Saturday, May 24, 2008

So I'm having withdrawal symptoms. Of what you ask? My 4 wk photo class was only 3 wks of photos it turns out. Wk 4 was a photoshop lesson. I wasn't particularly enthused (esp as I have to make rm on my computer and creating DVDs keeps crashing the darned thing - I do have an external drive I back up to but I want stuff in at least TWO places...). I am sure it will be valuable info (altho he wants me to shoot in RAW format that will have to be "processed" - ie spend even MORE time fussing w/ my photos than I do now!). I also have always hated photoshop - total computer hog program. Did I mention I am out of space on my computer? Pottery we're down to only being able to "glaze". No more mucking around with wet clay. I plan on photographing a couple of my latest batch. He is cooking 2 batches of stuff each class - the first batch was probably at least 75% my work! Only had 1 piece in the 2nd batch. And no class next week! Took the kids to "family ceramics" at the Randall Museum today. My teacher wasnt' there (was on some pottery retreat weekend north - complete with all nighter with the wood burning kiln...) but the other lady actually did pottery on the WHEEL today. Pretty ambitious. She helped everyone make a small bowl on the wheel. I had never tried the wheel so that was fun. We also made "lids" on our own. Pretty funky lids we have... We get to go back in 2 wks and glaze them and then pick them up a couple wks later... But kids and I had fun. We are having a rare wet weekend. Too bad we didn't have the drizzle during the week and sun for the holiday wkend! The kids have made a shambles of the house. I am far behind / swimming in paperwork. Good news is that I get to finally ditch the treasurer job for the school - I am LAME-O! Actually I am good at being a board member but suck at the day to day of entering Quickbooks entries and reconciling bank accounts etc. I get to do all the school deposits. I bring them home. Sometimes I refind them weeks after I brought them home. Like I said - lame! I will trade in my $ hat for the secretary hat. That I can do pretty well. Cousin Julia has had the role this year - I think she actually only got out about 1/2 the meeting notes for the year so the bar isn't too high :-) As we used to always say at the preschool - "you get what you pay for" - and we are a volunteer organization after all. I do have plenty of architecture work to do (and billings to bill) and paperwork for WebsterCRM I should be doing (at least I am finally caught up on tax docs - I think). Anyway - I am bumming that my creative outlets have dried up. Guess I have to spend those energies on kitchen remodels instead...

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