July 26, 2026 Sunday

Greetings!  

Last Sunday Dagan and Leah got a lot done.  Turned out the three biggest boxes under the table were things from the studio closet at my old place.  Those are things I will have to store in the laundry room or the storage room or garage...not sure where.  So those had to be moved back into the storage room for now.  That was heavy work.

They also searched through the boxes to find boxes that had the studio satchels in them.  More heavy lifting for them.  But they found two boxes full!  

Dagan worked on putting shelves into the hutches and bookcases.  No reason not to since I can't be sure where things will go, anyways.

Really makes the room start coming together!  Leah put up a hook for my aprons and smock by the door.

Can begin to visualize this room coming together.  :)

They brought in some more smaller boxes and put them under the table.

Leah put up hooks for all my rulers!

I had big plans for the week--LOL!  But all I got done was to put the satchels away in the bottom of a hutch.

I have been sick all week.  Starting Monday with stomach cramps and running to the bathroom...carrying a small bucket with me because I felt like I was going to throw up (but never did).  That was Monday and Tuesday.  After that it has been a bad sinus head cold and cough and crazy exhaustion.  Slept most of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  Dagan and Leah might come down for some little things today.  I'll see how I am feeling--or if I am awake--lol!

I can't even remember which night it was that Dagan and Leah went to see The Odyssey.  The boys came down for a couple hours before they went to bed.  I had ordered a cheap rechargeable electric eraser for Liam to try out with his mandala coloring.  He has been using a regular one and it is pretty large for those small spaces.  I told Ian he had a couple shelves to display his pottery.  That he could pick out all his favorites ad display them any way he wanted.  (All the flatter dishes are in the back.)

Of course, when Ian started to unpack all his pottery then Liam decided he did want to put his down here, too--lol!  So, gave Ian the top shelf and Liam the bottom shelf.  But Liam couldn't find where he put his bags from the pottery classes.  When he locates them he can fill the rest of his shelf.

I found some of my painting pots.  Leah made the three to the left and the one on the right when she took pottery classes years ago.  I have already decided that the paint brushes are going to move, too--lol!  

Then I can have Dagan put that last shelf in.  There are no holes to put in a shelf closer to the one above it.  The holes are spaced out so that your choices are limited.  I hate to waste any storage space.  The tall brushes can sit on my art table or on top of the skinny dressers or something.  Like I said...plans keep changing.

Let's see...the week was a blur.  There were stump removal men here this week to dig out the rest of the willow tree.  I really enjoyed watching Hail Mary.  It kept me awake from start to finish even as tired as I have been.  Have any of you seen it?  Dagan and Leah said they really enjoyed The Odyssey.  I will see that when I can get it on a streaming service I have.  Allie and I have both been sleeping a lot--day and night.  Yup--a nauseous, crampy, drowsy, coughing, nose-blowing blur of a week--lol!

I think I am feeling a little better now (actually late on Saturday).  Not coughing as much today.  Fingers crossed.  I have bloodwork at the lab on Thursday.  I haven't even run the Breville empty to burn off the chemicals so I can use it yet.  Best laid plans, eh?  So let's just say I have no plans for this week except the lab.  Then maybe I will get more done--lol!  I'll let you know, of course.  Till then...I've been reading all your blogs.  Hope to get back to letter writing.  I read every comment and email.  You all keep me going, my friends.  Have a wonderful week!  :)