I'm not as lazy as I think

Well, I actually did a little of everything on my list from yesterday. I didn't finish the application, but it is getting close (I will not submit it until the 13th, but I need to distribute it on friday for a seminar we're having on the 2nd, where it will be discussed), I wrote a little on the ritual (which also needs to be sent out on friday, so that people have time to learn their pieces), I read about 40 pages on the Roman empire and I did some work on the web page. And I sewed the lining to the armscyes on the jacket and almost half of the hooks and eyes.

Writing was the hardest part, because it hurts both in my hands and in my back.

I'm happy I live in a civilized country

I just wrote a long response to a person in a discussion in a friend's journal, and LJ ate it. This person was criticizing/ridiculing a couple who believed "that only verbal reprimands should be used on their children" and I wrote that quite a few people believe that hitting children is wrong. That even if it doesn't give lasting physical damage the fact that the one person the child trusts utterly willfully hurts it will cause emotional damage. Children can't rationalize why mum and dad, who they love and who they believed loved them, suddenly would want to hurt them. It is a breeding ground for low self esteem, insecurity and issues with trust. Also, children who are abused very easily pass this pattern on to their own kids.
I wonder how people can think it's wrong if a man beats his wife, but okay if a parent beats his child.

I'm happy I live in a civilized country where the beating of children is forbidden by law. It doesn't mean that it doesn't happen, but there is much less general acceptance of violence against children and statistics indicate that it is more rare since the law was made in the 70s.

ETA clothsprogs' comment made me realise one thing. I, the extremely scared of conflicts person, actually feel secure enough among my friends on LJ to write something that I know is controversial. Yay!

The jacket is finished

The jacket is finished and looks mighty good if I may say so myself. Hopefully we can take some pictures tomorrow. What I should do is either to make a mock-up for my trouser skirt or repair the roof of the pavillion. What I want to do is to make a new effigy corset, one which is narrower in the bust so that my purple dress will fit me again. My old corset, from back in 2002 when this dress was made is worn out and my newer ones have too large bust measurements. I'm thinking about wearing that dress to the Winter Games.
I really want to make a hand sewn effigy corset from hand woven linen and boned with reeds, but first of all I plan to loose some weight, and secondly that will take more time to finish than I have before the winter games. But one can never have too many effigy corsets, right sarahbellem?

I am fantastic

Or maybe not. But I have now repaired the inner ceiling for my pavillion. Since there were several smaller tears and two larger and I wanted to add another six ties it was a fair amount of work. My pavillion is, as most of you know, rather big, 3,5 x 7 metres, so there's quite a lot of fabric to move around.
What I need to do now is to add more ties to the outer roof. I also want to replace the current green lambrequin with a white one with painting in blue and golden yellow fringe. That can wait. Now I'm just very happy that the ceiling that has been lying in my bedroom since August can be packed away.
I wonder if this energy will continue, so that I actually finish my application tomorrow?