Four movies today, three tomorrow. I'm having a wonderful time.
Ester has a cold. She is not having a wonderful time. My poor sneezy, coughing, feverish baby. She's on the mend, she's been feeling better the past few days. I've been letting her rest and giving her chicken broth to drink.
I dry fit the double-hung windows on the side of the house, then glued all the windows in place, assuming they'd all be the same depth.
They are not.
I should have dry fit all of them, so that I could make alterations before I glued them in place. Now I'll have to add to the depth with them in place. Ugh.
I am mostly irked at myself for rushing, but am also a little irked at the manufacturer for the inconsistency.
While I'm contemplating a plan of action to adjust the windows I'm working on the closet door. It's coming along nicely.
The second (and final, I think) coat of blue.
Before I did that I bricked the base of the porch, then went over all the bricked surfaces looking for the few I'd glued on upside down.
I carefully pulled off the top layer, to make them match the other bricks. I meant to do that before I put on the first coat of paint.
The bricks are on and have their first coat of blue. No grout, because I'm painting them a dark color and need the depth.
Looking at the picture just now made me realize I forgot to brick the base of the porch. Sigh...
This is taking much longer than I anticipated.
My best friend Susan and her husband came to visit me for a few days the week of the fourth. We had a marvelous time. I was too busy watching them enjoy themselves to take many pictures, but I have a few to share.
I took them to the Cherry Festival, shopping in downtown Traverse City, and at Nawbin Beads. We saw a baseball game, and went hiking at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. We drove scenic M22 (M22 is to Northern Michigan as Highway 1 is to California) and stopped at Fishtown for a bit...
I took them to the old Northern Michigan Asylum which is now the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, where we took the twilight tour into the steam tunnels and an old building which hasn't been renovated yet. We also toured the botanical garden now located at the old Asylum's barns.
I spent last week at the office, trying to catch up on paperwork. I also got a bit of work done on the mini house, I'll post progress pictures tomorrow probably.
A gift from my new mini friend Deborah, and order fulfillment and gifts from Nancy.
I am on vacation!
Yesterday I took care of odd-and-end spring cleaning tasks that have been niggling away at me. I feel much brighter now. Today there is an art fair downtown, then I have some odd-and-end shopping tasks to take care of. Monday I need to get my studio cleaned (again) at least enough to not trip over things, and dust the last of the mini houses. Tuesday afternoon my Bestie and her Mr. will be here for the rest of the week! Wee!