Vacation Result

Well, I had to spend a good part of labor day week on the queen's deathwatch, and family obligations, so I didn't have nine full days. But, here's an update on all my plans for the week off:

I added and finished two tasks, 1) purge garage and 2) make a throw pillow (the sewing machine miraculously healed itself).

Of the 31 initital tasks:

19 are entirely done, especially all the creative pursuits. I have two brains for the bathroom: one hand-carved and one cast from an impression I made from a silicone mold that I also made. (I got it right on the second try.)

4 Weaning items are in wait mode, because the weaning has been delayed, because the phone still isn't fixed. It ended up being my fault, because I told the Spectrum man to transfer my phone and then turn off my service. What I neglected to say was "turn off my service after the transfer is complete, not immediately after you hang up the phone, because they can't transfer an inactive phone number." 

3 home repair tasks have not begun, because I have no heart to take on that many improvement tasks at once, really. No better reason.

1 item was dead in the water before it began, and that was shop for a car for Gary. As expected, he's waiting for technology to advance before making a decision. 

4 things were entertainment and media rewards for completing all my tasks, so I denied myself 3 of things, but I did watch 1, the Emmys, which was a painful waste of time.

Pretty good for an ambitious list. 

Comments

[KC]

Note: that is the Spectrum man's fault, not your fault.

(also: am very curious to hear more about silicone mold-making)

[theQueen]

KC - Pretty easy once you make all the mistakes. There are videos out there, but even with the videos I should have done these extra things:

Get the smallest possible mold form. I finally landed on a margarine container and it was the perfect size for a three-inch brain.
Use water displacement math to figure out how much silicone to mix.
Make sure it is a complete seal when hot gluing the mold to the flat surface.