Check-In Post April 23rd 2022

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.
Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


Today's Question: No question today.


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

I should probably be grateful. The side-effects from my booster are not fun, but they haven't been too brutal. My arm is mildly sore, I'm really tired, and my head has been aching all day, but this morning's fever only lasted a few hours.

Nevertheless, I haven't been in any mood for crafting. Squinting at cross stitch would have aggravated my headache, and anyway, my daily writing too way longer than I would've liked. I'm going to relax and listen to music on the TV until I go to bed. Maybe I can get back to crafting tomorrow when my poor brain recovers. *pets tired, achy brain*

[yarnofariadne]

Completely understandable that you haven't felt up to crafting. I hope you feel better tomorrow ♥

[badly_knitted]

Thanks, so do I. It's the headache that's dragging me down. It's not even that bad, it's just there making my eyes heavy and my brain feel full of wet sawdust.

[smallhobbit]

Hope you feel much recovered tomorrow and more inclined to craft.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you, I hope so too. Just got no energy or focus today.

[wiseheart]

On such day resting is the best. *hugs*

[badly_knitted]

Thanks. Yes it is. Too bad I still had to do chores.

[peaceful_sands]

Hope you feel better soon.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks. I think I'm improving, but it might be a couple days yet to be fully back to normal.

[celli]

I finished my baby elephant bib last night and made a tiny bit of progress on my Schitt's Creek piece this afternoon!

[smallhobbit]

That baby elephant is so cute!

[badly_knitted]

Woohoo! The elephant is such a cutie, and your other piece is coming along well too.

[wiseheart]

What an adorable little elephant!

[peaceful_sands]

Well done! The elephant looks lovely.

[yarnofariadne]

In the absence of knitting to do I've been writing a lot. Also, the other day I mentioned a hummingbird cake and my husband said he'd never heard of it. I've never made one myself so I figured no time like the present to try! The recipe will definitely need some adjusting next time I do it, and the icing recipe was absolutely a disaster (delicious, but a disaster nonetheless), but it's so, so good. We actually finished it off today; meant to mention it when I made it but utterly forgot.

[badly_knitted]

My mouth is watering just looking at it! Yum!

[wiseheart]

It looks very appetizing! I'll have to give that cake a try one day. Never made one - but there's always a first time, right?

[peaceful_sands]

I'm curious as to what makes it a hummingbird cake - it looks yummy, I hope you both enjoyed it.

[yarnofariadne]

I'm not sure why it's called a hummingbird cake, actually! It's got bananas, pineapples, and pecans in it, and it's spiced with cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg.

[smallhobbit]

For anyone who hasn't seen my monthly craft post, it's here. Some of the pics have already been posted here, but there are WiP pics too.

[badly_knitted]

I think you're one of the most productive crafters here!

[smallhobbit]

I wouldn't say so, it's just that a lot of what I make is small.

[wiseheart]

Oh, I've already seen it over on LJ - your output is impressive! And your projects are so lovely.

[smallhobbit]

Yes you have, and thank you again.

[wiseheart]

No crafting today. I was being very housewife-y, with cleaning, laundry, cooking and baking - I decided that I've deserved the late afternoon off. *g*

[badly_knitted]

I don't blame you, sounds like you had a busy morning.

[peaceful_sands]

I hope you were able to enjoy the rest after the hard work earlier in the day.

[peaceful_sands]

I had another booster jab yesterday which left me feeling wiped out. I forced myself to do some gardening this afternoon (tidying up the planters and putting in the new annuals bought on Thursday before they had chance to die!)

It didn't help with the energy or the aching but at least I felt less guilty for not being on top of things right now. My headache seemed to have eased toward the end of the day, so I put a movie on TV and did a little cross-stitching.

There is still more gardening to be done and hopefully I'll be able to do some of that tomorrow - the ideal would be if I managed to get through it early enough to take the green waste to the recycling point before it closes as not only am I back to work on Monday, but the tip then closes until the latter half of the week.

[badly_knitted]

*fistbumps fellow booster sufferer* Well done for pushing through the aches and tiredness to get actual gardening done. I just sat at my computer and forced myself to write. Glad ypu got top relax with a movie and some cross stitch.

I feel so lucky that we have bins for garden waste. It gets collected every 2 weeks. I have a compost heap for weeds, but the woody stuff and the brambles, ivy, and roots go in the bin.