WORKING ON THE SIGN

Over the next couple of days,  I/we will be working on my shop sign.

YES, I could have got one made professionally, but there is the cost, and time involved waiting for it to be ready to factor in.

In the end I decided to just make one myself.  It doesn't need to be a 'WHIZZ BANG' amazingly expensive, professional sign. 

So, let's see what I come up with.  I've had long enough to think about it... and Stew has given me ideas too.  It will be a joint effort.  

Well OK... his effort will be in getting it in the right position and making sure it stays put once up.  *smiles*

I put the first coat of paint on the backing board last night.  2nd coat will be sometime this morning.  And painting the letters.  Lots to do.

I also have a long time girlfriend calling in to visit sometime this morning.  We have known Hilary for 25+ years, she used to work with Stew in the BNZ bank.  So that's going to be lovely.  Our first visitor since Lock Down was lifted.

Once she's been and gone again, I will pop out to finish off my post lock down shopping.  *smiles*
I hope  it goes smoothly.

ONWARD...

OMG I just typed out a huge update... then had to let the electrician back in and it deleted itself!

So annoying.

Anyway... here goes AGAIN.

I had a wonderful visit with my girlfriend Hilary:

ABOVE:  Say Hi to Hilary.  She's lovely.  We chatted for a couple of hours, just like old times.

WARNING:  RANT COMING...

I went to Bunnings today.. that went well.

Then I went to The Base (Mall) to post a parcel.  That took me 35 mintues, cos you have to get in a queue to 'sign in', then another queue once inside the shop to get up to the postal counter.  

I decided to get a KFC burger for lunch, I was starving eh?
So I get into a queue to 'sign in' again, then into ANOTHER queue to order my burger.  Only, they ain't making bloody burgers!  

So I leave and go across the way to McDonalds... and yeah... more queues and only a limited menu.  So I gave up.

I decide to go home.  So I am walking through the mall, which has walkways that are about 2.5 meters wide right?

And this group of 4 people... (hold on...  the electrician might trip the power so I have to turn the computer  off.  Back in a mo...)


I will continue on my phone... so I'm walking along fairly briskly when I come up to a group of 4 people who are walking 4 abreast ... and just dawdling along, laughing and chatting.


I'm like... can't get past... can't get past.. and they don't move!


So I literally screamed at them to DAMN WELL MOVE YOU INCONSIDERATE BASTARDS! Ummm.. plus a few more very bad words for effect.


They scattered like rabbits.


But then they started yelling at me so well... I gave them BOTH FINGERS, BOTH HANDS as I walked on to the carpark.


So, so angry.

Got home and had damn baked beans on toast. 

And if the mental image of a furious Chris swearing like a trooper with her fingers in the air, IN THE MALL, doesn't make you laugh, NOTHING WILL.

MY. HEAD. IS. POUNDING.

The electrician just left, so I have power again.
I hope this time the power point problem is finally fixed.

It is now 3.10 pm and I'm gunna lie down and try to sleep off the headache I have.  It's a goodie.  ('goodie' means really bad btw)

3.40 pm: *sigh*... can't be bothered lying down !

 ABOVE:  I put this addition on the tree, along with three tassels... dotted around.  As you can see in this photo, there's plenty more branches I could cover!  Just finding it increasingly difficult to reach them.

ABOVE:  I got this hanging basket today, might get some plants for it tomorrow.  I'm going to hang it outside my Studio/Shop.

Right, it's the end of the day.  I've spent an hour putting an undercoat on me little wooden letters.  Tomorrow I will put colours on them.
Probably need to get a sponge to get the paint on better though.