Rush, rush

Rush, rush, rush this morning to get away on time. Art lessons start at 9.30 and I leave home right on 9.00. This gives me time to set myself up before the lesson actually starts. But I'm in a quandary today. I finished my calendar hanger last week, have varnished all my items and now I'm ready for the next project. But which one? Shall I paint the box we found, it has a sliding lid just like the old wooden pencil cases that I had at school - but it has to be sanded down, or my wooden salt box - I haven't decided what to paint on it yet and it also needs to be sanded. Finally decided to paint a couple of door knob hangers, seeing that we only have a couple more weeks to go and they would be nice and quick. I can pick them up at lesson.

Would you believe Mandy doesn't have any - her husband Scott makes the items we buy and he has been working hard lately and didn't have any time to fill the stock shelves back up, so I decided on a coat rack to put in the guest bedroom. Have sponged on the base coat in Oak Moss, it's the colour of the inside of an avocado - sort of but you know what I mean. Then I searched through the folk art books and found a floral something similar to what I would like to put on the rack and from there made my own design to suit. Quite pleased with it, but when I'm in town tomorrow I'll have to get some more colours. I also posted my Jo Sonja Pine Green back to Chroma this morning, I hope they don't take too long in getting a replacement back to me, the Pine Green went hard in the tube, apparently they have had this problem before, but they were very nice when I emailed them and it's no trouble to replace it - free postage too.

Denice followed me home from art, she is after a couple of fertilized eggs, one of her chooks won't go off the lay and they have tried a few things but none have worked, so finally they have given in and will set her on some eggs to hatch. Luckily I have Alice sitting on a dozen eggs and I gave Denice 2 of them, I don't think Alice will miss them.

I spent the afternoon working on my Xmas present for Mum. I have hand embroidered one of Sally Giblin's Rivendale Collection called "Kiss of the Sun" and now I'm busy putting the cushion together. I have also got a surprise pressie for them which is getting made by the husband of one of our craft ladies - a decoration to put in the garden, made out of steel. Once I finally get the darn thing I'll be able to take a photo and put it in here. I ordered the darn things in May and am still waiting.

Ian's day was better than yesterday, he is starting to feel a little better in the tummy, though we don't know what has been wrong with him other than he just didn't feel well.

He went horse riding with Selwyn (our next door neighbour) this afternoon, Selwyn has a young horse - just broken in and needs quiet company when out riding. Not that Ian likes horse riding, in fact he hates it, used to round the cows up with them when he was a kid and always seemed to have to walk home.

This morning the bloke from (somewhere?) came out to look at Pete's bobcat that won't go. Looks like it's going to be a trial and error job. Thought it might have been the computer - wrong. Now he says it could be one of six things so ....

Ian also did some more scraping and hole filling on the front verandah, he also put the catches back on the lounge room windows. Great now we can lock them, something that we don't worry much about around here. Still can't leave them open yet, Ian says he can't hold them open and screw the hold upper things on at the same time. Guess whose job that is tomorrow when I get back from Kay Hock (you know - my Malaysian masseuse with the nimble fingers - wonderful massage but boy he hurts - and he calls me a woos because I can't handle it.