DH is helping me get back to glass … He built a new work station with MEGA frit storage. Awww – check it out! (Not quite done … but close enough for photos!). The other end has larger cubbies to store all of my enamels! SWEET!!! Thanks, Honey! So, while I haven’t fired up the …
Tough ER nursing weekend … I was in in charge (yeah, BAD idea) with lots of summer folks (volume – fortunately NOT acuity – PRAISE JESUS!) … Thank Goodness for some great staff, but I don’t like changing hats that frequently. Add too many bodies to count (patients PLUS their ‘posse’) – all wanting water, …
And, still a BRAT! But for the grace of God … I could have lost my studio last Friday. I had a kiln malfunction (I believe a relay got STUCK), and while I slept, and then worked – my kiln was running full-steam ahead for some 17+ hours. It took 4 days to air-out the …
A crummy weekend work-tour; a mandatory in-service that outlines dreaded documentation changes coming my way*. Add lots of angry kiln-Gods in the studio recently, and it sure would be easy to feel blue. Nope, I’ve got a date with my youngest daughter. Yep … A wild night out on the town – or, plans to take …
Prep work done … AND surrounded by half of my ‘Dwarf Clan’ (the Yorkies … all seizure-free and healthy – Thank You Very Much!!!) … Here’s ‘Buubbby’ (Chauncey), with his much-loved/hoarded dental bone! Callie, Nora and ‘Meems’ (Mimi) are sleeping [with one eye open] on the studio couch, watching over me (and the bone) while I …
Finally figured out (after three tries!) why my ‘crackle with image’ pieces were not working … DOH! But, I think I have it now (kiln at 900 degrees – I just have to wait and see)! So, while I wait, I’m working on custom hearts … lots of little bits! WWU: It was …
I was going to try to leave it at that, but – a quick word of advice. Regardless of how much you’ve scoured WebMD for bizarre diagnoses, please do not come into the ER seriously expecting your triage nurse to confirm your ‘suspicions’ regarding your loved one within the first 5 seconds of your arrival. …
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