Recovered and motivated

It is getting colder and colder every day. I've filled up the new drawers with winter clothes. It makes me feel so happy that maybe I don't have to keep my winter/summer clothes in the closet anymore since there's a lot of space in the new drawers now. I felt very motivated today since yesterday was a bit slow. I managed to hang up the washing on the line, taking advantage of the nice weather, and took all the clothes in from the garage. Theo and I put them on the line before leaving for the holiday in Whitianga on Friday, and now it's definitely dry.
There was no milk in the fridge yesterday, but now there are two bottles. It's always good to open the fridge after going to the supermarket. The berry cereal is almost finished today, thankfully I've got two bags of new muesli cereal.
I've made some progress in reading EVE. The book is about eveonline the game. Considering it's based on a game, the book is pretty interesting to read. Space is the final frontier of humanity, and you find humanity in the space. What will the future be like? It looks pretty grim from the book's point of view. However, it is a game where you become a capsueller, clones from a human lord/god/powerful people. I guess this is where you get your 2nd/3rd/nth life from? Can you choose to be the one who gets beaten up in the beginning of the book? Can you choose to be the Queen? I don't know, but that's not the important point. The point of the book is to entertain, and dramatise the situation.
I always look forward to the lunch in Grillers in town. They make great burgers. I try to change my choice every time I go there, trying out different beef burgers from the menu or the burger on the blackboard, in another word, anything that's on offer in Grillers.
After the feed, I finally managed to drop off the books that Fuzzy wanted and took a walk with Fuzzy and mum in town. It's nice to talk and shop together. I gave mum her Mother's Day card first. It's a card that I made with Patrice. I really like the card even though there's some discoloration on the envelope. We went to the Fabric warehouse and looked at wedding fabrics there. Mum reckoned that she will go back to Taiwan when granddad is 100 years old, or when he pass away, whichever comes first. It's a fact of life that old people die, and granddad is 94 years old. Mum is probably going to take her satin fabric back so she can make a dress out of it.
We then went to Salvation Army to look for a jersey for dad, but no luck there. Abode is closing down and I got a nice bangle from there. Things are still quite expensive, and most nice stuff are already gone. I guess they have been bought already. The Abode shop has been in Hamilton for years, it was there when we came, which must mean that it's more than 13 years old.
I got feijoas, red bean cake, and some meatballs from mum. We still haven't eaten dinner now, guess I should put something out.
I went to Ironman 2 the other day. The beginning of the movie is focused on Stark Expo that lasts for the whole year. Ironman flies onto the stage and was accompanied by a bunch of beautiful girls. It's outrageous. It's flash. It's something that you would expect Ironman to do, and the villain Whiplash is great, too. Tall, check. Strong, check. Russian, check (the non-translated Russian in the movie are great, but the accent wasn't so convincing). Messy hair, check. Whips charged by electricity, check. Revenge, check. Black Widow is impressive as well, although I hope that Scarlett is in this movie longer than just a few action sequences, though. She has so much potential! It was too short!

Alice in the Wonderland tea party

My Alice in the Wonderland party went fine in the weekend. I made cheesecake the previous day, and made scones and sandwiches in the morning. Theo helped me vacuum the house. We moved the table and chairs out into the back garden. The weather was extremely good. Our friends turned up and I made tea. We took lots of photos and had a happy afternoon together. There were plenty of "Drink Me" and "Eat me" labels made by my friend, and we had poker cards, chess, and various hats as decoration and props.
Theo didn't want to go to the balloon festival in the evening so I set out by myself, however, when I got there, my friends were nowhere to be seen. I waited and phoned them, none of them replied. The last thing I did was to call Theo and he rode the bike out to be with me. It took another hour for me to drive home, and what a disaster it was. I felt really tired after that. The day was certainly happy and sad.
I went to the card making activity on Monday night. It was so much fun, and I really like the card and the bag I made. I wonder whether I will go to another session or not.
Mum and dad are both doing well at home. Dad wrote a poem and he asked me and Theo to help his grammar. He will publish his article online soon. Mum gave me some daffodils and tulips to plant for the spring.
It's M's birthday next Monday. I've already made a card for her so that's sorted. I saw a really nice lip balm today and that's her present. I am going to watch Law Abiding Citizen tonight with Theo. I am looking forward to that.

Alice in the wonderland preparation

I am preparing an "Alice in the Wonderland" themed party for this weekend. The time has been changed from Sunday afternoon to Saturday afternoon due to people moving. Hopefully, they will notice the change on my event calendar.
I have poker cards and chessboard ready for decoration. I also have some peonies from my wedding that I can put in a vase as centrepiece. I have a yellow rabbit that I can use as decoration as well.
I am going to make cheesecake and make a drink that can be put into the "Drink me" bottle. It will be fun. I have also acquired a red wig which is not very expensive. Now it's time to make my hat looks crazier with ribbons and a piece of paper that says 6/10.
Fuzzy is coming as the caterpillar, Sky is coming as the Red Queen, Theo is coming as the rabbit, and I think our friends are coming as Alice. It will be fun.
I will have to pack up my sewing machine and tidy up the table. It will have to be moved out into the garden, and I have to move the chairs into the garden as well. There are some candles and some candle holders that I got from Stevens that can be put on the table as well.

Againstworld's horde adventure

I was really busy today. The washing basket is full so I separate the white and the dark colors and put them on before having breakfast. Put away the washed dishes and put on another load of dirty dishes. I have spent the rest of my morning downloading and shrinking the honeymoon photos.
Theo invited me to Grillers for lunch today. I think I need to get out of the house for a while. However, I didn't even have time to have a shower yet. Fortunately, I can rush through it and by the time he got there, I was almost ready.
I put the washing outside after I came home. Facebook is not behaving so it's a chore to upload the photos. It was very easy before. I don't know why I can't upload more than five photos and see the photos that I am uploading. I may have to do it tomorrow.
Dad is fixing Little Gray at the moment. He's changed a part of the exhaust pipe this morning. It was difficult to take the old exhaust pipe off, but that's expected, otherwise when you are driving the car, the exhaust pipe may fall off and that's not a good thing. We still need to put on new wheels.
I've leveled my first Horde character on Bonechewer, Againstworld, up to level 13 yesterday. I also joined a guild recommended by my friend. It's a very lively guild, always people on and hopefully they can help me when I level up a bit more. The starting area feels very tribal, and I guess this align with Tauren heritage. The quests aren't too hard, and it's easier to kill NPCs and PVP on a Tauren warrior. The 5% health regeneration has saved me from dying many times. I am looking forward to the future as a tank.
I have been on blimp.fm for a few days and putting up some nice songs for myself and other people on the internet. The response is pretty good. I really enjoy using this site, but have to look out for downloading too much youtube videos and using up the band with.
Theo is going to a bachelor's party in the weekend. I will probably have to stay home, not even sure whether dad will be able to fix the car by then or not. Cousin is coming to visit next month. I haven't seen him for years! It will be good to catch up with him and see how his adventure in Australia went.

Progress on the steampunk dress

I went to Spotlight yesterday to get materials for the steampunk costume. It took a while to find the appropriate fabric, and I couldn't even find a hook for the skirt. There were simply too many things there in the shop. The salesperson was very nice, she picked out less expensive material and cut them for me. She exchanged the satin with polyester, The fabric I got for the top was slightly stretchy so it was difficult to cut to size. I discovered that it was too small after I cut it. However, I've decided to fuse the fabric onto the interfacing first, then add more fabric to the interfacing if the fabric is too small. Since the fabric is quite dark, I don't think it will matter very much. The main colour scheme is blue, and I've chosen blue button with golden crown for the jacket. Mum gave me white lace and hook for the skirt. Fuzzy gave me the interfacing material. These will definitely help saving money on the project.
I watched Project Runway in the evening. They went to the beach and did a beachwear design in team of two. The person who was eliminated wasn't focused on his work, and he didn't put his design concept forward even though he was the leader. His partner ended up designing the winning piece and made both garments by himself. I really liked how they made macrame back and top. Macrame is knotting fabric instead of knitting and weaving. That's how you make a friendship bracelet!
Theodotus's rogue got to level 80 last night. Congratulation to him. We can take his rogue and my mage to heroic instances now! It's so exciting. His night elf druid is also level 80, and getting better gear for healing now. I was not very happy about his healing before, but now my confidence is gaining. It takes time to get better gear for everyone, and I guess I have forgotten about that. Everyone was a newbie in the beginning and had bad gear.
There's a toy run on motorcycle next weekend. We are going to enter it because you may win Jet leather jacket, Shoei helmet and boots! Theo's old boots and helmet need replacing, and I think he won't mind getting new jacket, either.
I am looking forward to the engagement party and steampunk party in March.