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stitchwhichI just put shredded pork and a package of pork drippings (the liquid remains from our slow cooker) in the freezer. I've been promising myself for a week that I'd turn it into lumpia but one thing and then another delayed me and today, after waking up yet again with a throbbing headache, I decided I'd better safeguard my fixings by freezing them. The drippings are going to be substituted for the water I use to make the rice for the filling. It'll either work or be a disaster. Poor me, I'll have to taste the rice before it gets mixed in with the rest of the filling.
I don't know how long it takes for the internal part of an eye to change its pressure after a diabetic gets their blood sugar down to a safe level but I hope it isn't too long. I need new glasses. I'm fairly certain that eyestrain is the major contributor to my daily headaches but it is still too soon after the endocrinologist's appointment for me to get my vision checked. Uncontrolled high glucose levels increase the internal pressure in the eye and distort vision. My levels are dropping now and stabilizing so it shouldn't be too long before I can make a vision appointment. Since I'm wearing trifocals my glasses are expensive even with the great insurance we have so I'm trying to be patient and play the waiting game.
I bought a fez a few days ago. It's large for my head, which is a good thing as it will sit low to be the base for an Ottoman Turkish headcover. I'll have to remove the (sewn on!) tassel and then do some sort of decorative work on it before adding a veil or else I'll risk being mistaken for a really strange Shriner. I'm looking forward to the project. I only have two Turkish coats and one undertunic - and that tunic has got to go! It is a heavily woven cotton and doesn't breath worth a darn. I think I could sew it into a sack and it'd carry water. But it worked for the quicky purpose I needed it for and I don't regret making it. I would regret not replacing it with something better. I am torn between using some of my already-purchased cotton (or maybe there's some linen) muslin or leveling up to buy a really thin almost-transparent linen, which would be more correct-to-period. It'd be nice to reduce my fabric stash a bit more but since I'll be wearing this next Pennsic in the summer heat, linen appeals. And at some point I'm going to make one or two more outfits. I like wearing Turkish garb.
I don't know how long it takes for the internal part of an eye to change its pressure after a diabetic gets their blood sugar down to a safe level but I hope it isn't too long. I need new glasses. I'm fairly certain that eyestrain is the major contributor to my daily headaches but it is still too soon after the endocrinologist's appointment for me to get my vision checked. Uncontrolled high glucose levels increase the internal pressure in the eye and distort vision. My levels are dropping now and stabilizing so it shouldn't be too long before I can make a vision appointment. Since I'm wearing trifocals my glasses are expensive even with the great insurance we have so I'm trying to be patient and play the waiting game.
I bought a fez a few days ago. It's large for my head, which is a good thing as it will sit low to be the base for an Ottoman Turkish headcover. I'll have to remove the (sewn on!) tassel and then do some sort of decorative work on it before adding a veil or else I'll risk being mistaken for a really strange Shriner. I'm looking forward to the project. I only have two Turkish coats and one undertunic - and that tunic has got to go! It is a heavily woven cotton and doesn't breath worth a darn. I think I could sew it into a sack and it'd carry water. But it worked for the quicky purpose I needed it for and I don't regret making it. I would regret not replacing it with something better. I am torn between using some of my already-purchased cotton (or maybe there's some linen) muslin or leveling up to buy a really thin almost-transparent linen, which would be more correct-to-period. It'd be nice to reduce my fabric stash a bit more but since I'll be wearing this next Pennsic in the summer heat, linen appeals. And at some point I'm going to make one or two more outfits. I like wearing Turkish garb.
