Busy, Busy
Dear me, I haven't been on here for what seems like ages. I've been working all week, and all last week, and the week before, and feel permanently exhausted, but generally much happier with something to do. A normal job involves taking 30-40 paint samples, setting them in resin, polishing them, and looking at them under the microscope, and the
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Good to know you're hanging on albeit exhausted. But yay for income!
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It does sound like business is picking up and that maybe there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
Keep taking the vitamins!
I like the quilting non-squares. A bit of an odd shape will make it that much more interesting.
Where did you find the Indian writing slope? It's lovely!
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Income is always good, although most of it will be going to pay off my six-month tax bill, which I would still have had to pay if I hadn't been working. This sort of contract work tends to be rather erratic, but I am hoping that when we get a (hopefully good) reputation it will be more steady.
The squareness should be fixed when I sew the whole thing together, as it is going to have strips of fabric between them. The writing slope was from eBay. Inside, it has a stripy velvet surface on the actual writing surface that looks original. I have a bit of a thing about writing slopes - they are really easy to come by, and satisfyingly small and easy to work with. I've also found a place that sells unpainted wood ones that I'm hoping to be able to adapt to hold a small laptop, and then paint up.
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The quilt squares are lovely, I hope we see a photo of the finished product :-) When is your brother's anniversary?
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