My week began horribly.
It started out with me simply relaxing on the couch. In fact I was so relaxed, I accidentally spilled an entire cup of tea, complete with cream and sugar no less, directly onto the keyboard of my still fairly newish laptop. Yep--I really did that. Right on there, or shall I say, Into... definitely more "Into" than "Onto" the laptop.
Anyway, being a girl of quick action, I immediately proceeded to invert the laptop and pour the liquid directly onto the snowy white carpet at my feet. (Sigh)
Well... it took several days for the laptop to dry and become useable again, but I'm happy to report it eventually did and now works good as new (minus the horrible crunching-that-used-to-be-pleasant-clicking sound of the keyboard). And after several workouts I finally managed to remove the stain from the carpet and it looks good as new too. (Whew!)
In between the highly dramatic moments and the slower ones involving waiting for the laptop to dry, it's actually been a pretty nice pace around here. We left the kids at the lake with Grandma and Grandpa for a few days, and the Mr and I have the entire house to ourselves. I'm working on my own version of a Jess Brown knockoff (her dolls are so simple and beautiful) and gearing up to pull out Celes for a comforting round or two.
Lazy pancake mornings, lake visiting, very old fabric stash sorting, and Ikea browsing--on the laptop--not such a bad week after all. xox
How has your week been?
all's well that ends well.....I've got white upholstering that has amazingly survived some similar adventures with food and drink! Thank goodness computer is OK---I sure would miss you!
Loving the doll---and the scarf! Enjoy the solitude!!!
Posted by: steph@woolythyme | August 21, 2012 at 06:29 AM
Thanks Steph, it sure is quiet around here!
xox
Posted by: Olallieberry | August 21, 2012 at 06:48 AM
Ooh, liking the doll!!!
So glad you managed to get the laptop dried out, wouldn't want to lose you! Enjoy the peace :D
Posted by: Annie @ knitsofacto | August 24, 2012 at 02:40 AM
Thanks Annie! The doll I'm afraid may have turned out a bit... creepy?? I am still struggling to achieve a "cutsie" face, but so far it seems to be eluding me. ;D
xo
Posted by: Olallieberry | August 24, 2012 at 04:51 PM
Oh.my.GOODNESS.
i'm so glad things turned out OK in the end, but spillage onto the laptop is one of my recurring frets. It is comforting to know that these machines can survive such things!
the shawl you are working on is stunningly beautiful...and i do love dolls. i'm sure yours isn't "creepy". She just has her own "look" ;^)
Posted by: zephyr | August 25, 2012 at 07:23 AM
You are so very kind Vicki, my family could certainly take a lesson from you! E and K returned yesterday, and have subsequently been amusing themselves by reenacting Chuckie scenario's with her to tease me... LOL!
I may post about it, if I can summon the courage ;D
xo
Posted by: Olallieberry | August 25, 2012 at 08:09 AM