Monday, October 2, 2017

weekend chores


It's been pretty busy around here the last few days. Friday, I got my spinach, lettuce, and beet seeds planted, finished cleaning and drying the last of the few bottles of frit that got damp, and worked on organizing the shop, cleaned and moved stuff and made some space so we can work in there.

Saturday Grandgirl Autumn was spending the weekend at home and she and her boyfriend came out to visit. I moved more stuff around in the shop, made a new template and cut out more forms for the color samples, and finally hosed down and brushed and wet vac-ed up the dirty water from the floor of the room that has been my in-house studio. I had hosed it down before the tiles were scraped up but not since. It looks so much better and no longer has the ick factor when I walk on it barefoot. I've set up a small table in there so I can get some work done and it's where I'm working on the color samples for the drowned feathers but it's too small. I think I'm going to set my desk up this week.

you can see the path I made to the door with the mats

Sunday, I dug up all the wild blackberry vines that had sprouted since the last time I dug them all up, repotted a pot bound plant into a bigger but not big enough pot, worked on cleaning and putting away the things still left on the driveway...the paddles, a baseball bat, a small cooler, a pair of swim fins, the thing that holds my 3' wide paper, a couple of plant stands, a box of seashells and assorted other items, a couple of plastic bins, a mop, an extension cord, stuff like that and I finished setting up my samples and they are ready to fire which probably won't get done til late today. Maybe.


Today we have to drive to the city. And Tuesday I'll be back at the Civic Center to find out if I've been 'verified' yet.




9 comments:

  1. Aye yay yay Ellen. You are making progress. What an ordeal. Probably get the best fall veggies in a long time.

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  2. Whoa, Ellen! I haven't even bought my seeds yet! That's on the agenda for today.
    You are a bright, burning flame of accomplishment!

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  3. Never mind ordinary household possessions - the flotsam and jetsam of an artist's inventory must be a monumental task to set right again.

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  4. It takes a lot of effort to get your life back on track after all you've been through. Take care.

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  5. slow can be good unless it is a bureaucratic log jam. LOL

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  6. I don't know how it's been for you, but I've heard a lot of people say that getting started was the worst part. Once some of the first steps had been taken -- removing the sheetrock, finding a place to stay, getting the FEMA process started -- each succeeding step seemed easier. Energy seems to beget energy. Every little thing accomplished helps with the next.

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  7. I'm so glad you got rid of the ick factor on your floors - I can't stand to walk barefoot on a dirty floor. Reminds me that my kitchen could stand to be cleaned :)

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  8. When I read this article about the Lucy Stone League, I couldn't help but think of your problems with your name while dealing with the bureaucracy. I think you'll get a kick out of it.

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