Farewell, 2014!

[wiseheart]

So, my amazing apple-cheesecake is in the oven, the kitchen is ready for me to prepare the sausage rolls for the evening, and the guy from UPC was here early in the morning to install the new mediabox for Mum, through which she will be able to watch almost 200 channels, including some German ones, which had been the reason for the change, and the new super-fast internet modem for me.

There were slight problems with the result that I am currently unable to access my webmail account, but IT guy from next door promised to take a look when he brings my new flat screen and copies my old hard drive onto the inside my brand new PC. So, for the moment I am still on my iPod and on my geriatric laptop, which I love to pieces but don't really like to type on it.

Oh, well, with the heating broke in the study it is unlikely that I would use my main PC anyway. Apparátus try, today is going to be the coldest day of 2014. Of course, they won't be any more days in this year to top it. ;))

Update: Arthur's Quest - Book One is finished! Go me!

Comments

[kln1671.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year! I hope it treats you well!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And the same for you! Be tha magic be with you always.
It was such an unexpected gift, getting in touch with you again after all those years. Too many people have vanished without a trace in the last couple of years.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Good luck getting the computer/internet and heating sorted out! It sounds like you are making progress in that area, even if it is slow.

Congratulations on finishing the story! What a good way to finish the year! :D

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was beginning to doubt if I am ever going to finish it. It's such a relief!
And slow progress is still progress, right? As long as I can climb onto the internet and stay in touch with you folks everything is fine.

[sammydragoncat]

Congratulations on finishing the first part of Arthur's Quest! Wishing you all the best for the coming year!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Luck, good health, peace and much happiness to you, too! *hugs*

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Apple cheesecake sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate the New Year! I hope it's a happy and healthy one for you and your Mom. It's very cold here too, I'm re-thinking my idea about going out :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. We've been both schlepping around this bloody cold for over a month by now, I'd love to get rid of it finally.
Mum insists to go to church tomorrow, though. No amount of argument can make her reconsider, so we might have a setback health-wise. Again. *sigh*

[bk_forever]

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope 2015 will bring you health, happiness, and all good things!

(Thankl you so much for my card, I love it! Such a prettty design!)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid the design isn't mine - I found it on the internet - but I'm glad you like it nonetheless.
Happy New Year!

[bk_forever]

You still stitched it! It's beautifully done.


However did you find the design on the 'net? I've been looking for this kind of thing for years, since buying some very elaborate cards at a craft fair, although admittedly I've been searching for pricking stencils, but I've found hardly anything. I have a couple of small baubles but that's about it.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Try googling the words "Fadengrafik kostenlose Vorlagen" - German websites are full of beautiful patterns. Most of them won't offer free schablones and instructions but some do, and a few even evenn English.

I usually google for images, not for websites. If I find a pattern I like, I save the image, print it out and try to figure out where the stitches are supposed to be. It's the cheapest solution, even if the results are a bit uneven sometimes.

[bk_forever]

Thank you! I'll try that when I have a bit of free time from writing challenges!

[breannarose1.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Wishing you the best as well. :)

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on finishing Book One! Wish I could transport over and join you for that apple-cheesecake... Please give Mum my good wishes for 2015!

We are about 1-1/2 hours away from the New Year, so I will definitely not finish "Awful Mary-Sue" this year, either. This pesky business of finding a new job before the end of January gets in the way of fanfic reading and writing! [grin] I have to get my butt over to a movie theatre and see the last installment of The Hobbit. I missed the second one, but maybe seeing the last part will provide some "inspiration" for more AMS goodness (or is that "awfulness"?).

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid the 3rd Hobbit movie will provide us all with inspiration for godawfulness. Be glad you missed the second one, it was horrible.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year!