Back from Hiatus

Sorry about the long hiatus, I don't know what happened. Mostly just life. Lets see, the story so far: "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made many people angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." (with apologies to Douglas Adams) Anyway, yes, April has been focused on the countdown to the upcoming Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie, due out this Friday. I've been entertaining the work lunch group with daily quotes and maxims from the guide, mostly from the original radio series.

DH and I also joined a gym, and I've been trying hard to be somewhat diligent about working out. I'm not so keen on their current aerobics schedule (and the fact that the schedule on their website is out of date, causing me to show up for classes that don't happen). However, I've been pretty good about going and doing at least a cardio-type workout, which is good for me. I did go swimming with DH one weekend, which turned out to be not such a good thing. I got water in my ear, which is bothersome. Then, I put more stuff in my ear to get the water out, which hurt. Then, the ear never seemed to clear up, so I tried putting different stuff in the ear to clear it up, which hurt really badly and clogged it all up again. Finally, I gave in and went to the doctor, figuring I had an ear infection. Wrong - I had a hole in my ear drum. This is why it always felt clogged up (it wasn't, the air pressure was just wonky). So, now, strict instructions to stop putting stuff in my ear, no swimming, plugs for the shower, and hope that the hole repairs itself. Oh, and stop trying to pop my ear - that was also probably making the hole bigger.

In stitching news, I did get my website newsletter done: http://www.crosseyedkat.com/news_frame.htm and generally ontime as well. I was all set and ready for the online Needlework show as well, which just ended. It went fairly well (much better than Dallas). I'm finally getting around to working on some new designs - need to do that more often. My new fabric from Picture this Plus arrived yesterday - I'll have to do some test stitching soon!

Dead from Dallas

I was wrong - it could get slower.

Hitchhiker's quote of the day: "I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed."

Live from Dallas

10:15 - One big crowd came in and looked, but no one else yet. Of course, housekeeping is blocking the door. Maybe everyone else forgot about the time change (apparently my neighbors did). The lighting disaster was averted and even improved the light in the room! The replacement bulb is flourescent, so it is really bright. I repositioned the tri-stand and dragged the other floor lamp from the bedroom. The spotlight luckily wasn't dead as I was afraid when I first tried to turn it on this morning - the bulb had come loose.

Music is running, the printer is ready to make receipts, I'm ready to sell!

2:15 - Most interesting comment so far: "I don't count, I stitch." This confuses me as I count and stitch, but mostly stitch. Probably intended to refer to HPC, where the stitcher just stitches over the color on the canvas and doesn't have to count.

I'm not sure if this show can get any slower.

3:45 The big rush - two customers at once! Amusingly enough, they were needlepointers buying cross stitch charts. I really need to get some canvas and look into painting some of the designs (for people who don't count). :)
I wonder if there is a rush to look at canvases the first day (since I see people with canvas in their bags), since a vendor won't have a huge quantity. Maybe cross stitch can wait since I can quickly print more. We will see what tomorrow brings (oh, and the last hour the market is open today).

5:00 Day one finis.