Taking a break

Everything takes longer than anticipated, doesn't it? At least I'm doing something, though. (I'm feeling much better, although I cheated on my diet big time yesterday. I refuse to feel guilty, though.)

I am approximately 7/8ths done with my birthday present to myself. And may I say, I hate sewing corners. Hate hate hate. I'm not fond of pinning them, either. I'd say I have about an hour of work left for today, then another couple of hours work for tomorrow before I finish the basic shell. THen comes the decorating, which will be time consuming, but it's something that can be done in front of the tv, Which will be a relief.

I'm not sure I like the fabric I chose for this project now that I see it almost done, but I shall live with it. Besides which, mollyssister's PIF gift will look absolutely smashing with it. I shall have to choose a different fabric for covering our side table (the a/c box, now with a/c in it), but that will be easy enough. Basic black should look very nice. And then my black furry pillows can come back to the living room as well. Yay!

When I'm done, I'm going to have to rearrange my artwork again. And then I shall take piccies and spam you lot.

I'm not going make plans for myself, as I always manage to sabotage myself after a few weeks, but it would be nice to finish maybe one smallish project a week from now till I leave. Give me a break from the on-going medium projects, like SMHC, exchange fic, artsies and such. And then, when I come back from Canada, I would come home to a place that looks really quite nice, minus a few glaring, huge and costly spots (like the bathroom, the office, the floors...). By the time I get back, I shouldn't be able to see the glaring spot in the backyard, as it should be covered with snow. I hope.

But now I should get back to the grindstone. Only an hour, though. I'll be too tired after that, and I'll start making serious mistakes. So, I hope I finish within the hour. :-)

( Oh, and I'm still Voldemort, supposedly. bwa ha ha. )