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Party today!
Aug. 21st, 2005 05:52 pmToday was my Answers to Life, the Universe, and Everything party. It turned into a brunch party, which we've been wanting to do, but we had two partiers who were too well-fed to appreciate the food part.
Mostly it was a trough party. There was also some talking, some watching of the movie "Koyaanisqatsi," and a hint of balloon volleyball and Electronic Mosquito Swatter. Wait, the latter is not a toy. According to all the documentation.
Also, some gawking at our new stove, pots, pot racks, and toilet.
I also got an amazing number of presents of amazing quality, mostly book-related. Mmm, books. Even from people who already gave me presents at Robin's party. And Robin also got a present. And people also brought wonderful piles of food.
I got a bad case of pre-party exhaustion but since our party started late Sunday morning, the exhaustion happened on Saturday, so I was in fine shape for the party. Our house is in basically good shape now. Because of that, and because I think I want to focus on activity gatherings in the future (rather than food), I think there won't be so much pre-party exhaustion in the future.
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Free bonus journal entry (from my sister)
Thoughts on Dyeing
I am nearly done dying all of the fabric for the wedding, and I have learned a few things:
1. A 16" tall pot is very tall - almost too tall to fit on my stove under the vent hood.
2. A 16" tall pot full of 7 gallons of water takes a very long time to get hot.
3. A 16" tall pot full of 7 gallons of hot dye solution is too heavy to move to the sink by myself to empty out (remember 1 gallon = 8 lbs, so 7 gallons = 56 lbs) I am fairly certain that if you were watching me in my kitchen as I tried to figure out how to get the now deep purple fabric out of the pot and into the washing machine and then empty out the pot full of very hot dye by using a smaller pot to ladle it into the sink, you would have been very amused. I wasn't.
4. The hot water from my tap is hot enough to dye silk in.
5. Putting the 16" pot in the bathtub, filling it with scalding hot tap water and dye, dyeing the fabric, and then emptying the leftover solution into the tub, while leaving a temporarily purple tub, is much easier than the process described above on my stove.
6. Purple is a lovely color, but it will be a while before I want to mess with it again.
So, yay, the fabric is pretty now.
Mostly it was a trough party. There was also some talking, some watching of the movie "Koyaanisqatsi," and a hint of balloon volleyball and Electronic Mosquito Swatter. Wait, the latter is not a toy. According to all the documentation.
Also, some gawking at our new stove, pots, pot racks, and toilet.
I also got an amazing number of presents of amazing quality, mostly book-related. Mmm, books. Even from people who already gave me presents at Robin's party. And Robin also got a present. And people also brought wonderful piles of food.
I got a bad case of pre-party exhaustion but since our party started late Sunday morning, the exhaustion happened on Saturday, so I was in fine shape for the party. Our house is in basically good shape now. Because of that, and because I think I want to focus on activity gatherings in the future (rather than food), I think there won't be so much pre-party exhaustion in the future.
**
Free bonus journal entry (from my sister)
Thoughts on Dyeing
I am nearly done dying all of the fabric for the wedding, and I have learned a few things:
1. A 16" tall pot is very tall - almost too tall to fit on my stove under the vent hood.
2. A 16" tall pot full of 7 gallons of water takes a very long time to get hot.
3. A 16" tall pot full of 7 gallons of hot dye solution is too heavy to move to the sink by myself to empty out (remember 1 gallon = 8 lbs, so 7 gallons = 56 lbs) I am fairly certain that if you were watching me in my kitchen as I tried to figure out how to get the now deep purple fabric out of the pot and into the washing machine and then empty out the pot full of very hot dye by using a smaller pot to ladle it into the sink, you would have been very amused. I wasn't.
4. The hot water from my tap is hot enough to dye silk in.
5. Putting the 16" pot in the bathtub, filling it with scalding hot tap water and dye, dyeing the fabric, and then emptying the leftover solution into the tub, while leaving a temporarily purple tub, is much easier than the process described above on my stove.
6. Purple is a lovely color, but it will be a while before I want to mess with it again.
So, yay, the fabric is pretty now.