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I did gardenings and meetings and dinnerings and cropswappings and dogsittings and cookings and prayerings.
Now I need a weekend to recover from my weekend...
No hockey - it was 'Masters' Weekend' where teams 'older than 35' from all across the state play each other. It's usually held at the end of July, but for some reason this year they decided to do it in May. Which threw out a whole bunch of people. But we never have hockey on that weekend. And next weekend is the long weekend away.
So I did ALL THE THINGS (and enjoyed it, even if I'm tired).
Thank heavens the sun's been out the last couple of days. We've been getting a bit soggy here, and everyone was starting to feel a wee smidge sodden.
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Oh! And I fixed the sleeves of my Oodie so they're shorter!
An oodie is a creation made specifically for the Australian householder in the middle of winter. Because our houses are so cold in the middle of winter that we basically need to wear the warmth equivalent of outerwear inside. So some clever soul came up with a giant hoodie of velour, with thick fleecy inside, for casual wearing inside a house. It's basically a wearable quilt.
The downside is that it only comes in one sze - ginormous. Which means my arms swim in the sleeves. Pushing them up all the time is a pain. So I whacked off the sleeves at the wrist (about six inches) unpicked the cuff, and resewed the cuff back on with a zigzag stitch (for the stretch). The sleeves are still a little longer than I like, but it's much easier to wear!
It only took me years to do it.
Now I need to go look up patterns for foot sacks to see if I can use the off-cuts to make some 'around the house slippers' to keep my toes warm.
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Although really what I need to do is go back to bed. It's nearly 3am. I woke up around 2am (after going to bed early - around 9pm) and went "oh no". So I thought I'd get up, write this post, poke a few fics, and go back once I'm tired. If I get tired.
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ps. I'm writing AtlA fic. Cripes.
Now I need a weekend to recover from my weekend...
No hockey - it was 'Masters' Weekend' where teams 'older than 35' from all across the state play each other. It's usually held at the end of July, but for some reason this year they decided to do it in May. Which threw out a whole bunch of people. But we never have hockey on that weekend. And next weekend is the long weekend away.
So I did ALL THE THINGS (and enjoyed it, even if I'm tired).
Thank heavens the sun's been out the last couple of days. We've been getting a bit soggy here, and everyone was starting to feel a wee smidge sodden.
--
Oh! And I fixed the sleeves of my Oodie so they're shorter!
What's an "oodie" I hear the internationals ask?
An oodie is a creation made specifically for the Australian householder in the middle of winter. Because our houses are so cold in the middle of winter that we basically need to wear the warmth equivalent of outerwear inside. So some clever soul came up with a giant hoodie of velour, with thick fleecy inside, for casual wearing inside a house. It's basically a wearable quilt.
The downside is that it only comes in one sze - ginormous. Which means my arms swim in the sleeves. Pushing them up all the time is a pain. So I whacked off the sleeves at the wrist (about six inches) unpicked the cuff, and resewed the cuff back on with a zigzag stitch (for the stretch). The sleeves are still a little longer than I like, but it's much easier to wear!
It only took me years to do it.
Now I need to go look up patterns for foot sacks to see if I can use the off-cuts to make some 'around the house slippers' to keep my toes warm.
--
Although really what I need to do is go back to bed. It's nearly 3am. I woke up around 2am (after going to bed early - around 9pm) and went "oh no". So I thought I'd get up, write this post, poke a few fics, and go back once I'm tired. If I get tired.
--
ps. I'm writing AtlA fic. Cripes.
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