We enjoyed a four day weekend thanks to Nick’s Monday off falling yesterday. We got a LOT done around here. Not much in the name of going out and/or partying, but lots of home projects are off the list. We were going to attend the It’s Not Lupus show at Doo Gallery and pooped out on Saturday. We were supposed to go to L5P for comics and The Porter yesterday and I pooped out. :/
Freecycle worked flawlessly for this batch of crap we got rid of. Between that and Nick taking all the spare lumber up to the warehouse we can now actually see the floor of the crawlspace. Miracle! Freecycle is either really great or really shitty – I got lucky this time.
I’ve got a box of size 9 shoes that I’m gonna get rid of: heels, boots, con shoes, etc. If anyone is interested I’ll post a pic. Next will be the closet. I’m cleaning that bitch out and getting rid of stuff I know I’ll never touch again. Mostly con crap, but some dressy dresses, too. Sizes range from 8-11. Again, if anyone is interested, I’ll post a pic or two.
Free Comic Book Day is May 7. We are getting ready for it. We’ve got a new storefront over at storenvy.com (http://indigodragon.storenvy.com) We are really loving storenvy! All our small merch and books are at the storenvy shop and our Tshirts are still at spreadshirt.com.
I’m working on my coasters. I’ve got the dimensions of the transfers where I want them and the transfers look pretty good. Now it’s the damn oil based polyurethane that’s driving me mad. That shit will NOT dry. AND it is NOT clear, it’s yellow. Feh. I’m going to try a batch with water based poly and see how that is. Since the transfers are full bleed (no border), the more opaque look of the water based poly should be ok. We’ll see. The oil based is just too slow. Dry for 3 days for each coat? Who’s got the time!! ;)
Hmm, what else? It’s hot. Already. We’re gonna fucking BROIL this summer. Being fat does NOT help with the hot/sweaty thing at all. I’m a sweater at any weight, but being this fat makes me absolutely drip with sweat. Not pretty. Speaking of fat, if you want men to magically LOVE your fat ass, I highly recommend getting Avenue jeans. Every time I wear the ones I just bought, I have men stalking me and telling me how awesome my ass looks. ?? It makes me giggle!
Nick’s god mother and hubby are coming to the ATL for a conference this weekend, which means I’ve got to get this place ship shape. Gotta dust and clean the floors. I’m glad I got the new furniture from my Gran’s. Did I mention that? Oh, I got the curio cabinet, the console stereo (it works!) and her sewing machine. The cabinet is in the living room and the stereo is now the phone/recharge table. The sewing machine will not fit in this postage stamp of a house, so it’s at the warehouse for now. Which is the perfect segue into what we’ve decided to do for upgrades around here.
We’ve got several things that need to be done: windows, bathroom and kitchen cabinets. We decided SCREW THAT. We’re going to build a small shed for our lawn equipment as practice, then we’re building a studio. Fuck this house. It’s worthless to us now and frankly, we’d get FAR more pleasure from a studio than more infrastructure around here. We could move much of the crap that’s clogging up the house out into the studio AND I can have the sewing machine out there, too. Probably the treadmill will go as well. Getting all the art stuff and comics boxes out of the house will be a godsend. The studio will have heat/air and perhaps water. We’ll also have ethernet and phone out there, too, natch. :) I’ll put my flower power iMac out there. We’re currently thinking 12×16 with a mansard roof if we can manage that. Downstairs will be studio space with stations for whatever it is: sewing, windows, painting, silver fabrication, etc. We’ll have a loft upstairs for comic books, records and slide storage – stuff that needs temp control. So much of our stuff can’t be put in the attic because it’s too hot/humid/cold/etc.
It’s exciting. I hope we can do it. If my brother gave a shit, he would come help, but he won’t. So we’ll do it our damn selves! Ha! Hey, maybe we should have an old fashioned barn raising! FREE BEER! :D
Welp, that’s the round up, I think. We’ll be a Criminal Records and Oxford Comics on FCBD then on to Athens for Lissa’s Birhaversarywarming. SAHWEET!