In 2019, I want to send more mail
Jan. 1st, 2019 07:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
infryqYesterday I ripped back the pleats and redid them right sides together,
which was way easier... then realized it didn’t leave enough room for the
plackets. So I ripped them back again, folded the pleats wrong side
together, but pinned the right-sides-together flap created when you press
them toward the side seams, and sewed that. Much easier, though the last
pleat insisted on turning out twisted. Twice. So I set it aside to revisit
later.
After lunch I cleaned my mess from atop and under the dining room table,
and found my ultimate hat and the double-knit wolf mittens from the yarn
swap I did with a woman in the Netherlands a few years ago. The hat had
minimal damage and went into the freezer, but the mittens were a sad mess
of missing fabric on one side, so I guiltily threw them out. That is
unfortunately what I get for not taking better care of my things.
I tried a cleaning technique from one of the recent ADHD twitter threads,
where instead of running things to other rooms as you find them, you set
out an array of bins to sort them into so you can avoid leaving your
physical focus area. It was good! I did wind up doing a few weird things
(it was easier to just wrap A’s gift than to sort it somewhere and be
continually reminding myself not to forget to wrap it) but the whole
process was less tiring.
After all the detritus was put away, I made candied pecans, just because.
They’re pretty good but just the edge of too sweet for serious snacking. I
switched from tortilla chips to animal crackers so my daily sugar intake is
still a bit high.
Dinner; still having some anxiety paranoia about raisins but pushing
through it. Crossword, snuggling. I watched Prince of Egypt, an animated
film from the 90s about Exodus I’d for some reason avoided until now. It’s
lovely, with a powerful soundtrack that sits appropriately on the edge of
moving & overwhelming. Recommend.
which was way easier... then realized it didn’t leave enough room for the
plackets. So I ripped them back again, folded the pleats wrong side
together, but pinned the right-sides-together flap created when you press
them toward the side seams, and sewed that. Much easier, though the last
pleat insisted on turning out twisted. Twice. So I set it aside to revisit
later.
After lunch I cleaned my mess from atop and under the dining room table,
and found my ultimate hat and the double-knit wolf mittens from the yarn
swap I did with a woman in the Netherlands a few years ago. The hat had
minimal damage and went into the freezer, but the mittens were a sad mess
of missing fabric on one side, so I guiltily threw them out. That is
unfortunately what I get for not taking better care of my things.
I tried a cleaning technique from one of the recent ADHD twitter threads,
where instead of running things to other rooms as you find them, you set
out an array of bins to sort them into so you can avoid leaving your
physical focus area. It was good! I did wind up doing a few weird things
(it was easier to just wrap A’s gift than to sort it somewhere and be
continually reminding myself not to forget to wrap it) but the whole
process was less tiring.
After all the detritus was put away, I made candied pecans, just because.
They’re pretty good but just the edge of too sweet for serious snacking. I
switched from tortilla chips to animal crackers so my daily sugar intake is
still a bit high.
Dinner; still having some anxiety paranoia about raisins but pushing
through it. Crossword, snuggling. I watched Prince of Egypt, an animated
film from the 90s about Exodus I’d for some reason avoided until now. It’s
lovely, with a powerful soundtrack that sits appropriately on the edge of
moving & overwhelming. Recommend.
