Yay grr

    A clear night, not too cold...oh, let's cut straight to the action: I saw the comet tonight! I needed binoculars and a map and direction from my companion to find it, but find it I did. It really is green. Ish. It looks more like a fuzzy blob than a classic comet-with-tail. But everything is beautiful in its own way.
    I started and finished a whole piece of a costume. I made a tabard, which is supposed to be one of those one-hour projects, but I can never manage to just make a simple anything. I had to cut a facing and hand finish the shoulder seam...after which I came to my senses and machine stitched all the hems--I did want to complete a project within a single month for a change.
    I wanted to make a third layer but as this outfit is not actually for me and it requires some fitting and the person for whom it is intended lives a long way away, I am not going to put myself through a nightmare of guesswork. So two layers it is. For now. I will dye each piece a different color on the next day off I can wrangle.
    The next outfit is all planned out. I think I have everything I need down to the pewter clasps and the thread.
    So I guess all this is to say that stories and poetry and songs are being neglected for the time being. I have so many interests and there are only so many hours in a day. This is a sore trial for more.
    On the downside, the Magix Music Maker program that I was so happy with has stopped allowing me to export to MP3--or anything else. It's lovely that I can make or record music, but if I can't play it anywhere but inside the program, what's the point? Their online help is not helpful. I went to the online forums and found that several other people have had this same problem. No one has been able to fix it and the manufacturer doesn't seem very helpful.
    Grr.