it's almost here.....

......12 days and counting

it's a most unusual bed.... steampunk

13

- and that has to be a lucky number because it has a "3" in it!

silver on the brain

14
That's just two weeks to go.................

for sweethearts

Happy Valentine's Day to you, and you, and you!

And today is 15

sit here, sit there

Out the door early yesterday we made a stop to pick up a slew of Ikea bags - which come in handy for all sorts of things, looked at granite countertops, sat on furniture and laid on beds. It was like the story of The Three Bears and trips to that wonderful Connecticut Hotel The Lighthouse Inn (with all the seating in all the rooms) all wrapped up in one.
16

wwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhindy

Tremendous wind gusts throughout the night last night... at times woooshing down our chimney and across the room. It did not make for sound sleeping. My spring cleaning continues and whatever is not useful and immediately needed is being bagged up to go elsewhere.


Today is 17

PANTONE COLORS

Thinking about color.......................

PANTONE


18

new things for Spring

I have Spring on the brain with lots of change coming and thoughts of gardens and green grass........

19

only a few snowflakes

Luckily a snow event never happened yesterday... with just a rain and snow mix that never stuck to the ground which makes life so much easier in the environs of DC. It was a good day to tuck in with a fire in the fireplace, and I sorted through some belongings and made sense of some stacks on my shelves. I have gone through my file cabinet and tidied up personal legal records, and still need to organize a few more things in my home office area. Much of my personal stuff went to storage when they replaced the windows in this building (on one of the coldest days of the winter last year) so there is not a lot here besides clothes and business stuff and the art on the walls.

20

bizarre winter weather

I had windows in my office open yesterday afternoon, and now today we are getting a forecast for 1 to 2 inches of snow today. This is the strangest winter I can ever recall. I may have to take the camera out tromping later if it does snow. In my garden at the studio blooms are starting to come up.
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making some lists and checking them twice

We are making a lot of lists right now, so many things to get in order. I finally finished all my tax preparations for my wonderful accountant - recommended to me by an artist friend when I realized how complicated my taxes were here in the state of Maryland years ago. He will be delighted that I now have an adding machine to provide confirmation of all those numbers I give him from all my receipts... and he is just a wonderful guy!

I also started work on spring cleaning yesterday and tackled my closet (or it tackled me.) I straightened and sorted and cleaned out, and spring cleaning will move on to other areas and possibly the studio as well!

so THAT'S how it works

Virginia always says there's a work-around for everything, and yesterday was no exception. With so much going on she went online to find additional instructions for my slick new adding machine and I now understand it and have tapes running for my accountant and all the end of the year stuff he handles for me.

Things are good and busy with some great excitement looming.... lots of new things to learn and figure out. Now if I could just figure out quickbooks:):):) I am spring cleaning and freshening up, since we never had a winter this year I figured I might as well start!