On concluding projects

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What went before:

Also, this happened:

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Saturday. Sunny and warm. I think. I haven't been out. In fact, I not only slept late, I lay in bed, snuggled with cats, and read my email, so I'm just now getting up and around.

Today's big plan is to make focaccia and maybe read or maybe... No, I don't think I'll write anything today. I do need to do some research but that can maybe wait. Maybe I'll finish my embroidery project and see how that turns out.

As you can see my plans are firm.

How's everybody doing today?
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Focaccia happened.  Yes, it tastes every bit as good as it looks.

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Had a very strange experience -- I can't get into either Bank of America or Discover to get my statements for monies due in early April, which is only a problem because neither one of those entities sent me a reminder that I had a new bill, and I happened to notice that now that my head isn't filled up with BOOK.

Discover says that it's really terribly sorry but it can't complete "that operation" (which would be logging in) right now. Bank of America, ever charming, says that I phucked up my ID or my password or maybe both? And it might let me in if I give it my social security number, which, err. No.

So! I have two phone calls to make on Monday, lucky me.

In other news, I'm on what ought to be my last four meals from Cook Unity, delivered yesterday. Today, I had the shrimp grain bowl, which was...OK, I guess. I had six shrimp and got bored with them, so I chopped up the leftover ones, and I'll be having a shrimp salad sandwich for the evening meal.

Also we here in Central Maine are under an Active Weather Advisory and warned to look out for between 3 and 6 inches of snow on the overnight. Honestly, March.

And now? I'm going to go embroider.
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So, I finished my first! ever! concept-to-finished-piece embroidery project and!

I learned some stuff.

The first thing I learned is that I made this too small, in terms of the current states of my eyesight and the steadiness of my hand. Next time, I WILL go bigger, even if it means I can't get the whole design inside the hoop at once.

I also learned -- actually, I knew this -- white-on-white is hard to read. Duh.

But! and most importantly!

I learned that it Can Be Done.

Which means I can Do It Again.

I should report that Tali and Rook joined me in the living room while I finished this up. Rook sat on my lap and didn't even try to mess the thread. He just kinda curled up and went to sleep.

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So, that was a nice day off-ish. Tomorrow, I will start to read Kin Right, and will also plan on clearing off the top of my desk -- yes, again.

My next embroidery project is a pre-printed sampler -- that's it, just the design. So, my next step, now that's in the hoop, is to make a yarn/floss card. Which means I need to dig out the Big Bag of Floss. Later.

For right now, I'm going to pour myself a glass of wine and see about making that shrimp salad sandwich.

Everybody have a good evening. I'll check in tomorrow.