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Taking it slowly
Jun. 10th, 2026 07:41 pmBoth me an LJ at the moment, it seems. But yeah, I did take it slowly today. My face is still a bit tender from yesterday's dental adventure, even though I did put ice on it - well, actually a cherry pit pillow that spent an hour in the freezer. It is bearable, though.
Surprisingly enough, I managed to bring up the energy to sew three heart-shaped pin cushions. They turned out lovely; there will be a picture tomorrow. I also peeled the 200+ grams of ginger that I had bought because it was reduced in price at Lidl. It went into the freezer for later, when I'll make ginger syrup for the fair. So, those are two things that had been in the making for a while, and I'm glad to have them out of my hair.
No cooking was necessary (long live the leftovers!), so I took Mum out for a short walk after a late breakfast. We got as far as the selective bins; she was very tired afterwards as her knee feels both the heat and the upcoming rain/storm keenly. But at least she left the building again.
We watched a bit of telly (GBBO and related things), then I gave Erna, our art teacher and a friend of 31 years a call. We discussed our respective health issues (getting old and derelict is no fun) as well as the means of getting lavender for free. I'm planning to make lavender sachets for the fair again, but I'm not willing to pay irrational amounts of money for the dratted plant.
And that was, basically, my day. Now I'm going to study Harry Sullivan's (the one from Dr. Who) speech patterns for the story that really, really needs to be finished sooner rather than later.
Surprisingly enough, I managed to bring up the energy to sew three heart-shaped pin cushions. They turned out lovely; there will be a picture tomorrow. I also peeled the 200+ grams of ginger that I had bought because it was reduced in price at Lidl. It went into the freezer for later, when I'll make ginger syrup for the fair. So, those are two things that had been in the making for a while, and I'm glad to have them out of my hair.
No cooking was necessary (long live the leftovers!), so I took Mum out for a short walk after a late breakfast. We got as far as the selective bins; she was very tired afterwards as her knee feels both the heat and the upcoming rain/storm keenly. But at least she left the building again.
We watched a bit of telly (GBBO and related things), then I gave Erna, our art teacher and a friend of 31 years a call. We discussed our respective health issues (getting old and derelict is no fun) as well as the means of getting lavender for free. I'm planning to make lavender sachets for the fair again, but I'm not willing to pay irrational amounts of money for the dratted plant.
And that was, basically, my day. Now I'm going to study Harry Sullivan's (the one from Dr. Who) speech patterns for the story that really, really needs to be finished sooner rather than later.
