3 posts tagged “kiln”
Sometimes I read things backwards. I don't know why. It just happens.
So, two Polacks put together this "some assembly required" work table... heh. Frickin' Chinese manufacturing! It's together though, my kiln table, mostly thanks to my husband. But I helped. We didn't use the right screws in the right places because of a typo in the instructions - not our fault. We didn't put the shelves in properly because we just didn't care enough to look that closely at the instructions at that point - totally our mostly my fault. I finally have my kiln sitting on a proper table though. YAY!!! Now I just need to clean up the rest of my work space so I can get back to my torch again.
Jasmine gets her last dose of meds in five minutes here. She's made a complete recovery. So long as she doesn't relapse without the meds, we're good. Well, even if she relapses we'll just put her back on the meds, but she REALLY HATES her meds, so I'm just hoping she's all better.
I'm doing pretty good. Once in a while I get that hellish rattle in my chest and I cough until it feels like my internal organs are all about to burst out the top of my skull, but for the most part I'm feeling better.
Drawing class starts tomorrow. I've dreamt about it just about every night for the past week, I'm so excited!!! Can't wait!
Ok. meds for Jasmine and then I need to pick out a new book to read.
It's been a crazy see-saw weekend so far. I'm hoping for a couple of quiet, boring days to wrap it up before back-to-work Wednesday.
Yesterday we ran into town. Craig treated us to icy mochas which I *REALLY* needed as not only was the sun super burninating, but I did not get anywhere near enough sleep the night before. We popped in to WoodCraft so he could get some supplies and sign up for a class, and then we went to Harbor Freight where he bought me a stand for my kiln! *SQUEE!!!* I seriously have to clean out the mudroom... or rather, "my studio" so I can get it all painted and organized now. :D
Our last stop(s) was GameStop(s) where Craig got me one last present: Okami!!! Gods, I love that game!!! I played most of last night and I'm already jonesing to play some more this morning. How awesome is a game based on Japanese mythology where you play a godlike white wolf with a magical watercolor paintbrush?!!! It's a gorgeous game, and I love playing it!
The first GameStop we went to didn't have a game Craig was looking for, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, so we went to another store and picked up a copy, then went home to PLAY!
Not only did we have our newly purchased games, but we bought some WiiWare online to play too. Turns out there's a StrongBad game out. It's delightfully silly. And then I bought Dr. Mario Online. ... That deserves a respectful pause. I L-O-V-E Dr. Mario. It's my favorite game -ever-. I swear I get some sort of major endorphine rush every time I clear a level in that game. When I lived at home, I used to stay up very late playing Dr. Mario, like some cokehead wanting just one more line ...just one more. As tired as I was all day yesterday, I stayed up until after 1am playing Dr. Mario, and then I played most of the night in my dreams. :) I easily could've stayed up MUCH later playing. :D
We did have a bad scare yesterday though. The bunnies were fine when we left to go shopping, but when we got back, Jasmine was having trouble getting around and she had some major Parkinson's like trembling going on. Her breathing sounded really wet and labored too, but I'm still not convinced that wasn't just from panic when I picked her up to check her over. Of course, our bunnies only have health emergencies on Sundays *AND* holiday weekends. I didn't want to take her to emergency care because we had such an awful experience the last time I had to take her there (the damn "vet" picked her up BY HER HIND FEET!) I tried to get some wet veggies into her, but she wasn't interested in eating. I was pretty sure she wasn't going to be with us much longer, but by the evening she was steadier, breathing much better and eating like normal. She seemed even a little better this morning. I wonder if maybe she had a stroke??? Or maybe she just came down with a really bad cold that had her down for half a day??? I don't know, but I'm still going to try to get her into a vet today or tomorrow. That alone is going to stress her the hell out -which can cause health problems. Rabbits are such fragile creatures. Good thoughts for my old girl, please.
So Mom is on her way to Denver for the funeral, I have letters to write to my uncle and cousins today, Jasmine is under the weather in a scary way, but life is otherwise quiet at Chez Szczublewski. We still have two more days to our holiday weekend, and I'm hoping they're enjoyably uneventful.
And I'm DAMN glad it's September. The end of August marks the end of summer in my book, and I'm so glad to see that bitch go. I need to do a little cleaning today and bust out my fall decorations.
She's here!!!!!! Isn't she beautiful?!! Brick lining, quartz-encased heating elements, large mesh mandrel rack, two large doors and two bead doors, and programmable controller. *SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!*
Now, the challenge is learning to use it. It came with a two page feature sheet which is for their very basic model, and a "manual" for the digital controller that consists of three one-sided pages stapled together in the upper left corner. heh. Honestly though, the programming part doesn't look too tricky. I can see where a non-tech person would be intimidated, lots of "SEG" and "F1" and "Err1" kinds of notation, but it seems pretty straight-forward. But apparantly I need to do a lot of research on kiln use, maintenance and heat cylces for annealing beads and such.
The feature sheet gives examples of how to use the kiln for burnout (lost wax) molds and enameling!!! I hadn't even considered those possibilities!
So much to learn! So many glorious possibilities!!!!
