So I'm working on a mosaic project. Not a picture, just a pattern for a chair rail on the wall of a restaurant. I thought it would be a cheap project, the materials easy to find. Of course, it is not. I have spent lots of hours running from tile place to tile place, asking for broken or cheap tiles. There are lots of tiles here, but none broken and few are cheap. Especially not in the colors I want. Of course. Finally today I broke down and bought actual boxes of tiles. Good, whole tiles. It kills me to bust them up, but that's what must be done.
Mr. was a good sport and drove me all around, hauling heavy boxes of tiles on the motorbike.
Later I busted up a few flower pots for the mosaic. I felt OK about that, since they were already broken. It was rather therapeutic, destruction. Especially when it's for a creative cause. However, believe it or not, ceramic pots are still technically glass, and they cut your fingers just the same. I will have to remember to be careful.
I had also hoped to paint a ceiling today, which didn't happen. They only had a 6 foot ladder, and the ceiling is probably 10-plus feet. I could only have reached it by standing on the second-top rung of the ladder, and that wasn't going to happen.
There's a lot of work to be done, an I just have a week to get it done. But a fun challenge nonetheless.
Other than that, today I coached someone for an hour (rewarding!) and went to a meeting on storytelling (from a biblical perspective). Had devotions, but skipped the exercise. Must do better. Also skipped breakfast, which I hope made up for it.
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