Lots to talk about - and later tonight (honest!) I'll do a catch up post of photos - but for right now I'm taking a break and thought I'd shout out to y'all.
The Kutcher household seems to be in a constant state of warp speed. Bob is busy like crazy with work, Skylar is busy like crazy with work (and excitingly, a person the entire family just adores!) and me, well it's the usual break neck speed crashing through life like a crazed bear.
Some of the photos I'm going to post are of my jewelry, recent trips, JazzFest (OY!), maybe the studio if it gets cleaned today and of course, the Grand boys.
Passover came and went (we've all been carbo bulking celebrating the joys of eating bread again!). It was MUCH smaller this year because it was so late. Andy and Jessie and friends were pretty tied up with papers, preparing for exams and Spring Formals. Dear friends, Rex and Carla and their family were in Dallas at the wedding of their daughter Cher (Mazel Tov!). We only had about 11 people each night and it was a lot of fun.
eBay is consuming a big part of my life right now too - I'm selling off some miniature and books and will be listing some items that are great little gifts. (SHAMELESS PLUG). I've made some really nice (I think so!) wine stoppers, bottle openers, cheese knives and pens with hand made glass beads (not mine). They are very festive and were created for a shop Uptown, but I just have not had the time to take them up there - so y'all can have first crack at them. They'll be listed in the eBay store.
Yesterday, Bob and I went to the storage unit for the first time and I brought some stuff home from the workshop. I was EXTREMELY pleased to find my micro torch (I hate the replacement one I got). I wasn't really worried about much from the studio, why I don't know - maybe I was just too consumed with the house, but there were a couple of things that were always in the back of my mind.
One, my micro torch and metal tools. Included in that group were a set of 3 horses from a rocking horse class with Bill Hudson. They proudly sat at what I referred to as the "electrical station". It was where I would do my electrical stuff (duh) and small soldering projects. Don't know why these little guys were important to me, but they were. I found them today squashed in a box, totally unscathed (through no fault of the packer) and they now sit on my bench waiting for a new place of honor.
And.... MY BRUSHES!!! I found my "good" brushes! Some how way back in my mind I think I was afraid I'd never be able to paint well again with out them. Silly I know, but it's like having a favorite pair of running shoes or that special knife in the kitchen. My brushes were, just, well... like an extention of my brain some times, especially the one I used to do marble veins. I did lose most of my full size decorative brushes (some where out there I'm sure there is a painter using my $150 Badger brush for baseboards...<sigh>).
The trip to storage wasn't emotional, it wasn't really anything. It was just time to go see what's in there and start some planning about what to do with it all. Of course there are some questions - like half the furniture is missing, as is my tv and dvd player, but they may be in that back corner behind the Beanie Babies in Rubbermaid containers (in air tight bags, with tags and tag protectors....) So, another step forward. I do believe the end is in sight. Of course, I should live so long as to see my kitchen counter top, but that's another post. My time's up for now!
later gators!
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