The girl I left behind me...

Skirt/Tarp

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:42:52 GMT

My habit skirt is now a big tube! It's six feet long and my coworker saw me folding it up after sewing the last seam on my lunch break yesterday, and was like "Makin' a tarp?" It feels like it!

Also I just wanted to share because this made me happy. I've been adding to my horse tack stash as sales come up and I now have a proper girth and matching bridle for my sidesaddle work. With extra long reins because you sit higher in a sidesaddle than a normal saddle. But anyway:

It's a full set! 100% living the dream here, y'all.

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Reviving a Classic--The Christmas Post!

Sat, 25 Nov 2017 03:29:25 GMT

For anyone who wants to participate: Copy and paste the below text to your LJ/DW, and post a link once you've added your wish list!

Step One

- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two

- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list.

And now here's the important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out; it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish and it might come true. Give and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

Don't forget to include a shipping address.

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CoBloWriMo

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:39:23 GMT

I don't even know who I am anymore, guys. I'm participating in a blogging challenge, I'm enjoying it, and I already have blog posts scheduled out for a whole week. WHO AM I!?

Go to My Blog tag "CoBloWriMo" to see more!

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waves

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 12:51:16 GMT

Have fun at Costume College, y'all! POST LOTS OF PICTURES!

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More Trippy Progress

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:47:36 GMT

My weird but efficient and effective hip exercise is working, I think. I think I didn't mention it in my last post, but I've had fairly persistent SI joint pain* for years, on my left side. I have had less pain, or at least less awareness of pain vs. awareness of the pain site, in the past few days, than in a long time. It's not like it was super crippling or anything, but I guess I got used to a certain level of discomfort and now that it's different/less I'm aware of the spot that WAS painful but ISN'T now. It's weird!

I did my exercise before and after running last night as directed and noticed also that I was SUPER wiped afterwards. To be fair, it was also quite warm and humid yesterday--the dogs were very worn out as well. But I wonder if part of my fatigue is that my body is getting used to a slightly different conformation than normal. Anything's possible I suppose.

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Blog updated!

Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:23:03 GMT

Not only did I update my actual blog at katielovely.com, I knocked out another blog post and scheduled it for next Monday! I'm going to keep trying to get ahead because I have a T.O.N. to post about and the only way to get it done is just to do it.

This week's post here:
Click!

Man, this shit is so old school here...typing in HTML by default? What is this, Dreamwidth, 2000?

Also for more regular updates go see my FB page for my blog, Katie Lovely, Sarcastic Seamstress. I used to be "the Swearing Seamstress" but I can't bring myself to cuss online where it will live forever and haunt me the same way I cuss in real life, so sarcasm is a safer bet.

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