So Nathan’s mom is visiting us this weekend. Yesterday we hung out here and made some killer Indian food, which was a huge hit. Today we had sort of planned to visit some of the Missions, but we wound up chilling at home for most of the day and eating and reading cookbooks at each other. (This is all entirely at odds with my effort to lose some of the nine million pounds I’ve gained in the last year.)
We eventually left the house at about two, with no particular plan. We wound up driving to Benicia, which is ADORABLE, and going to the old state capitol building, and taking a tour of this cool Victorian house next door. There were not one, but TWO California Registered Historical Landmarks, so of course I had to pose.
After the historical awesomeness, we went into Berkeley and took Barbara to the Bowl, where she bought boatloads of spices so she could try making Indian food at home, and then to Cafe Rouge for a truly wonderful meal during which I tried not to think about the entire week’s worth of calories I was consuming. It was totally worth it, though. I’m pretty confident that a good time was had by all.
Okay, this list needs to be re-examined. I still have a lot of stuff to do.
I’m finally sewing a shirt for Nathan, all by hand. It’s going to be a thing of peasanty beauty. There will be be pictures as soon as I’m done, which should be in a couple of days. Who the hell knew I’d turn out to like sewing??
101 78 Things to do in 1001 days
- Finish molding in kitchen
- Floor in laundry room
- Unpack all of the books (mostly done) (Not going to happen until #5 happens)
- Organize garage
- Organize basement
- Sort through the CDs (See #5)
- Organize costumes (See #5)
- Have corset repaired
- Deal with the cloak
- Make new bloomers
- Mend chemise (I haven’t mended the old one, but I made a new one. That ought to count for something.)
- Turn juniper patch into edible garden
- Make curtain for under sink
- Cook through Fat book (I don’t know if I want to do this. Lemme ponder.)
- Vaccinate cats
- Go to the dentist
- Organize yarn collection (You know, this is just one of those things that needs to be done perpetually. What I REALLY need to do is organize my sewing shit.)
- Knit pirate hat
- Knit something from Victorian Lace Today
- Knit sweater for mom
- Finish that pink scarf
- Darn all the socks that need darning (Of course, there are always more socks to darn.)
- Knit argyle socks
- Finish Gen’s blanket
- Finish kitchen cabinets (ONE MORE)
- Knit 5 things on Ravelry queue (other than the things on this list)
- Knit something for charity
- Knit something for three different babies
- Put names on Christmas stockings
- Can something
- Watch at least one Oscar movie/month (8/35)
- Finish Nathan’s pajamas
- Cure some bacon
- Make sausage
- Make beer
- Finish Forbes Forest
- Lose 10 Lbs (I’ve lost 6 so far.)
- Go on a 20-mile bike ride.
- Build cabinet for living room
- Strip/repaint dining room windows
- Finish table
- Make Nathan a new faire shirt (ALMOST DONE!!)
- Get rid of xylosma
- Replant front of house
- Plant planter box
- Replace house number
- Re-seed lawn
- Have house painted
- Refinish floors
- Win 5 online poker tournaments
- Go to Disneyland
- Go for five hikes
- Ride bike once a month (1 down)
- Go to Seattle
- Plant some bulbs
- Fix/replace deck
- Sell 10 things on eBay (2/10)
- Sell something on Etsy
- Make a Morris chair (this is all Nathan.)
- Replace overhead light in bedroom
- Simmer burner for stove
- Fix oven pilot light
- Get new shower curtain
- Re-do hall closet
- Buy a bra that fits
- Bake bread 5 times (5/5)
- Make fruitcake
- Win the cocktail contest at Dickens (I know, it’s fixed)
- send 15 postcards
- Watch The War
- Watch The Civil War (DONE!!)
- Make 3 different cassoulets
- Make puff pastry (I made some with Scott, I’ll cross this off the list when I go solo.)
- send Christmas cards
- Make 1 thing for everyone on Christmas list
- Make a quilt
- GET A HAIRCUT
- Visit the Vallejo farmer’s market 5 times (1/5)
- See 5 movies at the Empress (1/5)
- Have 5 dinner parties (2/5)
- Have 3 cocktail parties (1/3)
- Have 1 costume party
- Have a rockin’ 50th birthday party for Nathan
- Read that biography of Dickens
- Read 10 things on unread shelf (1/10) (I’m actually reading something right now from said shelf!)
- Learn a poem to do at Faire (This isn’t going to happen. I’m going to change it to “Learn a shanty to sing at Dickens.”)
- Get Nathan’s boots fixed
- Play a musical instrument on stage (not the kazoo.)
- Knit socially 10 times
- Do something for every Project Spectrum grouping
- Participate in local theatre
- get somebody famous to respond to me on Twitter
- Try 5 new restaurants (2/5)
- Meet in person someone I’ve known online for more than a year(WOOHOO!)
- Get the sconces and overhead light in the living room repaired
- Have both of Holly’s prints framed
- Deal with the Curliecue Blanket, one way or another
- Finish everything on the Feb. 5th UFO list (some items are already listed on this list, but they’re big-ticket items. (9/21)
- GO TO THE DMV!!!!!
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