That bugs me...
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feng_shui_houseLast night after waiting hours to be sure the Surinam cherries had enough 'fridge time, I took them out. Lot of juice had formed, and did actually taste somewhat like mildly tart strawberries. I thought perhaps it would make nice ice cream.
Then I noticed tiny white rod shapes. Fruit fibers, I said hopefully?
No. More likely fruit fly larvae. *sigh* So, I put the bowlful outside for the birds, who may enjoy a sweet treat with added protein.
Looked again at the tracking info on the replacement swatch sampler for the printing goof- first notice said I'd get it on *Saturday*, but on Sunday... nope, delivery now set for next Tuesday (along with notices about how they're watching a Spillway 'situation' in California- I do NOT think this should affect a package traveling from North Carolina to South Florida- at no point along the journey should it be within thousands of miles of California, so I don't know why the delivery date changed.) Have not heard anything from the person who asked for customization in that group. I did message them several days ago. Oh, well... it's not as if the customization was so specific no one else would want it. Lots of people want damasks of black dachshunds on pink and purple backgrounds. I think? Maybe?
Finished the apple lap robe I intended for Z's birthday months from now, but the post office is right next door to the grocery & I am overdue for a food run, so I asked Z if early Bday pressie would be all right, cuz I was hoping to post on Monday.
Z said early Bday pressie would be \O/ BUT there's a holiday on Monday so no PO open. *sigh* I am not attuned to the times. Thank heaven Z told me, or I'd be grocery shopping with a package I couldn't mail.
Also last night, a little before bedtime I remembered that I needed one more design to fill a swatch sampler (including 2 customization requests, so I try to do those as quickly as possible) & thought, let me look & see if I have anything begun- oh, yes, a goldfish tessellation which worked FINE in the tessellation program.
3 a.m. I gave up, and deleted back to the beginning & went to bed mostly because Natasha was gnawing at my feet & wanted me to lay down and provide her with a warm, soft chest to lay on.
Natasha then woke me up several times to inform me she was dying for lack of treats. She had Food, sure, but NO treats. Managed to get back to sleep each time until 10 am.
Went back to the goldfish and twisted the little bastards into submission. Took several hours, but it's not as if I wanted to do yard work- thermometer was reading 99F and rising. That's a bit above my comfort zone. Once I got it to work for the smallest possible unit, I quadrupled the number of goldfish and made a second design.
So tired I am tilting to my left at about a 45 degree angle. And typing angel instead of angle. Are there 45 degree angels?
Just remembered. Also I ruined a nice pair of Fiskar's fabric scissors. They were a little dull. I tried using a sharpener gadget from the kitchen drawer. I tried using a little 'Fiskar's orange, came with the scissor' sharpener. I even tried using a whet stone so old it still has 25ยข written on it from the tiny shop I bought it at half a century ago.
I succeeded in turning it into a perfectly adequate *paper* cutting scissors. *sigh* I have plenty of scissors but damn it, I got stubborn and wasted at least an hour making it worse.
Fancy Goldfish Tessellation
Fancy Goldfish Tessellation 2
So tired... my feet are swollen... maybe will go out and water. Temp has dropped to 92F. Don't think I'll need a sweater.
Then I noticed tiny white rod shapes. Fruit fibers, I said hopefully?
No. More likely fruit fly larvae. *sigh* So, I put the bowlful outside for the birds, who may enjoy a sweet treat with added protein.
Looked again at the tracking info on the replacement swatch sampler for the printing goof- first notice said I'd get it on *Saturday*, but on Sunday... nope, delivery now set for next Tuesday (along with notices about how they're watching a Spillway 'situation' in California- I do NOT think this should affect a package traveling from North Carolina to South Florida- at no point along the journey should it be within thousands of miles of California, so I don't know why the delivery date changed.) Have not heard anything from the person who asked for customization in that group. I did message them several days ago. Oh, well... it's not as if the customization was so specific no one else would want it. Lots of people want damasks of black dachshunds on pink and purple backgrounds. I think? Maybe?
Finished the apple lap robe I intended for Z's birthday months from now, but the post office is right next door to the grocery & I am overdue for a food run, so I asked Z if early Bday pressie would be all right, cuz I was hoping to post on Monday.
Z said early Bday pressie would be \O/ BUT there's a holiday on Monday so no PO open. *sigh* I am not attuned to the times. Thank heaven Z told me, or I'd be grocery shopping with a package I couldn't mail.
Also last night, a little before bedtime I remembered that I needed one more design to fill a swatch sampler (including 2 customization requests, so I try to do those as quickly as possible) & thought, let me look & see if I have anything begun- oh, yes, a goldfish tessellation which worked FINE in the tessellation program.
3 a.m. I gave up, and deleted back to the beginning & went to bed mostly because Natasha was gnawing at my feet & wanted me to lay down and provide her with a warm, soft chest to lay on.
Natasha then woke me up several times to inform me she was dying for lack of treats. She had Food, sure, but NO treats. Managed to get back to sleep each time until 10 am.
Went back to the goldfish and twisted the little bastards into submission. Took several hours, but it's not as if I wanted to do yard work- thermometer was reading 99F and rising. That's a bit above my comfort zone. Once I got it to work for the smallest possible unit, I quadrupled the number of goldfish and made a second design.
So tired I am tilting to my left at about a 45 degree angle. And typing angel instead of angle. Are there 45 degree angels?
Just remembered. Also I ruined a nice pair of Fiskar's fabric scissors. They were a little dull. I tried using a sharpener gadget from the kitchen drawer. I tried using a little 'Fiskar's orange, came with the scissor' sharpener. I even tried using a whet stone so old it still has 25ยข written on it from the tiny shop I bought it at half a century ago.
I succeeded in turning it into a perfectly adequate *paper* cutting scissors. *sigh* I have plenty of scissors but damn it, I got stubborn and wasted at least an hour making it worse.
Fancy Goldfish Tessellation
Fancy Goldfish Tessellation 2
So tired... my feet are swollen... maybe will go out and water. Temp has dropped to 92F. Don't think I'll need a sweater.
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Date: 2017-02-20 04:50 am (UTC)Tom Robbins - Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have always known it depends on whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek.