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not_hathor) wrote2019-07-22 01:15 pm
not_hathor) wrote2019-07-22 01:15 pm
Not QUITE the End of July
After almost a week of High Heat Index warnings from the National Weather Service, during which it did rain once thereby pumping up the humidity again, yesterday (Sunday) was actually cooler! SO we went out and hacked at the pile of tree branches some more. Reduced it by maybe half, but still a bunch to go. It's halfway decent today as well; too bad we have an after dinner appointment this evening.
Anyway, yesterday, after a cool-down break, we took a little shopping jaunt -- socks, underwear, work boots, etc, and wound up at DISC REPLAY's 'Going Out of Business/Consolidating With Iowa Location' sale. I'm going to blame the fact thatrhi has been posting comments regarding her watching selected episodes/seasons of HIGHLANDER recently for my impulse purchase of a 2nd - maybe 3rd-hand set of Season 2 on DvD.
Not certain how long my sense of nostalgia will last. Never did finish watching THE RAVEN when I picked that up a couple of years ago.
On the other hand, I FINALLY finished reading "Pride and Prejudice", by Jane Austin. For several years it has been one of my 'unofficial' New Year's resolutions to actually read some Jane Austin, as one of my currently M.I.A. LJ friends had started drifting away from media fandom to spend more time and energy with literary interests. Believe it or not, as an English Major, I had never read any Jane Austin. I read "Jane Eyre" for a high school book report back in the 70's ---during my high school years I systematically read through a 'Recommended Reading" list of classics which included "Lorna Doone", "Ivanhoe", "The Count of Monte Cristo", etc. My best friend liked Georgette Heyer, which I never really got into; likewise Dorothy Sayers, but between us we manged to check out and read every Agatha Christie and James Bond novel in our local library.... but I digress. It took a while; I had a hard time wrapping my head around the social conventions of the period, but I persevered.neadods , this one is for you!!!! SALUD!!!!
I have also finished the 'Shades of Blue' triangular shawl I started waaaay back around Easter, and am now cursing myself for changing yarns so often, because I hate weaving in the ends. I also ended up re-teaching myself how to crochet in order to finish the edging properly. Going to take a little break from knitting, maybe to start up again in September with hats and mittens and socks....
See you on the flip side!
Anyway, yesterday, after a cool-down break, we took a little shopping jaunt -- socks, underwear, work boots, etc, and wound up at DISC REPLAY's 'Going Out of Business/Consolidating With Iowa Location' sale. I'm going to blame the fact that
rhi has been posting comments regarding her watching selected episodes/seasons of HIGHLANDER recently for my impulse purchase of a 2nd - maybe 3rd-hand set of Season 2 on DvD. Not certain how long my sense of nostalgia will last. Never did finish watching THE RAVEN when I picked that up a couple of years ago.
On the other hand, I FINALLY finished reading "Pride and Prejudice", by Jane Austin. For several years it has been one of my 'unofficial' New Year's resolutions to actually read some Jane Austin, as one of my currently M.I.A. LJ friends had started drifting away from media fandom to spend more time and energy with literary interests. Believe it or not, as an English Major, I had never read any Jane Austin. I read "Jane Eyre" for a high school book report back in the 70's ---during my high school years I systematically read through a 'Recommended Reading" list of classics which included "Lorna Doone", "Ivanhoe", "The Count of Monte Cristo", etc. My best friend liked Georgette Heyer, which I never really got into; likewise Dorothy Sayers, but between us we manged to check out and read every Agatha Christie and James Bond novel in our local library.... but I digress. It took a while; I had a hard time wrapping my head around the social conventions of the period, but I persevered.
neadods , this one is for you!!!! SALUD!!!!I have also finished the 'Shades of Blue' triangular shawl I started waaaay back around Easter, and am now cursing myself for changing yarns so often, because I hate weaving in the ends. I also ended up re-teaching myself how to crochet in order to finish the edging properly. Going to take a little break from knitting, maybe to start up again in September with hats and mittens and socks....
See you on the flip side!