Yarnification

Ever since I got out the sewing machine to make the comfort pack, I’ve been itching to do some more sewing. I’ve also been thinking that I could really use some new curtains in the bedroom. The ones in there don’t quite fit the windows; they’re an odd size and it’s really not possible to find ones that aren’t either too short to too long. Between the two, I’ve decided that I need to make some curtains.

Until last night this was a vague, maybe if I see the right fabric for cheap idea, but last night I measured the windows, figured out casing and hem allowances and whatnot, and realized that I only need about 5 yards of fabric. If I get a good coupon or find a good sale, I could get that much fabric for pretty cheap. So it looks like this is definitely going to happen sooner or later, just a matter of when I find fabric I like for a good price.

I’m more than two thirds of the way through assembling the afghan. I’m trying to figure out how to get a photo of it since the only place I can think of to spread the whole thing out is the bed, but the lighting in my room isn’t the greatest for taking pictures. I’ll figure something out. The photos can’t possibly come out worse than the ones of the cable strip afghan (I have got to take new photos of that one sometime).

I’m pretty happy with how it’s coming out, and the assembly is going along pretty quickly. This flat braid method is making me not hate joining squares anymore. This way is so much easier and faster than whipstitching!

I am so far behind on reading everyone’s blogs! I’ve been pretty swamped at work. Every month I have to file/pay an absolute minimum of two tax returns/payments, but there are months when it’s a lot more than that, and this month I’ve got (besides the usual payroll tax deposit and sales tax return) a bunch of quarterly and yearly returns to do—use tax, personal property tax (where the county shakes us down for a tax on equipment the business owns, which fortunately we are exempt from because our property doesn’t exceed a certain value, or at least we always were before—I still have to calculate it for this year), state unemployment tax, federal income tax (I filed for an extension on this and the city income tax—ugh), state and city income tax withholding for the first quarter, federal payroll tax reconciliation for the first quarter, and that’s just what I can remember off the top of my head. Maybe our worker’s comp payroll reports, too? Or did I do that last month? I’ll need to check. Then the state corporate tax form is due at the end of next month.

In case you glazed over during that paragraph (and I don’t blame you one bit), let me summarize: I am frazzled. Frazzled, I tell you.