Haircut in the Dark and Framing

First thing this morning we had a thick gray fog, then it snowed, then the sun came out and the sky was clear blue all afternoon. I must be in Idaho.

Thursday morning I got my hair cut. Half way through my haircut there was a big boom, the lights went out, then lights on again, then another big boom and the lights went out and stayed out. About a 100 feet from the door were two big smoke plumes. A transformer must have blown. So, my hairdresser finished my haircut using only daylight, sorry no blow dry, and took the rest of the day off.

Thursday afternoon I did my homework for the Artist Way because our meeting was Thursday night. One of the topics for Week 3 in the Artist's Way was anger as motivator, which was a timely topic for me. Another topic was synchronicity, which I'm feeling is not happening for me, so this topic was just irritating.

I could not face talking to another stupid person in HR on Thursday, so Friday I called about the Trinity Health application that went to St. Al's. Their offices are in Michigan and on Friday I called the main number and got transferred to a person right away who could explain what I needed to do and stayed on the phone with me until I got logged on to the right place. She even gave me her number so I could call and double check that my application got through after I sent it. What a relief.

Somebody told me to apply at Healthwise, they said Healthwise has a good reputation as an employer, so I did that Friday, too.

Today I tried to resolve some framing issues. I got an email from the Eagle gallery about first Friday next month and I would like to get some of my landscapes in there. I bought some cheap 11" x 14" wood frames in various finishes on-line last year and I wasn't that happy with them, but it would cost too much to send them back. I do not recommend buying framing on-line. There is never enough description or pictures of the back. These had sawtooth hangers, that no gallery will use, a terrible cardboard back with clips that are supposed to slide in to slots in the inside of the frame, and super-thin Plexiglas. I bought 4 frames and now I have 4 paintings that will look nice in them.

So I went to the framer, ordered some mats and asked her advice on finishing the frame. The worst problem is that with the mat, the painting, and 1/8" form core, the clips do not fit into the most inside slot. These are deep frames, so there is another slot 1/2" away towards the outside of the frame, but that means I need another almost 1/2" of backing to make it fit. Then I went to Home Depot and priced new glass ($3). Decent, thicker glass, will cut in to the 1/2" I need, but I may have to use 3 sheets of foam core. Then I found a place on-line where I can order the picture hanging wire and the wire hangers to attach to the frame. I was hoping for a set of frames where I could change out the paintings if they did not sell, but this system is not working. By the time I get these to work, I might as well have had the framer do it in the first place.

I do like the framer, though. She is my age and old-fashioned like me. We like to see our art supplies, not buy them on-line. Someday soon we are not going to have the option.