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utorak, 04.08.2009.

Plugging away

Ive been plugging away on things, knitting here, quilting there. Seeing family and getting dinner on the table. Life really is actually a lot harder when you write it down. Doing it, well you either do it or you get run over. Work is piling on my desk and so I want to just dash this off quick. Last nite I went over to see froglady She made a delicious meal of pad thai. I love pad thai and I dont make it at home.. quite a nice treat!. Banana bread was baked while we ate and then we had it for dessert. Yum. Got home just as Sue popped in from Orchestra. I had tossed a bunch of things in the crockpot for her to have edibles when she got home. She ate it (no mention if it was actually edible or not) and we both had a little mini aneurysm that our cable is back on. Im sure Ive mentioned it before. I dont have cable. I have something resembling cable. My landlord told me when I moved in that DSL and cable were part of the rent. But we dont have what people in Philly call cable.. and we get different channels if we use the VCR or just the plain tv. We dont really watch it all that often.. but in the morning I like to listen to the news (only time I do listen to the news) and in the evening I have it on while I am washing dishes/doing chores.. makes me feel like I am not doing chores if someone else is talking. (My brain is really a fried egg.. but we wont discuss that) So when we gave her our 60 day notice that we would no longer be going month to month.. well, the cable stopped. We rented movies from the library, but I didnt get my morning news (I cant get NPR in the apartment.. and that is the only news I would listen to on the radio) and it is silly to get a movie and not sit an watch it. So last nite sue turned on the tv and there was the weather channel. We had it on for about 2 hrs simply to hear other people talk and marvel over cable again. I need to call and see the price differentials for cable, cable with DSL, verizon, verizon with DSL, and earthlinks version of DSL. We have not paid for cable in a long time (either of us) but I think that seeing the void these past 3 weeks makes me want to put it on my list. It isnt that we didnt fill up that TIME mind you with just as important and exciting things, its just that without cable I go into a news black hole (not necessarily bad) and Sue.. well, she admits she is addicted. (She marvels at how I can get things DONE while the tv is on. Perhaps I have ADD and with it on it focuses my brain to filter out everything and do the things I need to do.) I have no idea what will happen when we have REAL cable.. like more than 6 channels? Huh? I think it will be wild but we can splurge and get the DSL too it would be a big help.My brain is running full tilt on moving the apartment. I dont know if we can do it all in a month. I hate that we both have so many things in our lives, but that is what makes us the people we are. If we didnt babysit we wouldnt be a part of Sues extended family. And if I didnt knit I wouldnt be me- Id be a grouch. And I know that I should just set our stuff aside, but it is the holidays and I want this quilt to be done and at least 1 hat and a pair of gloves. The rest.. well, the rest can wait until after the holiday. Ill give them late if I need to. The quilt is soooooo close. I mean really close. The back is on with the batting and the first sewing steps were made. I think Ill need to buy another spindle of thread. But it is so close it feels good. I plan on sewing on it all weekend and Monday and Tuesday of next week. I want it done by next Tuesday. Let just all keep our fingers crossed and hope that it happens. OK?

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