....Back to Work

Someday I will have two days in a row off again, but I don't see that happening anytime in the foreseeable future.  I had a really delightful Sunday.  I had a 40% off any regularly-priced item coupon for Dick Blick's Art Supplies.  I can't resist a coupon like that, so I got some more water-soluble resist for my silk and because brushes were on sale at very good prices, I picked up three large paint brushes for my watercolors.  It's getting down to crunch time for my silk painting.  I'll wash the silk tonight to get rid of any sizing or other chemicals and I'll cut it to size and hem it.  I'm not 100% sure if I will hand sew the rolled hem, or use the sewing machine like I did for the lid lining satin fabric.  The rolled hem foot for the sewing machine isn't cut and dried - it is a bit tricky to get it to work properly.  I might be better off with hand-hemming the top since it will be "front and center" and the focal point of the entire project.  All that I know is that the sizing has to be exact. 

After our excursion at Dick Blick's, we wandered over to Barnes & Noble and wandered through the stacks.  We ended up with some magazines of interest and one bargain book with some amazing photographs that I would like to bring into silk painting and enamel work.  We went out to TGIFriday's for a couple of drinks (he had his usual beer, I had some wine) and then home for a light meal and the "Survivor" final.  Sandra won the $1 million.  Personally, I think Parvati deserved to win.  Russel received no votes, but once again won the "Sprint Player of the Game" and the $100,000 prize that accompanied that.  It makes two times in a row that he has won the $100,000 but not the grand prize for the game.  DH thinks that Russel should have won, but I am grateful that in the end it seems that evil does not get rewarded.  It reaffirms my basic faith in humanity which has been bashed and battered at the hands of current events and intoleration throughout the world over the past few years.  I can hardly wait for the fall session which will be in Nicaragua.