Rae Roy

Arts & Crafts This week was all about the shelf. I wanted to get my home back. On Monday, I cleaned the sawdust up that was on the board, filled holes, sanded, and filled a bit more. I also fell on my arm and was super pissed off about it. Just bruised, thankfully. Sanding was a p.i.t.a. I hate the filler options that exist in today's world. I think the one I have is polymer instead of something more wood-like. The second sanding, for the patches that had to have a second pass, was completed on Tuesday. I was able to paint the first coat on Wednesday evening. I wasn't sure how many coats would be needed to cover the hole patches: The painting part didn't take long. The cleanup of the paint did and it was messy. It made my sink and cupboard area look like a crime scene. Thankfully it was temporary. But I really want that bath mat someday that reacts with the water and leaves bloody footprints... I got *wonderful* news on Thursday that next Thursday there would be a condo...

Arts & Crafts I painted a heart decoration: On the one hand, it seems silly to bother doing this while my home is a disaster, but now it's not in the way and it's almost done. It just needs to be sealed. My shelf has been sanded. It needs filler in places then light sanding after that. I'm hoping to get all the painting done next week and install it. Decluttering & Minimalism  This week, I realised that the key to everything was a furniture reorganization. My desk was moved to the non-window wall between my bookshelves and my balcony door. My craft table was moved to where my desk used to be. This allowed me to put my DIY display shelf project where it could actually be worked on for sanding, painting, and sealing. The unit with my vinyl has to live temporarily anywhere I can put it. Once my shelf is ready for installation, my vinyl unit will be able to be in the dining room that is really my future reading and piano space. Actually, first I'll fix my bathroom d...

Arts & Crafts I did do a little cross-stiching, but not enough to make a lot of progress. It's been hard to do anything this week. Decluttering & Minimalism I wish I could say I was surprised at the results of the US election. To get through the aftermath, I finally did my bookshelf reorganization. Well, I got through all but the handful of illustrated books I own. I decided I would move them with my drawing and art history books since I don't have room for either on my main bookshelves. My body was tired and couldn't quite get it all done. Gaming & Streaming Saturday's Starfinder  session was a lot of fun. We didn't get a lot done, but it was a good time. We added a 4th player and did maintenance from the previous session. Then we cleared a lady's restaurant basement, disarmed a junk tornado, and killed a ferrous ooze. All in a day's work. The Pathfinder  session went well, but it was a fake boss that we fought. We also had to kill a previous al...

Arts & Crafts My main crafty goal this week was about getting more decals onto my car before the weather was too cold to apply them successfully. I thought about leaving some until spring, but the likelihood that I'd misplace them was high. Besides, they were taking up space in Tiny Condo. I still have two I want to acquire, but they'll have to wait due to budget. In the end, I decided to just do the driver's side as it was a lot more complicated than the smaller ones. This decal has helped me find my car many times already. There are too many black cars in Ottawa. Decluttering & Minimalism  There were no serious goals here this week with everything else I needed to put energy towards like work and getting ready for Can-Con on the weekend. Gaming & Streaming  No specific goals here for this week, though I have lights and a background mostly set up now for eventual crafting streams. Goal Setting & Tracking  Arts & Crafts: Car decals (100%) Decluttering ...

Arts & Crafts  I started a summer quilt. I got the fabric a long time ago and it was a straightforward quilt as I just had to join the 20 fat quarters together. I'll need a backing fabric and a border to complete it, but I figured it's worth doing while the weather continues to be summery. I'm thinking a white backing and pink for the border. I've made progress on my Fairy Cross-Stitch, but there is a lot to go yet.  Decluttering & Minimalism I started the week by working on the space to sand my shelf. I didn't get through it all on Monday with work and everything else that day, but it was closer than it was before. Tuesday was curling, so I couldn't the shelf done then. I was really tired on Wednesday because I'm not used to curling being so late yet. Thursday was the last day of softball. It was Friday before I could really work on the shelf, though I kept working on the workspace. The packed weekend left me no time to do this, but I realistically ...

Arts & Crafts I made a lot of progress on Fairy Cross-Stitch this week. Someday, I'll finish it and start the next one. I also did some more cutting and planning for my goth quilt. I need some more solids to go with it. I may need more patterns. I don't know. Planning a quilt is hard. I have some pastel goth parts and I'm thinking of various ways. It could be random, but it could also be a gradient. I like that idea, but that's impossible to plan without having all the squares ready.  Decluttering & Minimalism I began clearing space to be able to work on the big shelf I will be installing to connect my two narrow bookcases together. This will give me a display space above them for all the fairy related things I want to make. It's 96 inches long, so it's a bit difficult to work on in Tiny Condo, but I'll make it happen. I'll be painting it red after it has been sanded. Gaming & Streaming We made it to the Kobold king, but he ran before we coul...