It Was a Good "Day Off" - At Least, A Busy One

As is often the case, I didn't get nearly as much done yesterday and I had hoped for, but it was still a successful day. I did find time in mid-afternoon to run over to my framing supply place and pick up the two frames I had ordered two weeks ago. They're lovely, fit great, and weren't a horrible price. Of course, it was a smaller, thin frame for small pieces, but I'm pleased. I also spent time late yesterday afternoon before chatting with Aearwen, to re-do the mats for another larger art piece that I was having MAJOR problems with the other day. That also was much more successful, and I'm happy. I need to mount the artwork into it with better than removable tape, but that's all I had time to do. Still, I count it as a win. 

I have aa C&H professional mat cutter. It's been 
cutting slightly crooked, however (or maybe it 
was just that day because yesterday's cuts seemed 
just fine). I purchased two new sheets of black 
matboard to replace what I ruined two weeks 
ago, and was much more successful this time. 

My major job yesterday was cooking my next batch of baked fruit for my breakfasts. I had only a single container left from the old batch which will be eaten for breakfast today. It was a LOT of fruit for the new batch - apples, peaches and pears mostly. I was going to add fresh blueberries to them, but simply forgot to add the blueberries into the mix. So I'll be sprinkling each container with fresh blueberries as I get ready for breakfast that day. I can live with that. 

I love my baked fruit for my breakfast. I make it in huge 
batches and just grab a container, toast a couple of pieces 
of my gluten-free bread, add a cup of tea and I'm set for 
a nice breakfast after I'm done either swimming or working 
out on the treadmill. 

I've got Sharon coming in at the end of the month, and I need to do a serious housecleaning. Speaking of Sharon ... did you send me your flight information yet? Glanding at my various notes that surround my desk, I'm not seeing anything, although it's possible I attached it to the bottom of the calendar. In any case, Sharon, send the deets to me again so that I don't leave you deserted at the airport - LOL. 

If you sent me dates (and you probably did), please send 
them again. My desk right now is looking like The Bomb 
just went off - papers everywhere. Ugh! 

Apparently some of the items we shipped to the Auction House in Santa Fe, New Mexico, are up for auction. At least, that's what DH said, and he wasn't very happy with their placement or their photographs, etc, etc. Well, I went onto the website this morning and didn't see anything of ours up for bids. I'll have to take another longer look later on today. Perhaps I opened the wrong auction of theirs. It'll be easier to see things on the laptop in any case. 

We're trying a test-run with Santa Fe Art Auction. I thought 
we were supposed to have some items in the current auction 
that just opened, but I wasn't seeing anything of ours when 
I looked through the offerings this morning. I'll look again 
with the laptop if I have time later today. 

On that note, I'm off to the pool. We've been stuck indoors so far this week (and today may also be that case). We had a huge storm come through on Sunday/Monday and it knocked out the power to the pumps, etc for the outside pool. They've got things back up and running (maybe), but it will take a few days to get the chemicals back into balance and the heat back into the water before they allow us back into the outdoor pool. In the meantime, summer is quite quickly moving along. Too quickly. LOL Have an excellent Thursday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.