Despite the pouring rain and the pulled muscle in my neck that is really hurting me, I had a good night last night. A friend of mine bought me an awesome new game for my birthday, called Age of Empires III. Obviously, judging by the number 3 behind it, it’s not a new concept, but they have thrown a lot of additional, new concepts into the game to make it even more challenging, giving me even more things to lose track of as I’m playing! I think you really need at least two brains going at the same time to play it effectively, but it’s still a lot of fun.
Anyway, I decided when I walked through the door last night that I was going to spend a couple of hours playing the game and a couple of hours model stitching. I played until nearly 8 PM, then made a late dinner (we’re used to this), ate, cleaned up (yes, I even cleaned the dishes first) and then sat in my stitching corner to stitch. BTW, I had Terry take pictures of my stash areas and my stitching area this weekend. I just need to pull them off of the memory card and put them into a blog entry. Maybe I’ll pull them off tonight and post tomorrow. We’ll see.
At any rate, I spent a good 2+ hours working on the models and was able to complete stitching on all but one lone, last piece. It will take me about 45 minutes to do the remaining piece because it’s hardanger with filling stitches and I’m getting to be quite anal about my hardanger stitching, especially as I do more and more models containing hardanger. Once that is done, I just have some additional stuff and beading before I can send everything back to the designer for finishing. I really wish that I could share photos with you, as the stitching I whipped out last night was really well done, IMHO. 😉 Of course, I’ll post photos once the designs are released, but I have no idea when that will be.
So, the gaming/stitching balance worked really well for me last night, even if my wrists are starting to become overused. I will try it again tonight, but maybe start with the stitching instead to get that last 45 minutes worth done, then do some gaming as a celebration/reward and then start the wrap up work.
I can’t wait to go home and it’s only lunchtime! 😆
Age of Empire 3 must be a video game? I’m such a fossil. My boys are into them — is this a good one?
Take care of your sore neck muscle — those can be bitter painful. Looking forward to your photos this week-end.
Alex takes his radio license exam this a.m. …. DH & Nick may visit Grammy in Illinois … and I must get this house in order!!! Isn’t housework & laundry the most boring chores? Later