The Birthday Poll

Normally, I don't make a big fuss about my birthday. After about age 21, they don't seem to matter as much, and I usually don't tell friends when it is because I don't want them to feel obligated to buy gifts and otherwise make a fuss on a day that isn't that "landmark-y" anymore.

However, my 30th is coming up, and this seems worth celebrating, or at least making note of (notice: I'm not one of those people who greets my 30th birthday with dread and horror, far from it. I like even numbers, if nothing else :P).

So I put it to you all:

[Poll #103119]

welcome to the North Pole

It has been snowing steadily all day - there is easily over a foot of snow outside right now and it doesn't look like it's stopping. I'm glad I got out and did everything yesterday, as I doubt I could WALK outdoors today. And it's not going anywhere anytime soon - it hasn't been above 15F all day. I don't think I've seen this much snow since I moved here right after the blizzard of '95-'96.

Took the cats to the open front door and I think the cold and moisture has deterred them from ever wanting to go outside. Both were terrified - a quick sniff and they were fighting their way out of my arms!

Got pleasantly jacked up on coffee and sugar and played with the duster muslin most of the day (entry to follow, crossposting to dressdiaries - this community is very useful for keeping track of your work while getting feedback during troubleshooting).

The terror alert may be lowered - locally at least this makes perfect sense, as I cannot imagine even the most dedicated terrorist trying to drop dirty bombs or gases in this.

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Answered some questions, made some discoveries regarding fit:

( To spare the uninterested )

Not sure how I'm going to address the shoulder - the back is fine, but the front has extra gapping around my underarm and clavicle that hinders movement somewhat. I tried a "hack" where I shrunk the arm hole and moved the shoulder line higher (make sense?) but this looked bad and didn't help the movement issue. Some of this may be addressed by the partial stretch of the vinyl and the introduction of a shoulderpad, which should change the way the sleeve drapes. Any suggestions welcome.