The View From Kalamazoo

Ah, this weekend was a glorious orgy of dishes, whining children, laundry, whining (coughing and runny-nosed) children, homework…and did I mention the whining? (No, not that sort of orgy – that’s much more fun than I had this weekend.) Oh – and the Cleaning of the Room ritual with Em. *shudder* I think I still need a beer.

3 hours at the studio yesterday, however was sehr gut. I’m cranking to get all my projects finished – fresh clay will be no more* in a week and a half, class ends in a few weeks (already!) Yikes! Yesterday I made a large casserole, a lid for same, and a handle for lid. Made a few mugs, handles for mugs. Must get crackin’ – and I still have no idea if the sectional piece I started last week will actually come together OK tomorrow night, so I may have to make up for that one (we pick 5 projects out of a list. 10″ Lidded vessel – check. Set of 6 mugs – working on it. I’m planning to make a 10″ bowl, and either a reasonably tall vase or a teapot (the body of which will be part of the sectional if I deem it not workable…so then tomorrow night I’d have to wrangle a lid, handle, and spout), and then maybe a set of 4 5″ bowls (which I figure I can crank out in pretty short order). Arrgh! Darn surgery/recovery put me behind!

*[that means they will be making no new clay to begin projects – so the remaining time is spent finishing things up, getting everything through the kiln processes, yadda]

And I’m still quite behind on everything else. Bugger.