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SRS! Does it get cold enough for a wood stove? They are so cheery. But messy. MY bro has a beautiful wood stove in his huge K and his wife refused to allow its use - until the last few years. The price of oil... He has a fan system that pulls the heat to the other end of the house. A pellet stove is, of course, less messy and easier to manage. Bet you could get one on craigslist or...

I managed to throw a few pots Weds. Later in the eve, a few emails came in about Dragonfly. I was too tired to even think about them but hope to - later today. It is on my mind as I do other things so I am hoping ideas are perking away.

Yesterday, I went to buy another pottery wheel - my fav sort. After a long talk with the vendor, we agreed he would deliver it when his auction friend in Huntingdon has his open house. No rush; I still have not yet set up the last one; have no had enough time/energy when at the mill. This one is totally unnecessary but for $250... A friend just had one stolen; she may want this one or... .

Then I drove down to the mill - 90 minutes, stopping for a loaf of cheese bread for R at a bakery - too far for special trip but it was en route. After a lunch, I went into studio and perused the situation. Decided to mix glazes first as the area was ready. Measured 3 ingredients and looked at the 4th - something seemed wrong about the amount so I spent the next hour going over and over and over the numbers for each ingredient, using the computer calculator. Definitely a bad brain day! Finally decided I had them correct; the 4th had been terribly wrong. Finished that one - an almost full 5 gallon bucket - sieved twice. Then did one with only 3 ingredients; easily measured! Then it was time to pack up and come back to city.

I had gone down specifically to be with Vanessa so she could learn to load the bisque kiln and prepare glazes. She never showed. I did not load the bisque kiln. She really needs to learn - a lot. She seems to want to and I had been feeling badly that I was never there when she was. Oh well.

An hour of Big Bang and I felt better, then elephants on Suzuki. A program on condos in Canada - the significant problems thereof - should put anyone off the idea of buying one.   R came home by 8!!!! NO sense of time! He was surprised that I was home "already" even though I had phoned at 6 to tell him I was on my way - it is only an hour trip. Nice to have supper before midnight.

This morning indicates the need for a new modus operandi. Instead of him lying in bed until, suddenly, he "needs to get to the office" - without bf, I will get up by 8 and make bf and he WILL get up and eat BEFORE the phone starts ringing. Otherwise I shall grab it from his hand and flush it down the toilet!   OK, so I won't flush the blackberry down the toilet but - you get the idea!

Poor man spends the day putting out fires and there I am wanting to know when the roof will be repaired. He seems to have plan - but before snow???

The doorbell rang a while ago - while I was on here. The next door neighbour, a lovely woman, is selling her house and kindly asked to go into the alley between our houses. This is our alley but our gate does not open from the outside. Some work needs to be done on her house and the inspector is coming and - she very sweetly asked if we could move the stuff leaning against her house - doors, broken windows... I have now done that; it included picking up a pile of broken glass - a small cardboard box full now sits on our front stoop awaiting garbage day. That was good exercise.

One load of laundry is washed, dried and put away. The second is in the dryer. One very tired flannel sheet will be torn into "non-paper towels". I have a new set from a thrift shop. I'll let the bed air until later.

Now - maybe if I go work on pots it will help my brain sort out the rest of the van conundrum.