Happy Monday Indeed!
Tomorrow I will be going to FedEx to ship a box of goodies off to a yarn company! In the past whenever I would ship off a big box of items I would stop at Sonic Drive-in on my way home to celebrate. Then I discovered that it was happening multiple times a week and I was quickly outgrowing my jeans, and belts, and shoes (who knew?). Now that I eat like a caveman...well, short of bonking a dinosaur over the head with a club my only option is to either stop at Starbuck's (which I do) or come home and toast a job well done with a brew of my own (coffee of course, what did you think I meant?). Today however I came home to this:
I guess I'd better get my nose to the grindstone, eh?
Over the weekend I decided that when I did a chore around the house I would go a few steps further and make it a spring cleaning. So instead of just washing the windows around the courtyard I scrubbed all the window sills and frames too. Instead of just watering the new plantings I went ahead and pruned all the old growth on the hibiscus, wisteria and decorative ginger. Also, instead of filling the birdbath that I've had for a few years I noticed that it was starting to rust from age and went ahead and gave it a fresh coat of paint (a job that took all of fifteen minutes). This spray paint dries to look like hammered metal so it catches the sunlight beautifully.
And here it is re-installed in the garden:
I really love the new studio space. I feel like my productivity has increased measurably and can't believe I waited so long to take the plunge and get at least the desk and bookcase. I love that as I sit here and work I can look out the window into the backyard, enjoying a nice breeze.
More often than not though this is the view I have from my computer:
I guess I'd better get my nose to the grindstone, eh?
"S" is for spring cleaning!
Over the weekend I decided that when I did a chore around the house I would go a few steps further and make it a spring cleaning. So instead of just washing the windows around the courtyard I scrubbed all the window sills and frames too. Instead of just watering the new plantings I went ahead and pruned all the old growth on the hibiscus, wisteria and decorative ginger. Also, instead of filling the birdbath that I've had for a few years I noticed that it was starting to rust from age and went ahead and gave it a fresh coat of paint (a job that took all of fifteen minutes). This spray paint dries to look like hammered metal so it catches the sunlight beautifully.
And here it is re-installed in the garden:
A Room With a View
I really love the new studio space. I feel like my productivity has increased measurably and can't believe I waited so long to take the plunge and get at least the desk and bookcase. I love that as I sit here and work I can look out the window into the backyard, enjoying a nice breeze.
More often than not though this is the view I have from my computer:
Spring cleaning! Good gravy, here's the view of MY parking lot
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/
That looks like a box o' Caron simply soft? can't wait to see (an extreme closeup) of the results
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Wow, that says -9.3 degrees! BRRRR!!! The sun is shining though! Woo hoo!
Good eye: in the pile there is Simply Soft Shadows, Simply Soft Tweed, Simply Soft Quick as well as the fantastic staple Simply Soft!
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From one owned by a cat or non-cat (my cat doesn't like cats lol so he isn't one)to another.. From the look on that face when are you getting your own desk?? I think you are intrupting some serious beauty rest..lol
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That is quite a pile of yarn! That should keep you busy for a couple of days!
I am so proud that you skipped the Sonic, you are doing great!
Good Job!
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Yay! Cleo has a cat bed on your desk!
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Wow, beautiful pile of yarn (it's one of my wildest dreams to come home to that!), beautiful birdbath, beautiful kitty. Life is good, dude!
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oh my goodness! i would LOVE to come home to that! although, i guess for you it means a lot of work ahead, but geez, could be worse, right?
and yeah, that look says "back away from the pillow...", hee! good luck reclaiming some space on that desk!
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So how many projects do you have to do with all that yarn?
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Again, I have stash envy. No wonder your studio can get messy; there are piles and piles of stash!
And as soon as we stop having record low temps here in MI I'll use your spring cleaning tip so I don't have to whoop myself all in one day.
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