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The Dress
I meant to post this Thursday night, but the end of that week got SO BUSY that there was no way I could do it justice. I finally got to bed and almost got up to compulsively do a daily post even if it wasn't the one about the dress, but decided to let it go . . . there's no point to posting an entry that essentially says "I'm busy and tired so good ( Read more... ) -
Happy Place
Since Will was having a sick day today, we canceled plans with others and kept to ourselves. This meant visiting a long-neglected happy place, the Norton gardens just 5-10 minutes from our house. It's free, often there's hardly anyone there, it's shadier and cooler than most other outdoor locations, and it's basically the best, at least aside from ( Read more... ) -
Sick
This is going to be short, cause I need to go to bed now if I want any sleep, which I'm definitely gonna need (doesn't help that I took on an editing project today, which was not smart ( Read more... ) -
Columbus Day
Jeremy had the day off (yay Columbus Day, though I haven't had it off since maybe elementary school), so we went to "toddler time" at the trampoline park with Will (he gets in free till he turns 3, and guardians are only $2 each to jump with him, so it's a nice cheap activity). I've gone several times with just him and me, and we've practically ( Read more... ) -
church
Church today was good. We had fast and testimony meeting, and there were some good testimonies. One mentioned how Christ gave his life for us--not just dying like how we usually think of it, but that he gave his whole life, 33 years of it teaching, healing, living a good life--for us. I thought this was a good point. The person who mentioned this ( Read more... ) -
Meeting People
One thing I've really liked about living here is that there's always been a good friend network in the ward/stake. Everyone was really friendly to me as soon as I moved in (it helped that Jeremy had moved here three months ahead of me, so people knew to expect me). I remember the first week I was there, before I had even been to church, Lisa ( Read more... ) -
Domestic Things
I'm so close to being done with my dress! I want to post pictures, but I think at this point it will just be better to do the "final reveal" when it's all finished. I tried the (unfinished) bodice on over the dress though, and I like it a lot better than without it (even with the patched up burn hole). I just need a couple more supplies (probably ( Read more... ) -
Today, in a paragraph.
Hrm, today. We were supposed to sew, but Amanda had a thing at her kid's school that went late, so we didn't. Hoping to make some good progress tomorrow, maybe even . . . finishing? That's probably a stretch. Will and I got Panda Express for lunch: chow mein, beijing beef, sweet fire chicken breast, and orange chicken: pretty sure I always get the ( Read more... ) -
Melting
I learned today that there is a reason an iron has different heat settings. And that a fabric that looks soft and suede-y is in actuality the same material as a plastic bottle. Which I learned upon putting together most of my ren fair dress bodice today, until I was routinely ironing the seams . . . and melted a giant hole in the shoulder. It was ( Read more... ) -
Fall Attire on a Sunny Tuesday
I am not a fall person, but one thing I do love about fall is boots. I also love sandals, but don't have attractive feet, so boots tend to win. And I love Converse. But since I can't (don't?) wear Converse when I teach, today I put on my first official pair of boots for the semester, yay!
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