30f this morning, still dark. Yesterday was a mixed bag of mist, sun, clouds, and chilly air.
I can't believe I am up and blogging before AC, but there it is. Actually I have been up since 4am, probably the result of drinking 2 big mugs of coffee with our late lunch yesterday. I kinda regret that, but after 3 hours or more working in my booths, I needed the coffee boost. Just a shame that the caffeine decided to take its job so seriously!
Taking out Christmas takes almost as much time as putting in Christmas, but I managed to get most of the holiday decor toted up and everything restored to sober order. Sort of. The window was a quick change which I will re-do next week; just no time to do a proper job yesterday.
Sales for the month of December have been very good, especially at this location, which has had a lackluster year. We did okay, but downsized by two booths when sales continued flat all spring and summer. It is easier to manage thev4vspaces wevhave now, although I miss the luxury of that really big booth. I don't miss the rent cost though!
A few pics from yesterday:
This makes me happy. The oak Hoosier is on layaway. This cabinet was a labor of love, rescued from that falling- in old General store a year ago, cleaned, repaired, and refinished.
So we will soon be saying goodbye to this beauty.
And the hunt is on for another.
Well, that's some of it anyway. I missed an entire booth and several walls, but enough already!
Today we will be on the road, going to Ohio to pick up some stuff. I am looking forward to the change of pace.
One of the hens is singing now, already up and laying. Our 10 girls are producing 7 eggs a day, a plenitude indeed. I enjoy their happy clucking; the sound of contentment. Time for me to get the coffee going for Larry and get lunch packed for the road. Later, friends!
You were definitely up before I, but I often write it beforehand and set it to post at 7. Usually, I check it over one more time in the morning, but this morning I slept past my usual posting time. My sleep habits are changing lately. I'm both settling down later and sleeping later. I don't mind that now, but in good weather I'd like to be up early to catch the morning light. At least in theory, but I didn't do much of that in '23.
ReplyDeleteTim and I have been toying around with the idea of setting up a used furniture place. People throw so much away. Every time I see one of your spaces, it makes me think a bit harder.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that cabinet is going to a lucky new owner! When you first started working on it, I tried very hard to imagine where I could put it in my tiny kitchen. There was an old Hoosier-style cabinet here when I bought the place, but it was lightweight and not really salvagible - at least, not by me. That oak beauty will go on and on :)
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