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Minions? You make Minions? Why did you not notify me of this?
Sorry, got sidetracked! Hope it's lifted and you've been resting...
I make anything that the kids want. Today it was a minion. We made one together. I made one alongside her. I dont know that it is very good and its not finished but do you want to see a picture of it?
Did get a couple of hours in bed as I was so wiped out by the migraine but then took Ember up to Ashcombe Park, did some washing and spent a few hours relearning how to make paper decorations and getting very frustrated with paper snowflakes.... In the end came in and cooked myself a huge dinner.
Bit concerned about the migraines as I have not had any for ages and to have three in 4 days is unusual.
I LOVE minions! Yes please! I'd love to see a picture!
Could there be something triggering your migraines? Different coffee? Not enough water?
Another vote to see the minions please.
As I said it is still in work (blush)
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26-10-15, 09:10 PM
cool!
magie06
26-10-15, 09:27 PM
Cool! Well done. I like the tall one. But that is really brilliant.
That's so brilliant and so happy! Makes me smile!
Got another migraine now.
magie06
26-10-15, 09:50 PM
Can you go somewhere in the dark and lie down?
Are you getting the funny marks in your eyesight and stuff like that?
Oh yes. It starts as a sort of flickering on the edge of my vision then gradually creeps across my sight till it is like looking through a frosted window. I dont get any pain then that comes after my vision has cleared and I am thankful to say that it becomes just an annoying headache rather than the crippling agony I know some people get.
I have no idea what is triggering them at the moment. Nothing has changed, I have not changed my diet or habits in any way.
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26-10-15, 10:21 PM
Ok I really think you should see your doctor cos with the migraines and falls I wonder if there is a link.
Can't take the time off work this week to try and get an appointment. However I have decided that if I have another fall I will try and see someone.
I really think you should book an appointment lovely..
I don't think you should wait, lovely. It all seems to be too much of a coincidence that the falls and migraine start up at the same time
I know, but I really cannot take time off this week, its half term and I need to make some extra money to get me through the next few months!
I have two classes today one at 1 and one at 7, in between I need to check I have everything ready for tomorrow.
Two classes tomorrow. One at 10 and one at 7
Three classes Thursday 10, 2 and 7
Two classes Friday 10 and 2.
In between the classes I need to prep, I just dont have time to spend trying to get through to the doctors and even less to spend hours sitting in the waiting room... But if I am no better by Monday I promise I will try and get an appointment then. (wasntme)
Are you having any help with the classes/prep/clearing up?
H is doing the cleaning/clearing up.
If you feel any worse/fall again, please go to a&e, lovelt
I agree with Paula hunni, and am glad that H is helping x
Hey Pen, how are you doing? Have you been migraine-free today?
So far no migraines and no falls. (rofl)
Had a really bad migraine 20 minutes before the class, which was a bummer as I really needed to keep my wits about me with this class.
I am going to be really annoying now and say I really think you need to see someone...
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28-10-15, 01:58 PM
I think so 3
Yup, please go today ......
Hun did you manage to get to the gp or A&E?
Nothing is more important than your health. Please go to the hospital. When you look over what's happened since your fall, it may worry you as much as it's worrying me
I'm fine. (nod) I think that it was the stress of getting everything ready this morning that triggered this mornings incident. I had a kip at lunch time and now I am firing on all cylinders.
I have a number of people coming tonight for my art class so I have to teach that. I promise I will make an appointment on my day off on Monday.
Pen, you know your body better than anyone.
Do you wear glasses, could it be you need an eye test?
I do wear glasses, so maybe that is the issue.
I hope you're planning some rest lovely...
Going to bed shortly to watch an episode of Criminal Minds and do some drawing.
Art Class went well tonight, I managed to sell 9 sheets of handmade wrapping paper that I have had in the attic since 2009 :-) Still got half a box to go but its a start. I think I paid about £200 for the box and so far in six years I think I have sold twenty sheets (rofl), Now would like to just get back what I paid for it so selling at £1 a sheet.
Rest??? Whats that? Three classes tomorrow. Two kids groups (Expecting 13 kids across the two groups) and then the Intermediate Adult Art Group in the evening. Hoping to be migraine free tomorrow as I wont have much time to have a kip!
Glad you had a good class!
Had a bad night last night, I was drawing tangles at 3:30 this morning... But seem to be OK at the moment.
Try to rest when you can, please (bear)
Your nativity is out of the kiln, pictures on FB. not sure you will be happy with it and I can always make another one. Bear in mind that the star and Jesus will be gilded in 23crt gold leaf which I have not done yet.
Gorgeous! Exactly what I hoped for :)
Which one? left or right?
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29-10-15, 01:29 PM
They are rather impressive
Which one? left or right?
Left.
They are rather impressive
She's so talented :)
Left.
That was the one I had earmarked as for you. (rofl) The Mary figure is more reddy brown than the picture shows, but once they are guilded I will get some better shots to make sure you are happy before I send it off.
Those nativity sets are beautiful!
(blush) gee thanks.. They have a base layer of gold paint on the star and Jesus ready to be gilded tomorrow. Trouble is I suspect I could sell about 10 of them but I need to find the time to make them. One of my customers last night (who is a bit of a wag) asked me "are you sleeping" when I said yes he said "Ah that is where you are going wrong!"
I did think that about gilding them tonight before I go to bed but then I decided that working with gold leaf at £1 for a 2 inch square sheet of gold that is thinner than a piece of tissue paper was not something I should do when I was tired!
Please get some sleep, hunni, that's more important than gilding
RIGHT!
One class at 10 with 4 people
One class at 2 with 3 people
Two nativity sets to gild.
Try and make 4 more
Do the shopping.....
Can I go back to bed please?????
Hope you got some rest lovely!
Yes I slept from 1 till 7. (rofl)
I suppose that's an improvement ....
Not very good tonight. I made 4 more nativity sets this afternoon as well as load of other work such as unloading and reloading the kiln. Feeling very anxious about driving up to see my son in Bristol tomorrow. I hate driving in town now and actually I hate leaving the house at all apart from to walk the dog.
(panda) will hubby be with you?
Oh sweetheart! (panda)(panda)
Well I managed it. It was a nightmare drive up as the sat nav took me into the city but we got there and watched a movie played Cluedo and had a Chinese.
Last night I gave Ember a special biscuit as a treat to make up for being out most of the day however she decided to"bury" it. She tried to get it under the rug,then under a plastic bag of rubbish then round the back of the chair but finally settled for wrapping it up in the duvet and tucking it under my feet.
I have arranged to visit two bungalows this week and sus them out for M. Both are fairly close.
I had a visit this morning from my "reporting officer/care coordinator" finally. I was supposed to see her in August.... She brought another lady with her who discussed where we go from here. The view was that I no longer had a diagnosis of BPD it was now an emotional disorder. However she also thought that I had basically cured myself and that there was not much they could do at the moment although she did give me some information about how to access services should I need to in the future. They are going to try and liaise with my surgery to get a named GP assigned to me and regular appointments to monitor the situation then discharge me back to the GP.
Did you speak to them about being referred back to the psychiatrist by your GP last month?
I am glad the trip went well... a bit sad your hubby didn't go too. You are so good to them, checking out places for them to live.
Yes I did, they did not seem to know anything about it.
Your story about Ember made me smile as Casey spent 20 mins "burying" her treat in the rug on Saturday! She then "found" it about an hour later whilst we were all trying to not find it, kick it or move it!
Are you disappointed by the care visit? It's great that they no longer feel that you need them, but with the change in diagnosis all seems a little late to have been of use. I also think it's premature to be saying that you've "cured yourself" when you were in crisis not long ago.
No I dont think I am disappointed. If they can get my GP practise to be more responsive then I may actually get better care anyway. As I am doing so well a crisis now would have to last more than two weeks to be considered any more than a wobble, and I managed it anyway successfully so they did not feel that they were needed.
Brilliant! I hope that they do get your GP to be better use for you x
I think you're right, you'll have better access to support if you're GP gets on board. Youre doing so well :)
Just having a main GP would be a start!
Another day, another dollar. Feel like I am wading through mud at the moment. Yesterday morning I put two lots of sweeteners in my tea, put the cereal in the fridge and the milk in the cupboard. Nearly did the same this morning....
Been out to see two bungalows. One of which I feel maybe perfect, not only as home for M but also as an investment for the future or possibly somewhere for me to retire to in 20 or 30 years (rofl).
That sounds positive!
I often put things in the wrong places!
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04-11-15, 01:24 PM
I lost my phone once and found it in the fridge. Figure that out
I have a bad habit of going to put the milk in the cupboard or the cereal in the fridge...in my defence it's usually 5.30AM in the morning though so I feel I'm let off for this.
Pen, hunni. Are you getting enough sleep?
And the bungalow sounds positive :)
Well last night i slept from 12 till 1 and then 1:30 till 8:30 so I think so.
Yes it is certainly on the shortlist, it ticks a lot of boxes. Saw one this morning that we had to turn down as it was too nice (rofl) H and I just could not see M living there it would have been too much of a culture shock. I bet that was the first time the agent has had to tell a vendor that their house was too good for a viewer. I bet the poor owner is thinking "we just cant win!!"
Had one place come through tonight which I dont think even M could have lived in!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-55838867.html?utm_content=v2-ealertspropertyimage&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailupdates&utm_campaign=emailupdatesinstant&utm_term=buying&sc_id=18622204&onetime_FromEmail=true
It starts off so promising, then you get to the kitchen and goes downhill from there! There must be a basic solvable issue with the damp as these 1930's places were actually build quite well so someone who is prepared to do the work may get a bargain!
Lick o' Paint lol.
Roof looks solid, I wonder where the kitchen damp (edit: all the damp!) is coming from.
The views are great from the back....
Yes I suspect that the damp course has been compromised and probably fairly easy to put right, however I would be concerned about the joists and floorboards!
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04-11-15, 05:45 PM
It up for auction so if you went along and secured it at the right price you could get the work done easy enough.
No I need somewhere he could move into and on the flat.
OO it did start promisingly... Then.. Wow, that's a lot of work!
And, is that non standard construction I see at the back?
No I think it was built like that :-)
This is the place that I am thinking may be suitable.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51859231.html
I walked from the bungalow to the shops and it took 3 minutes on the flat.
When I got there the agent said "I should just warn you that it needs some work" When I had been round I asked "So what is the work that needs doing?" She said that other people who had been round all felt that the place needed gutting but although the place had woodchip on the hall wall and the kitchen cupboards were probably put in a long time ago everything was clean and nicely painted and I felt that being a little dated would suit M better than an ultra modern place.
It does look a nice house hunni x
Having done two days of work I now dont want to work anymore this week..... I wish I could get away with a two day week.
Went out for coffee with a friend who I met through the kids classes who helps me out on a Thursday morning. Whilst I love going out for a coffee with a friend why do I always feel sort of dirty afterwards and feel like I have said too much? Just want to retreat into my shell now feeling ashamed.
What have you said to be feeling like this?
I am very sure you've not said anything to be ashamed off. Do you want to talk about it?
No there is nothing I have said really. We talked about pottery, cross stitch, kids, parents. Its just that I am always afraid that I will not handle the social interaction correctly and maybe hog the conversation, or get too OTT and scare people off. I have so few friends as I seem to scare off people. Once people really get to know me they seem not to want to have anything to do with me anymore and so I am scared of losing this new friend and when we part I am worried that I may have done or said something that upset them.
I always dissect what I've said to people if I've been out. I am scared I hog the conversation, or I am boring, or I've said something inappropriate. Is it something like that?
I'm sure you were fine hunni (panda)(bear)
I always dissect what I've said to people if I've been out. I am scared I hog the conversation, or I am boring, or I've said something inappropriate. Is it something like that?
Oh yes, just like that.
Well she has just messaged me to thank me for a wonderful morning so hopefully I was OK.
Hey Pen, how are you doing?
I'm fine. Very tired (as usual). Very busy (as usual).
Hello lovely! I'm glad you're fine - but is that genuinely fine or just fine on the surface?
Getting by, day by day. As usual there is so much that has to be done. Not had much time off over the last few days. Had to unload and reload the kiln yesterday and today has been a day of admin. Updating my website and Facebook, doing the accounts and banking, buying clay, doing a bit of promotion, getting some photos of work out of the kiln, wrapping up work for posting and then doing the posting. The studio is a tip at the moment so H and I will be busy in the morning preparing for the afternoon group. Not had any time to work on the other 4 nativity sets I have on the go at the moment. Have a nasty suspicion that that I will not get them finished in time for Christmas.
I'm sure you will get them finished hunni. When's your next day off or time away from the business?
Do you have anything nice planned?
Nope. Putting up Hubbies shed.
Can you try to get some me time in there?
Just want to die this morning
Why? Has something happened?
(bear) anything that's triggered that? Your post seemed to come out of nowhere .......
You haven't posted for a few days... What's been happening?
Just been busy. Had two "special" classes today. This morning had a group from an art club I used to go to for people with MH issues. Part the reason I stopped going was one particular person who I dislike. I cant put my finger on why, its not that he is very negative, I can cope with that its just he is... well.. oily... smarmy... a bit of a negative know it all and some how he manages to put my heckles up. Anyway he and the rest came they had a good time but of course he was the last to go and I was stuck with him....
This afternoon was the blind group. I think it went OK.
The weather here is horrible. I have not taken Ember out as everytime I think it has stopped raining, 10 minutes later its hailing or chucking large lumps of water out of the sky. Its typical for WSM. Tonight is the towns carnaval night. We have huge lit floats (complete with their own generators) and it goes on for hours, but it always seems to rain and the wind blow. The last time I went (which was some years ago) the rain was horizontal!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=483l94HV3XM
There is a great float at 1:56 minutes
Do you think maybe now you're working and earning and not really spending much time on yourself, that you get low and fed up with life?
I know the phrase 'Do something nice for you' gets thrown around a lot, but I think its really important to do this when you're feeling low.
I'm wondering if you are spending too much time working too. Your work/life balance seems a little off itms?
Yep, I agree with Rose and Suzi, starting a business up is hard work and anyone doing it has to put in some hours but you really, really need to make some time for you (bear)
I know. I do get a bit of time between classes. I am planning starting a new class in the next few weeks plus I have the Stroke people starting next Friday.
That's fantastic for the business, but when are you planning in time for you?
Well I have Sunday and Monday...
How many hours a day are you working, lovely?
Working also means time tidying, preparing, advertising, facebook promotions etc etc....
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13-11-15, 08:33 PM
Well I have Sunday and Monday...
I thought Monday was admin day? It way be a day off from taking classes but it's still work
At the moment I think I spend:
16.5 hours teaching
9 hours preparing classes
8 hours studio maintenance (loading unloading kiln, making slips and glazes etc)
10 hours advertising
So about 43 hours a week. But some weeks it may be more if I have to say make up more glazes or recycle clay.
Its not excessive then..... if the "normal" working week is 35-40 hours per week.
But are those really the hours you work? I bet if you recorded it accurately then you'd be shocked - try it this week...
Yes I did use to use a time tracker but I have not had time to use it recently (blush)
I admit I have spent a lot of time tonight fielding FB as I asked if anyone would be interested in a Sat afternoon session. I am up to 25 people now who would like to come.....
When Hubby found out he was "really???? do you have time to fit another class in? you have a pile of work to do each week around the classes you have!"
Use the time tracker - including those times you're sitting in the living room and sketching etc. And your hubby's got a point ....
Ah, yes... I dont count drawing/sketching/working on my own art work as "work"....
But it's your job, right? You sell your pieces? All these things add up, lovely, and you need to take care of yourself. But I think you've got that point ;). Btw, I showed some friends my nativity piece and they loved it!
Well tbh I dont sell much :-) Most of what I make is used as examples to show people what they can make. My drawings are not art, they are just doodles and I dont intend to try and sell them and not sure what you would classify the christmas cards I am making!
Last night when I asked people if they would like a pottery session on a Saturday afternoon I got 25 responses! .... Dont know what to do now!
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14-11-15, 01:28 PM
But showing interest is one thing, turning up is another
Can you run two: 1-2.30 and 3-4.30?
Stella- I can only take 8 and two have already semi booked so I think I could get the numbers (rofl) I think I would throw open a booking page and get people to pay up front. The first ones to book and pay get the places!
Crumbs Rose you are a slave driver! That would mean I was teaching from 09:50-11:05 then clearing up for 20 minutes, teaching from 11:25- 12:40 then clearing up for 20 minutes teaching from 1-2:35 clearing up for 20 minutes and teaching from 2:55-4:30. No time for lunch or even a cup of tea! Glad you're not my manager!! I think H would have a breakdown if I told her we only had 20 minutes break between 4 classes
Hahahahaha..... I think the people I've managed would agree with you!
I like the idea of paying upfront and creating a bit of competition for places :)
I like the idea of paying upfront too! That means that if only 4 people turned up then you'd still be ok financially...
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14-11-15, 02:59 PM
I think I would throw open a booking page and get people to pay up front. The first ones to book and pay get the places!
Sounds like a perfect plan, maybe add a booking fee or cancellation fee, to cover you
I think that's a great idea!
OK I admit it. I may have underestimated my working hours... Today has been 10 and a half hours....
I'm glad you've realised it, now you have to find a way to reduce your hours, lovely
mmmm already done one hour 10 minutes (rofl)
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15-11-15, 09:28 AM
So much for sunday being a day off
Definitely keep a record this week lovely. I'm sure you be surprised at how much you work....
Discovered this afternoon that the college, which was advertising a new evening pottery class run by my old tutor was cancelled. I dont know why, maybe they were charging too much (rofl) However that was the only advertised competition I had in Weston. They only put the course in the schedule after I started discussing running my own classes. I dont know if that was a coincidence or not.
If you get any more classes booked in you're going to need another teacher... and another studio.... oh, I can see this getting out of hand! ;)
The head of the course said at one of my presentations that not only would my plans work but that I would end up expanding using other teachers. He said that I would need to be careful about maintaining my quality.
Teachers I may be able to find. Location for the courses is harder.... I wonder if I can use the college???
The head of the course said at one of my presentations that not only would my plans work but that I would end up expanding using other teachers. He said that I would need to be careful about maintaining my quality.
Teachers I may be able to find. Location for the courses is harder.... I wonder if I can use the college???
When the time comes, I'm sure it'll be worth asking
Does watching the British Pottery throwdown count as work????
Are you watching it for your own personal enjoyment or for ideas for work? :)
Bit of both. Mainly to check that I knew what they had done before my students started to ask questions!
Not good today. Only just got up, showered and dressed. Ember has been a love, she has not fussed about going out at all. I am feeling very agraphobic, I have just rung Dad and told him I am not very well so wont be visiting him today mainly as I cant face getting in the car to drive anywhere but I have not told him that. I feel like I have a bit of a fever.
Oh hunni, I hope that it's nothing horrible...
No I think its just exhaustion....
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16-11-15, 04:29 PM
Best cure for exhaustions is REST!!!
Been trying ^)
Only done just over an hours work.
Walked Ember for 40 minutes. Rest of time been asleep, on the computer or drawing.
OK up to 4 hours work now....
Ah scratch that last comment two hours was recorded doing drawing.
But that was your day off!!
*sighs* you haven't quite got the idea of a job that works around you. Have you? ;)
No. I think that my work is my life really (blush)
However having a quiet day yesterday was good. I was a lot better this morning. Lectured for an hour on clay this afternoon.... I think they survived without getting too bored! :(:
So tonight, might have 9 people so need to plan where they are all going to sit when I only have 8 spaces! Considering dumping the "intermediate" art class on a Thursday and making it another pottery class. At the moment if everyone comes (5 people) I make £25. If it was a pottery class and I have 3 people I make £45, If I fill it like the Tuesday evening group that would be a minimum of £96 and possibly as much as £120.
Wow, definitely go with the pottery class!
Yes made £105 (turnover) in one class tonight.
Compare that to the £30 I expect to make in two classes tomorrow...
Numbers are dropping on the art classes as well so it makes sense to try and combine the art classes into just two groups.
Right... Art day today, guess I had better get up and get dressed!
Hope you have a good day lovely.
Another migraine arrrgggg.
Phew. A cup tea, hot crumpets with lots of butter and homemade raspberry jam and two paracetamols seems to have seen it off.
Had a nasty fright this morning. Sitting in my bedroom earlier, hair wet and on end end from towel drying, in my underwear cutting my toe nails when the delivery man came with my glazes and clay. H was in the studio, so had to open the door having thrown on my bath robe. He must have thought "its 11 in the morning and she is still not dressed!!"
Lol my postmen see me in my dressing gown most days ;)
Glad you got rid of the migraine lovely.
My postie has seen me in my pjs! Poor bloke!
I've been good today. Done just over 8 hours work.
Busy day tomorrow though. Home ed kids in the morning, kids group after school and then the intermediate art group (where I will break it to them that I am changing the day).
Hope that it's a good day lovely.
Home ed only stayed for an hour. I think that in this run up to Christmas that they have so much going on that they are exhausted. The two littlest ones I felt like saying take them upstairs for a nap on my sofa!
I think the reasons I have a problem with this group is the noise.... not from the kids but from the mum's. They NEVER stop talking! and standing around getting in the way. I did not have my friend come to help today who often shepherds them up to the tea/coffee end where they are not such a menace.
It's probably one of their very few chances to get out and have the little ones entertained. However, you're not a playgroup or a community centre and they should be focussing on keeping an eye on their kids, not having a mothers meeting imho
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19-11-15, 11:57 AM
Well said Paula.
I know it drives me nuts! Its not just that they are gossiping and not paying the kids attention its that I cant get the kids attention as there is so much chatter from them, the older kids are busy listening into the adult gossip and the younger ones trying to get mum to listen to them. Maybe I should get them to get a cup of tea and then send THEM upstairs to sit on my sofa and chat!
Just got in from the last class. H says to me how much did you make tonight to which my response was "S**T I forgot to charge them!!!"
Oops - do you trust them to pay up?
Yes. As long as I remember to remind them!
Oh no! Hope you get it all paid!
I have really nice people come to my classes so I dont think I will have a problem.
Stroke group came today for the first time. Bit of a challenge when one of the members would not do the task I set, instead wanted to try painting in ink.... SO out came the powdered ink. Its great fun but makes a huge mess so I had discounted the idea of using ink with this group, however the customer is always right (especially when its a feisty old lady who is frustrated cause she cant communicate!) so out came the inks. My hands are now shades of blue, green, yellow, orange red and purple. I look like a heavy smoker who has trapped their fingers in a door! Still they all had a laugh and want to come again. They will be coming once a fortnight which will work great for me as I get every other Friday morning free.
magie06
20-11-15, 01:29 PM
I hope you aren't doing too much.
Free time equals rest, walks with Ember and nothing to do with work, I assume?
Free time equals rest, walks with Ember and nothing to do with work, I assume?
errrr... no it equals time to load and unload the kiln, clean and tidy the studio and maybe make some example pieces for my students to copy
I just want to say, OK, you might not quite have the work/life balance quite right yet, but I think the business you have made, and the success of it in such a short time, is amazing. And that's all down to your hard work. So I hope at some point you will sit down and take a moment to congratulate yourself.
Well done (bear)
Right.... Shortly (when the bathroom is free) I will get showered and dressed then I have a pile of things to do today...
Walk the dog, vacuum, tidy and dust the house, get my washing on, sort out my pond, scan my nativity drawing in and make it into cards, make a beer "mug" (its a commission), Make some terracotta pots, empty the kiln and make up the hanging decorations that are in it and if I can fit it in make some reindeer.
Oh I love a day off....
You do need to find some time to rest in that huge amount of stuff!
Oh and as the sun is out ands the wind has dropped today I have to build a shed...
Oh and as the sun is out ands the wind has dropped today I have to build a shed...
Sorry, but I laughed out loud. Good luck with your shed and all the other things you are doing today (bear)
Shed did not happen. Hubby did get round to clearing space for it but nothing got built. He did get onto my studio roof and try to investigate why the back wall is so damp, its very strange and there is no obvious reason why I should have a problem but he has taken the end stop off the gutter just in case it was overflowing down the wall. Next time we get heavy rain I will need to hand out of the upstairs window and see if I can see what is happening.
Got the cards done. I am selling them for 40p each or 4 for £1.50.
H is currently vacuuming the hall. It sounds like she is hoovering a gravel path its so bad!!
Did the fish pond.
Walked the dog.
Failed at everything else!
You didn't fail, you paced!
Certainly not "failed" at all!
Having a bit of an anxiety attack tonight and dont know why.
Oh hunni! Can you use any strategies to help you cope?
Tried most of them but nothing seems to help much.
What about drawing? On paper or on your arm?
How are you today lovely?
A bit better. I took two lorazapan ( the max does I can have) and went to bed. I listened to a comedy show for a while until the tablets took effect and then slept. I slept from about 11 till 9:30 this morning.
I do need to go out to get some more clay and get down the bank but apart from that and walking Ember I think a day of sleeping and drawing is called for...
Scrap that I had forgotten I promised H a trip to the local garden store....
Just looked at my hours worked last week. Excluding time spent drawing I did 47 hours. I dont think that is too bad...
Its like a 6 day week I suppose. Can H help out more?
No not really. She wont handle peoples artwork as she does not want the responsibility so I have to do all the racking and drying of work and loading and unloading the kiln. She cant prepare what I will teach I have to do that and she wont teach or help teach any of the classes. I wont let her mix glazes, slips and oxides as in most cases I am still testing the recipes myself. and I like to do the advertising and marketing myself as she does not have the experience so that only leaves the cleaning and unless I remind her she skimps on that at times as well.
Didn't you consider seeing if the colleges current students needed work experience?
Can she not help out by doing something such as facebook posts once a day or something?
Didn't you consider seeing if the colleges current students needed work experience?
I did contact the college but no one was interested.
Can she not help out by doing something such as facebook posts once a day or something?
I dont know I trust her to manage my FB page.
I dont know I trust her to manage my FB page.
Do you find it hard relinquishing control? Its not a criticism (I am a control freak), just a question?
To a certain degree I like to stay in control. I just know that she does not care as much as I do about the business.
I did contact the college but no one was interested.
That's sad, you'd think they'd be jumping at the opportunity
I've been called a control freak (or worded much nicer!) about this place lol so I do completely understand!
That's sad, you'd think they'd be jumping at the opportunity
I know. Maybe next year when I have been going for a while the tutors maybe more willing to encourage people my way.
Well what a night. We have acquired a lodger. A came home late last night, grabbed H and then they both went out and came home with a cat.
She had followed A home. Desperate for attention, cold and hungry. She is currently tucked in the spare room and we will take her over the vets in a bit to see if she is chipped and try and reconnect her with her owners. A and H have been scanning the bulletin boards to see if they can find her owner but no luck so far. She is a little thin but otherwise in great condition so she is obviously not a long term stray.
H and A are praying that we cant find her home as she is so cute they wants to keep her!! She worships A, even when he brought her in last night and we were trying to search the internet to see if she was reported she curled up on his lap.
Awwww bless them, and you a lot wouldn't do that for a cat
Don't you already have a cat?
Well she was chipped and registered with the vet we took her to so they have left a message for her owners and kept her for them to hopefully collect later. H and A went out in the rain to search for her last night they could not bear the thought of her hungry, cold and alone out there.
Yes Rose we do already have a cat who I am sure would really feel her nose was put out of joint by the arrival of another but she herself moved in as an unclaimed stray some years ago so she would have had to lump it! (rofl)
H is currently scanning the local rescue centres for cats looking for adoption! hopefully this desire will die down shortly and we will be able to get some work done...
Lol! I hope that today is a good one for you lovely!
So glad you got the cat rescued!
Right lets see if I can get this straight...
1:00 Group is making tiles and finishing their slab pots
7:00 Half the group is starting to make slab pots, other half is doing whatever they want.
Now lets try not to get this mixed up....
Scary... Just been looking at my Moodscope scores. Since my crash at the beginning of october I have been scarily stable.... For years my graph has looked like someone having a heart attack with highs and lows every week but for the last month it has been almost a flat line.
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25-11-15, 12:43 AM
I've not used moodscope for a while. Suppose I ought to start using it daily again
I find it really useful. I have done it since 2010 so I have a lot of detail to look back on.
Sometimes my job is really tough.
Just spent nearly 2 and a half hours drinking coffee and gossiping with my three customers whilst doing my own drawing.... Its a tough life but I guess someone has to do it...
Just seen the news about the Autumn statement. For once this government has seen a bit of sense over Tax credits. They have also extended small business relief till March 2017 which means I wont have to pay Business Rates next year so I have have come off quite well from the deal!
I think there's a lot of relief going around. Hants Police put a statement on Fb basically saying thank God for no police cuts!
Just found out something really weird.... I have 121 followers on FB (thats not the odd bit) they include 2 from the USA, 2 from Australia and 1 from Serbia.....
I never expected international followers, certainly did not expect a follower in Serbia!
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25-11-15, 03:31 PM
Its great when things go your way for a change. A chilled out afternoon is probably just what you needed.
So glad you had a good afternoon lovely!
Sounds like a good afternoon hun x
Have just used the moodscope as never used it before.
I've always found it a great help. When I was bad I could print it out and take the results to see the pdoc, as I used to fluctuate a lot it helped them understand how my moods changed and helped them reach a diagnosis.
I have cancelled the class this morning so have a day to get my commission finished. My friend who helps with the HE class is going to come over for a coffee and to have a play and keep me company for an hour or so this morning. Still have two classes this evening, hopefully this will be the last time I run the art class on a Thursday evening.
My eldest brother rang up last night to say he and his wife were coming up here at the weekend to drop off presents and cards. This is a shock! Until October I had not seen him for a year and now he is back again a month later!!! Also I dont have a present for him sorted out yet... Although I was thinking gift cards from Amazon...
Ember is very quiet this morning, I think she did not sleep well last night as she has curled up on the sofa fast asleep at the moment and has not even looked at her breakfast yet. Although she has the hiccups which is funny as she is asleep.... She got up to go in the garden last night (she usually does when I need to use the bathroom) but when we got back upstairs the cat had snuck into my room and was curled up in her spot. She was not impressed. Normally I would let the cat stay (she is an old lady and was in the family before Ember) but as Ember was feeling the cold I turned her out so Ember could cuddle up to me.
Poor Ember ....... poor cat lol
Hope it all goes swimmingly today :)
OldMike
26-11-15, 02:59 PM
Poor Ember ....... poor cat lol
Hope it all goes swimmingly today :)
You gotta love cats (nod)
I'll echo what Paula said, hope you have a really good day.
Nearly finished the commission piece so a productive day. Had 4 people for the pottery club and will probably only have 3 tonight so will make a grand total of £35 for day. Oh well every little helps I guess!
So glad this is the last evening class of the week. I would much rather be in front of the fire cuddling Ember maybe doing a bit of drawing. Ember is here with me at the moment on the sofa resting her head on my spare tyre! So that seems like a good reason not to lose weight, what would she do for a pillow??
Lol!
Do you do a lot of commission pieces?
No this is only the second. Its a challenge as its making a beer "mug" copying an existing piece which was wheel thrown so I have had to build it using coils. There is no way that I will be able to charge a rate that reflects the work that has gone into it but I enjoy the challenge!
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