Lol! Just make sure you get some rest too x
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Lol! Just make sure you get some rest too x
After I had my shower I tried to avoid doing any work. However had to deal with two bookings and a request for information about running a hen party.
But you tried to rest. That's huge! Well done lovely!
(rofl) Bounced out of bed at 7:30 this morning, now ready to go back to it !!!
Will need to get myself going though as I have a lot to do. From looking at the register I could have a lot of people coming. I seem to have overbooked the Tuesday evening group for the end of the month, however not everyone comes each week so I am hoping it will be OK.
I have about 30Kg of clay drying in the studio at the moment and I will need to get it wedged and packed away before the classes to make space. I also have a load of urgent admin to do as well as getting my own pottery done! There wont be much time for rest today!!
Even if it's 5 minutes at a time, it'll help ...
Try to rest.
Just having 5 minutes with a cup of tea and a packet of Maryland Cookies (Crispies with chocolate and coconut!)
Good :)
Fell asleep on the sofa... (rofl)
I repeat, good! ;)
Good for you! :)
Well it has certainly been a profitable day, 16 students across 2 classes! Trouble with having a nap in the afternoon is that I am now wide awake!
I was a rough night, just could not get to sleep until I had unburdened what was in my head onto an email to the Samaritans at 1 this morning. So tired again. I have got Dad coming over at 10 this morning as there is something he wants me to do. Thankfully it art classes today I don't have to do much with them so I can try and catch up on admin and some making of my own.
Try to get some rest today, love
Hope you get some rest lovely x
I am going to have to wedge the clay I pugged and throw 7 plates as well today
Well I wedged up the clay and weighed out 9 blocks of clay ready to throw the plates. The art club are downstairs today so just having a bit of lunch with Ember on the sofa before starting some admin.
Still sounds like you're doing a lot!
Oh yes. I threw 9 17cm plates this afternoon, then a wooden spoon holder for the kitchen. I trimmed 4 dishes and turned one of them into a fancy tea-light holder. I then washed down the wheel and the tables. Then I fetched all the art materials from upstairs for the class. I then sat down to check my calls and emails to find a message from the lady who runs the evening class to say that she had a problem as her Mum had taken a turn for the worst and there was no-one home to look after her so I would have to start the class and possibly (If her consultant husband was delayed in theatre and did not get home soon) I would have to take the whole evening. I had not prepared and so I have bolted my dinner down whilst preparing a lesson. Thankfully she turned up at 7:30 so I only had to teach them for half an hour.
Now working through the admin...
Try not to work too long, lovely
Blimey lovely, you really do need to not work tonight for too long though x
Came in at 9:40 to the lovely sight of a kitchen piled high with dirty dishes so just had to clear that lot up as well... Still I am in bed now and going to listen to my book and do my puzzle.
Hope you sleep well (bear)
Oh love! That always feels more like a kick in the teeth! Hope you are properly resting...
Well I tried but had quite a restless night. Did not actually get properly off to sleep till about 2:30 then woke at 7:30. Now to get the house tidy ready for the cleaner to come. It will be another busy day as we will be unloading the kiln and then there is a dishscape sculpture to glaze. Hopefully H will feel well enough to come back to work today as I need her to make up a batch of a new glaze that I am hoping will be good enough to use on the commission of 7 plates so we need to get a test tile of it into the other kiln today. Aside from that we have about 30 other test tiles to glaze as I am replacing all of them with different shaped ones that indicate the type of glaze that they are.
Sounds like a busy day! Hope you're building in some rest time?
I will try (think)
Hope the resting is going well...
How are you now?
Take it easy if you can!!
Make sure you do stop tonight lovely....
I have a class tonight and two of the people are so keen they tend to arrive at about 6:30 even though the class does not kick off till 7! One of the people coming is a newbie on her second week so I have to be in attendance...
When I finally get rid of them at all at about 9:30 I might get a rest! Although there is another group in tomorrow at 10:15 so I will have to make sure the studio is clean and tidy ready for them!
Oh Pen! You need some magic fairies to help you!
Yes if you find some please send them over, if they could come with dustpan and brushes I need some to get into the nooks and crannies of the studio and clean out the dust...
I'm still looking for the house cleaning ones too....
You need a small, long haired cat to wander around and collect the dust for you ;)
Ah now that's an idea!
Hi folks
Its been a while since I have been here so I thought I would pop on here and let you know what is happening in the mad, mad world of a Somerset potter.
First the BIG news. H and A have finally set a date for their wedding and booked the venue. It will be the 14th October this year and I am regarding the oncoming date with a huge mixture of excitement and fear!
Life has been hectic in the studio in the last 9 days. The airing of the BBC's Great Pottery Throwdown has brought a lot of requests for private one hour lessons and I have been busy dealing with enquiries and of course running the lessons and dealing with the pottery created. Also of course last week (here anyway) was half term so I had kiddies groups to deal with. On Thursday I had 15 children spread across two groups and then in the evening had an adults class as well.
This week is my "catch up" week. There are no classes whilst H and I deal with the aftermath of last week. The kilns will be firing back to back all week to try and get the backlog cleared. On top of that I have big plans of what I want to get done in this "free" week.
Fire the test kiln with some special glazes
Try a raku firing
Make 6 big garden pots/sculptures
Take Dad and my daughter to the garden centre
Take my daughter and myself shopping
Buy a new pair of shoes
Get down the town and pay in the takings
Meet up with some friends
Spend time with my dog on long walks to make up for being so busy this week.
Sort out adverts for the special classes I am running this year
Contact parents about booking kids in for the Easter holidays
Change the bed
Do my washing
Wash all the studio aprons, overalls and towels
Recycle 3 big tubs of clay that are sitting in the garden
Check and order clay for a special task I have set the classes on their return
Empty out the flower tubs in the garden from last summer. ( My garden is all bricked over so I just have a lot of tubs and plants, probably about 50 or 60)
Plant up the baby strawberry plants that have rooted themselves in other flower tubs around the garden.
Plant up the huchera that I bought last autumn that is still waiting for a pot.
Replant a number of plants that need splitting or just repotting
Generally tidy up the garden
Make appointments with the doctor and podiatrist
Do some painting
Sort out my husbands house insurance
Tidy up a particularly messy corner of the studio
Update my online listings of pottery for sale
I have also just won a contract to supply a tourist attraction in the next town with my miniature sculptures so I also want to
Go to the town and get photos and sketches of some of the key features to make more sculptures
Meet a friend for coffee there
Finish off the latest three sculptures
Make a list of the sculptures for sale and prices
Label the sculptures
Deliver the first batch to the centre
Make some more sculptures
So could be busy!!
Wow! I was wondering how you were doing!
Blimey, I think you've written a list there for years, not a week!
How is your mood doing?
Congratulations to H and A!