Countdown!

One week until the CT Sheep and Wool Show. We have SO much to do here to get ready for it.

Today I must:

Assemble a Louet S-17 Spinning Wheel to have for demos. I want to do all of the assembly myself so I will have first hand knowledge of the process to explain it to my customers. Since our house is very small, the operation will take place on the kitchen floor, the only fairly large open area(I used to pin my quilts there). I'm quite certain I will be assisted by Bailey our Cocker Spaniel and several cats. I'll have Steve take pictures so I will have a photo documentary of the process. I guess I had better shower and do something with my hair then.

I must weigh out and bag up small portions of washed fleece to sell. I've come to the conclusion that many new spinners are intimidated by an entire dirty fleece. I'll feed their habit with my smaller, cleaner bags of wool. I'm such a fiber junkie.

I may also bag up some of the wool I dyed this past winter. It's not the greatest, but it certainly is colorful.

I must put price tags on our bags of assorted roving and miscellaneous items. I don't have to do the yarn as it is almost all the same price.

I also need to do the normal weekend chores of laundry, bill paying etc. You'll notice I did not say cleaning. I do not clean. I am not sloppy. I'm domestically challenged. We live in filth. Deal with it.

We did the grocery shopping last night so we have no excuse nor reason to leave this house until Monday morning. Egad.

The shed/barn process is proceeding at a snail's pace. We now have 3 of the required 5 or 6 signatures of various town officials on the building permit. The sewer dept. Inspector came to our house to take measurements on Thursday. Steve tells me that he measured. He paced. He placed stakes in the ground. He dug small holes. His conclusion was that we had to move the proposed location west about 5'. Our first choice was too close to the very end of the leech field of the septic. This will now require more work to prepare the site. We will have to have fill brought in and stone and it will need to be leveled. To compensate for the additional cost of the site preparation, we may need to go with a smaller structure.

It's starting to get light outside finally. The sky in the east is bright salmon color. A definite indication of the heavy rain that we are supposed to get this weekend. Red sky in morning...

Later...

I didn't get everything done today that I needed to get done. But I finished the assembly of the S-17. I didn't sand it. I just put it together. I only needed Steve to help me with one screw. My carpal tunnel damaged hand just could not sufficiently tighten the screw. The instructions were a little vague, but I managed to get through them. I made some notes on them to myself and I'm going to keep them in case anyone needs help.


Here is the box and contents when I opened it.