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Icon choice because I'm fed up to the eyeteeth with the whole thing!

Anyway, aside from the woe factor, it was a quiet day. I worked on the quiet book binding, promptly found a serious fault with the book spine - after I had sewn it to the front cover firmly, of course - so it caused me hours and hours of unexpected work of the damage control kind. I think I have it now and can sew it to the back cover tomorrow, but my fingers seriously hurt.

I still worked a bit on the Christmas felts in front of the telly, though. The shepherds now all have a hand to hold their staffs, all sheep heads are stitched on, and the front and back panels are taped together, with the hangings also fixed with double-sided tape. Tomorrow I'll stitch them around, and then they can go into the "Christmas stuff" box.

I then cooked lunch: a very simple Chinese recipe called honey chicken, with rice and a tomato and cucumber salad. Mum approved. She might change her mind when she goes to do the washing-up (I don't expect her to do it, but she insists) and takes the first look at the kitchen.

Not much else happened. It is still very warm over here, so we try to get out as little as possible. I haven't left the house for the last three days, so tomorrow I'll have to make a food run as we have neither bread nor milk in the house. I'll go early, when it (hopefully) won't be that hot yet. They're promising 37°C later on, which is way outside my comfort zone. Like, ten degrees outside or so. I keep telling myself that I'm much better off than my friend Evie, who's changing houses right now, but it's still little comfort.

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Date: 2022-07-21 04:08 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] meathiel
37° is way out of my comfort zone as well ... ugh.
We had this Tuesday and Wednesday, so I guess you get it now as it's moving East ...

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Date: 2022-07-21 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] noadvertising.livejournal.com
We had 35 yesterday, and it was fine. We had 24 today, and it was definitely not fine because of the humidity in the air, though there was no rain at all. Oh, honey chicken must be a recipe where husband is called for instant cleaning. He really loves to clean!

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Date: 2022-07-21 05:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
It was to be expected. Besides, summers are generally hot over here.

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Date: 2022-07-21 05:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
It is a very easy recipe that doesn't require much cleaning; or it wouldn't, weren't I generally a very messy cook. *g*

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Date: 2022-07-21 10:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com
Sounds like a good lunch, at least.

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Date: 2022-07-22 08:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elwenlj.livejournal.com
Ouch. 37c is awful. It's 16 and cloudy here and I never thought I would be saying, "Thank goodness" for that.

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Date: 2022-07-22 03:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
It was! :)

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Date: 2022-07-22 03:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Circumstances can change one's perceptions quite a bit, can't they?

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Date: 2022-07-22 09:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beauty-forashes.livejournal.com
Chinese honey chicken sounds so good! Would you mind posting the recipe?

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Date: 2022-07-22 09:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
I'll be happy to share. The bonus is that I can give you the German original, without sweating over an English translation. ;)

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Date: 2022-07-22 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beauty-forashes.livejournal.com
Sounds great. Thank you in advance! :)

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Date: 2022-07-22 09:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
I'll try to remember tomorrow. Holler if I manage to forget. ;))

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Date: 2022-07-22 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beauty-forashes.livejournal.com
Please take all the time you need! :)

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Date: 2022-07-22 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
It has been my experience if I don't deal with such small things as soon as possible, I tend to forget about them. So I'll try to type it up tomorrow.

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Date: 2022-07-22 10:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beauty-forashes.livejournal.com
I hear you, I want to get things like that out of my mind as quickly as possible too, else it niggles at me or I forget. But really, no rush and no pressure. If you do forget I'll give you a little poke at some time. :)
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