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Thursday, October 5, 2023

Aftermaths and Birthdays

The sun is bright, the air is cool, and summer is clearly behind us. It has been ups and downs these past few days. I'm still getting over the aches and pains of the Getting Ready. Yesterday I was just plain sleepy until having a cup of coffee in the afternoon. The open-house at the Fire-Thieves workshop was good in that some or the people who responded to the announcement Charlie posted in Facebook were new acquaintances. They were pleased to see what the workshop offers including space they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 30, 2023

The Day Before The Day

Here it is, Saturday, the day before the Big Event: The Fire Thieves Studio Workshop/Gallery Open House! Mostly the workshop is looking great! Things are organized and clutter is cleared, and mostly it's ready to be seen. Last thing will be sweeping, mopping, and vacuuming, but before all that, I have a number of wedding-gown petticoats to price and tag, and then pack into those vacuum bags that when all the air is sucked out of them make a nice compact flat storage container. Otherwise, those... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 25, 2023

The new week begins...

After some good nights' sleeps, and the weather settling down to nighttime 40s, daytime 70s, and mostly clear and dry, I'm feeling pretty good this week. I appreciate very much all your good wishes while I've been dealing with this bug--Just glad it didn't get me until now! After mostly sitting out Sunday, we headed down to the workshop today and got quite a lot done. While Charlie made some pre-ordered boffers, I reorganized the yarn goods, put away a bunch of the costuming that had not quite... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 22, 2023

Gone but not forgotten...

I tested negative for covid last Sunday, but the body does not forget... I did nothing particularly strenuous yesterday, aside from the 15 minutes, maybe, that it took to re-hang all the costuming that we took to the show over the weekend. There has been still the occasional phlegmish sneeze and/or cough, the slighted muzzy-headedness, to be expected in the normal aftermath of covid. We stopped at Red Robin for a late lunch, then I spent the rest of the day and evening at home, doing nothing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 18, 2023

The Monday after-fest

The sun is shining, the forecast is going from 53 to 80s today, no rain mentioned. I was so tired when we got back from the event yesterday, I went to bed early, and got in a good 9 hours, where my usual night is more like 5 or 6. The Fest ended with moderate success for us, making booth-cost, but not much more. I was very pleased to sell a scarf/ear-warmer combo, a lovely merino wool from the Malabrigo collection called Whale's Road--dark blue and purple for $75, and had lots of conversations... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 17, 2023

thumbs up!

Sunny and cool this morning, and testing all-clear! Looks like I can hang out at the Fest today, letting Charlie have some breaks, and talking up my own stuff! Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 16, 2023

One Day Down

Today is done: One bear has found a new best friend, and one of my scarf/ear-warmer combos also sold. Meanwhile, at home I have finished a very nice elf-yarn scarf ~50 inches long, 5 wide, mostly orange and a little grey. It will go out on display tomorrow. We have had some nights in the 40s, days in the 70s. I think perhaps the summer heat is broken. I hope it's like this for you, too--a long, mild autumn for us all! Tomorrow I'll find out if I'm covid-negative. I'm feeling pretty well, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 15, 2023

The Set Up

This weekend is the Oddity & Fear Fest, and today was all about the getting ready and setting up the booth. Charlie tested covid-free this morning, so he's ready for it. I am still feeling the ups and downs and won't be using my last test kit until Sunday. I drove him to the workshop so he could load up everything, and I needed to prep some costuming. I selected about 2 dozen items and made decisions about pricing, wrote them into the inventory lists and tagged them all. Lugging them... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

midweek check-in

Feeling better, even functional now. I am down at the workshop at the moment, on my old laptop. Charlie is getting things done for his weekend show. Whenever I feel the need to recede, we'll head back home where he can do some of the sewing handwork on the latest bears. Last night I finally finished the cowl that I've been working on all weekend. It was coming up a bit short, until I dug a little deeper in the bag and found another whole ball of the grey 'elven' yarn. It took about a third of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 11, 2023

Catching up...

Overnight rain was a soothing sound, and though there are still clouds in the sky that look very wet, and more rain is forecast today, the sun has brightened the sky for now. It's cool, and portends autumn days ahead. My personal outlook pretty much matches the weather: brain-cloudiness is less today, and I'm motivated to get some housekeeping dealt with. Breathing is fairly clear for the moment, and that's a pretty good indicator thing are getting better. My ribs are aching from the coughing. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm doubtful the events of my life will be of great general interest, but I'd like to share a little more of me to the several of you on Blogit I've come to feel are real friends, and the many I imagine are potentially real friends. We'll see how it works out. ______________________ all my words and images posted on Blogit are copyright 2005-present, all rights reserved.

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