admittedly, this pattern is labeled "very easy," and I have my mom's help, but I'm still pretty proud of myself. It's functional, it's pretty, it isn't taking me all that long and didn't cost me a lot of money.
Even sewing the shorter version of the pattern, it's a scant six inches from the ground on me.
I'm more than halfway done. The lining is sewn together, the outside is sewn together, the hood is done (lining and outside) and sewn to the outside part. I just finished pinning the lining to the outside. I have to sew all the way around except for the neck, flip it so it's right-side out, sew down those seams on the outside. Then I have to sew (near as I can tell, by hand--I don't think I'm that good with the machine) all those nasty seams at the neckline so they look nice and neat, and sew on the hook-and-eyes. Voila, a cape.
That neckline is gonna kill me. The actual pattern assumes you're using that shiny thin "lining" stuff for the lining. My lining is thicker than the outside part. Ha. Because, guess what, I actually want to be warm.
I'm glad I decided to just go with using thread the color of the outside part. The grey thread looks really neat on the inside edge of the lining.
This cape is going to be pretty dang warm. I think I'll spray it with Scotchguard too, just to make it extra water-resistant.
*is happy*
Admittedly, this pattern is labeled "very easy," and I have my mom's help, but I'm still pretty proud of myself. It's functional, it's pretty, it isn't taking me all that long and didn't cost me a lot of money.
Even sewing the shorter version of the pattern, it's a scant six inches from the ground on me.