Crafting report

Over the weekend, I took the time to stitch up my Christmas present for Dad! It's an extra-large chair cushion that can be attached to just about any chair.

...Except I fudged the measurements a little too much on the large side, and it looks like a couch cushion. Whoops! This would be less of a problem if I could just take it in on all dimensions, but it is as tall as I'd like it to be, so I'd need to re-stitch just the circumference. Times two. With the curved corners that I already struggled a bit with.

I mean, it's probably fine as-is? But at the same time, I do still have almost three weeks until Xmas, so I can go in and fix it. I don't have a lot of work left to do on anyone else's Xmas presents, though I do need to find something for elder nibling's birthday (which is five days before Xmas, and I have firmly decided to do what I can to make that a non-issue for elder nibling growing up). *sigh* I'll probably re-do it though. It'll be a pain, but I'm sure I'll be happier with the results.

In other news, I took a brief break from sewing Too Many Things to instead do a bit of crocheting! My stock of octopuses and flying pigs are way below where they should be, and I had a really nifty idea for a specific stingray that turned out totally rad. I'll probably keep crocheting for at least a few days and put off doing anything about the seat cushion for Dad in the meanwhile.

Sticker Shock

Car is back from the shop. Repairs cost $1900, and that was after the owner knocked $300 off for my family being such good, long-time customers, and changing the front breaks for free. I did submit the receipt for a $60 rebate for the tires I got replaced, but... yeah. My bank account is very sad right now. It's not in the negatives, but is only about 1/3 as full as it was this morning.

Going through my state's "How to start a business" tutorial has definitely jumped up a couple of notches in priority.

Productive things I did today

So I can brag to myself. Today, I:

- Crocheted at least three octopuses, possibly four
- Also crocheted a hippo
- Put together Mom's Xmas present (a new phone case complete with a ribbon phone strap)
- Walked a (short) Pokémon Go route twice, looking for Mateo (either my game is buggy, or he just plain doesn't show up when the route anchor is a gym instead of a stop/the start anchor is the same as the end anchor; I am somewhat Miffed about this)
- Took the dog on a half hour walk
- Folded some old laundry
- Did a whole load of new laundry, from wash to fold
- Picked up my now fixed car

I think I did pretty good today!