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Weekend Recap
May. 13th, 2012 10:45 pmFriday - class - We got to do some stick work which is always fun.
Saturday - I blessedly slept in, ran with Tom to get lunch, then rotated between listening in on Kev's RPG, reading, and starting up a cross stitch pattern given to me to try out to see if I can get back into that groove.
It's been approximately 20 years since I last worked on a cross stitch pattern. The last one was a full-sized Monopoly game board pattern that I never completed. I was a huge Monopoly fan, and I was tempted to save up and buy the Franklin Mint Monopoly board game, with gold- and silver-plated pieces. Instead, I purchased the cross stitch which I knew would still be a collector's item in it's own right, and I would have the satisfaction of making it myself, and it helped that it was significantly cheaper for a teenager to purchase. (Now that's a treasure chest.) It *might* still be somewhere at my parents' house, but I was pretty sure we sold the pattern off years ago at a garage sale. (As a consolation prize, I purchased the Monopoly Onyx Edition a couple years back to satisfy my lust of Monopoly awesomeness. This means I don't have to drag out my original Monopoly board quite so often now.)
My reason for quitting cross stitch? I hated making the knots every time I started and ended a new piece of thread, which was quite often. My reason for starting it back up? Holy crap! I don't have to make knots! Not only do I not have to make knots, but they're actually considered a no-no with cross stitching. This is information I could have used 20 years ago.
It took me a while to get back into getting organized and set up with a new kit, and making sure I felt comfortable with everything, but I got it started and the first small amount of one color done. I broke down today and purchased a cheap needle threader for when I have to deal with more than one strand at a time. I can thread a needle just fine, but I don't feel like arguing with it all day when it starts being stubborn.
Sunday - Well, I stayed up until 4am due to the gaming, so I had plans to sleep until noon, but my phone rang at 11:15 for work issues, so I got up and ran into work to take care of that. Back home, shower, then off to class. We spent a lot of time knocking each other down in various ways and then doing some knife work. My body's pretty sore now. I had cheese and wine and then dinner with Anthony. Afterwards I stopped by to pick up mail, say goodnight to the boys, and wish my mother a happy Mother's Day. She was nonchalant about it, as I expected her to be. Sis was there waiting to be picked up by her friends, so I got to listen to her tell me about one friend she's made who's a chemist and works to engineer eco-friendly pet-cleaning products. It's really horrible of me that my mind instantly wonders what other chemical substances he engineers , but that's because I know what kinds of friends my sister normally keeps. I haven't met him, so I have no idea, but I do know her track record.
Ugh - tomorrow's Monday. Bleh.
Saturday - I blessedly slept in, ran with Tom to get lunch, then rotated between listening in on Kev's RPG, reading, and starting up a cross stitch pattern given to me to try out to see if I can get back into that groove.
It's been approximately 20 years since I last worked on a cross stitch pattern. The last one was a full-sized Monopoly game board pattern that I never completed. I was a huge Monopoly fan, and I was tempted to save up and buy the Franklin Mint Monopoly board game, with gold- and silver-plated pieces. Instead, I purchased the cross stitch which I knew would still be a collector's item in it's own right, and I would have the satisfaction of making it myself, and it helped that it was significantly cheaper for a teenager to purchase. (Now that's a treasure chest.) It *might* still be somewhere at my parents' house, but I was pretty sure we sold the pattern off years ago at a garage sale. (As a consolation prize, I purchased the Monopoly Onyx Edition a couple years back to satisfy my lust of Monopoly awesomeness. This means I don't have to drag out my original Monopoly board quite so often now.)
My reason for quitting cross stitch? I hated making the knots every time I started and ended a new piece of thread, which was quite often. My reason for starting it back up? Holy crap! I don't have to make knots! Not only do I not have to make knots, but they're actually considered a no-no with cross stitching. This is information I could have used 20 years ago.
It took me a while to get back into getting organized and set up with a new kit, and making sure I felt comfortable with everything, but I got it started and the first small amount of one color done. I broke down today and purchased a cheap needle threader for when I have to deal with more than one strand at a time. I can thread a needle just fine, but I don't feel like arguing with it all day when it starts being stubborn.
Sunday - Well, I stayed up until 4am due to the gaming, so I had plans to sleep until noon, but my phone rang at 11:15 for work issues, so I got up and ran into work to take care of that. Back home, shower, then off to class. We spent a lot of time knocking each other down in various ways and then doing some knife work. My body's pretty sore now. I had cheese and wine and then dinner with Anthony. Afterwards I stopped by to pick up mail, say goodnight to the boys, and wish my mother a happy Mother's Day. She was nonchalant about it, as I expected her to be. Sis was there waiting to be picked up by her friends, so I got to listen to her tell me about one friend she's made who's a chemist and works to engineer eco-friendly pet-cleaning products. It's really horrible of me that my mind instantly wonders what other chemical substances he engineers , but that's because I know what kinds of friends my sister normally keeps. I haven't met him, so I have no idea, but I do know her track record.
Ugh - tomorrow's Monday. Bleh.
