I've knocked out most of the list. In fact, I've had to let workers go on to other projects with other people, as we're so close to being compltely done that I am unable to rattle off a ToDo list for anyone.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) we make Scotch Eggs. While it's not a food item I would eat myself, it IS a signature item of the new shoppe, and requires 2 days of prepwork. For those of you that don't know, a Scotch Egg is a boiled egg, wrapped in breakfast sausage, breaded, and fried. We'll fry them on the show day, but building them takes 2 days, in order to let them "set-up" enough to get breading to stick to the sausage.




I've dealt with some of the overwhelming beige-ness of the apartment by painting the walls of the main room. These photos show you some before and after. The loft stairs meet our Ren-construction requirement for steep/dangerous stairway. Fortunately we won't have to use them much. The ceiling is only at 5', so that's a guest room. (Naturally, guests must sign a waiver about the stairs first.LOL)

The flip side of this earthy plum wall is a color called dry sage. A neutral green that provides color, without being overwhelming. Both of the colors went well with the "Antique White" that we left visible on the trim, cabinets, and ceiling. All in all, it was an easy, cheap fix. We'll see how long I can stand the flooring.


The room is still a little junky from the move. I can happily say that the pile of unsorted crap is much smaller than it was earlier this week. It may be as small as 3 or 4 boxes, but as they are boxes that were dumped onto the floor, it's still pretty messy.

Phil drove out from the New York Renaissance Faire today in mid-afternoon. He will get here Wednesday evening at the earliest as I figure it. He's bringing some equipment and supplies for the new shop, but we should have plenty of time for installing them, as all the signs are hung save 1, and the prep will be done by then as well.


It's all good.