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Welcome back to the reality known as Monday. Bad for some, worse for others, but for me, I just take them as they come.
So, let's just get the bad news out of the way first. Last MUM, I set three goals for myself. Let's see how I did.
- Finish homework by Friday - She shoots, she SCORES! I actually had it all done. I plan to do the same this week.
- Stretch for an hour daily - That slapshot missed WAY wide. Not only did I not stretch for an hour daily, I didn't stretch at all. Bad Shyner. That just means I'll be in super pain tomorrow after class tonight.
- Read 20 pages of PHP tutorial - I just got shutout. Yeah, I didn't do any of the reading. I am such a mess, but I will do better this week.
So, if I didn't do any of that, then what DID I do last week? Let's see. Weekdays are spent at work and then basically collapsing after work from the mental trauma (NOT!). Really, I'm just lazy and when I get home I don't want to do much. Saturday I spent basically the entire day fixing up the living room. Let's just say that before, it was pretty yuck, and seeing as how it's the first thing you see when you walk in our front door, I got tired of wanting to jump off a bridge if I saw it one more time like that. It was cluttered and full of junk and dark and, well, yuck. I wanted to get some slipcovers for the couches but after a wild goose chase at Macys, then Target, then Bed, Bath and Beyond, I gave up on them. I did, however, end up with a decent bookshelf (that Kiddo helped me put together) and a couple of nice plants.
I should have taken a before picture so you could see what was really done, but I didn't. If my brother stops by, he'll let you know how much it's changed.
Yeah, that wall is pink. I still have to paint, but let me tell you, it's a million times better than it was. My Stephen King collection finally has a home, as do all of my computer books. Which is awesome in and of itself because it cleared off space on the bookshelf in my office/the gym for some of my other books. Both Lovey's aunt and our former roommate were awestruck by the transformation and I am quite happy with it. That was an all day job.
Saturday night was date night and I even managed to stay awake after all day cleaning. Lovey and I stepped out for a frozen cocktail since it was just under 8000 degrees. We walked around but there were way too many people out for me so we called it a little early and went home to sit on the balcony. Good times.
Sunday we met Lovey's mom, step-dad, sister and aunt for lunch in a fantabulous Mexican restaurant. Super good stuff. We returned to la casa de doce trienta with full bellies where I cleaned some more and then played some online poker.
The weekend would not have been complete, however, without some sports. That's right. Penguins 2, Flyers 0. Pens in 5 is the way I'm calling it. Let's go PENS!
Before I ramble on too much further, let me set this week's goals.
- Finish the friggin homework before Friday
- Read 20 pages of the PHP tutorial
- Clean the office/gym
- Create a schedule
With that, I'm out! REGULATORS, Mount Up!
Baby came with me this evening when I went out to take pictures for this week's Photo Quest. This picture didn't make the cut for the contest, but I had to share it anyway.
Didn't do any quilting today. Had a very nice visit with two of our sons and their families. We had sandwiches for lunch and ham for dinner, so I didn't wear myself out cooking all day.
I started cleaning up some of the pictures I have saved on my computer. I am running out of room! I had to delete a bunch of files just so I could get my pictures off the camera. Need to do more deleting. Or get more storage.
Time for bed, but I want to try to send some pictures to Snapfish. Wish it didn't take so long to send them.
The weather had been so cool and rainy that it was late this afternoon before I went outside. This was taken about 7:30 pm, about 30 minutes before the sun set. It is a little sycamore tree that is just now leafing out. It was taken with a Canon Powershot A540 on automatic. I may have had the maco setting on. The flash was off.
I took this picture of a rose after I came back inside. The sun had set, but it wasn't dark yet. I had the light in the room turned off, and the flash on the camera was off. I had the vase setting in front of a south facing window and used the macro setting on the Canon PowerShot A540.
I took this picture of a frog or toad last Wednesday, May 7th. I forgot about him until after the sun had set, so it was darker than I wanted it to be. I wanted to take his picture without flash, but it was too dark, so I had to try to keep from getting glare from the flash or the overhead lights. He is sitting in the window well of my sewing room. I cropped the shot, and I may have had the macro setting on, but I can't remember. Taken with same Canon PowerShot A540.
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There's a nice pile of cottons that I can incorporate into lots of projects.
The one on the left is a woven design in red, black, and gold. The four on the right are printed.
"What will I be doing with them?" you ask. Well, about a year and a half ago I purchased a queen size silk quilt batting at a quilt show. This little puppy cost me nearly $100 and I have every intention of hand quilting it--something to really show off what I can do. I was thinking of something very simple such as a whole cloth or an Amish style such as a center diamond or bars. Since silk fabric is so expensive here in the states I had resigned myself to using cotton sateen fabric instead. Now I don't have to! I still don't know exactly what this quilt will look like (I may even do several small quilts instead of one large one) or when I will have time to do it. If I'm smart I'll get it done while I'm still young and my hands are in good shape.
Edit: I just got a better look at those three "solid" silks in good light. The green one really is solid, but the navy blue one is shot blue and black, the yellow is shot yellow and white!
Hmm I'm behind it seems, I had no idea that Edward Norton was playing The Incredible Hulk. Interesting. Not interested in the Hulk, but I like Edward Norton. Interesting choice...
Preview for The Happening = *yawn* oh some kind of attack that kills people and loud noises are scary. BORING.
The Love Guru preview = looked like Austin Powers and Mini me teamed up and created alter egos, kinda cute looking but not what I'd pay $12.50+ to see, and yeah OMFG movies at The Bridge now cost that much on a Saturday night (no idea what matinées cost).
So basically the only movie coming up anytime soon I'm sure we'll see in theaters = The Dark Knight. It was the first time Brian saw the preview. He decided if he saw bad guys dressed up like Joker's posse of guys, he'd wet himself :P
Now onto Iron Man. I liked it enough, Robert Downey, Jr. has always rocked. They clearly set it up for a sequel, no doubt about it -- one line just before the big fight scene screamed there will be another. Brian pointed out the one huge huge problem with the plot but since this is the first time in ages I'm seeing a movie while it's still in a theater I won't point it out here, I'm sure if you saw the movie you know what it is and I just figure superhero kind of movies are allowed such unrealistic holes in plots or they just spent so much time on everything else that expanding upon this sort of important aspect wasn't possible thanks to time constraints.
Me = tired and sore. Need about 20 hours of sleep but we did everything today so all I have to do Sunday = work on Misi art. Next weekend is Disneyland unless Brian has to work I think. zzzzzzzzzzzzz
mmm yum
