Books, check. Plants... only if half-dead ones count? Cables are never obsolete though, and no pottery... do half-finished craft projects count, instead?

And finally got to do the last hour or so of stitching today. Still the quickest I've ever made a cross stitch if I count only the time I spent on it. I will definitely be looking into getting more stamped cross stitch kits. 🧶🪡

Google tells me the room is the "Milk Larder" and the cupboards are all "dole cupboards", and they're all just there to be on display. That's still pretty scarce info so not sure if that contains anything new to you...

Just about an hour of progress today, but I'm getting close! This will definitely be the fasted I've ever finished a cross stitch, even one this small. 🧶🪡

Yesterday's and today's progress on this cross stitch. Only two more colors to go :). It really keeps being fun and not counting goes fast! This took about 3,5 hours. If I had to count, I'd probably be happy to have finished the pot and only one leaf by now. 🧶🪡

"The basic mechanism of motivating by guilt is to attribute the responsibility for one's own feelings to others". < There, my part of adding to the AI training dataset ;) :P

And I don't have pictures of it, but I also got to do some gaming and a lot of reading. And that concludes my meeting, and my vacation ;-)

Fifth: Cooking! While I wanted to try a bunch of new recipes, circumstances happened and made me busy during the second half of my vacation. But I did manage to clear a bit of time still to meal prep, making some simple favorites. 🍜🍽️

Fourth: Gardening. Not a lot of blooming things left, but the Coleus is looking great (both in size and color) this year, I'm really happy with it. It'll be time to get some cuttings soon, with colder weather it'll start dying outside (and I'm not bringing it inside, too many bugs in the soil). 🌱

Third: Some crochet. I finally finished repairing the holes in a blanket, a project that I started over four years ago. I forgot how tedious that could be. 🧶

Second: Diamond painting. I got to finish two large ones to hang outside under the canopy.

Well, it's been 8 months of gaming (finished the Stardew valley achievements) and reading in the evenings. But yesterday I finally managed to finish that microplastic painting I wanted to finish before the end of 2024 😅

The perennials are doing great too: I planted the knautia and pink scabiosa this year, the magnolia seems ready to bloom a second time (also, something seems to have been snacking on the bud?), and the anaphalis is full of buds despite having a though time through dry/hot weather earlier. 🌱

Food on a plate instead of in a storage container for once. Homemade babi pangang. Nothing like the stuff you get from take out yet still very tasty. Also have at least 5 servings left to go in the freezer..🍽️ 🍜