my cousin emailed

and said that aunt elsie looked so peaceful
and that only a very small handful of neices and nephews were there
and that the flowers we sent were beautiful and they are covering her grave now

i still feel bad i wasn't there
patricia understands
aunt elsie probably as well, as i am more then sure she is too busy partying with my family to mind

bernie felt bad we weren't there as then entire jersey bunch of relatives didn't bother to go
but i told bernie
that they may not know......or if they do they probably don't care

it's sad for me to think that

i spent the day thinking of my aunt and cleaning the studio
it's slow progress here but it is progress none the less

if i had a place to put my porcelain supplies, i would have made HUGE progress
but it's too wet out to put anything out even under a tarp
or i would have put it on the deck until i got the space cleared

we may have to put stuff in the bedroom for a bit

i did get another arco cabinet spray painted white, and after sunday i will spray it with the cream color
i have done three arco cabinets and have three more to do
one is HUGE
one is tiny
i am sorting and tossing as i go so that also takes time

i am also making those file boxes as i go, the next batch is going to be covered with the wrapping brown paper from my arches water color paper
so the paper actually says 'arches' on it

talk about recycling
it was too cool a wrapper to toss, and after all it IS in an artist's studio right?
what better idea?
i am thinking of doing just the spine for the magazine files and then saving the paper for some other coverings

these magazine file boxes make me feel so good
recycled boxes, recycled coverings
and then useful items at the end
i like that idea

i am leaning more and more to a buff, cream, red and black idea for the studio
and toile
i love toile
i love the fabrics that go with it
checks, stripes and dots
if i can find a magenta and buff or cream toile for the 'red'
that's good
and while i am not crazy about black........and i prefer navy blue as a 'black'
if i have to go with the black i will be ok more or less

i want to also replace the ceiling fan, as bernie knocked into it a few times and now it wobbles as the blades are off balance
if we do, i want NO lights on it
i hate ceiling lights
i hate them, they make glare on my glasses and i can't see then

besides light shouldn't come from the center of the ceiling, it makes for dark corners and odd shadows

i do however LOVE uplit corners in a room, with hidden uplights,
i love table lamps, (with red shades.........perferably in cranberry glass that is lined in white glass)
and i love shades on chandeliers
cream silk in rooms that have an eastern exposure and dark with gold lining in 'night' rooms
and old fashioned as it is
i love brass chandeliers - 6 arms are nice
i remember when i finally got my brass 6 arm
wow, it was about 1982 and we paid 125.00 for it
then i went and got the shades and put the chandelier on a dimmer
i love chandeliers on a dimmer too
and hung lower over the table
i think mine was 30 inches from the top of the table.......maybe 32 inches
(i also love round tables with skirts to the floor and over skirts, but with the cats and bernie i don't do that much anymore)

so that's where i am more or less in here
today i need to get to the feed and grain
and to ac moore for more of them divided plastic boxes, and a few other smallish odds and ends

if the rain will hold off a few more days, i can finish some more spray painting
i am going to do my mom's china closet too
that will hold finished dolls
and the file cabinets too........... i need them done so i can actually LOOK at them again
(and emptied.......i need to empty them as well)

as i am going along i am making notes to myself,
'refurbish the shoe ''kit'' with the stuff for shoes, polish, laces, wax, glue, etc........if it's for shoes'

make a household tool kit for picture, curtain, misc hangins and small repairs
use PINK tools so bernie won't take them to the basement
hammer, screw drivers, plyers hooks and such

do an ironing station somewhere..... for the iron and such
near where the sewing machine is or will be
i can iron clothes there and it would help
i need a new iron too........mine are from sometime in 78 or 79
i have matching ones...mine and my mom's
and both are sorta crappy, but good for crafts

i need a spot for the swift and ball winder too
oye

is this all EVER going to get done?

are you sure?

in MY lifetime?

anyone want to help

oh and btw, the cats wish to inform you all that there is a mouse under the sink
and another mouse in the corner of the studio.............


vi