Say What?
Ron & I went to Red Rocks last Friday to see Widespread Panic in concert again – Fun Show!
Not much happened in the studio this past week – though I do have an excuse. And no, my dog didn’t eat my car keys preventing me from driving to the CPG or anything…. The real reason? My in-laws were in town and we spent the week catching up, consuming great food & drink and even managed to remodel my daughter’s bedroom complete with new paint job including teenager like accessories. I have to say it looks good if you like gatorade green (you know that sort of effervescent glow in the dark green that looks like it could etch metal?)! What can I say, she picked the colors this time around and she’s infatuated with neon at the moment. To be honest, I rather like the color now that it’s on the wall and think I may use this color in my home somewhere in the future. 
I have a huge to-do list that I would like to accomplish before school starts again for me at the end of August. I wish time stood still like it did when I was a kid – endless summer…but alas, time seems to spend faster and faster these days. On my to-do list you ask? (in no particular order)
- Update the Colorado Potters Guild website with new photos from the spring show.
- Putz around with all the new software I learned in the past year including Illustrator, AutoCad, GIS etc so that I’m way more efficient next year.
- Work in the clay studio more.
- Landscape our garden.
- Run more.
- Clean up my website.
- Start a website for my landscape architecture portfolio.
- Read more.
- Start packing so that we can move next summer…. Say what?
Yep, my husband and I moved into our current house (which we had been renting out for the past 10 years) last summer with the goal of selling or staying. We’ve decided to sell because we miss our old hood and all the amenities and I hate taking the #15 bus to school (yes, I take public transportation ‘cuz it’s eco-friendly and a hassle to park downtown, not to mention expensive – more on the adventure filled #15 another day). Will it be a huge pain in the ass? YES! I admit to you here and now – I have been bribed.
Have I told you how much I miss my studio?
meredith
June 30, 2010 at 9:40 am //
sounds like a good move!
Cynthia
June 30, 2010 at 10:10 am //
As much as I dread the thought of it, we have 12 months to plan and we’ll all be happier.
Undaunted
June 30, 2010 at 10:08 am //
So are you moving back to your old house? or are you having to look for something else in the area you lived before? I hope it all goes well! Wow you must be crazy…. it’s been a nightmare for us just swapping two rooms!!
Cynthia
June 30, 2010 at 10:12 am //
Yep – moving back into old house – we’ve been renting that one out to two lovely young women while we decided what we wanted to do with this one. The nice thing about moving is that it forces one to declutter and organize!
Janet
June 30, 2010 at 4:35 pm //
How many coats of green paint did you have to use? When I painted my granddaughters room, it took 4 coats of that bahama/key lime/tropical — yes gatorade- green on top of a white base. Took forever it seemed.
Cynthia
June 30, 2010 at 4:55 pm //
2! But that’s on top of a beige like color. The sky blue ceiling is another story.
ang
July 1, 2010 at 2:42 am //
wow on the move again….coz last time was so much fun, at least our studio is already there!! bribery eh???
Cynthia
July 1, 2010 at 6:43 am //
I know, right? I don’t think it’s the last move… YES on the studio – will winterize it & bedazzle it!
andrea
July 2, 2010 at 8:04 am //
Do you have to pay a bunch of capital gains taxes when you sell second properties, like here? (Or maybe that doesn’t count if you’re actually living in them…)
Cynthia
July 8, 2010 at 8:01 am //
In order to sell a second property and escape paying capital gains taxes, we have to physically live in the home for two full years. It wasn’t the best time for me to move since it coincided with my return to school, but such is life. (that and my husband was pretty convincing)