It Was a Busy "Day Off" and the MN State Fair Opens Today!

I got a lot done yesterday, bur there's still a lot to do. The upstairs is complete except for dusting my dragons. The mid-level is almost complete, a bathroom scrub just before Sharon arrives is all that's needed. And I'll tackle the bottom level tomorrow. Today is the first day of the "Great Minnesota Get-Together" aka the State Fair. Chickie always is at the Fairgrounds for first day and she'll be posting to us throughout the day as she wanders and tries this or that food. 

Opening day at the State Fair - there are people who camp 
outside the gates overnight just to be one of the first let 
into the Fairgrounds. Chickie always attends on first day and 
I look forward to her periodic reports throughout the day. 

I got a lot cleaned up yesterday and still have a bunch remaining. But I'll do what I can do. DH bought a watermelon yesterday and I've got to spend time cutting that up tonight. I don't mind - I'm pretty fast at it. But still, a whole watermelon does take a bit of time. 

DH bought another whole watermelon. Now I 
just have to find a few minutes to get it cut 
up and into the refrigerator. It's sitting on the 
kitchen counter until tonight, when I'll get 
that done. He's been pretty good about getting 
tasty ones, hopefully this one will be great. 

I wanted to finish up at least one of the pictures I need to glass in, so worked on the smaller one yesterday. I'm not happy with the mat. It's perfect from right to left, but on the top/bottom, the top left is 1/8" off and the bottom right is also 1/8" off. I'll need to cut a new mat for it before I mount it, put it into the frame, and call it finished. 

I really thought I'd have one piece of completed art 
to bring back to the shop. But no ... I'm not happy with 
my interior mat. I think now that I've adjusted the blades 
better, it'll be an easy re-do, but it's still a re-do on 
something I thought was complete. *sigh*

So, I'm declaring the top level of the house complete (except for dusting my dragons), and most of the main level also complete. That leaves me with the lower level remaining, and that's not horrible. I'll have a clean house before Sharon arrives, guaranteed. So, let's see if photos will work for my blog today. Have an excellent Thursday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.