what I'm doing while everyone else reads Harry Potter

[anotheranon]

Don't worry, I plan to read it, just in no great rush. Given the number of friends and family members that are most likely reading with a furious passion right this second, I don't think there will be a shortage of borrowable copies in the near future :P

No, this morning (at the buttcrack of weekend dawn - 9 am) D. and I set out across town to pick up some free sheepskin scraps and possibly some fabric from a woman on a local costuming list who was looking to unload some of her stash.

The haul: 2 boxes sheepskin scraps in various colors (perfectly willing to distribute for free, because I could never use it all - email me privately), 4 rose damask curtains (Italian Renaissance? Regency?), green and mauve/taupe wool (peasant/middle class garb), black velveteen, gray green wale-less corduroy, white satin curtains (Regency?) white windowpane-woven cotton (Italian chemise?), cotton canvas (corset lining or, hopefully, lining for a fencing doublet) a lot of raw silk (many things - perfect shade for Jedi robes, but infinitely dyeable) and other sundries. I'll have to make two payments on it in order to afford it, but given I've not done any serious fabric buying in at least 2 years, this gives me lots to play with :)

D. went with me because I'd never met this person before; it was a safety concern. She turned out to be a very cool lady, ex-SCA and current historical gardener. Much interesting conversation was had :)

Still hellishly humid and hot and after driving halfway 'round the Beltway with no A/C, D. is justly grouchy so I'm giving him some down time. I'd take some for myself but I have a psych appointment this afternoon and still have the groceries to buy. We're eating Baja Fresh tonight - D. deserves a treat and I sure as hell don't want to cook!

Gonna go have my 2nd cup of coffee and eat something. I see myself sleeping very, very, VERY well tonight, if not earlier!

Comments

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

An excellent haul ... that ought to keep you happily creating and sewing for quite a while. :-)

[skill-grl.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for harry potter as well. I'm saving money and not buying it -- at least for now.

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Whooo - that is a great haul. I'll bet you're just as pleased as punch to have gotten that all! Even if there wasn't any A/C. And I agree - it has been EXTREMELY, hellishly humid here too. Rode 36 miles and feel like I just evaporated!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Aiigh!! How can you stand it??

There's a heat advisory for tomorrow - heat + humidity = "heat index" (whatever that is) of 100F+. I strongly suspect I won't be leaving the house!

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Naw, piece of cake. We did a one week trip about four ago where every day had heat indexes (indices?) in the hundred-and-teens every day. Did great - drank gallons of water/gatorade each day, but did 60-70 miles a day in extremely hilly country. It was my best year ever doing that ride. Don't know why I do so well in the heat, but I do.

[skill-grl.livejournal.com]

well, you could always leave the house early. I want to ride my new bike tomorrow, so I strongly suspect I'll be setting my alarm for 6am. or earlier.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Gee, you're making this little humidity loather look SO forward to her visit. :p

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Heh heh... yeah, it's just getting cranked up good. Wait'll August. Either that, or it'll break and will be in the 70's. We never have straight-forward weather here. Every day is an adventure.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

I spent the first half of my life in the humidity zone ... I remember all too well how it feels. :p I'm counting on Mom's report being correct, since she experiences the same sensation of old axle grease on the skin that I do ... she says everybody's going on about the humidity index where she is, yet she doesn't think it really FEELS humid

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Can't speak for OH, but DC, while built on a swamp, isn't usually THIS bad - it rains and cools off, but that doesn't seem to be happening this week :(