today is not starting out the best of days

i wasn't doing too well last night, i was exhausted at 8 pm
i didn't do much yesterday at all, i went to the po, brought the ducks out, cleaned the stove (what a mess) plucked the last of the feathers off the pullets that the wiz bang missed when they were processed and started soup from them.
i did do dishes but that's an almost every day
i drew
i read
i couldn't wait to go up to sleep
i had forgotten until late to bring wood up (i did it after i brought ducks in)
i started the fire at like 8:30 last night
we went up earlyish..... (considering how late we've been the past couple weeks)
9:30pm and i was reading and fell asleep by ten....
and woke up at almost 8am
huh?
i normally am up by 5
or at least 7
but 8?
and now i am in reverse- and not in the best of moods

i hurt my thumb yesterday doing pinfeathers, it's still feeling a bit numb
i think it is actually from drawing so much
since it's my right thumb. and drawing is a tight and very controlled motion
actually it IS swollen!
ok i better ice it

now today after ducks, dishes and drawing......i most likely will have to can the chicken stock and the meat from the pullets
i was going to see about running up to the farmers market and getting some greens to tide us over but forget that
good thing i mailed the taxes yesterday
and we are having soup tonight, actually i have ham too, and maybe..... with all the dried veggies.....hmmm
maybe minestrone? i dont' have little meatballs though, i didn't make them lately

i like to keep small meatballs in the freezer.....i usually make a batch and brown them up or even bake them and then freeze them for soups and fast sauces.
i really need to get to the packing plant or b&m and get 10 pounds of chopmeat to do that....i also need to pick up a couple cases of chicken breast at the purveyor and can them, as well as batter/crumb them and freeze them
maybe in a couple weeks? oye
and i am hoping to get some energy back cause i really have been not quite as productive as i would like
i realize i am not 20 but gees....

i am trying to figure out a better paint taboret/table/station....
i can't afford nor could i really justify those expensive ones, even if they were absolutely perfect, which they aren't
i need a U shape, i would like a couple of drawers for paper, (not under the painting area as i am a bit sloppy with the washes) storage for paint, area to hold porcelain palettes and trays, and brush storage.....i would like brush storage where the tips hang down instead of stand up......so the moisture doesn't run down into the handle, and the brush will last longer........
mmmm (that would mean silicone and wire no?)

EVERYONE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN WITH IDEAS OK???

i am thinking if i can find something that starts out with a cabinet and wheels... i could maybe add a second top that has swing out arms....and a drawer thingie for paper, then some area for the plastic drawers i already have?  then where would i put the drafting table? i admit that the drafting table is huge..... actually too big for the space, but it's been my drafting table since..........i think i was 14.
i can't find my easel either (bernie 'organized it' in the basement somewhere)
anyway i am going to need to be doing something SOON
as what i have isn't going to work really well for some intensive color work
it's ok for blk/wht and the occational color painting but not for anything steady

oye
ok i am going to post this
sorry everyone, i am a bit out of sorts today
i should be ok tomorrow
i think if i massage my ligaments in my right hand with ice and rest it a bit i will be ok