Weekend schna
Aug. 15th, 2005 09:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moonwiseBack to work, sigh.
It was so godforsaken hot this weekend that it was hard to want to do anything but sit in the air conditioning. It's been so hazy that you can't see the sky, even at night - very disappointing, because I wanted to watch some of the Perseids.
After being turned away from the reservoir last weekend, husband and I were bound and determined to do something in the water this weekend, and his friend suggested tubing down the Delaware. So, off we went on Saturday morning to River Country. For $20/head, they load you on a bus, take you to a drop point, and off you go. The water was low and the current was not very swift, but we had a wonderful time drifting down the river. It was deep enough in portions to swim around a little, but other times it was too shallow and we had to get out and walk. We got there early to beat the crowds, and by the time we left, they were packin' them in.
I spent a lot of the remainder of the weekend working on the hakama in fits and starts. To anyone who plans on trying these, my advice is: baste the pleats. It will save you a lot of trouble. The front is almost finished - needs some edgestitching on the ties - but the back still needs work. To make the koshiita, I'd originally bought some Timtex, but it wasn't as stiff as I'd like. At the fabric store, they had some buckram with the other interfacings, and I discovered when I got home that it was (OH JOYNESS!) fusible. Layering two sheets of that with two sheets of Timtex produced a very nice semi-stiff backboard.
We did watch the football game on Saturday night, and true to form, the Giants were pathetic. It's going to be a long year. I also discovered that my folks had given away all the preseason tickets, which was annoying, but I put a word in for opening day since it's a 4:15 game.
Low point of the weekend was breaking the washing machine - the damn thing won't spin, thanks to me forgetting that the beach towels are really heavy when wet. Something must have stripped in the gears. Oh well, call the repairman.
It was so godforsaken hot this weekend that it was hard to want to do anything but sit in the air conditioning. It's been so hazy that you can't see the sky, even at night - very disappointing, because I wanted to watch some of the Perseids.
After being turned away from the reservoir last weekend, husband and I were bound and determined to do something in the water this weekend, and his friend suggested tubing down the Delaware. So, off we went on Saturday morning to River Country. For $20/head, they load you on a bus, take you to a drop point, and off you go. The water was low and the current was not very swift, but we had a wonderful time drifting down the river. It was deep enough in portions to swim around a little, but other times it was too shallow and we had to get out and walk. We got there early to beat the crowds, and by the time we left, they were packin' them in.
I spent a lot of the remainder of the weekend working on the hakama in fits and starts. To anyone who plans on trying these, my advice is: baste the pleats. It will save you a lot of trouble. The front is almost finished - needs some edgestitching on the ties - but the back still needs work. To make the koshiita, I'd originally bought some Timtex, but it wasn't as stiff as I'd like. At the fabric store, they had some buckram with the other interfacings, and I discovered when I got home that it was (OH JOYNESS!) fusible. Layering two sheets of that with two sheets of Timtex produced a very nice semi-stiff backboard.
We did watch the football game on Saturday night, and true to form, the Giants were pathetic. It's going to be a long year. I also discovered that my folks had given away all the preseason tickets, which was annoying, but I put a word in for opening day since it's a 4:15 game.
Low point of the weekend was breaking the washing machine - the damn thing won't spin, thanks to me forgetting that the beach towels are really heavy when wet. Something must have stripped in the gears. Oh well, call the repairman.
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Date: 2005-08-15 02:43 pm (UTC)