Exhaustion.

[navygreen]

I am EXHAUSTED this evening. We went swimming with Herb while I was babysitting Josie this afternoon, and playing in the water always tires me out. I've felt like I'm in a fog these last two hours or so, but I did manage to take my shower and toss in a load of laundry (currently in the spin-cycle, I hear).

I made a bookmark two nights ago using navy and white, and when I starched it, the navy bled into the white. I was so bummed. Luckily, I've had several other ladies express their like feelings when I told them of it. It's always nice to have support.

And then yesterday I tatted up a bookmark for my mother-in-law. The entire bookmark came together quickly and easily, but I noticed a "fatal flaw" as I tied off the end. Nothing can be done to fix it, as the flaw is in the very first stitch of the piece, so that was 2.5 hours of my tatting time wasted. And what am I supposed to do with it? No one wants a flawed bookmark. :-(

Tomorrow starts the week of VBS for the boys. They are excited, and Rachel will be bringing them home afterwards and watching for two more hours until I get off work. They love Rachel, and it's been a while since she babysat.

I better drag myself to bed now while I still have use - albeit, limited and exhausted - of my legs.

Comments

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the most beautiful things are flawed. In the case of your bookmark, it's an indicator that it was lovingly made by human hands.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_diane/]

I hate it when that happens with tatting. With knitting and crochet you can go back and fix it if you are extremely patient, but with tatting it'd be pure torture.

What do you use for starching? I've used spray stuff (which doesn't harden bookmarks as much as I'd like) and regular cornstarch cooked with water, which is just very inconvenient.

[roseblessing.livejournal.com]

I love your bookmarks! More pictures!

[mom2jej.livejournal.com]

I'm blaming my horrid eyesight, cuz I didn't see ANY bleeding on that lol But you're an expert at looking at them ;)

Is the flaw THAT bad that anyone's naked eye would see it? That stinks! It was SO cute! And Jackie is just enthralled that human hands could do something like that lol

Water takes everything out of me too! Makes me hungry and tired! lol

[shoebox_addict]

Aww, sorry that you're exhausted and your bookmarks got messed up. :(