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“Sewing”

What am I going to do with all these Hobbies

Since I spent my twenties putting myself through school, I didn’t really have any hobbies.  I have always owned a computer, liked to read and exercised.  But I would not have called any of those things a hobby. I worked.  I studied.  That took up more time than I really had. However, now that I’ve [...]

Unpacking, Obsession, and Genealogy

In my typically obsessive manner, I have been working diligently on the family tree and ignoring everything else as much as possible.  The family tree is fun.  Cleaning the bathroom and unpacking, not so much fun.  Also, working on the tree for five minutes at a time is easy.  Cleaning and unpacking require larger blocks [...]

Wardrobe Refashion Gone Awry

My good intention gone wrong for this weekend involves the Wardrobe Refashion project. What I should have done was keep three or four clothing items to refashion, and donate the rest to charity. What I actually did was keep a whole bag of things, donating only a sack full. And then later moving the backlog [...]

The Up Side

I still haven’t finished my filing and all the administrative tasks that go along with it. But I did spend an hour today opening mail, sorting it into piles, filing, marking things “recipient deceased, return to sender,” and other unpleasant things. So progress has been made. I walked past my friend in the library today, [...]

Frustration

The theme for this week seems to be it’s always something. Dammit! by gfpeck My copy of Quicken has stopped accepting data from any bank. Which DH says hardly seems fair since I did pay for it. Right. Annoying. Investigated and tried Online Quicken, which stinks. Ascendo which is beautiful if you only keep one [...]