This and That, Swimming and Framing, Memories and Possibilities

It's a swimming day today - happy me! I love being in the water, even though the chlorine is horrible for my skin. I do what I can to barricade myself against it, and consider it a necessary evil. I'm very grateful that I can swim again. I think it also is wonderful exercise for my lymphatic system. LOL

I'm usually in the third lane from the right. My friend Meg 
and the group she swims with are in the far left lane. Our 
water aerobic people are either in the far end of the first 
lane if there's only a single lifeguard on duty, or they're in 
the diving pool if there's a second guard available to be with 
them. Everyone is much happier when we have two lifeguards. 

DH was working on cleaning out the framing room at the shop yesterday. He got rid of a lot of stuff we can't use any more, among which were several boxes of frame samples from TC Moulding. My goodness but they had some really beautiful frames! I'm so bummed that they went out of business last year. There was one black frame in the group that would have been perfect for a piece we matted on Sunday. Instead, we're having to deal with a slightly wider frame with a different profile that is more dominating. *sigh*

TC Moulding was a joy to work with. They would cut 
to order (although we could cut our own), and their 
selection was vast. I think we tossed well over 400 frame 
samples into the dumpster at work yesterday. *sigh* They 
might have merged with another local supplier and I'll do 
some more checking into that today if I have some time. 

Anyway, DH was taking load after load out to the dumpster. I haven't taken a look at how the framing room looks now, but I'm quite sure there's a bit more room to breathe down there. I've got a new ATG tape dispenser and a roll of acid-free ATG tape on its' way to me. As soon as I get that, I can finish up several pieces that just need that final assembly to be ready to put into their frames. I know I used to have an ATG tape dispenser, but either it broke or we just haven't found it yet (even though we've been searching extensively for it). ATG tape is a double-sided tape which is used to fasten a top mat upon a bottom one. The acid-free type is essential for top quality and to save original artwork over time. You apply it using a dispenser. It's quite slick and quite mandatory. 

ATG tape is double-sided. The applicator separates 
the bottom from the tape, then you remove the 
top protector layer when you need to. It's slick, 
works really well, and is pretty basic. 

So, it was a very busy day yesterday for both DH and I. He was cleaning things like crazy, and I had groups of customers instead of the singles or occasional doubles. That made for more intensive times when I had people in the store, followed by empty times since groups tend to arrive and depart together. I'll be working with Chickie today which makes things slightly easier. I won't be solo on the sales floor while DH is working in the basement. 

Have an excellent Tuesday, I'm off to the swimming pool. It's been a hot night (it's still 78 F at 3:40 am). I'm going to be quite happy in the water today instead of sweating on the treadmill - LOL. I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.