I have yet to do anything with that lightweight linen which is still hanging in my closet to keep the wrinkles at bay. Monday, I was too pooped to want to slave away in the craft room. Tuesday was an impromptu visit from courtney_d_h and choir practice. Wednesday was my bi-weekly project call with the Aussie team. Tonight there will copious amounts of tequila ( Read more... )

vikingsparrow asked for progress pictures and here they are. ( Here's what the pavilion looked like at Pennsic last year (and Gulf Wars and Sapphire Joust this year). )

Okay. Tomorrow night I am pulling out the roof of my pavilion and I am completing the valance and ridge line paint job. Okay, it'll probably take most of the weekend to complete the project, but I'm going to start the project tomorrow night, by gum!

I said I was going to paint my pavilion today and I am. So far I have painted two-inch wide stripes along six of the ten seams of one wall. Due to space constraints in the craft room (and the size of the panels in between seams), I can paint only three seams and then I have to break to let the paint dry. After my first break, which was extended for ( Read more... )

The uprights for my clothes rack are sanded and all holes are drilled. I can't think of a better way to have spent a couple of coolish evening hours in the backyard after a hard and angry-making day of work. I need to get some more stain, slap it on those puppies, and call the project done ( Read more... )

Hubbyfink and I braved the torrential storms and attended today's Challenge of the Novice Heart Tourney because we're insane and that's how we roll. We visited with thatpotteryguy and jljonsn while waiting for a short break in the weather so we could erect the shade without getting completely soaked. We were all set up by the time tattycat joined us and pretty much decorated ( Read more... )

I moved the day shade off the grass and draped it over the fence yesterday afternoon. The shade was still pretty slimy at that point. I hope we didn't mess it up with the waterproofing. I also hope the shade is dry (and less stinky) when I get home this evening so it can be brought back inside before this week's daily thunderstorms kick back up ( Read more... )

Hubbyfink and I erected the dayshade behind the neighbor's house (the land is slightly flatter) this morning so we (meaning he) could spray the shade down with Canvak. I snapped photos before the spraying began.

( I'm so pleased I could burst. )

Somedays it feels like it's just me and my boss against the world. He gets pounded with questions from TPTB and I dole out answers to those questions with ease. Those are the good days. Today is one of those days. Today I do not hate my job.
My stupid tooth has sucked away all my mad spending money. At least I had the funds to cover the repair.
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The valance and finials are painted and grommets are inserted. Hubbyfink has cut the poles to size and inserted pins in the ends. Now we just have to set up the dayshade and hose it down with Canvak. Hooray!