I just read about strikes by hotel workers at vacation destinations around the country for Labor Day. After reading several articles, the issue seems to be a complicated one, and I’m certainly not in a position to judge.
My husband wants to go to our local grocery store this morning, so we’ll do that, hoping it’s open. We have no plans otherwise.
I hope to finish adding pics to my Etsy site today and then will experiment with whether I can make other changes. I think I’m almost to the finishing point on my ‘cat’ wood burned sign, too. I’ll post a pic when it’s done.
Our weather is cooler and less humid today – an extremely welcome change. I might actually spend some time outside today!
I hope that you are enjoying a wonderful family and friend time today filled with fun things and lots and lots of love.
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I’ve had fun finding funny sayings on mugs and sharing them with you. In my travels on the net, I’ve gathered some mugs that I think are absolutely gorgeous. Here are the first of them –
It’s quite rainy-looking outside right now. We may get rain around 2pm today. I say, “MAY” because we were due for some yesterday, but only got very overcast skies for a time and some thunder, but no rain. It would be good if it comes. Update – now the sun has come out…
I hope you’re in the middle of a family-and-friends weekend celebration of Labor Day. We’re having a quiet one, and hopefully will talk with our son on either the chat program or the conference call today or tomorrow.
I just asked my husband if he “missed getting the memo.” I went to the bathroom and was joined by Amber, our 95-pound yellow lab, and Monster Cat (aka Jet). Both were playing and stretching, rubbing up against me over and over, making it a bit difficult to finish what I had gone in there for, since it’s a small space. I really don’t think we could have fit my husband IN there, if he HAD gotten the memo. I love my animals, but a bit less companionship at that time would be nice.
I’m about half finished with my project of editing the items on my Etsy site. They want me to add more pics for a lot of my items, so I’m doing that. I’m all for making changes that might give my stuff more exposure. I’m also continuing work on my two newest wood-burned pieces – ‘cat’ and ‘dog’ signs with pegs for leashes, etc. I’m trying some new techniques, having a great time.
Have a blast with those you love!
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I’m still trying not to cry after this. It’s so sad, but SO beautiful at the same time. I wish these two the very best.
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I’m happy to wave, “Bye-Bye” to August. I’m hoping that September will bring a calming down of the weather, a deep breath of the coming fall, a more relaxing time for us all.
For the past two days, I’ve spent half the day editing items on my Etsy site, HandmadeHavenbyLinda. I received an email from them saying that my stuff would be ‘seen’ and show up in more search engines if I included more pics of each of my items. I don’t have money to throw around, but these changes don’t cost anything but my time, so I’m plowing through, trying to do the editing on one page each day. Laborious, but will hopefully be good for the long run.
I didn’t make it up to my art room yesterday, but I plan to today. I’ve had active dreams lately. The night before last, it was my long-lived standard nightmare of being lost and late, moving faster and faster as the dream progresses, getting more and more frightened. Last night, happily, my nightmare was replaced by me watching myself working on the new wood-burned pieces. MUCH better. :0)
At dinnertime last night our power suddenly went out. After several seconds, the generator came on. Then it went off and it looked like we would get power back, then off again. This happened several times over the space of about half an hour before the public power was restored and stable. I have no clue why we lost power. The sun was shining. I really don’t like it when our generator has to work so hard turning on and off again over and over, but am grateful for our setup.
The power outage was a good lesson for me in another way. My husband said his computer hadn’t been affected. I assumed it was the same for mine, but found out my computer was off, even though I have a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) into which my computer is plugged. It either didn’t work or the power was off longer than the UPS will run. I asked my husband, the former computer analyst and fixer of all things electronic. He simply looked at me and threw up his hands – our new normal.
I rebooted my computer and got a screen I’ve never seen before. It scared me. I finally figured out to hit F1 for setup and then carefully made choices I hoped would get things back to the way they were before we lost power. I did it, with my heart in my throat, newly aware that “I” am now the fix-it person here. :0(
We are due for a somewhat rainy day today and more tomorrow. Hopefully, our power will stay on, or the generator came come on and stay on until the power is back.
I hope that your Labor Day weekend is a fun one.
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I’m feeling a bit like a zombie this morning. I had to get up several times in the night, had real trouble finding a comfortable position, and then had bad dreams. I’m looking forward to a nice nap after lunch.
We’re supposed to have cooler temperatures and rain off and on from today through Sunday. I’ll selfishly take it. :0)
Etsy has a thing new to me where they mark your listings so you can see their suggestions for improving visibility. I have several listings where I only have one image, and they are suggesting that I have more, so I started yesterday editing those listings. It looks like it’ll take at least a couple more days to go through all of them. It could be a good thing.
I worked on two new wood burned pieces yesterday. I’m making plaques with pegs for leashes and such – one for dogs and the other for cats. I got a good start, and am having fun trying different techniques.
I hope you have a fun Friday and a great holiday weekend.
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I’m a bit embarrassed to tell you that I’m slow on the uptake every once in a while. I just figured out a few minutes ago that Monday is Labor Day. The main reason that this is important to me is –
This is my newest wood burning effort. I’ve just listed him on Etsy.
I’m kind of disappointed. I told you that our tomatoes started ripening and that we were planning on enjoying fresh ripe sliced tomatoes again. My husband says they taste ‘funny,’ and has decided he doesn’t want anymore and won’t eat them. I’m still enjoying them, but can’t plan them as a delicious side for our lunches and dinners now. I guess I’ll end up pulling the plants.
Right now it’s 84 degrees outside with a ‘feels like’ of 96. Since the actual temperature is due to get to 97 degrees this afternoon, it sounds like it’s a great day to stay inside. (Frying like an egg on the sidewalk is not my idea of a good time.) I do think we’re supposed to get a bit cooler as we get to the weekend. YEA!!!
I’m starting two new plaques in my art room. Each will have two pegs. One will be for cats and the other for dogs. It’ll be fun working on them, and my husband says he’ll help me attach the pegs when the wood-burning and painting are finished. :0)
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I particularly love this art because of the celebration of real life, rather than a dramatic representation of ‘sculpture,’ if that makes any sense. The real looking subjects, with bare feet, wrinkled sweaters, slumped shoulders really speaks to me. I just love it.
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I finished another wood-burned piece yesterday. The only thing it needs is a protective coat of varnish.
My friend Marsha suggested I make wood-burned sign/plaques for pets with pegs for leashes, etc. I ordered what I needed and plan to start one for a dog and one for a cat today. My husband said he would help me attach the pegs once the designs are done. :0)
My cleanup of my art room is progressing. You can see there are actual counter tops and tables in there now! The work continues.
We have a bunch of quick errands plus my husband’s haircut this morning and then the rest of the day is free.
I wish you a fun, satisfying day.
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Good morning! It’s beautiful and 75 degrees F. here in Arkansas right now. The ‘feels like’ will go to 103 this afternoon, but I’ll get out this morning to harvest some more tomatoes and will avoid being out when the ‘hotness’ is at its peak.
I think we have a quiet day ahead, with no real ‘plans’ today, other than retrieving our trash can, getting our mail, and maybe replenishing a grocery or two –
I’m working on my latest wood-burned piece in my art room, and making progress on the big clean up. I started to go through some stuff up there yesterday afternoon, but was quickly overwhelmed and decided to skip it for the day. I want to end up with ‘areas’ of supplies and storage with old, used up or dried up things GONE and what is left organized in a fashion that makes it easier for me to put my hand on things. I hope I can make this a reality.
I’m just THRILLED that we’re getting ripe tomatoes again. I really thought we were finished for the year when we went essentially a month with green tomatoes that were showing absolutely no signs of ripening. We are savoring each mouthful.
Have a nice Tuesday!
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