Cloudy here today so my list was by necessity indoors. Not much chance of an outdoor list anyway besides dog-walkies, which F and I did (half a mile!) this morning.
F. helped me set up my big pottery table with newspaper and matte-finish poly sealer so I can seal up the driftwood I’ve been wanting to prep for mobiles for the last two years. A start, anyway. Did about eight pieces and am waiting to see how they look before I do the rest and then will face the Dremel whose parts seem to have dispersed haphazardly somewhere down there.
Have begun making my thin odd-shaped dishes again in spite of having already made stacks of them and plan to make at least one more today. If I never glaze them, so what, right? I like making them so I will, dammit. Have an idea to glaze them only partly and then finish them off with a few layers of metal leaf of various colors and acrylic, something that’s been rattling around in the back of my brain for a few years.
Cleaning out the fridge was somewhere in there on the list but didn’t get done. Did manage to organize and clean out two pantries (the birds are delighted), along with a load of laundry.
Was very achy yesterday but am better today especially as I was finally able to wade through the Dr.’s office staff, possibly two of the most unhelpful and unsympathetic women I’ve ever met, and got my refill.. A little worried about how long am going to be reliant on pain pills, but as long as the doc says it’s okay, I’m taking them. Pain ruins everything and I love being able to get things done.
On the B&B front, have decided not to take any people at all until at least mid-May. I need time for myself this year, just to get things done around here and get myself in really healed. Asked F. about it as it means a loss of some income but he said fine, so I won’t feel bad about it. Of course the minute I decided that I got an email from an old “regular” asking me how the surgery went and when can they come out with their menagerie. Well, exceptions make rules work better, don’t they. Apart from the crew and F. being back and forth, have not seen a human friend all day — will have to get F. to take me to the fish store at least so I can say hi to someone.
Speaking of the crew, they were here today all afternoon, painted the slightly peeling Ivy Room bathroom ceiling and got some electrical stuff in our room done that’s been waiting since 1993. Wow. Thank goodness for cloudy days!
PS good laugh — Obama being bad at bowling. Somehow that struck me as immensely charming.
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