Packing stage: Combination of 3 through 5

scrottie has started to load boxes into the truck. He's emptied most of the back room already.

It is amazing how much junk STUFF can accumulate in a kitchen. One more box to go, still.

Also, as I'm wiping down cupboard shelves and cleaning out drawers, I'm thinking that same thought that everyone thinks: why don't I ever do this extensive a level of cleaning for myself??

Emma's not particularly pleased with all the upheaval.

Hasty photos, but I am so excited I wanted to share...

My ceramics instructor and the person who manages the kiln were kind enough to expedite the glaze firing for my final ceramics pieces. So I rode over to the studio this morning to pick things up, hot out of the kiln.

It might be more amusing to keep some of these as a surprise, but oh well. As the subject line says, I'm excited to share because things turned out amazingly well. (I'm also breathing a sigh of relief because I have been imagining all kinds of the terrible failures that can happen during glaze-firing). And by now everything's packed away in boxes, so I won't be able to take more photos for a while here.

( photos below the cut... )