The weather is still unseasonably warm here. There is no snow and the warm days have me thinking of yard and outdoor projects that can't be worked on until spring. We did take advantage of the warmer nights and built a fire on the deck -- one of my favorite things in the world. I could live by the fire on the deck. It is so awesome to me to look at the mountains, listen to music, watch the fire and drink a little wine with my sweetie. He isn't always up for my fire obsession -- but I usually end up convincing him.
The kiln is now fixed so pot production is slowly getting back to the regular schedule. Our test fire went well, so I re-fired the pots that didn't get finished when the kiln died. That didn't turn out so well. The colors were dull and some of the
glaze was grainy. Mcki was disappointed because she had been waiting so long for her cups and now it will be at least a week or so before I get new ones done. A couple of them turned out okay so at least I won't have to make as many.
Today we will get another glaze going and trim the pots that are drying. We are hoping to have enough pots to do our annual Valentine's show which is coming upon us very quickly. We are also doing some prototype cups for a local business that we hope will carry our pottery in their store.
My daughter, Amy, who gave us the best Christmas gift this year, baby Noah, needs to have surgery this week to have her gall bladder out. I am planning yet another trip to Idaho Falls to help her and also put together her baby shower with my daughter-in-law, Taunya. Because Taunya has already printed and sealed the invitations, we are hoping that we don't end up having a shower without the guest of honor!
January started a little slow but is being quickly filled with the chaos we are used to with our pottery business and growing family. We are so blessed that we have beautiful, happy (most of the time) children, a growing business and our little sanctuary in the beautiful mountains of Montana.
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