SWAP Report
Yesterday, having determined that my schedule was not as bad as I had been making it seem in my mind, I decided to take an hour to work on my SWAP.
This is one of the great advantages of the Sewing With a Plan system — if you have an hour to sew, you do not have to spend it in deciding what to make or buying fabric or finding the pattern pieces or any other preliminary work. Having already done all that during the planning stages, you can just jump in. I watched part of The Phantom of the Opera and cut out my next two garments.
After the opening scenes, which were quite cool, the movie was a deep disappointment, but the cutting went well.
After work, we tried to fix the refrigerator. My husband’s first hypothesis was that it simply needed defrosting and a thorough cleaning. He put it up on a car jack and cleaned it to within an inch of its metal life. I cleaned the floor under it. We returned it to its place, plugged it back in, and turned it on. As of this morning, the thermometer inside it still registers 70 degrees, so this was clearly not the solution.
Oh well.
There was also knitting. I am 4/5 of the way through the colorwork for Pipes.
We ate pancakes from a “complete” mix (just add water) with syrup for breakfast and frozen things for lunch and dinner. They were not as bad as I had thought they might be. Just sort of artificial tasting, not like real food. #2 son admired the pancakes. He felt that they were better than whole grain pancakes, the normal fare at our house. But #1 son allowed as how he thought that homemade food was better and healthier than convenience foods.
That realization might be worth something. I had not asked him, after all, he just volunteered the opinion. #2 son is watching the Food Network, and has volunteered to cook dinner once school starts and his schedule is more settled (his social life interferes with any demanding chore like cooking, poor butterfly). We are hoping for a speedy recovery for the fridge.
the sweater is turning out lovely. did #2 daughter choose the colors you’re using? and i must say that SWAP seems like such a good solid idea. did you buy all your fabrics and patterns at once? and now you just work on it when you get a chance? i might need to investigate such a plan myself.
I am assuming that your fridge and freezer are separate entities – initially I thought that you were without cold places completely but in that case you wouldn’t be have frozen foods either. That being the case it’s not quite as bad as I thought it was. It’s even more fun preparing meals when you have neither fridge not freezer going. Earlier this winter, Canterbury (the province that contains Christchurch) got hit by, what is for NZ, a freak snowstorm. It brought powerlines down all over the place and some people were without any power for a week. Of course, they could have probably put some of their perishables outside in the snow to keep them fresh I guess. We’ve decided it’s better living nearer Antarctica, we don’t get the nasy weather that the country north of us has been unfortunate to get this year (Touch wood)
And isn’t it cute? that pipes thing.
I have an interview tonight.
And I have a date tomorrow. w00t
I wish I’d learned to cook a long time ago. You see, I have the bad habit of eating practically anything in sight when I’m hungry. If I could cook, I might have avoided half the cases of food-poisoning I’ve had in my lifetime. On the other hand, I now have an iron-stomach. And throwing up does wonders for abdominal tone. 😀 Keep it copasetic.